With our pre-seed or seed stage investment and a team of dedicated experts you’ll grow your business at lightning speed.
Discover our approachWe’ve worked with entrepreneurs at pre-seed and seed stage since we were founded. The hard work we’ve put in together has proved vital in building out their products, growing revenues and helping them to secure follow-on funding.
Check out our portfolioWe’re bigger than most VC firms, that’s because we have an experienced team of operators to get you moving fast. We’re hands-on and here to help you master everything from early product development to PR.
Pre-seed Stage Story
Ross was one of the very first pre-seed stage founders to work with us. After a successful stint running a Diamond Jubilee themed pop up shop in 2012, Ross arrived at Forward Partners determined to revolutionise the way people rented temporary retail spaces. 18 months later he had a phenomenally successful product and had raised a $10 million Series A from Balderton.
We worked with Ross from day one to help design, develop and and grow his startup over the first 12 months. We continue to support Ross with hiring and interviewing key hires.
Seed Stage Story
Lostmy.name combines the power of amazing storytelling with the possibilities of technology, to create magical personalised experiences for kids. We led their seed round and 12 months later they raised $9million series A round from Google Ventures.
Our team supported Lost my name with their strategy, honing their pitch when fund-raising and continue to support them with recruiting talent.
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Keep readingOffice Hours is your opportunity to tell us about your idea.
Our next Office Hours is on
28th September 2017 at 10:00 a.m.
Our September Office Hours are exclusively for Applied AI startup ideas.
For a better sense of what that means, have a look at our evolving investment thesis.