# Sruthi Sivanandan

> Sruthi Sivanandan is an Associate at Forum Ventures, the leading pre-seed fund and accelerator for B2B SaaS startups, where she anchors the firm's West Coast community in San Francisco. With a background spanning BlackRock, IBM, and Feedzai, she bridges the worlds of finance, tech, and venture—co-hosting Coffee Club meetups for early-stage founders and funders, contributing research to Forum's investment thesis, and earning a spot on NYC Fintech Women's 2025 Inspiring FinTech Females list as a Network Builder (a title she reportedly finds amusing).

- **Role:** Associate at Forum Ventures
- **Organizations:** Forum Ventures
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Economics, Bioinformatics, and Statistics, University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Named to NYC Fintech Women's 2025 Inspiring FinTech Females list (Network Builder category), Organized 20+ community events on Luma for early-stage B2B SaaS founders and funders in San Francisco, Co-hosts Coffee Club with 11 Tribes Ventures, bridging founders and investors in the SF ecosystem

## Career timeline

- **2014-2017** — Studied Economics, Bioinformatics, and Statistics at UC Davis
- **~2017-2019** — Analyst role at IBM
- **~2019-2021** — Analyst role at BlackRock
- **~2021-2023** — Product Analytics and Operations at Feedzai
- **2024** — Joined Forum Ventures as Associate (Investor Relations)
- **2025** — Anchors Forum Ventures' San Francisco presence alongside new MD Deirdre Clute
- **2025** — Named to NYC Fintech Women's Inspiring FinTech Females 2025 list as Network Builder

## Achievements

- Named to NYC Fintech Women's 2025 Inspiring FinTech Females list (Network Builder category)
- Organized 20+ community events on Luma for early-stage B2B SaaS founders and funders in San Francisco
- Co-hosts Coffee Club with 11 Tribes Ventures, bridging founders and investors in the SF ecosystem
- Contributed competitive landscape research to Forum Ventures' published thesis on vertical AI sales tools
- Key architect of Forum Ventures' West Coast community expansion with MD Deirdre Clute

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Recognized on NYC Fintech Women's 2025 Inspiring FinTech Females list as a Network Builder
- **2025-01** — Joined Luma platform and began organizing SF Coffee Club events for early-stage B2B founders
- **2024-12** — Forum Ventures returned to San Francisco with new MD Deirdre Clute; Sruthi anchors West Coast community presence

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sruthisiva/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/thensruthisaid

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Last updated: 2026-05-06