Founder, Data Centre Buildout

Forum Ventures

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About The Position

Forum's Venture Studio brings together people, ideas, and capital to build B2B SaaS businesses from 0 to 1. Founders receive capital, investor networks, fundraising support, and resources to build companies. Forum AI Studio has launched 17 companies since 2023 and plans to launch seven more in 2026.

Forum AI Studio is seeking Founders/CEOs to launch and run future companies addressing bottlenecks in the industrial economy supporting AI and data-center buildout. Potential themes include factory buildout readiness, capital and coordination; engineering supply-chain procurement, expediting, equipment qualification and logistics; power readiness, behind-the-meter development, interconnection and permitting for data centers; and infrastructure financing, incentive capture, asset valuation and residual-value data.

The Founder will lead the company alongside a CTO, Designer, go-to-market and validation experts until their own team is hired. Forum offers a $250,000 USD investment, fundraising support and networks, validation expertise, operational support across business design, product development, growth, recruitment and legal, go-to-market support targeting $50,000–$100,000 ARR, a community of mentors and peers, and more than $100,000 in business perks. This is not an employment opportunity with Forum Ventures.

Requirements

• Early-stage operator experience with a proven track record of building, selling and navigating the infrastructure, energy, industrial manufacturing or infrastructure finance world.
• Ability to attract, hire and lead world-class teams.
• Demonstrated passion for technology's ability to change the world.
• Desire to be a venture-backed founder.
• Based in Canada or the United States, and able to collaborate in North American time zones.

Responsibilities

• Launch and run a future company as its Founder/CEO.
• Lead the company with support from a CTO, Designer, go-to-market and validation experts until a company team is hired.
• Attract, hire and lead a world-class team.
• Build and sell a venture-backed company addressing relevant infrastructure, energy, industrial manufacturing or infrastructure finance challenges.

Benefits

• $250,000 USD investment.
• End-to-end fundraising playbook and network to raise a seed round and Series A.
• Validation partner with playbooks, networks and systems to validate, unlock an ideal customer profile and build a sales pipeline.
• Support from an experienced operating team across business design, product development, growth, recruitment and legal.
• Go-to-market support to reach $50,000–$100,000 ARR and develop an MVP for early traction.
• Community of mentors, peers and leaders.
• More than $100,000 worth of business perks.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed