Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel

After teaching for a decade, Farb founded Grockit in December of 2006 with the goal of helping learners connect to teach each other.

He grew up in both Canada and The United States and is a graduate of The University of Michigan. In the past, he founded Vision Computer Solutions in Northville Michigan and WAPonimizer, the first privacy service

for cell phones. He has been a winner in the MIT Sloan Business School 1K Entrepreneurship competition and has been The Princeton Review's National Teacher of the Year.

Number of Investments 1
Farbood Nivi invested in Frond on Feb 7, 2023. This investment - Seed Round - Frond - was valued at
$3.3M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 7, 2023
Frond
Seed Round - Frond
$3.3M
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 1
Farbood Nivi has 4 current jobs including CEO & Founder at Learnist, CEO & Co-Founder at Orchestra One, and Team Member at Socratic Labs. Additionally, Farbood Nivi has had 1 past job as the Founder, President, chief product officer, and chairman at Grockit.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Grockit
Founder, President, chief product officer, and chairmanJul 31, 2013
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Farbood Nivi is the Advisor at St. Fidelis College.