# Jonathan Scudder

> Jonathan Scudder is a seed investor at ForgeRock backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ForgeRock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forgerock)
- Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/scudder

Jonathan Scudder is a seed investor at ForgeRock in Bristol focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Jonathan held key roles in a variety of large identity projects before co-founding ForgeRock in Norway, running finance and operations and then relocating to build the ForgeRock engineering lab in Bristol. He believes that awesome humans are the basis of great companies, and has spent the ForgeRock years proving this. He has sat on severalvoluntary, political and private boards and founded a handful of small companies in the past, but thinks ForgeRock is the best thing since sliced bread. Jonathan is a qualified youth and community worker, and has a degree in Informatics from the University of Oslo, Norway.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$3.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 33% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Finland | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ploy | Ploy is a cloud-first Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) platform that automates identity and access management across SaaS, cloud, and collaborative technologies, allowing enterprises to minimize identity management. | $3.4M | Seed | Oct 15, 2025 |  |
| Confidentialmind | Generative AI platform for on-premises | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| Lexverify | Lexverify uses artificial intelligence to detect potential legal and compliance concerns in communications. It assists businesses in proactively avoiding legal and regulatory concerns by harnessing the power of AI. Their objective is to make technological communication a benefit rather than a problem. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Failup Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/failup-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Innovestor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovestor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Midlands Engine Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midlands-engine-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Midven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Osney Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/osney-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Raspberry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainmaking-impact) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ForgeRock

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

ForgeRock® is the digital identity management company transforming the way organizations interact securely with customers, employees, devices, and things. Organizations adopt the ForgeRock Identity Platform™ as their digital identity system of record to monetize customer relationships, address stringent regulations for privacy and consent (GDPR,HIPAA, FCC privacy, etc.), and leverage the internet of things. ForgeRock serves hundreds of brands, including Morningstar, Vodafone, GEICO, Toyota, TomTom, and Pearson, as well as governments like Norway, Canada, and Belgium, securing billions of identities worldwide. ForgeRock has offices across Europe, the USA, and Asia. Visit www.forgerock.com for free downloads and follow us on Twitter @forgerock.

5 contacts available at ForgeRock.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Scudder | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-scudder |
| Allan Foster | VP Technical Enablement | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allan-foster |
| Eve Maler | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eve-maler |
| Hermann Svoren | Founder & Vice President Sales | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hermann-svoren |
| Jake Feasel | Senior Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-feasel |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonathan Scudder invest in?

Jonathan Scudder invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Jonathan Scudder's check size?

Jonathan Scudder typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$3.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jonathan Scudder participates in.

### When did Jonathan Scudder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Scudder closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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