Building startups in 2014Forward Partners presentation to JLAB 8th July 2014

Agenda

• Forward Partners– An ecommerce investment studio

• Tools– Customer development– Forward Flow

• Q&A

Investing from inception to late seed

Late seed: Average c£300k

Early seed: Average c£250k over three tranches

Customer Development

The Forward Flow

01-3

4-6 7 8

Idea

Customer discovery

Customer validation

Customer creation

Company building

STEP:

Tranche 1 Tranche 2 Tranche 3 Series-A

Other stuff we do

• Co-working space• Mentors• Fundraising support• Events

– Forward Partners Live speaker events - Monthly– Forward Partners Open Day – Quarterly– Solo Founders Office Hours – Quarterly

• Free stuff – Amazon credits, Stripe credits, etc.

Q&A

nic@forwardpartners.com@brisbourne