# Forerunner Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Forerunner Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 225 investments on record, 31 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026.

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# Forerunner Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 225 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $500M, Nov 2024 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B B2b2c Consumer B2C

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**70%** of best year **31** **cheques in 12 months**, 225 on record

Since the last cheque **1** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$20M** Cheque size, as they say **$1.0M – $20M** Rounds led **17 of 225** Sole investor **8 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 85%**

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## Forerunner Ventures highlights

- 01 31 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 60% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $9.5M
- 04 2 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Forerunner is an early-stage venture firm that invests in founders with the vision to define entire categories and the courage to own the totality of what they build from the start. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $1.0M – $20M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** B2b2c Consumer B2C
- **Based in:** San Francisco, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **225 appearances**

- **2026** 22 rounds
- **Oct** **[Wabi](https://millionrounds.com/company/wabi)** US · Google News search **$55M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[SuperMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/superme)** US · Google News search **$20M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Alta](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta)** Series A · US · Google News search **$20M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Town](https://millionrounds.com/company/town)** Series B · US · Menlo Ventures **$108M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Marklo](https://millionrounds.com/company/marklo)** Seed · US · Crunchbase News **$5.0M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[webAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/webai)** Venture · US **$30M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Duckbill](https://millionrounds.com/company/duckbill)** Venture · US **$25M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Wispr](https://millionrounds.com/company/wispr)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$280M** With 23 others
- **Aug** **[Teal Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/teal-health)** Series A · US **$18M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Natural](https://millionrounds.com/company/natural)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$30M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Wonder](https://millionrounds.com/company/wonder)** Growth · US · AlleyWatch **$650M** With 9 others
- **Jul** **[Fora](https://millionrounds.com/company/fora)** Series D · US · TechCrunch **$60M** *Led*
- **Jul** **[Oura](https://millionrounds.com/company/oura)** Venture · FI **$900M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Suno](https://millionrounds.com/company/suno)** Series D · US · TechCrunch **$400M** With 9 others
- **Jun** **[Town](https://millionrounds.com/company/town)** Series A · US **$60M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Koah](https://millionrounds.com/company/koah)** Series A · US · Ventureburn **$21M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Novig](https://millionrounds.com/company/novig)** Series B · US · Ventureburn **$75M** With 5 others
- **Jan** **[Decagon](https://millionrounds.com/company/decagon)** Series D · US · Ventureburn **$250M** With 9 others
- **Jan** **[Humans&](https://millionrounds.com/company/humans-and)** Seed · US · Crunchbase News **$480M** With 13 others
- **Jan** **[Wonder](https://millionrounds.com/company/wonder)** Venture · HK **$8.4M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[webAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/webai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Casa](https://millionrounds.com/company/casa)** Series A · US **$20M** Sole investor
- **2025** 42 rounds
- **Dec** **[Dazzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/dazzle)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$8.0M** *Led*
- **Dec** **[Mindtrip](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindtrip)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Alma](https://millionrounds.com/company/alma)** Series A · FR **$20M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Homebound](https://millionrounds.com/company/homebound)** Venture · US **$300M** With 6 others
- **Dec** **[Known](https://millionrounds.com/company/known)** Seed · US **$9.7M** With 2 others
- **Nov** **[Ramp](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramp)** US · Crunchbase News **$300M** With 25 others
- **Nov** **[Agentio](https://millionrounds.com/company/agentio)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$40M** *Led*
- **Nov** **[Joy](https://millionrounds.com/company/joy)** Series A · US **$14M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Arrived Homes](https://millionrounds.com/company/arrived-homes)** Series B · US **$27M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Oura](https://millionrounds.com/company/oura)** Growth · FI · TechCrunch **$900M** With 8 others
- **Oct** **[Jump](https://millionrounds.com/company/jump)** Series A · US · AlleyWatch **$25M** With 9 others
- **Oct** **[Natural](https://millionrounds.com/company/natural)** Seed · US **$9.8M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[DUOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/duos)** Venture · US **$130M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Andromeda](https://millionrounds.com/company/andromeda)** Series A · AU · Startup Daily **$23M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Koah](https://millionrounds.com/company/koah)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.0M** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Hero Assistant](https://millionrounds.com/company/hero-assistant)** Seed · US **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Outsmart Education](https://millionrounds.com/company/outsmart-education)** Seed · US **$23M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Andromeda Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/andromeda-robotics)** Series A · AU **$15M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **9 named**

BP **Brian Patrick O'Malley** Managing Director of the General Partners i Filing they signed

BO **Brian O?Malley** Managing Director of the General Partner i Filing they signed

DJ **Dated June 20 2001 The Colen Trust** Member-Forerunner Ventures, GP III, LLC i Form ADV

EA **Eurie A. Kim** Managing Director of the General Partners i Filing they signed

JM **Jennifer Mariska** Member, Forerunner Ventures GP IV, LLC i Form ADV

KA **Kirsten Anne Green** Manager - Forerunner Ventures Management, LLC i Form ADV

MK **Michael Kim** Managing Director of CFGOF, LLC i Filing they signed

NJ **Nicole Johnson** Member-Forerunner Ventures, GP III, LLC i Form ADV

SJ **Sanford Joel Colen** Member, Forerunner Ventures GP IV, LLC i Form ADV

We also hold **16** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$4.2B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Forerunner Ventures Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 165109

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Forerunner Ventures's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list.

- [**Cendana Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cendana-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Forerunner Ventures - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**17** of 60 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all**

**[Nomi](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomi)** Bought by Brickstream **Undisclosed** Oct 2014

**[Pict](https://millionrounds.com/company/pict)** Bought by POPSUGAR **Undisclosed** Jan 2014

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$500M**

raised in Nov 2024

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$20M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$9.5M**

Led 17 of 225 rounds **8%**

- **Said size:** $1.0M – $20M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026
- **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *64*
- Seed said *52*
- Venture *36*
- Series B said *33*
- Series D *9*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [First Round Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital) 20
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 19
- [Felicis](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures) 17
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 16
- [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 15
- [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) 14

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Forerunner Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**First Round Capital** VC firm **20** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-round-capital)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **19** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Felicis** VC firm **17** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/felicis-ventures)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **16** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **15** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**Accel** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[**Lerer Hippeau** VC firm **14** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau)[**BoxGroup** VC firm **13** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup)[**Andreessen Horowitz** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[**SV Angel** VC firm **12** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sv-angel)[**Khosla Ventures** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[**New Enterprise Associates** VC firm **11** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Forerunner Ventures put money into.

[**Wabi** $55M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/wabi)[**SuperMe** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/superme)[**Alta** $20M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alta)[**Town** $108M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/town)[**webAI** $30M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/webai)[**Duckbill** $25M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/duckbill)

## Quick answers about Forerunner Ventures

### What does Forerunner Ventures invest in?

Forerunner Ventures invests most often at Series A and Seed (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2b2c, Consumer and B2C.

### How active is Forerunner Ventures?

225 investments on record, 31 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 17. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has Forerunner Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Wabi (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026), SuperMe (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026) and Alta (Series A, Oct 2026).

### How big are Forerunner Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $20M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $20M.

### Does Forerunner Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 17 of its 225 investments on record (8%).

### Where does Forerunner Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (85%), Finland (5%) and Australia (5%).

### Is Forerunner Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 31 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Forerunner Ventures invest alongside?

Most often First Round Capital (20 rounds together), Y Combinator (19 rounds together) and Felicis (17 rounds together).

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