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Be matched to your next board seat opportunity at an early stage startup as an advisor, board director or investor. Build your board career, earn equity and grow your wealth portfolio. Gain experience while building wealth.

Access live and on demand educational programming, a powerful community, networking, and the resources you need to scale your board and investment career.

90% of board seats at tech startups are exchanged through networking.

Our AI powered platform makes it easy to access and exchange valuable advisory, board and investment opportunities.

What you’ll have access to:

  • Board Marketplace

    Looking for compensated board & board-adjacent opportunities that are right for you to advance your career & build wealth? Create a robust board candidate profile, find & be matched to opportunities based on industry, opportunity type, and other factors.

    Looking for incredible mentors, advisors & board directors to help you scale and fund your company? Find & be matched to precisely the right people from our candidate pool of 2,300+.

  • Investment Club

    Accredited investor? Join our private investment club at any time & unlock hundreds of additional board & investment opportunities. Network with angels, LPs and GPs, create a robust investor profile and be matched based on preferences.

    Fundraising? We thought so. Let the 150+ angels, LPs and 20+ VCs in our private investment club know about your fundraise by creating investment-related listings & pitching. Be easily found by candidates & investors.

  • Expert Hub

    Are you a coach, consultant or expert service provider? Become a trusted expert & offer your services to our community of thousands of executives, entrepreneurs & investors. Offer discounts, perks & promotions. Create relevant content & materials to help you reach your target audience.

    All members benefit from our deep bench of experts, including fractional CFOs, CMOs, CTOs and CXOs.

  • Community

    Network with a vetted community of mission-aligned executives, entrepreneurs & investors interested in accelerating each other’s careers and companies. Become a Mentor or Mentee & build trusted relationships to help you on your professional journey.

    Resources & Programming: Enjoy live & on-demand educational programming that demystifies advisory and governing boards for founders and candidates, networking events. Take advantage of thought leadership opportunities. Access templates & guides & so much more.

  • Job Board

    Access and be matched to operator roles based on preferences.

    Recruit for & fill open positions from our diverse talent pool. Be matched to talent base on preferences.

We empower and incentivize startups to create advisory and governing seats and then provide transparent access to a diverse group of talented executives who want to break into the for profit board and investment pipeline as a way to thrive professionally, build wealth and level the playing field.

Board Opportunities in the spotlight.

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Board Opportunities
Independent Board Director

Company Description: A media platform that drives in-store visits and other real business results. Using observed real-world consumer behavior, including location and purchase data, we create targeted advertising campaigns across all screens for advertisers. We then measure how consumers respond to the campaigns, including if they physically show up to a store location or website, to understand the real business results generated by a brand’s advertising.

Core Board Skills Sought: Communications, Branding, Digital Marketing, Scaling/Growth, M&A Experience, Strategic Partnerships, Senior Executive - Performance Management & Improvement

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Advisory Board Member

Company Description: You and your dog are busy, so we crafted the perfect food to keep in your pocket for those moments you're a long way from home. Whether camping, hiking, or unexpectedly out and about all day, we've got you covered.

Core Board Skills Sought: Communications, Branding, Community Building, CPG, Scaling/Growth, Manufacturing/Supply Chain, Niche Consumer Goods

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Advisory Board Member

Company Description: A compact ultrasound technology that can be used by the consumers with an AI-driven cognitive function that autonomously performs the risk assessment of health conditions, smart image processing, with mobile ultrasound device, and reporting the findings to doctors. Shifting from the Medical Staff as Users to Patients as Users

Core Board Skills Sought: Communications, Branding, Current or Former Role in Fund Management, Finance, Current or Former Role in Banking, M.D., Women's Health, Health & Safety, Safety Committee Experience, Healthcare, B2B Sales, M&A/Capital Markets, Capital Raising Experience, Senior Executive - CEO/Senior Management Experience

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Angel Advisor

Company Description: Specializes in advanced data analytics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and deep learning technologies. We excel in extracting insights from unstructured data (text) to uncover sentiments, trends, and patterns.

