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Forward Venture Capital
Venture capital · Netherlands · Europe
Forward Venture Capital is an early-stage investor that supports entrepreneurs and helps them accelerate growth. It works with founders through the investment process and helps commercialise innovative ideas and develop seed and Series A companies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssaasdata analyticsdigital commercepaymentsmarketingrenewable energy
Your fit with Forward Venture Capital
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Or find every investor that fitsForward Venture Capital lists 49 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (13%) and Fintech (13%). 65% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Kickstart, FDVC and Techstars.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Forward Venture Capital, 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 Venture Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 49. 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 | 25% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 25% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 1 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 83th | 49 companies |
| Recent activity | 59th | 1 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 60th | 25% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 21th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 13% | 6% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Kickstart | 11 |
| FDVC | 5 |
| Techstars | 5 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Pax | 3 |
| Precursor Ventures | 3 |
| Wellstreet | 3 |
| XYZ | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers49100%
- 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 togetherCompare Forward Venture Capital 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 Venture Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Series B | |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Series A | |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Series A | |
| 18 Apr 2024 | Round |
Round details for Forward Venture Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Forward Venture Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
49 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anagram helps brands meet customer questions and provide helpful answers to improve their site and AI visibility. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Blerp provides tools for creators to build personalized interactive alerts and chat commands for various streaming platforms | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Blue Matador monitors cloud environments, including AWS, Kubernetes, and Azure, and provides insights and alerts on their health and performance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company helps third-party ancillary providers reach passengers with efficient and highly targeted offers | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Brink Commerce provides enterprise eCommerce solutions for online stores and global selling | E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Cape provides private cell phone service with a focus on security and minimal data collection | ConsumerCybersecurity | Apr 2024Round | Funding round | |
| The company helps organizations turn emerging technologies into real business advantages | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides modular power systems for military and operational use. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Chek is the all-in-one platform for distributing and controlling funds. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| DanAds provides advertising technology solutions for publishers and advertisers | Media & EntertainmentFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| DeltaGenAI provides a real-time AI assistant for sales calls to help sales representatives with technical answers and qualification prompts | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides online veterinary services and sells health products for pets | Healthcare & BiotechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Enable Banking provides open banking connectivity and infrastructure for businesses to access bank account information and initiate payments across Europe. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| FoodDocs provides food safety software for businesses | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fusaware creates software for designing and testing safe hardware | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Avail provides a content management system for technical content related to Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Elements provides financial wellness program software for advisors | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Gigapay handles mass payouts across 65+ countries with one invoice and provides tax compliance for creators | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Graphmatech invents, develops, and supplies novel materials for sustainable industrial use. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Halfdays sells clothing and accessories for skiing and snow sports. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- forwardvc.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Apr 2024
- Companies checked
- 49
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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