# Will Foussier

> Will Guillaume Foussier is the co-founder and CEO of AceUp, a Boston-based AI-powered team-transformation and leadership-coaching platform he launched out of the Harvard Innovation Labs. A former financial analyst who credits an executive coach with rerouting his own career, he set out to democratize coaching - turning a once-exclusive C-suite perk into a data-driven service deployed across more than 100 enterprises including LVMH, L'Oreal, IBM, BNP Paribas and John Deere. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and EHL, Harvard and Techstars alumnus, he raised a $22.5M Series A in 2024 and runs the company on the conviction that everybody deserves a coach.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at AceUp
- **Organizations:** AceUp, Institute of Coaching, Clinton Global Initiative (former), Raymond James (former)
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Bachelor's, Hospitality Management, Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne (EHL), Master's in Management, Harvard University / Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled AceUp to 100+ enterprise clients including LVMH, L'Oreal, IBM, BNP Paribas, John Deere and WM, Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Technology, 2020), Raised $22.5M Series A in 2024; ~$25M total funding

## Career timeline

- **pre-2015** — Financial analyst at Raymond James in France
- **2015** — Joined the Clinton Global Initiative 20/30 Program in New York; worked in social-impact fundraising and was coached by an executive coach
- **2017** — Co-founded AceUp out of the Harvard Innovation Labs with Rohit Begani; early collaborators included Layla Lynn and Pat Shreckengast
- **2020** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Enterprise Technology; pivoted AceUp's model during the pandemic
- **2022-2024** — AceUp named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies three years running
- **2024** — Raised a $22.5M Series A led by PJC, bringing total funding to roughly $25M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled AceUp to 100+ enterprise clients including LVMH, L'Oreal, IBM, BNP Paribas, John Deere and WM
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (Enterprise Technology, 2020)
- Raised $22.5M Series A in 2024; ~$25M total funding
- Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies (2022, 2023, 2024)
- Built a network of 3,500+ contract coaches worldwide
- Strategic advisor at the Institute of Coaching (Harvard Medical School / McLean Hospital)
- Founding member of the IOC Research Consortium for Human-Centered Leadership

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — AceUp closed a $22.5M Series A led by PJC with Techstars Ventures, Gaingels, Water Bear Ventures and Launchpad Venture Group; Foussier says the company is profitable.

## Links

- Website: https://aceup.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-guillaume-foussier/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aceupofficial/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/aceupofficial/

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