Forum Ventures is the leading early-stage fund, program and community for B2B SaaS startups. Founded in 2014 as Acceleprise, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders, through funding, high touch programming, corporate perks and introductions, and an active SaaS community. Forum For Founders, our pre-seed program, provides founders with $100k in funding and 15 intense weeks of talks, events, mentorship and 1:1 guidance focused on go to market and fundraising. Forum Seed, our seed fund, backs exceptional SaaS startups at the seed-stage both from within and outside of our pre-seed program. With over 400 portfolio companies, Forum founders have gone on to raise ~$1B in follow-on funding from NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, SV Angel, True Ventures and many more.
Focus Areas
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Stages Supported
Programs
Venture Studio
incubatorAI-first venture studio that gets involved at the concept level, creating successful new ventures from the ground up through ideation, validation, launch, and scale
Accelerator
acceleratorB2B software accelerator program designed to help early-stage startups grow quickly with focus on early go-to-market and fundraising
Pre-Seed Fund
otherB2B software pre-seed fund enabling investment and hands-on support for founders along the entrepreneurial journey
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Company Revenue Stages
Originally founded as Acceleprise in 2014. Portfolio companies have raised over $1B in follow-on funding. Notable portfolio exits/fundings mentioned: Bessemer Venture Partners, A16z, Backstage Capital. Team consists of ex-founders and operators. Operates with a 'founder-first' philosophy and provides 24/7 support.
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BAI Type
Foundations & Ecosystem-Building
Sector-agnostic (broad industry focus). Flexible accountability (community-oriented, earlier-stage).
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Operating Regions
Ontario (ON)
430 companies funded with 900+ founders in community
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