Elad Granot

Elad Granot

Founding Member; Advisory Board @ OhioX

About

Dr. Granot is a visionary institutional leader who unites business acumen, civic engagement, and academic excellence to create ecosystems that matter locally, nationally, and globally. As a 3-time business school dean, venture capital investor, and professor of marketing and strategy, he has led transformative initiatives that turn financial challenges into opportunities, repositioning institutions as anchors of vitality and success. He has built a career by aligning institutional vision with cultural relevance and community priorities. He has launched high-impact initiatives including student-run venture funds, corporate consulting programs, and global immersions; experiential pathways that prepare students not just for careers, but for lives of purpose, agency, and impact. His leadership has driven national rankings, record-breaking fundraising, and sustainable enrollment growth, all fueled by student-centered strategies and mission-aligned innovation. With expertise in venture capital, AI integration, and fintech strategy, Elad helps institutions stay future-ready by embedding emerging technologies across curricula. He forges partnerships that bridge sectors, infusing classrooms with relevance, resilience, and ethical fluency, empowering students to thrive in a rapidly evolving world. Increasingly focused on the future of education, Elad champions values-driven, identity-building learning across diverse settings, from formal institutions to community-based initiatives. His work blends experimentation with intention, fostering bold thinking that reimagines what education can become by 2050 and beyond. A global connector with deep roots in the communities he serves, he has cultivated partnerships across sectors and geographies, expanding reach while deepening local impact. He has served as a trusted advisor to businesses, nonprofits, and civic networks, translating institutional mission into public good and sustainable transformation. Named a Notable Immigrant Leader by Crain’s Cleveland, Dr. Granot is recognized for his commitment to access, belonging, and opportunity especially for first-generation, international, and underserved students. Whether stewarding institutional recovery, building coalitions, or designing learning environments rooted in purpose, he leads with vision, optimism, and enduring care for people. His work continues to push the boundaries of what education should be: a space where innovation meets identity, where experimentation serves mission, and where learning empowers the next generation to lead with confidence and meaning.

Country

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City

United States

Industry

Higher Education

Skill

Start-up Ventures, Start-up Leadership, Online Graduate Business (MBA) programs, Marketing Strategy, Qualitative Research, Market Research, Retail, E-Learning, Online Advertising, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Management, Academic Administration, Strategy, Leadership, Research, Nonprofits, Marketing, Higher Education, Management, Customer Insight

Experience

OhioX

Founding Member; Advisory Board

OhioX

LinkedIn
2019-12 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

Ohio

OhioX is a nonprofit organization that represents and connects those committed to growing Ohio’s economy through technology and innovation.

Interstate Fusion Ventures

Advisory Committee Member

Interstate Fusion Ventures

LinkedIn
2024-7 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Akron, Ohio, United States

Interstate Fusion Ventures (IFV), is the first VC firm with the unique vision to link bi-coastal venture communities to Northeast, Ohio (NEO). Our vision is to not only draw coastal investment to NEO but ALSO to invest in coastal startups that benefit from what NEO offers is groundbreaking. It has led to the creation of strong venture and advisory partners who help support the model, add resources, and drive deal flow. All of these create a strategic advantage for its portfolio companies and offer unique investment opportunities for its investment partners. IFV believes that by supporting innovative startups, they can drive economic growth and contribute to creating a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.

iAngels

Advisor

iAngels

LinkedIn
2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

Tel Aviv

iAngels is a leading angel investment firm, leveraging best-in-class due diligence, analytics and co-investment with professional venture capitalists to enable accredited investors around the world to invest in exclusive early stage technology deals in Israel. Our investor platform hosts a highly curated portfolio of investment opportunities across a range of high-tech verticals including; Enterprise Software, Fintech, Frontier Technologies, Cyber, AgriTech, Blockchain, and Impact Investing.

Boostability

Advisor

Boostability

LinkedIn
2025-8 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Boostability is a Gen-AI assistant for students with ADHD.

StartEd

Mentor

StartEd

LinkedIn
2022-6 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

StartEd’s programs are for education innovators with companies around the world with tech-enabled solutions to improve education and workforce learning. StartEd’s programs are for education innovators with companies around the world with tech-enabled solutions to improve education and workforce learning. The StartEd Immersion program, which is 5-day commitment, provides mentorship from the StartEd Network -- the most seasoned and supportive network of investors, entrepreneurs, and educators in the world. It is designed to help entrepreneurs with up to $5mm in funding or revenue secure their next round of financing and expand their customer base. The StartEd Bootcamp is a 5-week, flexible part-time program for early-stage innovators, including working professionals, educators, and industry switchers, to test their ideas, build or enhance early product, and gain early customers.

Cleveland Hillel Foundation

Board Member

Cleveland Hillel Foundation

LinkedIn
2022-9 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Greater Cleveland

The Cleveland Hillel Foundation, established in 1947, currently provides resources to a vibrant Jewish community of more than 2,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attending eleven colleges and universities in the Cleveland area. ​ Through JCLE, Cleveland Hillel connects graduate and professional students to their peers living and working in Cleveland. ​ Cleveland Hillel is also a year round program center that serves Jewish students in Cleveland for the summer through our Summer Internship and Leadership Program and summer events. ​​ We offer 725+ programs at Case Western Reserve University, Oberlin College, Cleveland State University, and John Carroll University. We also reach out to students at Baldwin-Wallace University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cuyahoga Community College, Lakeland Community College, Notre Dame College, and Ursuline College.

Projector: Video Streaming Service

Co-Founder

Projector: Video Streaming Service

LinkedIn
2021-9 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

Now you and your family and friends can stream your home movies the way you watch your favorite Movies, TV Shows, and Documentaries. It's YOUR STREAMING APP!

GENEXIA

Advisory Board Member

GENEXIA

LinkedIn
2022-9 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

At Genexia we combine passion and commitment by reimagining the nexus of human and artificial intelligence to power solutions that deliver real impact, achieve key business objectives, and expand human potential. We deliver quantifiable value through scalable AI that combines the important concepts of accuracy and transparency in a natural way for mission critical applications by means of synergy created between fuzzy rule-based systems and evolutionary algorithms. Genexia, founded in the summer of 2019, is led by co-founder Dr. Kelly Cohen, a world recognized expert in Fuzzy Logic and Head of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, and his team of experienced, award-winning data scientists focused on creating innovative and scalable solutions for some of the most complex problems in health, insurance, sales, manufacturing, and aerospace.

John Carroll University

Professor of Marketing

John Carroll University

LinkedIn
2022-5 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos
John Carroll University

Dean, Boler College of Business

John Carroll University

LinkedIn
2022-5 - 2024-6 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Led the college to an extension of its Dual AACSB accreditation; Planned and Executed a new five-pillar strategic plan; Launched a Venture Capital program; Fundraised and built a state-of-the-art Bloomberg Trading Room; Established the College as a major partner in the resurgence of the Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Ecosystem; Instituted a 100% Internship requirement for all business majors; Elevated the MBA programs to global and national prominence with multiple first-time rankings; Launched a "Tech Core" curriculum; Integrated Virtual Reality into the Curriculum.

This Side Up: Marketing. Strategy.

Strategy and Marketing Consultant

This Side Up: Marketing. Strategy.

1996-1 - Present · 30 yrs 9 mos

Education

Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst

Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst

LinkedIn

Marketing

2002 - 2006 · 4 yrs
Boston University

Boston University

LinkedIn

Marketing

1998 - 2000 · 2 yrs
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

LinkedIn
1994 - 1998 · 4 yrs

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