Not Another Exclusionary Fund.
Instead Something Simpler. Something More.
DreamForge isn’t just another fund. It’s a mission-driven platform to back innovation that lifts communities.
We’re looking to support ventures with impact in their DNA. Every project must embed values of fairness, equity, and community from Day 1.
We believe that technology should serve people, not replace them — and that lasting change is rooted in trust, accountability, and openness.
Meet the Founding Partners
Brandolon Barnett, Founding Partner
Messay Derebe, Founding Partner
Supporting Investors & Advisors
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Justin Klevs, Design Manager, Meta
Investor in The Regular
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Chloe Duong, Product Design, Service Now
Investor in The Regular
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Nick Bailey, VP of Product, Salesforce
Advisor
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Rediate Derebe, VP of Internal Audit
Advisor
About Brandolon
Brandolon Barnett built DreamForge by drawing on his passion, nerd status, and deep experience at the intersection of tech, social change, and philanthropy. Brandolon is a social innovator and entrepreneur. He helps to build and lead innovative products, initiatives, and partnerships at the intersection of tech and social impact. He does so in a way that is data driven and with a deep recognized expertise in Philanthropy, international development, corporate social responsibility, social enterprises, and impact investing. He currently serves as a Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Industry Solutions with Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud helping to build innovative features and partnerships to support Salesforce corporate customers hoping to have an impact through Philanthropy Cloud or any other Salesforce technologies. Brandolon is also the Co-Founder of goARTful (goARTful.com), a tech startup based in D.C. which provides a subscription service and technology to make it easier to access and explore art. Brandolon holds an MA in International Studies with a specialization in International Economics from the University of London SOAS. Previous roles include NGO and foundation work managing programs in the realm of environmental sustainability, cultural heritage, and economic development in major US markets and on the ground in 5 countries. He has also worked as a Senior Director within Global Impact where he led the Growfund startup (mygrowfund.org) over its first two years. Previous to this he worked as manager of philanthropic research & internal CSR with FrontStream/TRUiST and as a researcher with the Council on Foundations.
Brandolon has been invited to speak at multiple venues including the 2014 Conference for Sustainable Heritage Management in Rome, the 2016 conference of the Association for Corporate Contributions Professionals (ACCProf), the 2016 & 2017 Blackbaud Conferences, Dreamforce, SOCAP 2017, 2016 Council on Foundations Conference, 2017 SXSW, 2018 AFP. Brandolon is also active as a volunteer having served on the measurement committee for Impact 2030 and other capacities.