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Forwards Fund

Angel syndicate

USDeep TechAI/MLClimateEnterpriseOther

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Investment thesis

Forwards Fund is a private angel investor network focused on early-stage deep tech startups solving the greatest problems in critical infrastructure sectors — including energy, mining, agriculture, manufacturing, logistics, and defense. The fund champions a 'first principles' approach and 'cowboy capitalism': a fearless, independent, risk-tolerant, and frontier-minded philosophy that values grit and rugged individualism. Forwards Fund sees a massive underrepresentation of deep tech startups in the American venture ecosystem and is committed to changing that by catalyzing the next generation of transformative, high-impact companies. It also advocates for American reindustrialization — bringing back onshore, American-made, cutting-edge manufacturing as essential for national security and economic prosperity.

Notable quotes

I invest in deep tech and software aimed at solving critical infrastructure problems.

Jeffrey Laederach · OpenVC investor profile (openvc.app/fund/Forwards%20Fund)

Team

Jeffrey Laederach

Founder & Director of Operations

Deep TechEnterpriseOther

Julia Chu

Director of Marketing

Zachary Dering

Venture Advisor

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
BidStreamPre-seed
MOBY RoboticsPre-seed

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