industry councils

Connecting Industry Leaders & Founders to Shape the Future

A curated network of industry-specific executives and startup founders collaborating to tackle first-hand challenges, shape emerging technology, and drive real-world impact.

HOW IT WORKS

Real leaders, insights, and signals

We curate small, trusted councils of peers facing similar inflection points in their industries, whether AI adoption, regulatory shifts, or legacy system overhaul. Each council meets quarterly to share practical insights on what’s working and what’s not. Members also get early exposure to Forum’s portfolio of startups building tools that match their priorities.

Align

CURATED ONBOARDING

Share your goals, current systems, and where you're headed so we can pair you with peers leading similar transformations.

Connect

Council Sessions + Private Intros

Join small-group discussions with fellow sector leaders for candid conversations and ongoing collaboration.

Collaborate

access to startups

Meet relevant startup founders to explore pilots, share feedback, and help shape the tools your industry actually needs.

WHAT TO EXPECT

As a member of the Innovation Councils, you’ll gain:

Exclusive Industry Network

Join a private community of senior leaders solving shared challenges and shaping the future of your industry.

Strategic Foresight on Innovation

Stay ahead of the curve with insider previews of where technology is headed and what’s actually working.

Real-World Scalable Solutions

Tap into startup-led pilots that align with your needs and help drive real-world adoption that creates lasting industry impact.

interested in becoming a member?

Join this exclusive community of industry changemakers.

INDUSTRIES WE CONNECT

Current & Future Councils:

By connecting industry expertise with cutting-edge technology, we’re bridging the gap between what’s possible and what’s next—starting with the Built World and PropTech, HealthTech, and FinTech, and expanding into the industries redefining tomorrow.

Built World & PropTech

Coming Soon

HealthTech

Coming Soon

FinTech

Coming Soon

Supply Chain & Logistics

Coming Soon

More Coming Soon!

founding MEMBERS
Travis Nixon
Dollar General, SVP of AI
Alex Rhodeen
Georgia Tech, Supply Chain Catalyst
Jean-Louis Murphy
Finance Montreal, Head of Venture Acceleration & Venture Capital Relations
Pratik Dhebri
Vice President & Head, Product Management at AvalonBay Communities
Errol R. Norwitz
Executive Director at KMH Center for Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Babson College
Corwin Smith
Head of Data & Analytics at Wallick
Chris Murumets
SVP & Chief Innovation Officer at RGA Americas
Ryan Mackman
Director of Population Health at Ascension Wisconsin
Tal Schwartz
General Partner at North Exit Ventures
Zachary Menzer
VP of Enterprise Initiatives at White Oak Partners
Jonathan Barton
Director of Innovation at REAL New York
Nathan Chaney
Founder at Supply Chaney
Rebecca Anih
Executive Director NARS - New Product Development at Shiseido
Grant Skinner
Director, Client Engagement & Venture Network Lead at AVIA
Joseph Mancini
Banking & Fintech Leader
Margaret Lim
Managing Director at Amex Ventures
Parth Pethani
Director of Warehouse Design and Innovation at Prologis
Laura Mosley
COO at Starface World
Kristi Montgomery
VP Strategic Transformation at Kenco Management Services
Devin Knight
VP Transportation at Shipmonk
Andy Johnston
Sr. Director, Design & Innovation Engineering at GEODIS
Andrew Sutton
Sr. Director, Logistics at Dr. Squatch
Kevin Lawton
Founder of The New Warehouse
JJ Blair
Head of Product Development & Vertical Strategies, KeyBank
Rick Peng
Digital Ventures Lead, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nirva Fereshetian
Chief Information Officer, CBT Architects
Elizabeth McCluskey
Managing Director, TruStage Ventures
Millicent Tracey
Independent Board Director, Dwolla & Banner Bank
Jared Robinson
SVP, Director of Fintech, Legend Bank
Greg Gallant
President & CEO, WeStreet Federal Credit Union
Breakthroughs in the Forum Portfolio

A glimpse into the caliber of founders you’ll meet as part of our Indudstry Councils.

Matt LeKrey
Founder & CPO
Remo Health
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Remo Health offers virtual dementia care led by top neurologists, with personalized support, care coordination, and a free online community—so caregivers are never alone in navigating the journey. We invested in Remo Health out of our seed fund in 2022 and they’ve gone on to raise close to $8M in funding.

Jordan Esbin
Founder & CEO
Credit Pulse
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Born in our Venture Studio, Credit Pulse is the brainchild of founder and CEO Jordan Esbin, a driven innovator reimagining B2B credit. Jordan’s AI-powered platform blends traditional scoring, alternative data, and advanced risk models to give businesses the predictive insights they need to reduce bad debt and grow with confidence.

Neetu R.
Co-Founder and CEO
Lilac Software
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Lilac Software, co-founded and led by Neetu Rajpal, is transforming the health plan analytics landscape with its AI‑driven, cloud-native payer data platform. After backing Lilac in our accelerator, we again supported the team in their follow‑on round, fueling their mission to streamline data aggregation, optimize Stars performance, and elevate payer decision‑making.

David Silverstein
Founder and CEO
Ned
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Ned, founded by CEO David Silverstein, is reimagining small-business lending with a white-label, cash-flow infrastructure platform. After our accelerator investment, we doubled down in Ned’s $4.2M Seed round, fueling real-time cash-flow underwriting, modular lending tools, and smarter credit decisions for SMB lenders.

Emiel Bril
Founder & CEO
VendorPM
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

VendorPM, led by founder and CEO Emiel Bril, is transforming the way property managers engage with service vendors—from onboarding and compliance to procurement and contract management. Following our accelerator investment, we further supported VendorPM in its impactful $20M Series A round, accelerating its expansion across North America and powering its seamless, end‑to‑end vendor workflow platform.

Nima Roohi Sefidmazgi
CEO and Co-founder
Blooming Health
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Blooming Health provides purpose-built, inclusive technology solutions to connect older adults to social care community resources like senior centres. They help older adults build social connections in a personalized way, no matter their socio-economic status, identity, or technology capabilities. They preserve trusted human interactions as the front-end to the solution while leveraging data and technology on the back-end.

Jordan Easterling
Founder & CEO
Building Swell
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Building Swell, led by founder and CEO Jordan Easterling, is powering the next era of construction with its workflow and capacity‑planning software tailored for prefab. After our accelerator investment and a follow‑on in their $3.03 M Seed round, Jordan’s team is enabling offsite builders to boost throughput, efficiency, and product‑line velocity.

Bukhtar Khan
Co-Founder
Finni Health
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Founded by Bucky Khan, Finni Health is transforming autism care by helping providers launch compassionate, outcomes-driven ABA practices in weeks. Backed first in our accelerator and later through our pre-seed fund, Bucky’s vision has already reached 1,000+ families across 30+ states, improving child progress and caregiver well-being through technology-powered care.

Riley O'Brien
Founder and CTO
Credit Mountain
PORTFOLIO SPOTLIGHT

Credit Mountain, founded by CEO Riley Elowe, is reinventing the credit decline process for credit unions with its empathetic, white-labeled “Warm Decline” platform—letting applicants turn a “no” into a “not yet” via personalized action plans. After joining our accelerator, we followed on in their $1.5M Seed round.

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