Forward Partners
Investor profile
Investment firmVenture capital
Forward Partners has backed 48 European tech companies across 58 funding rounds between 2012 and 2025, joining rounds totalling €355M. Most active in Fintech and Software. Data as of Nov 2026.
Also recorded as: Forward Fund · Forward VC · Forward Venture Capital · Forward Ventures
Deals
58
distinct rounds
Companies
48
backed
Active span
2012–2025
14 yrs
Total round €
€355M
sum of rounds joined
Deals by year
distinct rounds / yearForward Partners — deals by year — interactive chart.
Data table
| Forward Partners — deals by year | |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 13 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Top sectors
by dealsForward Partners — top sectors — interactive chart.
Data table
| Forward Partners — top sectors | |
|---|---|
| Fintech | 12 |
| Software | 11 |
| Fashion | 6 |
| Marketing | 5 |
| Transportation | 5 |
| Travel | 4 |
| Healthtech | 4 |
| Media | 3 |
| Legaltech | 3 |
| Proptech | 3 |
Stages
by dealsForward Partners — stages — interactive chart.
Data table
| Forward Partners — stages | |
|---|---|
| Seed | 23 |
| Other | 23 |
| Series A | 4 |
| Series B | 3 |
| Pre-Seed | 2 |
| Debt | 1 |
| Early VC | 1 |
| Series C | 1 |
Countries
by dealsForward Partners — countries — interactive chart.
Data table
| Forward Partners — countries | |
|---|---|
| UK | 48 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
Co-investment network
shared roundsCo-investment network — interactive chart.
Hover a node for shared-deal counts; click a co-investor to open its profile.
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Frequent co-investors
shared rounds- MMC Ventures5
- Alliance Venture3
- Seedcamp3
- Triple Point Ventures3
- 24Haymarket2
- Accel2
- AlbionVC2
- Balderton Capital2
- BGF2
- Cherry Ventures2
- Downing Ventures2
- Greens Ventures2
- London Co-Investment Fund2
- Marc Hazan2
- Matt Robinson2
- Meyer Bergman2
- MOOR2
- Octopus Ventures2
- Oxford Capital Partners2
- Playfair Capital2
- Plug and Play2
- Techstars2
- Wellington Partners2
- 201 Ventures1
- 500 Startups1
Portfolio
top 30 by total round €| Company | Country | Rounds | Total € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ably | UK | 2 | €60M |
| Koyo | UK | 2 | €47M |
| Gravity Sketch | UK | 1 | €31M |
| Apexx | UK | 2 | €27M |
| Hailo | UK | 1 | €24M |
| Thread | UK | 1 | €19M |
| Volumental | Sweden | 2 | €12M |
| Virtuoso | UK | 1 | €12M |
| Outthink | UK | 2 | €12M |
| Graphmatech | Sweden | 1 | €8.3M |
| Makers | UK | 1 | €8.1M |
| Isembard | UK | 1 | €7.9M |
| Spoke | UK | 2 | €7.4M |
| Appear Here | UK | 2 | €7.4M |
| Apexx Global | UK | 1 | €6.7M |
| Lexoo | UK | 3 | €5.3M |
| Bits Technology | Sweden | 2 | €5.0M |
| Silico | UK | 1 | €4.1M |
| Koru Kids | UK | 1 | €4.0M |
| OctaiPipe | UK | 1 | €3.5M |
| Uniify | Denmark | 1 | €3.0M |
| Ryde | UK | 1 | €3.0M |
| Clustermarket | UK | 1 | €2.9M |
| Béa Fertility | UK | 1 | €2.9M |
| Up Learn | UK | 1 | €2.8M |
| Hubbub | UK | 1 | €2.8M |
| Forward Advances | UK | 1 | €2.6M |
| Countingup | UK | 1 | €2.6M |
| Ctrl Alt | UK | 1 | €2.5M |
| Sonrai Analytics | Ireland | 1 | €2.4M |