The Forum Accelerator
by Forum Ventures
Rolling B2B SaaS pre-seed accelerator from Forum Ventures: Rs. 90 lakh (about $100,000) for 7.5% equity, plus mentors and Fortune 500 intros.
Forum Ventures is a pre-seed fund, accelerator, and AI venture studio built around B2B SaaS startups. Founded in 2014 as Acceleprise, it has grown into a broad early-stage platform with programmes in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto. It has backed more than 400 portfolio companies, whose founders have collectively raised about $1 billion in follow-on funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Founders Fund, 8VC, Menlo Ventures, and Salesforce Ventures. The firm runs through two main vehicles, Forum For Founders, its pre-seed accelerator, and Forum Seed, a seed-stage fund that invests both inside and outside the accelerator portfolio.
Its niche is deliberately narrow: B2B SaaS and enterprise software. Where many accelerators stay sector-agnostic, Forum's focus means its mentors, corporate partners, and investor network are all tuned to building and selling enterprise software, which makes it especially relevant for Indian SaaS founders eyeing the US market, a category where Indian startups compete strongly. The Forum For Founders programme provides $100,000 in funding and 15 weeks of intensive work, including talks, events, mentoring, and one-on-one guidance on go-to-market and fundraising, while Forum Seed backs standout SaaS startups at the seed stage and an AI venture studio builds and launches AI-native B2B products.
The portfolio has produced two unicorns, one IPO, and 24 acquisitions, with names such as Coupa, Fireflies.ai, and Allbound among its companies. B2B SaaS founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, especially those building AI-powered enterprise software, benefit most, and Indian founders seeking a US market presence and US investors will find the network and the GTM-focused curriculum directly useful, particularly technical founders who need help with sales and distribution. It is online at forumvc.com.
Forum Ventures currently has 2 programs listed in this directory, including The Forum Accelerator, Pre Seed Fund. Each program page covers the funding amount, eligibility and application process.
Forum Ventures is listed as a vc / investor. It is not a government body, and its programs follow the organisation's own selection process.
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