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Forum Ventures' AI Venture Studio co-builds AI-native B2B companies with domain experts from concept stage through first raise. We pair B2B company building and AI expertise with founders who have real domain insight. Together, we turn your right to win into a fundable, scalable business.
Our Venture Studio provides a full co-building team that includes product, engineering, GTM, and more from day one, $250k in capital, and the agentic playbook to build fundable AI companies faster than going it alone.
As a 3x solo-founder, I know first hand how lonely the founder journey can be and how invaluable a co-founder is. Since the inception of Scout Climate, the Forum Ventures' studio team has supported me at every step. Beyond the initial $250K investment, the team has worked hand-in-hand with me to build Scout from an idea to an extremely fast-growing startup, including support with GTM, fundraising, product and design.
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Validated by experts with a track record of founding and funding companies, our venture studio gets products to market faster and more successfully.
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Kickstart your journey with our initial investment of $250K, fueling early development and setting the stage for future growth and success.
Benefit from co-building with a team of experts, former founders, and operators in product, engineering, sales, HR, and marketing, all geared to accelerate your path to MVP.
We help you find design partners and early customers to validate your GTM strategy and build momentum toward paid traction.
We guide you from pre-MVP through scale with ongoing support: mentor matching, first hires, fundraising prep, and operational playbook.
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Forum’s end-to-end fundraising process and 1:1 introductions to our large VC network will help you raise your Seed and Series A rounds.
The Studio is for domain experts who have deep, firsthand experience with a problem and want to build an AI-native company around it, with less risk than going it alone.
Have deep industry experience and connections.
Have a strong POV on what a market is missing or an unmet customer need.
Are passionate about building in the AI space and using AI to solve key industry challenges.
We love to build with founders who have traditionally been underserved and overlooked.
Industries we love include supply chain, vertical SaaS, fintech, healthcare, and the future of work.
Have founded a company before or were an early builder at a startup (a bonus, not necessary).
The Studio is not a fit if you are building B2C, have already incorporated and gone to market, or have no direct experience with the problem space.
Pressure-test your concept, then build it with us.
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Join a breakout company at the very beginning.
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The economics of AI compute are reversing two decades of cloud migration, creating a massive infrastructure opportunity between public cloud and the enterprises taking ownership of hardware.
The US is losing 400,000+ skilled tradespeople a year to retirement with no replacement pipeline. AI can redefine these jobs by separating the knowledge from the physical work, expanding the eligible labor pool and accelerating upskilling.
As AI takes over physical operations, the risk profile of insurable assets no longer fits existing models, presenting an opportunity to rebuild the underwriting model.
Employer health insurance is closing in on $1.7 trillion in annual spend, its steepest cost surge in 15 years, and it's still being managed through a brokerage model that hasn't materially changed in two decades.
Agents optimize for verified performance, price, and compatibility, and we're seeing the commercial stack getting rebuilt in real time around these metrics.
Waste streams are one of the last unmonitored physical flows in industrial operations, making them simultaneously an unpriced resource and an untapped data source.
Join Forum Ventures' AI Studio team for a 5-week, part-time sprint to pressure test your startup idea and get clarity on whether it’s worth pursuing full time.
From day one, Studio founders get a full team covering product, engineering, GTM, sales, HR, marketing, design, and finance. Forum works with founders through six stages: validation, solution and early market fit, funding and company formation, build and scale, fundraise prep, and first hire.
Founders retain majority ownership and board control. Forum's investment is structured to ensure founders stay in charge of the direction of the company while Forum provides the operational support and capital to de-risk the early journey.
Forum Ventures’ Accelerator invests $100K in companies that already exist — founders who are pre- or post-MVP and ready to focus on go-to-market and fundraising. Forum Ventures’ Studio invests $250K at formation and co-builds the company from scratch, sometimes from before an idea is fully formed. If you have a company with an MVP in market, or close to market, the Accelerator is the right fit. If you have domain expertise and a market thesis, haven’t started your company yet, and need a co-builder, the Studio is right for you.
Forum’s AI Studio is built for domain experts — those with deep, firsthand experience inside a specific industry who are ready to build an AI-native company around a problem they know well. The Studio is not the right fit if you are building B2C, have already incorporated and gone to market, or have no direct experience with the problem space.
63% of Forum AI Studio portfolio companies have raised follow-on capital within 12 months of formation, beating the industry historic average of less than 50% over 18 months.
No. The Studio is specifically designed for domain experts who have a strong point of view on a market problem but haven't yet validated whether it's worth building a company around. Forum's 5-week validation sprint -- The Foundry -- lets founders pressure-test their thinking before applying to our studio. Or you can join our studio for more focused, hands-on validation. You can apply to the Studio or The Foundry at the pre-idea stage.
Forum invests $250K USD at formation — the moment the company is incorporated. Before formation, Studio companies go through a validation process with the Forum team and pitch the investment committee. Once approved, the capital is paired with a full co-building team.
A venture studio co-builds companies alongside founders from day zero — sometimes before an idea is fully formed. Unlike an accelerator, which invests in companies that already exist and provides mentorship and guidance, Forum's AI Studio provides a full team across product, engineering, GTM, sales, HR, marketing, design, and finance. Forum invests $250K at the moment of company formation. Founders retain majority ownership and board control throughout.
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