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FORWARD.one
Venture capital · Amstelveen, Netherlands · Europe
FORWARD.one is a venture capital firm that invests early in European breakthrough technologies and follows on with later funding for companies that show commercialization proof. It describes itself as a hands-on investor that co-engineers market success with its portfolio founders.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsindustrial techroboticssemiconductorsquantum computingdual-useenergy
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Or find every investor that fitsFORWARD.one lists 26 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 16 funding rounds, 7 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (36%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Healthcare & Biotech (13%). 61% of its companies are based in Netherlands. It invests most often alongside InnovationQuarter, Graduate Ventures and Invest-NL.
Counts come from funding rounds that name FORWARD.one, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 29% |
| Series A | 57% |
| Series B | 7% |
| Growth | 7% |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 5 | 1 |
| '26 | 10 | 6 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 96th | 12 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 61th | 29% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 99th | 42% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 66th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 36% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 13% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 6% | 1% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| InnovationQuarter | 3 |
| Graduate Ventures | 2 |
| Invest-NL | 2 |
| PhotonVentures | 2 |
| SET Ventures | 2 |
| Value Creation Capital | 2 |
| Waterman Ventures | 2 |
| ADB Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers26100%
- 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.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with InnovationQuarter
Compare FORWARD.one head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with FORWARD.one| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | Series B | |
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 27 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 5 May 2026 | Series B | |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Series A | |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 9 Apr 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for FORWARD.one
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in FORWARD.one's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
26 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AddOptics makes prescription-correctable lenses for smart eyewear. | Healthcare & BiotechConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| AlixLabs develops breakthrough equipment for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing | Industrial & Manufacturing | Nov 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Axign develops and manufactures high-end Class-D audio amplifier technology | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Collo provides liquid process intelligence to help dairy and beverage manufacturers optimize their processes and reduce losses. | Food & AgricultureIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2024Series A | Page + round | |
| Driveblocks is a software and AI specialist for autonomy and perception systems, delivering production-ready technology to agriculture, construction, and defense customers. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides a platform that analyzes and understands industrial automation systems, including PLCs, robotics, and electrical schematics, to identify issues and provide insights for maintenance and optimization. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Fizyr integrates AI software with robotic cells to enable machines to see, think, and act in real time | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Helin provides a secure edge application engine for industrial operations | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jan 2026Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Keiron develops and provides precision stencil-free solder paste printing technology for the SMT industry | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| LioniX International designs and manufactures custom MEMS and photonic integrated circuits | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Nuventura manufactures SF₆-free gas-insulated switchgear for medium-voltage applications | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Optics11 develops fiber-optic sensing systems for underwater security, energy, and industrial monitoring applications. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Optics11 Life develops mechanobiology tools, including high-precision instruments for cell-to-tissue nanoindentation and a non-destructive contractility platform | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company develops cost-effective energy storage solutions, specifically long-duration batteries, to enable the transition to renewable energy. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Photosynthetic develops and fabricates microstructures, components, and micropatterned surfaces for various applications, including transdermal compound delivery devices and microfluidic filtration research. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Qualinx designs and develops semiconductor products, including GNSS and IoT receivers | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Dec 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| QuantWare develops and supplies quantum processors and related technologies | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2025Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Quix Quantum develops and manufactures photonic quantum computing hardware | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Rocsys provides a hands-free charging automation platform for electric fleets | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Apr 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Sapient Perception develops and provides wide-area perception sensors and related technology for unmanned systems | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- forward.one
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 13 Aug 2024
- Companies checked
- 26
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