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Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Investor)

134,375

Primary Job Title Investor
Primary Organization
Forward Partners

Location London, England, United Kingdom
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Luke joined Forward Partners from REV Venture Partners, a corporate VC, where he was responsible for deal origination, investment due diligence and portfolio reporting. He was previously a consultant with the strategy consultancy Oliver Wyman, where he worked across the retail, aviation, healthcare and FMCG sectors.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	MAIA Technology	Molten Ventures	Yes	Series A - MAIA Technology	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	PocDoc	Forward Partners	Yes	Seed Round - PocDoc	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Baselime	Forward Partners	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Baselime	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sonrai Analytics	Forward Partners	Yes	Seed Round - Sonrai Analytics	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ably Realtime	Forward Partners	—	Series A - Ably Realtime	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	nSpireMe	Forward Partners	Yes	Seed Round - nSpireMe	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ably Realtime	Forward Partners	Yes	Seed Round - Ably Realtime	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Luke Smith

has

current jobs including

Partner

Forward Partners

Board Director

Silico

, and

Board Director

Up Learn

. Additionally,

Luke Smith

has had

past job as the

Investment Associate

REV

Forward Partners PartnerJul 2021
Silico Board DirectorDec 2020
Up Learn Board DirectorDec 2018
Countingup Board DirectorSep 2018
Forward Partners InvestorNov 1, 2016

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
REV	Investment Associate	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Luke Smith

holds

board and advisor roles as

Board Observer

Ably Realtime

and

Board Director

OutThink

Ably Realtime Board ObserverJun 2021
OutThink Board DirectorJan 2020

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
London Seed Stage Investors	31,442
England Financial Services Acquired Companies	36,219
Angel Investment Companies With More Than 10 Employees	23,457
England Companies With Fewer Than 50 Employees (Top 10K)	1,567
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	509
London Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	10,384
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Investors with Funds Raised in 2012	52,290
Financial Services Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees	4,558
London Investors	6,262
London Venture Capital Companies	17,498

Education

Luke Smith

studied at

Durham University

and

University of Cambridge

Durham University BSBiology and Chemisty
University of Cambridge Ph.DBiochemistry