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Forward Partners

No cheque observed since Oct 2019, after 28 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

DormantVC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries APlatformData ScienceNetwork Effects

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 28 on record
Since the last cheque2555days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$11MCheque size, as they say$300K – $3.0MRounds led1 of 28Sole investor5 roundsMostly inUnited Kingdom, 100%
Pitch Forward Partners

Forward Partners highlights

  1. 01

    28 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 73% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 5 rounds, median $404K

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$300K – $3.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries A
Sectors
PlatformData ScienceNetwork Effects
Based in
London, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first28 appearances

  1. 2019

    3 rounds

  2. Oct
    KoyoGB · TechCrunch$4.9MLed
  3. Oct
    SpokeSeries B · GB · EU-Startups$11MWith 3 others
  4. Aug
    Koru KidsSeries A · GB · TechCrunch$12MWith 6 others
  5. 2015

    4 rounds

  6. Nov
    LexooVenture · GB$1.3MWith 3 others
  7. Jul
    SPOKEVenture · GBUndisclosedWith 1 other
  8. Mar
    RightClinicVenture · GB$372KSole investor
  9. Jan
    LexooSeed · GB$398KSole investor
  10. 2014

    10 rounds

  11. Nov
    Appear HereSeries A · GB$7.5MWith 5 others
  12. Sept
    Dataloop.IOSeed · GB$780KWith 5 others
  13. Jun
    HubbubSeries A · GB$3.4MWith 1 other
  14. Jun
    Lost My NameSeed · GB$837KWith 3 others
  15. May
    StylectSeed · GB$500KWith 1 other
  16. Apr
    Big HealthSeries A · GB$3.3MWith 1 other
  17. Apr
    SquawkaSeed · GB$3.0MWith 3 others
  18. Mar
    DriftrockSeed · GB$1.0MWith 2 others
  19. Feb
    Loyalty BaySeed · GB$53KWith 1 other
  20. Jan
    Makers AcademySeed · GB$773KSole investor
  21. 2013

    7 rounds

  22. Dec
    SnaptripSeed · GB$409KSole investor
  23. Nov
    Appear HereSeed · GB$1.9MWith 10 others
  24. Nov
    Appear HereVenture · GB · techcrunch.com$1.5MWith 7 others
  25. Oct
    UnboundSeed · GB · techcrunch.com$1.8MWith 3 others
  26. Jul
    Wool and the GangSeed · GB · techcrunch.com$2.8MWith 5 others
  27. Jul
    Top10Series A · GB$900KWith 4 others
  28. Jul
    BlikBookSeed · GB · finsmes.com$1.3MWith 3 others
  29. 2012

    3 rounds

  30. Dec
    HailoSeries B · GB · techcrunch.com$31MWith 9 others
  31. Dec
    ZopaSeries D · GB · techcrunch.comUndisclosedWith 4 others
  32. Aug
    SomoGB · finsmes.comUndisclosedSole investor
  33. 2011

    1 round

  34. Sept
    Top10Series A · GB · techcrunch.com$3.5MWith 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

We hold 7 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.

Who they invest alongside

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

MMC VenturesVC firm4rounds togetherAccelVC firm3rounds togetherMarc HazanAngel3rounds togetherMeyer BergmanVC firm3rounds togetherNeon AdventuresFamily office3rounds togetherPlayfair CapitalVC firm3rounds togetherWellington PartnersVC firm3rounds togetherAtomicoVC firm2rounds togetherBalderton CapitalVC firm2rounds togetherBallpark VenturesVC firm2rounds togetherFounder CollectiveVC firm2rounds togetherHOWZAT PartnersVC firm2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Forward Partners put money into.

Koyo$4.9M · Oct 2019Koru Kids$12M · Aug 2019

On podcasts

4 episodes naming Forward Partners in the title, and 1 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Forward Partners

What does Forward Partners invest in?

Forward Partners invests most often at Seed and Series A (73% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Platform, Data Science and Network Effects.

How active is Forward Partners?

28 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2019.

What has Forward Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Koyo (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019), Spoke (Series B, Oct 2019) and Koru Kids (Series A, Aug 2019).

How big are Forward Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $11M. It says it writes cheques of $300K to $3.0M.

Does Forward Partners lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 28 investments on record (4%).

Where does Forward Partners invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (100%).

Is Forward Partners investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Oct 2019.

Who does Forward Partners invest alongside?

Most often MMC Ventures (4 rounds together), Accel (3 rounds together) and Marc Hazan (3 rounds together).

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