SF ScaleForge Collective
Est. 2019 • San Francisco

We help ambitious founders
build enduring companies.

ScaleForge Collective is the premier operator-led community where founders learn, launch, and scale ventures together.

Our story

ScaleForge Collective was born in a small co-working space in San Francisco when five operators realized that traditional startup education lacked real-world depth. Founders needed peers who had actually shipped products, raised rounds, and survived the hard moments.

What started as weekly founder dinners quickly grew into a global community of 4,200+ operators. Today we run 40+ live labs each quarter, publish operator playbooks, and have helped 180 companies raise over $420M in funding.

Since day one
4.2k
Active members
180
Companies funded
42
Live labs per quarter
$420m
Funding raised by alumni

Mission & values

We exist to close the gap between theory and execution in entrepreneurship.

01
Operator-led

Every curriculum and lab is built by people who have done the work — not just taught it.

02
Peer-first community

We prioritize curated small-group interactions over mass content consumption.

03
Long-term outcomes

Our success is measured in the companies you build and the careers you accelerate.

Meet the team behind the forge

A small group of experienced founders and operators.

Elena Voss
Co-founder & CEO

Former VP Product at two unicorns. Founded and sold two startups before launching ScaleForge in 2019.

Marcus Hale
Co-founder & COO

Built and scaled teams at Stripe and Ramp. Leads all of our live labs and curriculum design.

Priya Sharma
Head of Community

Scaled the first 1,000 founding members. Previously ran operator communities at Notion and Vercel.

Ready to join the next cohort?

Applications for our Q2 founder labs close next month. Browse programs or reach out directly.