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Foreword — Seed & Pre-Seed VC Firm

VC
San Francisco, CaliforniaWebsite

Foreword is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Other. The firm has 3 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
3 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed, Pre-Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Consumer, Marketplace, Enterprise
HQ
San Francisco, California
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-12

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

3+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Solo GP fund backing first-check software companies across Europe and the US, with investments in AI-native productivity and B2B software. Strong fit for founder-led, productized AI workflows that improve GTM execution for niche professionals.

How Foreword invests

Foreword is a vc firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Other, Consumer, Marketplace.

Foreword manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Foreword has backed 3 companies in our records, including Peec AI, XO Market, Handly.

Partners & Team

DK

Declan Kelly

Founder

Led by solo GP, Declan Kelly, and supported by a community of over 200 founders and operators who have built world-class technology companies.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS
Other
Consumer
Marketplace
Enterprise

Funds

Foreword II

$200M2022
actively investing

Foreword I

$150M2020
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (3)

Other

PE

Peec AI

AI software / marketing tech·Seed

AI search visibility / SEO analytics platform for monitoring and improving brand discoverability in AI search engines

XO

XO Market

marketplace / consumer tech·Seed

Marketplace / commerce company

HA

Handly

SaaS / vertical software·Seed

Business-management software for home-improvement services, covering quote-to-cash operations

How to pitch Foreword
  • •Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Declan Kelly, Founder.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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