# FORWARD.one

> FORWARD.one is a VC fund in Amstelveen backing Software and Semiconductor. See 62 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 62
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 52%
- Fund size: $170M
- Last fund: Jun 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forward-one/
- Website: http://www.forward.one

FORWARD.one is a VC fund in Amstelveen focused on Software and Semiconductor. We are looking for big thinkers, who want to turn innovations into commercial success by solving complex problems. We are a VC firm specialized in investing in game-changing hardware innovations. FORWARD.one is an accomplished team of financial experts, engineers, startup entrepreneurs and scientists. We understand what it’s like to build asuccessful startup because we have done it ourselves.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$6.3M |
| Series A | $4.4M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 6% |
| Semiconductor | 4 | 6% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 6% |
| Audio | 3 | 5% |
| Nanotechnology | 3 | 5% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 27% |
| Series A | 9 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 20 | 32% |
| Germany | 3 | 5% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arjan Göbel | Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjan-g%C3%B6bel |
| Beau Anne Chilla | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beau-anne-chilla-b997 |
| Boy de Jonge | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boy-de-jonge |
| Cailin Greiner | Analyst | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cailin-greiner |
| Frederik Gerner | Venture Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederik-gerner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zuriq | Zuriq offers scalable quantum computing hardware based on trapped ions. | $25.5M | Seed | Jul 28, 2026 |  |
| QuantWare | QuantWare develops and fabricates superconducting quantum processors and related hardware for use in quantum computing systems. The company provides quantum processing units (QPUs) with different configurations, along with components such as quantum amplifiers and foundry services that support the design and production of quantum devices. Itstechnology is based on a 3D scaling architecture that aims to increase qubit counts and improve performance while addressing limitations in existing quantum hardware. QuantWare supplies its hardware to researchers, technology companies, and other organizations working on building and scaling quantum computers across multiple countries. In addition to manufacturing processors, the company supports the broader quantum ecosystem by offering commercially available hardware and infrastructure for developing large-scale quantum computing systems. | $178M | Series B | May 05, 2026 |  |
| ROCSYS | ROCSYS develops solutions to fully automate professional charging sites. With its smart solutions, EV infrastructure operators can increase their asset utilization. This allows fleet operators to run business critical operations with EVs and additionally prepare for the self-parking and self-driving era. ROCSYS’ solutions are based on proprietarypatented soft-robotics technologies, complemented with a suite of remote management and support tools, and an API integration platform, enabling a complete solution to serve growing industry needs. | $13M | Series A | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| Sapient Perception | Sapient Perception develops advanced AI-powered perception systems that transform visual data into actionable intelligence. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Edmund | Edmund is an enterprise level system that interconnects all manufacturing technologies, providing a comprehensive view of entire factory. | $2.9M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Driveblocks | Driveblocks provides a modular software platform for automated and self-driving commercial vehicles. The founding team has extensive experience developing algorithms for automatic driving. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Helin | Helin provides a SaaS solution that combines edge control with cloud data processing and remote AI applications. The company is reshaping industrial efficiency, safety, and sustainability with its state-of-the-art Industrial Edge Intelligence platform, focusing particularly on the maritime and energy sectors. Helin empowers maritime and energyenterprises to enhance the administration of industrial devices on their assets. It stands out as the sole edge computing solution seamlessly integrating data, applications, and security within a unified platform. | $11.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 23, 2026 |  |
| Qualinx | Qualinx is the wireless radio company with its main focus on radios for portable devices in the Internet-of-Things applications.Founded in 2015 as a spin out of the well-known Technical University of Delft (TU Delft), Qualinx commercializes the innovative and tested Digital/Discrete-Time RF (DRF) technology for different ultra-low-powerradio products. The main idea of the DRF technology is digital and digital-like implementation of RF/Analog blocks by new circuit, system, and architectural innovations. This enables full integration of high quality radios in CMOS with the lowest power consumption and a small die size.With this capability, Qualinx is addressing the need for radio solutions with long battery life, driven by the portable IoT, wearable, and mobile applications in volume production. Qualinx DRF technology suits well for Bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, GNSS, and other IoT standards demanding an ultra-low-power consumption. With investment of European funding and support of TU Delft, extensive developments have already been done to offer CMOS radios and their related IPs. | $23.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 06, 2026 |  |
| ExRobotics | ExRobotics is a leading international company specialized in robotic solutions for potentially explosive facilities. | $8.1M |  | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| AlixLabs | AlixLabs offers nanostructure fabrication methods using the atomic layer etching process. This method of nanostructure fabrication uses the atomic layer etching process, which is a damage-free etch process. AlixLabs offers an ALE-based method for producing nanostructures with characteristic sizes less than 20 nm. AlixLabs' technologyfabricates nanostructures beyond the resolution limit of optical and electron beam lithography, with applications in nanoelectronic device fabrication, for example. This invention, among other things, may enable an economically viable method of transistor channel scaling for sub-20 nm technology nodes. | $17.3M | Series A | Nov 20, 2025 |  |

10 of 62 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does FORWARD.one invest in?

FORWARD.one invests primarily in Software, Semiconductor and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 62 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is FORWARD.one's check size?

FORWARD.one typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$6.3M at Seed and $4.4M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds FORWARD.one participates in.

### How do I contact FORWARD.one?

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### Who are the partners at FORWARD.one?

The team at FORWARD.one includes Arjan Göbel (Partner), Beau Anne Chilla (Partner) and Boy de Jonge (Associate), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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