Forum Ventures is founder-first AI venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund.
Forum Ventures's core products are Forum has three investment strategies across the early stage B2B journey: An AI Venture Studio that starts, builds and scales AI-first companies from scratch alongside founders. Our team co-builds with founders from idea validation to launch and beyond, investing $250k into each business at formation. An Accelerator that invests $100k in B2B businesses that are pre or post-MVP. Each company works with a dedicated Managing Director to accelerate their growth to meaningful traction and get them fundraise-ready. A Pre-seed fund that invests between $250k and $1M in early-stage companies and provides more hands-on help than any other pre-seed stage fund via our accelerator offering..
Forum Ventures uses Accelerator Investment: $100k USD for 7.5% equity, post-money SAFE (alt: $50k for 5%) Studio Investment: $250k USD at formation Pre-seed Investment: $250k–$1M USD $100k+ in business perks in year one (Vouch, Vanta, Brex, HubSpot, Stripe) 15 hours of 1:1 MD time, minimum 40+ investor introductions per showcase; 4 showcases per year.
Forum Ventures serves B2B software (including AI-native B2B companies)..
Forum Ventures embeds directly into portfolio companies as a fractional co-founder. Every partner and Managing Director is a former founder or operator who has personally built, scaled, and raised capital for a B2B company. They bring real, recent experience to every founder relationship, not frameworks or theory. Founders work 1:1 with a dedicated MD every week, with a minimum of 15 hours of direct time. That relationship does not end when the program does. Founders describe Forum as their first call years later, in both the hard moments and the big ones. With a 3-year average NPS of 80+ and a 65% fund-through rate, the model consistently produces outcomes.
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