Active: new fund Apr 2025 Verified 5 Nov 2026
Venture Forward Capital
Chicago, IL venture firm led by former founders that backs serial entrepreneurs building vertical and applied AI companies.
- Type
- VC firm
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Stages
- Seed
- Backs
- B2B software
- Sectors
- AI, Healthtech and life sciences, SaaS and software
- Fund size / AUM
- $4.5M Venture Forward Capital Fund 1 (Form D amount sold, 2025)
- Latest fund or filing
- 14 Apr 2025
- Portfolio mix
- B2B software 57%; Climate and energy 11%; Hardware 5%; Tech-enabled services 5%; Biotech and pharma 5%; Marketplaces 5%; Fintech 5%; Consumer products 5% (n=19)
- Website
- ventureforwardcapital.com
Contacts on file
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Notable investments
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Sources
- www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2063500/000206350025000003/
- www.ventureforwardcapital.com/
- www.ventureforwardcapital.com/portfolio
- www.ventureforwardcapital.com/connect
- www.ventureforwardcapital.com/team
- www.ventureforwardcapital.com/our-funds
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