AN AI-FIRST VENTURE STUDIO

Build faster with less risk.
Get a team and $250K on day one.

Forum's AI venture studio pairs deep B2B SaaS and AI expertise with founders who have real domain insight. You know the problem. We know how to build companies. Together, we turn your right to win into a fundable, scalable business.

WHAT IS A VENTURE STUDIO?

The venture studio model reduces risk in the zero-to-one journey. From validation to launch, we give founders the team, capital, and operational playbook to build fundable AI companies faster than going it alone.

As a 3x solo-founder, I know first hand how lonely the founder journey can be and how invaluable a co-founder is. Since the inception of Scout Climate, the Forum Ventures' studio team has supported me at every step. Beyond the initial $250K investment, the team has worked hand-in-hand with me to build Scout from an idea to an extremely fast-growing startup, including support with GTM, fundraising, product and design.

Tim Barnes
CEO & Founder
Scout Climate
CO-BUILD WITH A TEAM

Build with experienced B2B SaaS founders and AI experts who've done this before.

Validated SaaS Concepts

Validated by experts with a track record of founding and funding companies, our venture studio gets products to market faster and more successfully.

Your First Round of Capital

Kickstart your journey with our initial investment of $250K, fueling early development and setting the stage for future growth and success.

Fractional Co-Founders

Benefit from co-building with a team of experts, former founders, and operators in product, engineering, sales, HR, and marketing, all geared to accelerate your path to MVP.

Your First Customer

We help you find design partners and early customers to validate your GTM strategy and build momentum toward paid traction.

Build and Scale

We guide you from pre-MVP through scale with ongoing support: mentor matching, first hires, fundraising prep, and operational playbook.

Supporting Your Fundraise

Forum’s end-to-end fundraising process and 1:1 introductions to our large VC network will help you raise your Seed and Series A rounds.

STATISTICS SAY

Startups established by studios have an average IRR of 53%, compared to 21% for non-studio startups.

-Venture Capital firm High Alpha
BUILDING WITH US LOOKS LIKE

Our proven step-by-step process.

VALIDATION

We collaborate closely with founders to rapidly validate ideas and build pilots, engaging directly with customers to test solutions and gather feedback. Our approach is tailored to significantly de-risk your business by ensuring market validation from every angle.

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VALIDATION
SOLUTION & EARLY MARKET FIT

Our team works to validate low-fidelity prototypes and design concepts. We help you establish external design partners to solidify your product-market fit, and then provide deep expertise to help you build and scale your solution from the ground up.

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SOLUTION & EARLY MARKET FIT
FUNDING & COMPANY FORMATION

We form the company and invest $250K USD into each startup we launch. We have an extremely strong vested interest in your success, and will work with you to build a successful venture-scalable company through every stage.

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FUNDING & COMPANY FORMATION
BUILD & SCALE

We integrate insights from customers to develop an MVP that addresses key customer problems, ensuring every aspect of the product, from the tech stack to infrastructure, is robust, scalable, and secure. Following launch, our focus shifts to acquiring your first paying customers.

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BUILD & SCALE
FUNDRAISE

We prep you to raise your Seed+ round by developing your pitch deck, matching you with mentors for pitch practice, and facilitating 1:1 introductions to our large VC network.

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FUNDRAISE
YOUR FIRST HIRE

Fast-tracking your growth requires the right team. Our studio provides a dedicated recruitment partner and access to a diverse pipeline of talent and advisors, ensuring you make strategic hires to drive your success.

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YOUR FIRST HIRE
THAT’S NOT ALL

We provide even more perks to help you build a winning business.

$100k+ in Business Perks

Benefit from over $100K in business perks from leading platforms like Google, AWS, Brex, Hubspot, Stripe, and more, enhancing your growth and operational efficiency.

Community of SaaS Startups

We know the founder journey can be isolating. Being part of an active community of other founders who are/have been on a similar journey is crucial to both making headway and your mental health.

Mentor Matching

Mentors and advisors have been a mission critical part of our Forum community. Just like the Forum team, these folks are all previous B2B SaaS zero-to-one founders or early operators, and know what it’s like in those early days.

WHO WE BUILD WITH

Ready to take the founder leap?

We're dedicated to helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses from the ground up. We're always looking for great ideas and CEOs to lead our portfolio companies.

Ideal

Founder Profile

Have deep industry experience and connections.

Have a strong POV on what a market is missing or an unmet customer need.

Are passionate about building in the AI space and using AI to solve key industry challenges.

We love to build with founders who have traditionally been underserved and overlooked.

Industries we love include supply chain, vertical SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and the future of work.

Have a phenomenal idea born from direct domain or personal experience.

Have founded a company before or were an early builder at a startup.

PITCH US AN IDEA

Don't want to be a founder but have an awesome idea?
Share it with us and get equity if we build it.

We are looking for innovative business ideas to transform industries such as HealthTech, Supply Chain Tech, GenAI, and more! You don’t need an MVP, a co-founder, or even a company to pitch us – just an idea.

RESOURCE HUB

Discover everything you need to succeed on the early-stage SaaS journey.

A Call for Founders: 5 New Ideas We Want to Invest In

A Call for Founders: 5 New Ideas We Want to Invest In

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A Call for Founders: The AI Execution Layer of Supply Chain

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Time = Money: Why Building a Company with a Venture Studio is Worth It

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BUILD WITH US

We’re on a mission to make the B2B software journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders.