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Bocar Dia

Investor

Managing Director at Forum Ventures

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Writes $100K – $750K checks

About

Bocar Dia is a fractional sales co-founder who spent seven years on Hootsuite’s enterprise team scaling to $150M+ and teaches founders to validate problems via service-style design before packaging SaaS.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkSaaS

Experience

  1. Forum VenturesPartner and GMcurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Forum VenturesManaging Director2022 — 2023New York, United States
  3. Forum VenturesLimited Partner, Advisory Board Member2019 — 2022
  4. Constellation RegistryFounding Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. GTMfundLimited Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Harvard Business SchoolSales Coach - Entrepreneurial Sales (CN 1932)current2020 — present
  7. On DeckFellowcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. PavilionExecutive Membercurrent2021 — present
  9. Stealth StartupCo-founder & CEO2019 — 2021
  10. HootsuiteHead of Sales, North America East2016 — 2018
  11. HootsuiteAmericas Sales Director, Financial Services2015 — 2016
  12. HootsuiteNorth America Sales Manager, Strategic Verticals2014
  13. HootsuiteNorth America Sales Manager, Large Enterprise2013
  14. HootsuiteNorth America Sales Manager, Mid-Market2012
  15. HootsuiteAccount Executive, Enterprise Sales2010 — 2012
  16. BCITChair, Program Advisory Committee2013 — 2016

Education

  1. Simon Fraser UniversityBachelor, Computing Science
  2. UWC Adriatic - Collegio del Mondo Unito dell'Adriatico ETSInternational Baccalaureate

Skills & more

Online Marketing30Direct Marketing5Marketing Communications7Strategic Communications6Web Analytics10Sales Operations6Sales Management11Sales Process4Salesforce.com26Strategic Partnerships17New Business Development3Programming1
+12 moreE-commerceNew MediaCustomer AcquisitionCustomer RetentionOnline AdvertisingSocial MediaSellingBusiness DevelopmentGoogle AnalyticsSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Strategy

Languages English · French

From Bocar's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Simon Fraser University49

Sophie BuonassisiSVP of Marketing at GTMfundAnastasia HambaliInvestor at Side Door VenturesTetsu NomuraPrincipal at Sozo VenturesJackson EunAssociate at Sora VenturesAnnie LeOperations Partner at UNION Labs VenturesGeoff J. CatherwoodPartner at BDC Venture Capital

+ 43 more

Also attended UWC Adriatic - Collegio del Mondo Unito dell'Adriatico ETS1

Jolene LumHead of Investor Relations at Cento Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Forum Ventures33

Stephan CizmarCo-Founder at Lorimer VenturesSean KesterPartner at In Revenue CapitalMichael CardamoneManaging Partner and CEO at Forum VenturesJonah MidanikGeneral Partner at Forum VenturesNeal SarrafManaging Director at Forum VenturesDaniela PicoHead of Platform at Forum Ventures

+ 27 more

Also worked at On Deck108

Erik TorenbergGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzPaul VeradittakitManaging Partner at Pantera CapitalLaurenInvestor at MGV.VCSteph ScottVice President at Questa CapitalNick FitzInvestor at Juniper Ventures Management, LlcMichelle KwokPrincipal at Draper Associates

+ 102 more

Also worked at Pavilion37

Tony YangPortfolio Growth at Mucker CapitalDannyInvestor at MGV.VCMax AltschulerFounder & General Partner at GTMfundSophie BuonassisiSVP of Marketing at GTMfundCagdas YildizInvestment | Simya VC at 212Oliver ManojlovicVP Sales at Personio at PICUS CAPITAL

+ 31 more

Also worked at Stealth Startup220

Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray VenturesFranz KoflerInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalGüimar Vaca SitticVenture Partner at FJ Labs

+ 214 more

Colleagues at Forum Ventures

Alejandro Pereda
Associate at Forum Ventures
Alexis Clarfield-Henry
VP of Marketing at Forum Ventures
Alice Krenitski
Head of Studio at Forum Ventures
Ammar Abuleil
Technical Lead at Forum Ventures
Carmen Tsang
Head of Talent and Recruitment, Studio at Forum Ventures
Catherine Gao
GTM Lead at Forum Ventures
Christina Zerka
Investor at Forum Ventures
Dallas Price
Venture Builder, Studio at Forum Ventures