Forward Partners, a London, UK-based venture capital firm, closed a £60m second fund to invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups.
Led by Founding Partner Nic Brisbourne, Investment Partner Martyn Holman and Product Partner Dharmesh Raithatha, Forward Partners invests capital in its portfolio businesses and offers startup founders access to The Path Forward, a program in wwhich its own team of expert marketers, recruiters, designers and developers help them execute with skill and pace in the space of 12 months.
Launches four years ago, Forward Partners invests £250k for ideas and up to £500k for seed rounds making significant reserves for follow-ons,
It previously raised £21m backing startups including Lostmyname, AppearHere, Thread, Lexoo, Big Health, Driftrock, Unbound, Wool and the gang, Zopa, Makers Academy, Hailo, Somo, Stylect, Dataloop, Hubbub, Hubbub, Loyaltybay, Squawka, Snaptrip, Hello, Baby2Body, Edge Retreats, Spoke, Live Better With, The Gifting Co, Drover, Click Mechanic, Fy, Top10, Skimlinks, RightClinic, ParcelBright, Patch, Kirusa
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05/04/2017