# Global Forward Capital

> Global Forward Capital is a VC fund backing Software. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Jose, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18352399/
- Website: https://www.trendforward.com/index.html

Global Forward Capital is a VC fund in San Jose focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Trend Forward Capital is the venture capital arm of cybersercurity leader Trend Micro Inc. Our obsession with scaling innovative technology goes beyond mere funding (that's the easy part). We live to help early-growth companies fill the gaps in their businesses in order to generate and celebrate long-term success together (that's the hardpart).

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 42% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 23% |
| SaaS | 5 | 19% |
| Analytics | 4 | 15% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 15% |

66 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Series B | 3 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 58% |
| Canada | 4 | 15% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jonathan Chang | Partner & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-chang-b4ee |
| Allia Mohamed | Entrepreneur In Residence | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allia-mohamed |
| Wael Mohammed | President | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wael-mohammed |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SHARE Mobility | SHARE Mobility is a cloud-based transportation management platform built for fleet operators, NEMT providers, municipalities, and private employers. The platform handles scheduling, dispatch, driver management, and rider communication for any transit model, from on-demand paratransit to employee shuttles, without hardware requirements or customdevelopment. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. SHARE supports fixed-route, on-demand, microtransit, flex-route, and demand-response operations from a single instance. The dispatch dashboard provides real-time GPS tracking, route status, and fleet visibility. AI-powered routing optimizes trips based on rider demand, vehicle capacity, and timing constraints. The platform includes three apps: an admin portal for dispatchers, a driver app with turn-by-turn navigation, and a rider app available in 11 languages. All apps support full white-label branding. Software-only, cloud-based, no proprietary hardware or on-premise servers required. | $12M | Series A | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Babbly | Babbly is building the world's largest data platform to help parents monitor and support their child's development. Our first product is a mobile app that lets parents track their baby's speech development using a video recording of their child. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 10, 2022 |  |
| Hostfully | Hostfully helps vacation rentals companies earn more revenue and deliver a 5-star guest experience. The property management software platform distributes listings to Airbnb, HomeAway, Booking.com, and TripAdvisor, and also automates operations including payments (Stripe) and accounting (Quickbooks). Hostfully's market-leading digitalguidebook platform gives travelers local recommendations and essential property information. These help managers of 10,000 properties in 80 countries around the world make vacation rental travel smoother and more delightful. | $4M | Seed | May 26, 2022 |  |
| Claira | Claira is an AI powered competency analytics engine that helps organizations understand their talent and hire better. Founded in 2020, Claira is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. | $3.5M | Seed | May 03, 2022 |  |
| openigloo | openigloo is New York's first tenant review mobile application applicable both on Android and iOS. The digital platform connects the tenants and landlords of highly-rated buildings to support tenants and provide clarity to property rentals. openigloo provides landlord reviews and the information related to the property and landlord beforesigning the lease. The app allows searching for an address, accessing real-time city data, reading, and anonymously sharing rental experiences on apartments and landlords. |  | Seed | Jun 24, 2021 |  |
| Datacy | Datacy is a marketplace enabling ethical and legal data exchange. With Datacy, users can collect and securely hold all their data in one place. Users can control who accesses their data and on what terms, and get paid every time it is used. Datacy uses the latest technology to help users earn from their data, effortlessly. | $2.4M | Seed | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Datacy | Datacy is a marketplace enabling ethical and legal data exchange. With Datacy, users can collect and securely hold all their data in one place. Users can control who accesses their data and on what terms, and get paid every time it is used. Datacy uses the latest technology to help users earn from their data, effortlessly. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Localized | Localized is a talent tech company focusing on early-stage recruitment in growth markets. Companies subscribe to access virtual career fairs and year-round recruitment and universities and talent hubs join to provide students and alumni with access to industry experts and employers. We work with universities in the Middle East, North Africa, India,China and the United States. With 85% of the world's population in emerging markets, our partners know that the future of early-stage talent recruitment is global and online. | $2.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2021 |  |
| Claira | Claira is an AI powered competency analytics engine that helps organizations understand their talent and hire better. Founded in 2020, Claira is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. | $900K | Pre-Seed | Nov 11, 2020 |  |
| Wedge Networks Inc. | Wedge Networks is a cyber security software vendor specializing in Real-time Threat Prevention. With numerous patents, industry awards, including a Gartner Cool Vendor designation, and twice bestowed with Build-In-Canada Innovation awards, its products are distributed through MSSP, OEM, VAR and SI partners to end customers worldwide. Wedge isheadquartered in Calgary, Canada with international teams in the North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa regions.Real-time Threat Prevention is one of the most critical cyber defense requirements for the digital economy with enterprise security capacity being over-run by rapidly expanding security workloads as organizations shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS) and other cloud native applications. With the cloud connected world seeing billions of new connected endpoint devices added, especially in areas such as smart cities, smart manufacturing, and other smart infrastructure, the network perimeter has now been extended to encompass anywhere these devices are located; further widening the security gap. The ability for the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) to rapidly roll out real-time threat prevention services, and to adapt and deliver end-to-end protection as and when needed, is a key challenge in this cloud connected world, especially for MSPs, MDRs and other service providers. Wedge’s leadership in this area allows us to form important and strategic partnerships with players who are movers and shakers in this digital transformation and enables increased growth for these partners. Today, Wedge’s products prevent advanced security threats for tens of millions of endpoints spanning more than 22 countries.Our technology platform, WedgeARP™, has the deepest visibility of network data in the industry, possessing an unmatched ability to defend against malicious attacks that are undetectable with shallow inspection techniques. It delivers the highest real-time performance of orchestrated security services through a software implementation that is portable to all x86 servers. Trained with nearly 1 billion threat samples, its automated and continually-learning embedded artificial neural network can detect never-before-seen malware in milliseconds. WedgeARP™ represents the present and future of how much-needed security services can be delivered, from the cloud core to the ever-expanding network edge, to help reduce the security gap. Supported by a world class software product team in Canada, it allows enterprises, governments, telecommunications providers and critical infrastructure operators to achieve real-time prevention of advanced threats; and enables Wedge’s distribution partners to increase their Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and reduce customer CHURN. | $5M | Series A | Nov 03, 2020 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Global Forward Capital invest in?

Global Forward Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Global Forward Capital?

The team at Global Forward Capital includes Jonathan Chang (Partner & Founder), Allia Mohamed (Entrepreneur In Residence) and Wael Mohammed (President). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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