Forward (YC F26) Overview

Forward is one of the hottest startups out of Australia in 2026. Since starting in May, we have raised over $2M from Tier 1 VCs across the US and Australia and have also been covered by major Australian business and startup publications including AFR, Capital Brief, and Startup Daily.

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INVESTORS

• Y Combinator - T1 US VC behind OpenAI, Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase, DoorDash, Dropbox, Reddit, Instacart, Twitch, Brex, Rippling, Flexport, Deel, and Scale AI. YC companies are worth over $1.3T combined.
• Airtree Ventures - T1 Aussie VC with early conviction in companies like Canva, Linktree and Immutable. Airtree has backed nine unicorns and eleven companies that have crossed $100M in revenue.
• NextGen Ventures - A first-cheque fund built to find young Australian founders before the rest of the market catches up. They exist for exactly this kind of founder profile: young, technical, fast-moving, and allergic to waiting for permission.
• Startmate - ANZ founder accelerator that compounds ambition, talent and capital. Its orbit includes the founders and operators behind companies like Atlassian, Canva and Culture Amp.
• Lyra Capital - Investment arm of Lyra Technologies, an AI-native engineering firm working with high-growth startups across the US and Australia.
• Latitude 37 - Backed by one of Australia’s great fintech exports, Airwallex bets on the next generation of Australian AI founders. </aside>

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