Forum Ventures

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Investor type

VC

Founded

2012

AUM

$100 M

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Pre-seed Seed

Region of investment

North America Europe
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Forum Ventures is the leading early-stage fund, program and community for B2B SaaS startups. Founded in 2014 as Acceleprise, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders, through funding, high touch programming, corporate perks and introductions, and an active SaaS community.

Forum For Founders, our pre-seed program, provides founders with $100k in funding and 15 intense weeks of talks, events, mentorship and 1:1 guidance focused on go to market and fundraising. Forum Seed, our seed fund, backs exceptional SaaS startups at the seed-stage both from within and outside of our pre-seed program.

With over 400 portfolio companies, Forum founders have gone on to raise ~$1B in follow-on funding from NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, SV Angel, True Ventures and many more.

Learn more at www.forumvc.com

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Industry

HealthTech Software Security SaaS Healthcare Services Fintech Financial Services AI Logistics Media and Entertainment

Forum Ventures Funds

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Stage
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Region 		Size AUM Launch date
Acceleprise Seed Fund
Venture Capital (VC)
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Media and Entertainment
SaaS
Security
Software
HealthTech
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$30 M
July 2021

Contacts

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Jonah Midanik Managing Partner
Managing Partner
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Olivia O'Sullivan Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
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FAQs about Forum Ventures

Forum Ventures is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Pre-seed and Seed, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Forum Ventures is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Forum Ventures was founded in 2012.
Forum Ventures invests in companies and startups in HealthTech, Software, Security, SaaS, Healthcare Services, Fintech, Financial Services, AI, Logistics, Media and Entertainment.
Forum Ventures invests in companies and startups in North America, Europe.
Forum Ventures invests in companies and startups at Pre-seed, Seed.
Forum Ventures usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Forum Ventures has around $100m assets under management.
Forum Ventures last fund was created/launched in 2021-07-29
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