About Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Sep 2026, Forum Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 276 companies, with 6 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of askpolly Overall, Forum Ventures portfolio has seen 2 unicorns, 1 IPO and 40 acquisitions including key companies like Coupa, Fireflies and StayNTouch. A lot of funds co-invest with Forum Ventures, with names like Springtime Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Forum Ventures has team of 37 people including 14 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Forum Ventures' List of Top Investments
Forum Ventures has a portfolio of 276 companies, including 2 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Polymer and Clustroai.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Australia and 11 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, FinTech and 26 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Forum Ventures:
1. Coupa
Provider of cloud-based business spend management platform leveraging AI to help companies achieve visibility, control, and optimization of total spend. It features solutions for spending management, procurement invoice automation, sourcing, travel and expense management, inventory optimization, contract management, spend analysis, data visualization, payment automation, compliance, and supplier management. It caters to multiple sectors like healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, and manufacturing.
Key facts about Coupa
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: San Mateo (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $500M - $1B as on Jan 31, 2022
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $169M
- Employee Count: 3,711 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Meritech, T. Rowe Price and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Jun 11, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Fireflies
Provider of a platform automating meeting transcription and summarization. It records, transcribes, and analyzes voice conversations across various video conferencing platforms. The platform generates real-time transcripts, identifies speakers, and provides AI-powered summaries with action items. It is integarted with CRMs, collaboration tools, and automation platforms so that the outputs can flow into existing workflows.
Key facts about Fireflies
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Pleasanton (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $19M
- Employee Count: 136 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Canaan, 50flastartups.com and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 24, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Lightning
Provider of low code AI application development software. The platform offers solutions to build multi-cloud AI and ML applications. It also offers different components that can be integrated into the application.
Key facts about Lightning
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $127M
- Employee Count: 283 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sherpalo Ventures, NVentures and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 22, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Flip CX
AI based voice assistant solutions for enterprises. It integrates with existing customer service systems to create detailed support tickets and call transcriptions for agents. It provides instant resolutions for customers, reducing the workload for agents and improving the overall customer experience. It helps customers to connect with an agent if asked by customers.
Key facts about Flip CX
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $31M
- Employee Count: 79 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Bullpen Capital, Ridge Ventures and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 13, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. StayNTouch
SaaS-enabled platform offering property management software. The platform offers products such as SaaS-based PMS, app-based mobile check-in solutions, and kiosk-based self-service solutions for guests. The solutions cover aspects such as front desk management, rate, and room management, reservations and group bookings management, BI, housekeeping, and maintenance management, mobile check-in, check out, automated pre, and post-arrival emails, and key management. It can also be integrated with other third-party systems.
Key facts about StayNTouch
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Bethesda (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $60.8M
- Employee Count: 116 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sixth Street, Triangle Peak Partners and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 12, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Forum Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Forum Ventures has invested in 276 companies over the last 14 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of Sep 2026, it has made 5 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in askpolly and most recent follow-on round was in Lumi AI.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2023 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
2022 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
2021 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Forum Ventures' Investments by Stage
Forum Ventures has made 79 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.07M, 15 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $12.9M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $25M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
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Seed | 79 |
Series A | 15 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Forum Ventures' Investments by Sector
Forum Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Vertical SaaS, High Tech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 242 Tech companies, 236 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 200 Software companies and at least 122 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
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Enterprise Applications | 73 |
FinTech | 22 |
Vertical SaaS | 16 |
High Tech | 15 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 12 |
Others | 66 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Forum Ventures' Investments by Geography
Forum Ventures has made most investments in United States (82), followed by Canada where it has made 8 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 82 |
Canada | 8 |
Mexico | 2 |
Kenya | 1 |
Pakistan | 1 |
Others | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Forum Ventures' recent investments
Forum Ventures has made 5 investments in 2026 so far. askpolly and Bridge are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Forum Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 03, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 1431 | ||
Aug 17, 2026 | Canada | Seed | 3013 | - | |
May 18, 2026 | United States | Seed | 6554 | [+5] | |
May 06, 2026 | United States | Seed | 4756 | [+3] | |
Jan 13, 2026 | United States | Series A | 1467 | [+4] |
Unicorns in Forum Ventures' Portfolio
Forum Ventures has 2 unicorns in its portfolio - Fireflies and BRIJ. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Fireflies. It became a unicorn in 2025, 7 years after Forum Ventures first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Forum Ventures' portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
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76 | Provider of a platform automating meeting transcription and summarization | 2016 | Pleasanton | Series A | eitqwjz | ||
59 | Platform offering product authentication solution for brands | 2021 | New York City | Series A | xtqsfxu |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Forum Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Forum Ventures' portfolio company became public - Lifecycle.Here are Forum Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | 8135 |
Acquired companies in Forum Ventures' Portfolio
40 companies from Forum Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Credit Mountain in Aug 2026 by MeridianLink for $*****.Here are Forum Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Aug 03, 2026 | Aug 04, 2021 | Seed | 4817 | |
Apr 21, 2026 | Feb 10, 2021 | Seed | 7707 | |
Aug 19, 2025 | - | - | 4759 | |
May 16, 2025 | Jun 29, 2018 | Series A | 5519 | |
Apr 23, 2025 | Jun 17, 2019 | Seed | 5982 |
Team profile of Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures has a team of 37 members including 14 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 6 Principals. Forum Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Forum Ventures:
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Co-investors of Forum Ventures
Over the past 14 years, 379 investors have co-invested in Forum Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Forum Ventures: Right Side Capital Management, Y Combinator and 40 others have invested in rounds before Forum Ventures. There are 6 companies where Right Side Capital Management has invested before Forum Ventures and 2 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Forum Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Forum Ventures: 213 investors entered a company along with Forum Ventures. These include investors like Springtime Ventures (3 companies).
- Invested after Forum Ventures: A total of 124 investors have invested in Forum Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Y Combinator (3 companies), Green Egg Ventures (2 companies) and Maccabee Ventures (2 companies).
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