Eric Futoran

Eric Futoran is the co-founder and CEO of Embrace. Eric has also served as an investor and advisor for various companies, including Scopely, MAX, Hooked Media Group, Aggregate Knowledge, IBM, Updata Partners, Gunderson Dettmer, and Trilogy Software.

Prior to Embrace, Eric was the VP of Product at Hooked Media Group and the Director of Product and Business Development at Aggregate Knowledge. Eric has also worked in strategy and change management at IBM and as a venture capital associate at Updata Partners.

Eric has a passion for helping startups grow and scale. Eric has advised and invested in over 100 companies, including some of the most successful startups in the world. In addition to their work with Embrace, they are also a founding advisor of MAX, a startup accelerator in Los Angeles.

Eric Futoran attended Y Combinator as part of the YCG F21 cohort in 2021 and the S19 cohort in 2019. Eric also attended New York University for their JD & MBA from 2002-2006 and Duke University for their BSE & BS from 1995-1999.

The people who work with Eric Futoran include Trang Nguyen, Christine Hermawan, Megan Winter, Anton Belo, James Elliott, Vitaliy Fuks, and Fredric Newberg. These individuals all have different roles within the company, but they all report to Eric Futoran.