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Forge Ahead Fund

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Forge Ahead Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing SaaS tools and platforms that improve startup and enterprise efficiency at the earliest stages.

How Forge Ahead Fund invests

Forge Ahead Fund is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS. It does not invest in Hardware, Consumer.

Forge Ahead Fund typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.

Forge Ahead Fund has backed 4 companies in our records, including IntelliOps, Intellibot, WorkflowPro.

Meet the Team

JQ

Jim Quismorio

Partner

Investment decisions
IC (Investment Committee) responsibilities
seed investing
YC

Ysabel Chua

Principal

Lead investing at Seed/Pre-seed
Founder/network relations
Southeast Asia
PM

Petra Müller

Principal

Investments
Sector / Deal sourcing
Asia tech
KH

Kaspar Hidayat

General Partner

Seed & Pre-seed
technology startups in Southeast Asia
FT

Foo Tiang Lim

General Partner

Seed & Pre-seed
Consumer
FinTech
Enterprise
Southeast Asia market
JM

Jason Morales

Founding Partner

Startup Tools
B2B SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS

Does Not Invest In

Hardware
Consumer

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

IN

IntelliOps

Operations Tech
IN

Intellibot

Process Automation
WO

WorkflowPro

Startup Tools
SC

Scale Metrics

B2B SaaS
How to pitch Forge Ahead Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jim Quismorio, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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