Core Board Skills Sought: M&A/Capital Markets, Capital Raising Experience

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Advisory Board Member

Company Description: The curated menopause marketplace, using AI to scale the wisdom of the world’s leading doctors and experts in women’s health and longevity. We offer fully-vetted products and expert protocols that few could access until now. Our bleeding-edge AI enables personalized recommendations tailored to each woman’s unique needs. We are building the exclusive health concierge for women to look, think, and feel her best through every life stage.

Core Board Skills Sought: Health, Digital Health, Health Committee Experience, M.D., Women's Health

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Pro Bono Advisor

Company Description: A comprehensive, yet easy-to-use tool that auto builds your plan and calculates all the key metrics a CEO needs to track to make the right decisions at the right time.

Core Board Skills Sought: Communications, Branding, Client Acquisition, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Current or Former Role in Finance Industry, Finance, C.F.A., C.P.A., Current or Former Role in Banking, M&A/Capital Markets, Fundraising, Technology, SaaS

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Companies

2300+

Executives

3100+

Premium Members

150+

Angels, LPs & Funds

12000+

The Fourth Effect Community

Who are our members?

A powerful, game-changing network of:

Executives

Diverse group of C-Suite, General Counsel, Senior VPs and Operators in the Innovation ecosystem.

Investors

Angel Investors, LPs, VC Funds & PE Firms

Startups

Innovative companies of all sizes from Pre-Seed to Growth Stage. Companies that are changing the game and changing the world.

Rising Stars

The leaders of tomorrow accessing mentorship, community and job opportunities today.

Advisor Membership Pricing

Still not sure which plan is right for you? Join us for a platform tour here.

Executive

$79

FREE for 1 month

Then, starts at $79 per month

Includes access to:

  • A powerful global community of executives, investors & entrepreneurs

  • Hundreds of compensated board & board-adjacent opportunities

  • Our private investment club for accredited investor members (150+ startups fundraising & seeking ‘Angel Advisors’)

  • Live/on demand programming, networking events

  • Mentorship & thought leadership opportunities

  • Templates, guides, & other resources

  • Fractional Experts

  • Job Board

  • List yourself as an expert & offer your services to our community of thousands of advisors, entrepreneurs & investors.

Rising Star

$49

FREE for 1 month

Then, starts at $49 per month

Includes access to:

  • Hundreds of pro bono advisor opportunities with pre-seed through Series A startups.

  • A powerful peer community of Rising Stars interested in starting a board & investment career early.

  • Find a mentor to elevate your career trajectory and boardroom ambitions

  • Live & on-demand programming, networking events, experts, templates & guides

  • Find your next opportunity with a startup on our job board

  • Our private investment club for accredited investor members (150+ startups fundraising & seeking ‘Angel Advisors’)

Not sure which option is for you?

EXECUTIVE MEMBERSHIP is designed for executives and entrepreneurs ready for Board Advisor and governing board roles who hold a leadership role within their organization with an established career and ≥10 years of professional experience. Executive Members who also qualify as an accredited investor under Title 17 of Regulation D are welcome to join our private investment club as an angel, LP or GP any time. Within the first 30 days of membership all new members are reviewed independently and we reserve the right to remove membership selections (and reimburse any correlating membership fees) if members are determined to not meet membership criteria.

RISING STAR MEMBERSHIP is designed for young professionals interested in advancing professionally by working with scaling startups, leveraging community, mentorship and by initiating a for profit board and investment career as early as possible. Rising Star Members who also qualify as an accredited investor under Title 17 of Regulation D are welcome to join our private investment club as an angel, LP or GP any time.Within the first 30 days of membership all new members are reviewed independently and we reserve the right to remove membership selections (and reimburse any correlating membership fees) if members are determined to not meet membership criteria.

Lifelong Premium Membership

We are offering key members of our community the opportunity to make an impact directly by participating in the future of The Fourth Effect as a Founding or Equity Member.