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Forum Ventures is a B2B AI accelerator, venture studio, and pre-seed fund managing $125M in AUM. Its co-building model offers early-stage founders more than capital.

Forum Ventures offers career opportunities focused on building and scaling early-stage SaaS startups.

The Forum Ventures team comprises investors and operators who help early-stage startups build, grow, and scale.

Forum Ventures is a founder-first AI venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund for B2B startups. Founded 2014. 550+ portfolio companies. $1B+ in follow-on funding raised.

Askpolly, the market research startup operated by Advanced Symbolics Inc., closes a $3 million seed round led by Differential Ventures, with participation from The 98 and Forum Ventures. Its platform analyzes current social media conversations, filters out bots, influencers and paid content, and produces audience research in minutes, with follow-up questions for deeper analysis. The company says more than 200 organizations use the service and plans to invest the funding in product development and U.S. go-to-market efforts.

Sep 2026SiliconAngleNews article

SquadTrip raises a $1.5 million pre-seed round from Atento Capital, Forum Ventures and other investors at a $6 million pre-money valuation. The Tulsa-based startup is building a group-travel platform, and its pitch deck lays out plans to reach 600 paid customers in 18 months alongside product features and key hires. The reviewer praises the deck’s solution and funding-ask slides and the team’s travel experience, while questioning the operating plan.

Aug 2023TechCrunchNews article

Salsa raises $10 million to help software companies embed payroll through developer APIs. Its platform handles compliance, payroll calculations, tax filing, and money movement, and the company says integrations can go live in about a month. The funding round is led by Greycroft, Better Tomorrow Ventures, and Definition, with proceeds going toward product development and additional hires.

May 2023TechCrunchNews article