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).
Your team
We don’t coach from the sidelines. We roll our sleeves up, and show up for you in the arena. In any and every way that we can.

Investment
We believe that the relationship we have with our founders is the most important thing

Nic Brisbourne
CEO

Matt Bradley
CFO + Partner, Investment

Hasam Silva
Managing Director, FA

Luke Smith
Investor

Louise Rix
Investor

Katie Kim
Investor

Tom Lovelace
Investment Associate

Brendon Ferreira
Investor Associate

Allen Browning
Finance Director

Dahlia Jacobs
Financial Controller

Mo Fay
PA to CEO

Ade Omisore
Innovation Associate
Studio
We are a diverse bunch of specialists across all the disciplines a startup needs. We love to get stuck in and be as helpful as possible

Jasel Mehta
COO + Partner, Studio

Jared Ruddy
Head of Marketing

Natalie Falconer
Head of People

Leonidas Tsementzis
CTO

Anna Jan
Frontend developer

Adam Field
Product Manager

Gary Button
Senior Engineer

Suf Jogee
Talent Acquisition

Nicola Wright Mckenzie
Talent Acquisition

Liina Lopp
Marketing Associate

Emma Miller
Talent Associate

Josh Collie
Senior Product Designer

Katie Lawrence
Talent Associate

Maddie Pogson
Growth Manager

Kayleigh Smart
Interim Head of People
The latest
We are excited to announce our 3rd Female Founder Office Hours edition.
The event will take place on May 19th and applications are now open! Read more about our Office Hours events here or …
Key insights from our More Than Money Report launch panel.
Last week, we launched The More Than Money Report 2021. The launch event brought together insights from the report and an expert …
Female Founder Office Hours
A monthly event where 20 pre-seed founders pitch their business idea's and get advice from our investors.