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Forward Factory
Accelerator · Italy · Europe
Forward Factory is an accelerator for startups offering digital innovations for manufacturing. It runs a six-month acceleration program that includes a proof of concept with industrial companies, and it invests €165K in equity with possible follow-on funding for the best startups.
Invests inIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsmanufacturingindustry 4.0digital transformationartificial intelligenceindustrial iotrobotics
Your fit with Forward Factory
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Or find every investor that fitsForward Factory lists 18 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 1 funding round. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (50%), Cybersecurity (12%) and AI & Machine Learning (12%). 88% of its companies are based in Italy. It invests most often alongside Industrio Ventures, Draper B1 and Elephant.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Forward Factory, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Forward Factory's whole history. Rounds on record name 1 company; its own site lists 18. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 46th | 18 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 65th | 6% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 85th | 50% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 50% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 12% | 18% |
| Fintech | 8% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 8% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showHeadquarters
Site status
- Site answers18100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Industrio Ventures | 3 |
| Draper B1 | 1 |
| Elephant | 1 |
| First Drop | 1 |
| Kickstart Innovation | 1 |
| Plug and Play | 1 |
| Spinnvest | 1 |
| Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka | 1 |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Industrio Ventures
Compare Forward Factory head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Forward Factory| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Forward Factory
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Forward Factory's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
18 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and provides a maintenance management software called Predeep | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| ANIMA BLOCKCHAIN creates digital product passports and offers a CRM and wallet app for various industries | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| AWRobotics provides automated logistics services for e-commerce businesses. | E-commerce & MarketplacesRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Endymion offers scalable and customized solutions to make processes more efficient and reduce waste | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Komete develops software for managing production orders and workflows in factories | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| LECS provides network detection and response technology for various sectors, including public sector, healthcare, and manufacturing | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Mach3D develops and provides a smart material testing platform for modern manufacturing. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software for industrial monitoring of OT and IT systems | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides cybersecurity services to protect industrial plants from cyber attacks | CybersecurityIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Neurality develops and provides an AI platform for automated visual inspections and anomaly detection across various industries. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Progress Lab provides end-to-end services and technology for complex processes and compliance needs in B2B manufacturing | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Proxima Robotics develops and provides autonomous mobile robot solutions for automation | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Robotizr provides a software tool to manage robots in an industrial automation context | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| SaidText converts voice communications from the field into structured tickets and real-time operational intelligence | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides AI industrial analytics solutions to help manufacturers improve efficiency, quality, and sustainability. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Traxed enables companies to certify and track data through blockchain and digital signature. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| YK-Robotics provides industrial automation software for system integrators and manufacturing companies | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- forwardfactory.io
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 10 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 18
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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