Forward Partners is a London-based venture capital and venture building firm that invests in and works with early-stage technology startups, focusing on applied AI, marketplaces, and e-commerce. In January 2024, the firm was acquired by Molten Ventures in an all-share deal valued at approximately £41.4 million.
Average disclosed round size is $22.2M (across 60 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
67
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
MB
Matthew Bradley
Partner
NB
Nic Brisbourne
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
90 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 ChangeEngine | Series A | $10M | May 2024 |
 Zededa | Growth | — | Feb 2024 |
 Octaipipe | Series A | — | Jan 2024 |
 Ctrl Alt | Seed | $2.7M | Oct 2023 |
 Béa Fertility | Seed | $3.2M | Jul 2023 |
 Dines | Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 APEXX | Series B | $25M | Jan 2023 |
| DDines App Ltd | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
 Xanadu | Series C | $100M | Nov 2022 |
 OutThink | Seed | — | Oct 2022 |
 Spoke | Series B | — | Jun 2022 |
 Gravity Sketch | Series A | $33M | Apr 2022 |
 Respoke Limited | Unknown | — | Mar 2022 |
 Fooddocs | Unknown | — | Feb 2022 |
 Virtuoso | Series A | $13.3M | Nov 2021 |
 Virtuoso QA | Series A | $13.3M | Nov 2021 |
 All Day Kitchens | Series C | $65M | Oct 2021 |
| KKoyo | Series A | $50M | Sep 2021 |
 Ryde | Seed | — | Aug 2021 |
 Ably | Series B | $70M | Jun 2021 |
| AAbly Realtime | Series B | $70M | Jun 2021 |
 Collective | Series A | $20M | May 2021 |
 Heights | Seed | $2M | Jan 2021 |
 Clustermarket | Series A | $3.5M | Jan 2021 |
 Nozomi Networks | Series D | $100M | Jan 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
Molten Ventures12 shared
MMC Ventures11 shared
JamJar Investments7 shared
Domain Associates7 shared
Triple Point Ventures6 shared
Insight Partners5 shared
Seedcamp5 shared
Cherry Ventures4 shared
bp ventures4 shared
Version One Ventures4 shared
Octopus Ventures4 shared
Oxford Capital4 shared
Alliance Ventures4 shared
Founders Fund3 shared
Kindred Ventures3 shared
Point Nine Capital3 shared
500 Global3 shared
Crane Venture Partners3 shared
AlbionVC3 shared
Innovate UK3 shared
Last updated: 27 September 2026