Early Stage Venture.
Forward Fund invests in technology-enabled businesses at the intersection of creativity, culture and distribution.
Combining capital with commercial infrastructure most VCs at this stage can't offer.
Our Thesis.
Forward Fund invests in early-stage technology businesses operating within, or enabling, the creative economy; sport, entertainment, music, media and culture.
We look for founders where technology is the source of scale and defensibility, not simply the delivery mechanism for a creative idea.
What We Back and Why.
Forward Fund invests in early-stage Createch businesses, companies building the technology, data or infrastructure underneath the creative economy.
We look for founders solving a real technical problem in AI and creative tools, media and entertainment technology, the creator economy, sports and fan technology, music and audio technology, immersive production, or cultural commerce.
Our edge is structural. Through our relationship with Angels Den we see founders early, and through our partnership with Forward Studios and Cowshed Collective, selected companies get access to commercial testing, our network of brand and business relationships, and distribution before and after investment.
Amplification.
Most companies get funded then figure out how to be heard.
Forward companies don't have that problem.
Through Forward Studios and Cowshed Collective, selected portfolio companies can access product testing, creative production and the brands and businesses we've worked with and continue to work with, including relationships with category-leading global brands not just audience reach, but real commercial relationships across sport, business and lifestyle.
We back technology companies with the potential to define the next generation of the creative economy.
Early capital, paired with commercial validation and distribution that reaches and converts.
Built to scale when it matters.
Capital Backing
Content Production
Cultural Distribution
Ongoing Amplification
Think Bigger. Scale Louder.
