Forum Ventures: Paving the Way for B2B SaaS Startups
Established in 2014 as Acceleprise, Forum Ventures has emerged as a leading early-stage fund, program, and community for B2B SaaS startups. With its headquarters located at 149 Natoma Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105, the company focuses on the venture capital and private equity sectors. Forum Ventures aims to make the B2B SaaS journey more accessible, successful, and easier for early-stage founders by offering pre-seed and seed-stage funding, high touch programming, corporate perks and introductions, and an active SaaS community.
One of the key offerings from Forum Ventures is the Forum For Founders, a pre-seed program that provides founders with $100k in funding and an intense 15-week schedule comprising of talks, events, mentorship, and 1:1 guidance. The primary focus of this program is on go-to-market and fundraising strategies. In addition to this, Forum Seed, the seed fund initiative of the company, supports exceptional SaaS startups at the seed-stage, both from within and outside of the pre-seed program.
Since its inception, Forum Ventures has built an impressive portfolio of over 250 companies, with Forum founders raising funds from prominent investment firms such as NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, SV Angel, True Ventures, and many more.
Forum Ventures also hosts a private peer community called The Innovation Forum, which brings together innovation executives from diverse backgrounds to share insights, advice, and best practices, as well as support each other. Members of this community enjoy access to industry trend reports, collaborative events, emerging technology, and startup introductions.
With a strong commitment to helping B2B SaaS startups thrive, Forum Ventures continues to foster innovation and drive growth in the sector. To learn more about the company and its various offerings, visit their website at www.forumvc.com.