# Forward Partners

> Forward Partners is a VC fund in London backing Software and E-Commerce. See 108 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 108
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 38%
- Fund size: $76M
- Last fund: Apr 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forward-partners-uk/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/forwardprt
- Website: http://www.forwardpartners.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forwardpartnersvc/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $343k–$3.9M |
| Pre-Seed | $42k–$2M |
| Series A | $2.6M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 14 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 10% |
| SaaS | 8 | 7% |
| Internet | 8 | 7% |

139 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 52 | 48% |
| Series A | 16 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 6% |
| Series B | 6 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 61 | 56% |
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Louise Rix | Investor | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/louise-rix |
| Matthew Bradley | Partner, Investment | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-bradley-2 |
| Jasel Mehta | Partner & COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jasel-mehta |
| Leonidas Tsementzis | CTO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonidas-tsementzis |
| Lloyd Smith | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lloyd-smith-137b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OctaiPipe | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | PocDoc is a pioneer in the field of smartphone-based fast disease testing. | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 22, 2023 |  |
| APEXX | 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 | 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 |  |
| Makers | 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 |  |
| Makers | 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 |  |

10 of 108 investments shown.

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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 108 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Forward Partners's check size?

Forward Partners typically joins rounds of $343k–$3.9M at Seed, $42k–$2M at Pre-Seed and $2.6M–$17M 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 Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Forward Partners?

Public channels for Forward Partners include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 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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