Forward Secures $16M Seed Funding Led by Commerce Ventures, Elefund, and Fiserv to enhance payment risk functions and improve client and merchant experiences.
Amount Raised
$16 Million
Round Type
Seed
Investors
Description
Forward, a tech partner enabling SaaS companies to integrate and monetize payments, has successfully raised $16M in seed funding led by Commerce Ventures, Elefund, and Fiserv. The new capital will help cater to growing demand from software partners and leverage artificial intelligence to enhance payment risk functions, significantly improving both client and merchant experiences.
Quick answer
Forward raised $16 Million in a Seed round, dated May 31, 2024. Investors: Fiserv, Elefund and Commerce Ventures.
- How much did Forward raise?
- Forward raised $16 Million in a Seed round on May 31, 2024.
- Who invested in Forward?
- Fiserv, Elefund and Commerce Ventures are named as investors in this round.
- What does Forward do?
- Forward enables software companies to succeed in integrating and monetizing payments.
- Who are the decision-makers at Forward?
- Fundz holds 1 contact at Forward, including the Founder of FIRO. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.
Source: Fundz verified event record.
Who else raised in Financial Services and Fintech around the same time
Companies in the same sectors as Forward that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.
- Partior raised $60M (Series B) on July 12, 2024.
- Tread.fi raised $3.5M (Pre-Seed) on July 10, 2024.
- Tokinvest raised $500K (Pre-Seed) on July 9, 2024.
- FreeBnk raised $3M on July 4, 2024.
- Mountain Protocol raised $8M (Series A) on June 6, 2024.
- Aperture Finance raised $12M (Series A) on May 29, 2024.
Who to call at Forward, and when
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- The decision-makers there, with verified emails
- Who you already know at Forward, from your own LinkedIn network
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