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Forward Venture Partners

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Forward Venture Partners invests across digital media, publishing, ecommerce and advertising.

Forward Venture Partners invests for pure financial return, but is able to bring expertise and insight from its sole Limited Partner Forward Internet Group, an independent web company with revenues exceeding £100 million

We are able to offer entrepreneurs and management teams something we believe is unique: first hand understanding of & expertise in acquiring traffic, maintaining audience and monetizing across a range of sectors and business models.

Our portfolio includes:

• Blikbook (http://www.blikbook.com/)
• Captalis (http://www.captalis.com/)
• Hubbub (http://www.hubbub.co.uk/)
• Somo (http://www.somoglobal.com/)
• Top10 (http://top10.com/)
• Unbound (http://unbound.co.uk/)
• Vinetrade (http://www.vinetrade.com/)
• Zulu Beauty (http://www.zulubeauty.com/)
• Zopa (http://uk.zopa.com/)

Recent Milestones

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  Forward Venture Partners — Announced investment in Zopa (12/10/12)
  Posted 1/11/13 at 7:56am via techcrunch.com
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  Forward Venture Partners invested in Top10. (9/20/11)
  Posted 9/20/11 at 7:41pm via techcrunch.com
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  Forward Venture Partners — Announced investment in Zulu Beauty (8/4/11)
  Posted 2/13/12 at 10:28am via zulubeauty.com

Investments

Videos

Sources

Lovelula.com and Zuneta.com Raise Growth Equity to Expand into Europe and North America (zulubeauty.com) [edit]
P2P Lender Zopa Raises “Multi-Million Pound” Round Led By Augmentum Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
1. Social Recommendation Platform Top10 Raises $3.5M From Accel Partners, Idealab, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]