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With our large team of early-stage founders and operators, we provide hands-on support, guidance and expertise unlike any other pre-seed fund.
Our pre-seed fund offers more than just capital. With the infrastructure and resources from our accelerator, deep company building expertise, and access to a network of advisors and investors, you’ll continue to gain traction, build momentum and reach your next fundraise milestone.
Forum Ventures was a game changer for our company. We’re a tech-heavy team and Forum Ventures gave us the help on the business side of our company that we needed.
Forum Ventures was instrumental in setting up our company for go-to-market excellence and lasting growth. Since partnering with Forum, our company has grown 8x and is adding some of the best talent on the market. I recommend Forum to any founders wishing to do the same or better.
There are a lot of early stage funds that can write checks, but few go the extra mile like I have witnessed the Forum team do. The personalized, extension-of-team approach makes you feel supported at the most crucial of times. Forum was always my first call when times were tough and when there was something big to celebrate, no matter the time of day or night.
What Forum is great at is connecting you with people beyond investors and founders. From getting help finding an accountant or navigating compliance to enterprise client introduction - you just need to ask. TL;DR: working with people that "get it", makes a huge difference. For me, Forum is #1 on the list.
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Access to our in-house experts in Sales, Marketing, Product Engineering, Finance, HR, and Operations, providing essential support for your company's critical functions.
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Our network of Zero-to-One advisors are all former B2B startup founders and operators who have scaled a venture from inception to sustainable.
Meet key customers from our network of 300+ F500 and F1000 companies to continue to hone product market fit, land more customers, build traction, and increase your ARR.
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Our fundraising expertise plus our large network of seed-stage and Series A investors will give you the advantage you need to land critical meetings and close your next round.
We have a strong, active network of 400+ B2B SaaS & AI founders across every industry. Connecting with hands-on pre-seed investors on a similar journey.
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We are the investor on your cap table that you can call in the middle of the night, that will help you out of a bind, that will go to bat for you, and that will still be here the next morning.
Submit a pitch at forumvc.com/pitch-us. Forum reviews every application. The team looks for B2B companies with an MVP in market, early revenue or strong design partner traction, and a founder with clear domain expertise and market insight.
Forum's pre-seed fund gives you access to the same platform team built for the accelerator, including in-house experts across sales, marketing, product engineering, finance, HR, and operations, plus managing directors who run post-investment support. Most pre-seed funds can't afford this kind of infrastructure. The benefit of a Forum check isn't just capital, it's access to the people, networks, and processes already set up for our accelerator companies. Call on the team for help finding an accountant, navigating compliance, prepping for an enterprise customer intro, or building your hiring plan.
More often than not we follow on pre-seed rounds, however, depending on round dynamics we sometimes lead. We take a collaborative approach.
Forum's pre-seed fund is designed for founders who have an MVP in market with meaningful early traction. Typically this means founders who have raised $500K or more previously, or have $250K+ in ARR and are ready to scale. If you are earlier than this, Forum's Accelerator ($100K, 16 weeks) is likely the better fit.
Forum's pre-seed fund comes with the full infrastructure of the Forum accelerator — in-house experts in GTM, product, engineering, finance, HR, and operations, access to 300+ Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 customer introductions, and a network of 3,000+ investors for follow-on introductions. Approximately 65% of Forum pre-seed companies raise follow-on funding at an increased valuation.
Forum's pre-seed fund invests $250K to $750k USD in early-stage B2B tech companies. The check size depends on stage, traction, and the specific capital needs of the company.
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