# Siavash Mahmoudian

> Toronto-based software engineer and entrepreneur Siavash Mahmoudian co-founded Bettermode, originally Tribe, and served as CEO from 2018 to 2023. He previously co-founded Breezio and now serves as Chief Technology Officer at Passage.

- **Role:** Chief Technology Officer at Passage
- **Organizations:** Passage, Bettermode (formerly Tribe), Breezio, Company.com
- **Nationality:** Iranian
- **Known for:** Co-founded Bettermode and led it as CEO from 2018 to 2023., Helped build a community platform backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV and Inovia., Co-founded Breezio before Bettermode.

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Offered to share his PHP Persian transliteration tool in a Persian Computing discussion.
- **Before 2018** — Co-founded Breezio, a community software company, in the United States.
- **2018** — Co-founded Tribe in Toronto with Soheil Alavi and Mohsen Malayeri; became CEO.
- **2020** — Tribe closed a $7.5 million seed round in November, co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and CRV.
- **2021** — Discussed product-market fit on Tabaghe 16; Tribe announced the acqui-hire of pe•ple co-founders Han Wang and Hahnbee Lee.
- **2022** — Tribe rebranded as Bettermode.
- **2023** — CEO tenure ended; Mo Malayeri announced his succession in September. Mahmoudian joined Passage as CTO, publicly reported by November.
- **2024** — Listed as Passage CTO among Canadian Fintech Summit speakers.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Bettermode and led it as CEO from 2018 to 2023.
- Helped build a community platform backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV and Inovia.
- Co-founded Breezio before Bettermode.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Research verification: Passage’s current leadership page lists Mahmoudian as Chief Technology Officer; this is a verification date, not a new appointment.
- **2023-11** — Artemis Canada reported his move to Passage as Chief Technology Officer.

## Links

- Website: http://syavash.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siavashmahmoudian/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/siavash
- GitHub: https://github.com/syavash
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Syavash

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Last updated: 2026-10-15