Prior to co-founding FundersClub, Silver worked at Bunge, a global agribusiness, in their Commodity Risk Management Training Program. He has been named to the Forbes 30 under 30 in Tech and to Silicon Valley Business Journal's 40 under 40. Boris graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and is also an alumnus of Y Combinator.