# Fast Forward funding: rounds and investors

> Fast Forward has raised $860K across 3 rounds since 2023. Investors include Right Side Capital Management, Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup and...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/fast-forward (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Fast Forward*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Big Data & Analytics

Raised 6 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$860K** raised across 3 rounds since 2023, from 3 sources

**$500K** Grant **$360K** Seed

- **Latest round:** Seed, $360K May 2026
- **Biggest round:** $500K Grant · Dec 2023
- **Investors:** 8

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2024 2025 2026

**$500K** Grant

**?** Venture

**$360K** Seed

- **First round:** Grant, $500K
- **Biggest round:** $500K
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months

## The rounds

- **May 2026** Seed **$360K** *2 new* [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Invest Nebraska](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nebraska) Source recorded SEC filing: $360K sold
- **Aug 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *5 new* [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) [Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [Hana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hana-ventures) [Stonebridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stonebridge-ventures) Source recorded
- **Dec 2023** Grant **$500K** *1 new* [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Fast Forward's own website: 1 founder, 3 on the team.

**Dusty Birge** Founder & CEO

- **Brett Schutte** Vice President of Operations
- **Brock Mowry** Technical Analyst
- **Maira Chavez** HR/Finance Manager

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Grant** 2023 **Venture** 2024 **Seed** 2026 [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) [BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) [Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) [Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) [Invest Nebraska](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nebraska) [Hana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hana-ventures) [Stonebridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stonebridge-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tips-program) Government **1** round

[BlackRock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackrock) Asset manager **1** round

[Korea Investment Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/korea-investment-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Ridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ridge-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Invest Nebraska](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nebraska) Government **1** round

[Hana Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hana-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Stonebridge Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stonebridge-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Fast Forward as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Ulu Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ulu-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Fast Forward

### Who invested in Fast Forward?

Fast Forward's investors include Right Side Capital Management, Korea Tech Incubator Program For Startup, BlackRock, Korea Investment Partners and Ridge Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has Fast Forward raised?

Fast Forward has raised $860K across 3 rounds since 2023. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Fast Forward last raise?

Fast Forward's most recent round was a Seed of $360K in May 2026.

### What was Fast Forward's biggest round?

Fast Forward's largest round on record is $500K (Grant), in Dec 2023.

### Who backed Fast Forward first?

Fast Forward's first round on record, in Dec 2023, was backed by BlackRock.

### What stage is Fast Forward at?

Fast Forward's latest named round is a Seed, in May 2026.

### Where is Fast Forward based?

Fast Forward is based in the United States.

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