# Mohsen "Mo" Malayeri

> Mohsen “Mo” Malayeri is the Toronto-based co-founder and CEO of Bettermode, formerly Tribe. His career spans the advertising business Anetwork, Iran’s Avatech accelerator and community-building initiatives including Startup Weekend. He teaches a minimum viable community framework and has written about customer communities for Forbes Technology Council.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Bettermode
- **Organizations:** Bettermode, Tribe Technologies, Avatech, Anetwork, Iran Entrepreneurship Association, Startup Weekend
- **Education:** Eastern Mediterranean University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Anetwork, Avatech and Bettermode., Helped organize more than a dozen startup weekends across nine Iranian cities by 2014., Co-founded the company that announced a $7.5 million seed round in June 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Co-founded an online advertising startup, according to his Startup Grind biography.
- **2012** — Co-founded Iran Entrepreneurship Association.
- **2014** — Co-founded Avatech and organized an Iranian startup delegation to Startup Istanbul.
- **2018** — Co-founded Tribe in Toronto with Siavash Mahmoudian and Soheil Alavi.
- **2021** — Tribe announced a $7.5 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV, with Inovia Capital participating.
- **2023** — Tribe was publicly using the Bettermode name by January; Malayeri announced becoming CEO in September.
- **2026** — Shared a 2025 recap and welcomed new product and technology leadership.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Anetwork, Avatech and Bettermode.
- Helped organize more than a dozen startup weekends across nine Iranian cities by 2014.
- Co-founded the company that announced a $7.5 million seed round in June 2021.
- Spoke at TEDxYouth Tehran and Startup Grind Tehran.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — In a recap of 2025, Malayeri reported more than two million new users, engagement growing sixfold year over year, new customers including Webflow, HiBob and Verkada, and an in-person downtown Toronto office. These are company-leader-reported figures.
- **2026-01** — Ami Asadi announced becoming partner and CPO; Farhad Hedayatifard announced becoming partner and CTO and described planned AI-related product changes.
- **2025-08** — Published a Bettermode release update covering Zapier scheduling, cookie tools, mobile commenting and integration fixes.

## Links

- Website: https://about.me/malayeri
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malayeri/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/malayeri
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malayeri/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mohsen.malayeri.official

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Last updated: 2026-10-15