Forward Partners
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Forward Partners is a venture capital investment firm that seeks to invest in startups through venture funding, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in eCommerce, marketplace, Web3, and applied AI sectors.
- Total investments:
- 110
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 38%
- Fund size:
- $75M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Forward Partners invests in
Stages Forward Partners invests in
Countries Forward Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $390k–$3.9M
- Pre-Seed
- $54k–$2M
- Series A
- $3.3M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 16 (15%)
- E-Commerce 14 (13%)
- Information Technology 11 (10%)
- SaaS 8 (7%)
- Health Care 8 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 52 (47%)
- Series A 16 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 9 (8%)
- Series B 6 (5%)
- Funding Round 5 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 61 (55%)
- United States 5 (5%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Louise Rix
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Matthew Bradley
Partner, Investment
|
Partner, Investment | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Jasel Mehta
Partner & COO
|
Partner & COO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| CTO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
|
Lloyd Smith
Chief Financial Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| OctaiPipe is a Federated Learning Operations (FL-Ops) architecture developed exclusively for Edge AIoT devices. It simplifies the entire lifecycle, from setup and training to smooth deployment, fine-tuning, and continuous learning. This allows data scientists to develop distributed IoT solutions that can learn and adapt at scale while lowering thecost of monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and auditing. | $3.9M / Seed / Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| OctaiPipe is a Federated Learning Operations (FL-Ops) architecture developed exclusively for Edge AIoT devices. It simplifies the entire lifecycle, from setup and training to smooth deployment, fine-tuning, and continuous learning. This allows data scientists to develop distributed IoT solutions that can learn and adapt at scale while lowering thecost of monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and auditing. | $3.9M / Series A / Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| OctaiPipe is a Federated Learning Operations (FL-Ops) architecture developed exclusively for Edge AIoT devices. It simplifies the entire lifecycle, from setup and training to smooth deployment, fine-tuning, and continuous learning. This allows data scientists to develop distributed IoT solutions that can learn and adapt at scale while lowering thecost of monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and auditing. | $3.8M / Seed / Jan 23, 2024 | ||
| Ctrl Alt is a leading tokenization infrastructure platform combining blockchain technology with expert financial engineering to deliver tailored, compliant solutions in the alternative assets space. Specialising in structuring, issuance and investment services, Ctrl Alt supports clients through every stage of the tokenization lifecycle.As of June1, 2025, Ctrl Alt has tokenized over USD 300 million in assets spanning real estate, private credit, funds, litigation finance and more.With offices in the UK, Ireland and the UAE, the Ctrl Alt team is composed of top-tier financial and technology experts including alumni from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS and Revolut. | $2.7M / Seed / Oct 23, 2023 | ||
| Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking. The kits offered by Bea Fertility include an intracervical insemination device, as well as pregnancy tests, fertility trackers, and sperm donation pots. Bea Fertility democratizes effective and affordable fertility treatmentfor individuals and couples who are having difficulty conceiving. | $3.8M / Jul 31, 2023 | ||
| PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing. | $3.1M / Seed / Mar 22, 2023 | ||
| APEXX acts as a Payments-as-a-Service platform combining all the worlds acquirers, gateways, shopping carts, and Alternative Payment Methods into a single integration. APEXX consults its enterprise level customers to consolidate their global Payment Service Provider relationships, and display all their reporting and transactional data in a singleinterface. They build the most holistic and economic solutions around their customers for face-to-face transactions as well as ecommerce globally, so they don't have to settle for less.APEXX integrates to additional services that merchants require to streamline their services. Some of these include: EPOS systems, VAT calculation tools, AML management services, banking services, Foreign Exchange platforms, and Fraud & Chargeback management softwares. | $25M / Series B / Mar 13, 2023 | ||
| Ozoomi is a credit broker that offers rates based on the client's circumstances. Ozoomi offers a car finance calculator that helps users understand how much the monthly payments for their perfect car could be. The company was founded in 2022 and is based in West Malling, England. | Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| At Makers, we are creating a new generation of tech talent who are skilled and ready for the changing world of work. We are inspired by the idea of discovering and unlocking potential in people for the benefit of 21st century business and society. We believe in alternative ways to learn how to code, how to be ready for work and how to be of valueto an organisation. At our core, Makers combines tech education with employment possibilities that transform lives. | $8.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 08, 2022 | ||
| Koyo uses alternative data to lend to people with short credit histories or who otherwise may be near prime. | $5.6M / Series A / Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| See all 110 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Forward Partners invest in?
Forward Partners invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 110 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Forward Partners invest in?
Forward Partners typically joins rounds of $390k–$3.9M at Seed, $54k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $3.3M–$17M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Forward Partners's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Forward Partners took part in.
How do I contact Forward Partners?
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Who are the partners at Forward Partners?
The team at Forward Partners includes Louise Rix (Investor), Matthew Bradley (Partner, Investment) and Jasel Mehta (Partner & COO), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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