About
Managing Director of the accelerator at Forum Ventures; previously co-founder of First Resonance.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- Forum VenturesPartner & Head of Pre-Seed Acceleratorcurrent2026 — present
- Forum VenturesHead of Pre-Seed Accelerator2025
- Forum VenturesManaging Director2023 — 2024
- StealthAdvisor to CEO & Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- First ResonanceFounder & Board Membercurrent2018 — present
- First ResonanceFounder & Chief Operating Officer2018 — 2023
- Various StartupsInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- UptakeCorporate Development & Strategy2017 — 2018
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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
Bocar Dia
Partner 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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Neal Sarraf?
- Managing Director of the accelerator at Forum Ventures; previously co-founder of First Resonance.
- Where does Neal Sarraf work?
- Neal Sarraf is Managing Director, Accelerator at Forum Ventures.
- Where did Neal Sarraf go to school?
- Neal Sarraf studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Hoeft Technology & Management Program).
Founder mafias
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Forum Ventures mafia2
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Forum Ventures40
CollinManaging Partner at Saas Ventures, L.L.C.Stephan CizmarCo-Founder at Lorimer VenturesSean KesterPartner at In Revenue CapitalMichael CardamoneManaging Partner and CEO at Forum VenturesJonah MidanikGeneral Partner at Forum VenturesDaniela PicoHead of Platform at Forum Ventures
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