Nic has worked in venture capital for almost 20 years now and prior to founding Forward Partners in June 2013, was a Partner at leading venture capital firm Draper Esprit.

He has worked and invested in London and Silicon Valley, leading over 80 investments and enjoying a number of successful exits including buy.at (acquired by AOL for $125m) and Zeus Technology (acquired by Riverbed for $140m).

Matthew used to work on trading floors at Lloyds and BarCap before seeing the light. Following an MBA at SDA Bocconi and before joining us he became an entrepreneur and investor in his own right.

Matt splits his time between investments and working across the portfolio.

Hasam is the Managing Director of Forward Advances. After spending 4 years in the British Army, he progressed through the ranks at Bank of America and Paypal, and founded 2 startups before joining us at Forward Partners. Hasam is passionate about re-imagining business lending for entrepreneurs and society-at-large, and is using his expertise to help lead and scale our new revenue-based finance offering.

Luke joined Forward Partners from REV Venture Partners, a corporate VC, where he was responsible for deal origination, investment due diligence and portfolio reporting. He was previously a consultant with the strategy consultancy Oliver Wyman, where he worked across the retail, aviation, healthcare and FMCG sectors.

Luke originally planned a career in science and he holds a PhD in biochemistry. His focus at Forward Partners is on sourcing and executing new investments.

Louise started out as a medical doctor and has experience in a number of medical and surgical specialities. She has undertaken research in a world-class laboratory, is published in an international medical journal and has presented work at multiple national and international conferences.

Following this, she joined Entrepreneur First where she developed a healthcare communication platform.

Katie is an Investor with Forward Partners. She came from Vanedge Capital, a VC investing in Series A companies globally. Their sector focuses include machine learning & AI, cloud computing, SaaS, digital media and cyber security. At Vanedge, Katie was responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence and portfolio company management.

Brendon is an Investor Associate with Forward Partners. He joins us from Nauta Capital, a pan-European VC focussed on Series A investments in B2B software. Prior to his career in venture, he completed his MBA at the University of Oxford and started his career working across banking at Credit Suisse and the National Australia Bank.

Allen is a seasoned Chartered Accountant qualifying with Grant Thornton. His early career was spent in the booming telecommunications sector of the 90's. He then undertook numerous Interim Finance Director roles focused on Private Equity backed companies where he was involved with start-ups, company turnarounds and M&A work. Following the successful trade sale of his last company Allen has joined Forward Partners to assist the company on its next exciting phase.  

Bonnie is the Team Coordinator and EA to Nic at Forward Partners. She has worked for many years in support roles from managing receptions at luxury fashion houses and celebrity management companies, to assisting journalists with publishing magazines. Bonnie prides herself with being a positive and go-to person for everyone and enjoys how everyday at Forward is never the same.

Dahlia joined Forward Partners in 2018 as Financial Controller. Following qualification as a chartered accountant, Dahlia has over 10 years experience in providing professional services across a broad range of finance areas including compliance, tax, business process, audit, financial reporting and M&A. Prior to joining Forward Partners, Dahlia has worked across startups, SMEs and larger corporates; holding senior finance positions within the Real Estate, Tech, Aeronautical & Transport and Education sectors.

Jasel runs the team delivering value-added services to our partner companies, from early-stage idea through to launch and anywhere in between. This includes product strategy, customer experience, brand development, technology services, growth marketing, talent, PR and more (breathe). He has a background in building and running teams developing innovative products and experiences for some of the world’s most celebrated brands. This included 13 years at AKQA on clients including Audi, Coca Cola, Nike and Nissan.

When not working, J’s a proud father of two, loves to travel and watching his favourite football team.

Dharmesh has been with Forward Partners since inception helping all our portfolio build great products to create valuable businesses. Prior to FP, he founded 2 tech startups in the loyalty and virtual pet spaces. He sold one and has the scars from both. Since the early dot com days Dharmesh has worked across a number of high profile tech companies in the UK from early stage AI companies, high growth gaming companies like Mind Candy, and with larger organisations like the BBC running product for their social software platforms. He is a regular speaker and writer on Product Management.

Nat is Head of People & Talent at Forward. Nat has previously worked in start ups, scale ups and larger corporates in a People/Talent and Employment capacity. Nat has previous VC experience working for Kindred Capital VC and been a founder herself in HR Tech. Nat is passionate about nailing the basics for companies when it comes to their People and is on a continual train to move away from traditional HR and move into impactful people projects with a heavy slant on psychology within the workplace and beyond, allowing people to be their best self always.

Leonidas has over fifteen years of experience in software and product development, specializing in full stack development, scalable infrastructures, data engineering and lean development practices. He has founded two startups and is an advisor to others.

Leo has a strong engineering background, he works closely with our early-stage startups on all their technology-oriented needs. He’s an open source advocate and a frequent speaker at tech events on infrastructure, scalability, data engineering, and application performance.

Anna is a frontend developer and previously worked with a number of companies and agencies in helping them build great products.

Adam has over 5 years experience working as a Product / Project Manager creating sites that recieve millions of hits a day for the likes of Google and Saatch & Saatchi. Most recently he worked at BabylonHealth developing a globalised product that used AI and Machine Learning to provide accessible, affordable healthcare. He loves solving problems and brings a diverse skill set to the table.

In former life, Adam was also a commercial pilot and completed degree in software engineering.

Shope is a marketer, writer and headshot photographer. As Brand and Content Manager at Forward Partners, Shope executes on our content strategy and works to build our awareness with early-stage founders. Prior to joining Forward Partners she worked at e-commerce and marketplace startups, initially as a content creator at ASOS, before moving onto support Drover and Common Objective with their communications and content. She has a strong interest in consumer brands and sustainability.

Gary has been building digital experiences for over 10 years now - working for a number of digital agencies; building products and services for clients ranging from Google, Nike, and the US Navy. He is passionate about digital and technical innovation, agile ways of working and being a practical programmer!

Suf is a Talent Acquisition Manager at Forward Partners. Having built a career in people and talent both agency-side and at fast-growing startups, he now focusses on all things Talent for FP and our portfolio. Suf brings innovation to the talent space, experimenting with new methods, tooling and technologies to push boundaries and create exceptional hiring processes and experiences for candidates

Sam joins Forward Partners from the start-up FinTech world to lead the HR & Talent team. He will be executing the People strategy internally for Forward and helping define and deliver people initiatives for our portfolio companies. With a passion for working with entrepreneurs & start-ups, Sam brings a huge amount of knowledge & enthusiasm towards creating great places to work.

Loves his babies, cooking, travelling and cricket (Zzzzzzz!!).

Liina is a content marketer with experience across fast-paced industries. At Forward Partners, she looks after writing, coordinating and publishing our blog and social media content. Prior joining Forward Partners, Liina worked at a venture capital fund looking after marketing, communications and events function and she started her career working for hospitality and sports venues. Liina has a strong interest in sustainability and avid supporter of human and animal rights.