Gabe Zicherman

CEO
Onward

Gabe Zichermann is the world’s foremost expert on designing behavior change using advanced technologies, author of 3 books, frequent lecturer and successful entrepreneur.

Gabe’s work in gamification has been used by thousands of companies worldwide to increase user engagement. With a growing realization that technology addiction had pushed us too far, he began Onward in 2016 with a mission to help people disconnect from their devices and reconnect with life. Onward has raised $3.2M in funding from Founders Fund and Compound Ventures, and its advisors are clinicians and professors at UCLA, Stanford and Columbia University.

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SB'26 Tokyo
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