Forge Collective
Forge Collective is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Real Estate, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.5M checks and has 22 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.5M
22+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Invests in digitizing frontline industries where human interactions and workflows dominate, spanning real estate markets and caregiving.
How Forge Collective invests
Forge Collective is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Real Estate, Marketplace, AI / ML, Healthcare.
Forge Collective typically writes checks of $100K–$1.5M per investment.
Forge Collective has backed 22 companies in our records, including Curbio, Next-gen automotive and aerospace OEMs, Next-generation materials and hardware.
Meet the Team
Sarah Maxwell
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (22)
Other
Curbio
Next-gen automotive and aerospace OEMs
Propelling India's next-gen automotive and aerospace OEMs via breakthroughs in autonomy, efficiency, and clean fuels.
Next-generation materials and hardware
Leveraging next-generation materials and hardware to make manufacturing energy-neutral, resource-efficient, zero-waste, emission-free.
Drones, robotics, geospatial analytics
Translating technologies in drones, robotics, geospatial analytics, cybersecurity, intelligent networks, sensors into products boosting self-reliance in defence.
Assistive technologies
Unlocking human potential by empowering innovation, production, and distribution of assistive technologies for deprived, differently-abled, disadvantaged, and displaced.
Industrial hardware and systems
Driving process innovation in digitalisation, data-driven insights, automation, and intelligent systems for efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing.
Net-zero industrial companies
Driving industrial companies towards net-zero excellence, enabling energy efficiency, resource circularity, water neutrality, and emission compliance.
Democratized healthcare
Combining genomics, targeted treatments, analytics, wearables, telemedicine, and AI-powered edge computing for accessible, personalised, preventive healthcare.
Climate resilience tech
Driving climate resilience through next-generation tech to mitigate risks, safeguard infrastructure, agriculture, communities, and livelihoods.
Vouch
Insurance platform for startups.
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Real Estate, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sarah Maxwell, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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