Forward Partners Overview
- Investor Type
- Venture Capital
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 5

- Investments
- 99
- Portfolio
- 47
- Exits
- 22

Forward Partners General Information
Description
Forward-thinking capital for the UK's next top tech businesses. Forward invests in exceptional startups through venture funding, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in eCommerce, marketplace, and applied AI. Forward's latest proposition, Advances, lends cash to growing businesses - letting them borrow against their revenues without the need to sell equity. All businesses funded by forwarding get exclusive access to their in-house Studio team, leveraging expertise across product development, digital marketing, branding, and much more. Forward's portfolio includes Lexoo - an AI-powered legal outsourcing solution; Patch Plants, the leading online UK plant store; Ably a technology company that builds real-time infrastructure for the internet; Apexx, a global payments platform that consolidates providers to improve retail conversion; Cherryz, an eCommerce company focused on essentials and Koru Kids, a childcare company revolutionizing nanny sharing. Forward was founded in 2013 by Nic Brisbourne.
Contact Information
- 2 Aurora Building
- 124 East Road
- London N1 6FD
- England, United Kingdom
Forward Partners Investments (99)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Gravity Sketch | 19-Apr-2022 | Later Stage VC | 0000 | Multimedia and Design Software | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
000000 | 21-Mar-2022 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
00000 00000 000000 | 27-Jan-2022 | 0000 00000 | 00.000 | Other Healthcare Technology Systems | Generating Revenue | |
00000000 | 14-Oct-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 00.0 |
0000 | 08-Sep-2021 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Consumer Finance | Generating Revenue | 0000000 0000000 |
000 0000 | 25-Aug-2021 | 00000 00000 | 00000 | Clothing | Generating Revenue | |
0000 (000000000) | 12-Aug-2021 | 0000 00000 | 00.000 | Logistics | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 00.0 |
0000 (00000000 000 | 30-Jun-2021 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Software Development Applications | Generating Revenue | 0000 00000 00.0 |
Clustermarket | 28-May-2021 | Later Stage VC | 00.000 | Media and Information Services (B2B) | Generating Revenue | 00000000 0000000000 |
Juno (Legal Services) | 29-Apr-2021 | Early Stage VC | 00.000 | Legal Services (B2C) | Generating Revenue |
Forward Partners Exits (22)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Somo | 27-Jan-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | 000.00 |
000000000 | 27-Jul-2021 | 0000000000 | |
000000 (0000000000 | 17-Dec-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
00000 | 22-Jun-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
000000000 | 28-May-2020 | 0000000000 | |
0000000 | 08-Oct-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
00000000 | 01-Jun-2019 | 000 00 00000000 | |
0000000 | 01-Mar-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
RightClinic | 25-Sep-2018 | Secondary Transaction - Private | |
Airsupply | 12-Mar-2018 | Merger/Acquisition |
Forward Partners Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
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Request a free trialForward Partners Team (26)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Nicholas Brisbourne | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 00 | 0 | 0 | London, United Kingdom |
Lloyd Smith | Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director | London, United Kingdom | |||
Matthew Bradley | CIO, Partner & Investment | 0 | 0 | 0 | London, United Kingdom |
Jasel Mehta | Chief Operating Officer & Partner, Studio | London, United Kingdom | |||
Luke Smith Ph.D | Partner & Investor | 0 | 0 | London, United Kingdom |
Forward Partners Co-Investors (124)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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MMC Ventures | 3 | 0 |
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Balderton Capital | 0 | 0 |
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Beringea | 0 | 0 |
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Frontline Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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Seedcamp | 0 | 0 |
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