# Forest Oil Corporation

> Forest Oil Corporation is a VC fund in Denver backing Energy, Big Data and Geospatial. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/49128
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/forestoil
- Website: http://www.forestoil.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forestoil

Forest Oil Corporation is a VC fund in Denver focused on Energy and Big Data. Forest Oil Corporation, founded in Pennsylvania where oil was first discovered in the United States, is among the oldest independent energy companies in the U. S. Forest explores for, develops and markets natural gas and crude oil in North America.The Company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and has offices in Lafayette, Louisiana andHouston, Texas. Canadian Forest Oil Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is located in Calgary, Alberta. Forest employs over 250 people in the United States and Canada.With an enterprise value of over $1 billion and estimated proved reserves of 775 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents, Forest is a medium to large independent. The Company's largest shareholder is The Anschutz Corporation, headed by oil industry veteran Philip Anschutz. Mr. Anschutz and two other Anschutz representatives serve on Forest's Board of Directors. Forest has been a public company since 1969 and its common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FST.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Geospatial | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zerum Research and Technology | Zerum Research and Technology creates innovative products that enable organizations to explore and understand data in motion using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, providing real-time visibility and understanding. | $5.6M | Private Equity | May 01, 2015 |  |
| Petroleum Place | Petroleum Place, Inc. is one of the leading portals and marketplaces for the upstream petroleum industry. The Petroleum Place Web site (www.petroleumplace.com), which launched in 1995, seeks to bring price and process efficiencies to each stage of the oil and gas property transaction lifecycle –streamlining the discovery, evaluation, acquisition,divestiture, and processing of petroleum properties. | $60M | Series B | May 23, 2000 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Capital Trust — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- EOG Resources — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [J & W Seligman](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-w-seligman) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [L Catterton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lcatterton) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NeoCarta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neocarta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Forest Oil Corporation invest in?

Forest Oil Corporation invests primarily in Energy, Big Data and Geospatial startups, most often at Series B and Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Forest Oil Corporation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Forest Oil Corporation closed in May 2015. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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