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Michael Cardamone
CEO & Managing Partner at Forum Ventures
Michael Cardamone
Michael Cardamone is the CEO and Managing Partner at Forum Ventures (formerly Acceleprise), a B2B SaaS focused seed fund, pre-seed accelerator program and community with offices in San Francisco, NYC and Toronto.1 He is also a Cohort 2 Member at Oper8r LLC, a community building the next generation of institutional VC's.1
Experience
- CEO & Managing Partner at Forum Ventures (formerly Acceleprise) since June 20141
- Cohort 2 Member at Oper8r LLC since April 20211
- Advisor at Mya Systems from April 2014 to April 20191
- Venture Partner at SaaStr from January 2017 to March 20181
- VP of Partnerships at AcademixDirect, Inc. from April 2010 to January 20141
- Partner Channel Manager at AcademixDirect, Inc. from August 2009 to April 20101
- Business Development Manager at Box.net from June 2008 to July 20091
- Managing Partner at United States Federation of Small Businesses from August 2005 to December 20071
- Part Time Marketing/Business Analyst at Mainpoint Marketing from May 2006 to November 20061
Education
- MBA in Finance and Marketing from Columbia Business School1
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University1
Michael Cardamone has invested in over 100 startups in 2023 across Forum Ventures' accelerator and seed funds, and believes some of the best companies are started in down markets.2
Highlights
Aug 30 · oper8r.substack.com
Where do LPs find SIGNAL? - by Winter Mead - Upd8r by Oper8r
Jul 5 · Forbes
Are We In A Venture Capital Bubble? - Forbes
Jun 30 · FinSMEs
Forum Ventures Closes Two New Funds, At $30M - FinSMEs