Forum Ventures

Founded in 2014, Forum Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage B2B SaaS startups. It offers pre-seed and seed funding, along with high-touch programming, corporate perks, and community support to foster successful growth for founders.

Michael Cardamone

Managing Partner

Bocar Dia

Partner

Sean Glass

Founding Managing Partner

James Murphy

General Partner

Past deals in Sales Automation

Scalestack

Seed Round in 2024
Scalestack is an AI-powered platform that helps enterprise go-to-market (GTM) teams identify optimal targets for growth. It automates workflows, dynamically cleans and enriches data using customizable AI agents, providing better insights for targeting and prioritization. Scalestack serves large GTM teams, with customers including MongoDB, Redis, and Remote. It is SOC2 compliant and capable of handling any scale.

Vanik

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Vanik develops wholesale automation tools for e-commerce brands selling to retailers. Its platform helps consumer brands and online merchants automate repeat purchases and personalize reorder reminders, automate order fulfillment, and adjust pricing for wholesale products, while streamlining communication with retailers. This enables brands to reduce buyer friction, accelerate repeat purchases, and improve operational efficiency across direct-to-retail and business-to-business channels.

SURUDO

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Surudo is a technology company that specializes in enhancing individual safety and wellbeing. It offers a platform that automates various aspects of the prospecting workflow, including lead filtering, research bot creation, account list optimization, and integration with existing processes. The platform also generates meeting plans and identifies key target buyers, aiming to boost productivity for go-to-market (GTM) teams.

Arcade

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Arcade Solutions, Inc. is a Dallas-based company, also with an office in Melbourne, Australia, that specializes in workforce engagement solutions. Founded in 2016, Arcade offers a platform designed to enhance the performance and retention of sales teams by gamifying employee goals. The software provides an all-in-one solution that incorporates rewards, recognition, contests, communication, and staff training, facilitating improved productivity through streamlined interactions and incentivized engagement. Arcade's dynamic approach caters to various industries, serving both small and large teams worldwide, and has demonstrated proven results in boosting employee performance and motivation.

Lang.ai

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2012, Lang.ai is a Madrid-based company with offices in the U.S. and Mexico. It develops an online application that processes and analyzes scalable language data from social networks, automating tagging and categorization of customer interactions to uncover new patterns.

Nyla

Seed Round in 2021
Nyla is a no-code platform specializing in frontend development. It enables users to create, launch, and iterate landing pages swiftly using an intuitive content management system that integrates with Google Analytics for performance analysis.

Fathom

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Acquired in 2022. Most people make decisions about their business relationships using incomplete data, guessing whom to reach out to, or by trusting their instincts. Fathom interweaves your connections across all your communication platforms to automate your outreach workflow for sales, marketing, fundraising, and more.

Lang.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2012, Lang.ai is a Madrid-based company with offices in the U.S. and Mexico. It develops an online application that processes and analyzes scalable language data from social networks, automating tagging and categorization of customer interactions to uncover new patterns.

OpenGTM

Convertible Note in 2021
OpenGTM is a developer of AI-powered revenue intelligence software that enhances the efficiency of sales and revenue operations. The company's advanced machine learning technology synthesizes data from customer relationship management (CRM) systems and go-to-market (GTM) tech stacks, allowing for a clearer understanding of customer personas and more accurate revenue forecasts. By delivering opportunity intelligence, OpenGTM's software helps organizations prioritize their efforts, guiding proposal, sales, and capture teams in pursuing the most promising opportunities while avoiding less favorable ones. This focus on optimizing resource allocation decisions supports businesses in maximizing their revenue potential and improving overall operational effectiveness.

XILO

Pre Seed Round in 2020
XILO is a workflow automation platform for traditional insurance agencies and companies that connects online and offline customer experiences, automates back-office tasks, and integrates multiple systems to reduce data entry. The platform modernizes operations by capturing leads from digital forms, tracking application status, reviewing and comparing quotes, and completing pending tasks, enabling agencies to reduce manual work and focus on selling policies. By enabling seamless data flow across systems, XILO helps agencies stay competitive, improve efficiency, and strengthen client relationships.

BurnRate

Convertible Note in 2020
BurnRate develops a planning platform that aligns revenue, headcount, and demand planning to optimize go-to-market activities. The solution enables collaboration across marketing, sales, and customer success, helping organizations build integrated growth plans with clarity and confidence. By unifying financial and operational inputs, BurnRate supports prioritization and execution of GTM initiatives and improves forecasting accuracy.

Basix Concepts

Convertible Note in 2020
Basix.ai is a Toronto-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing sales growth tools aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of sales teams. The company offers a platform designed to streamline sales conversations, reduce administrative tasks, and improve lead conversion rates. By leveraging technology, process optimization, and training, Basix.ai enables businesses to build larger sales pipelines and ultimately increase profitability. With a strong background in sales management, including incentive design and coaching, Basix.ai focuses on equipping sales teams with the resources they need to succeed in today's competitive sales environment.

BuyerSight

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BuyerSight is an AI and predictive analytics platform designed to enhance sales management for customer-facing teams. Headquartered in New York City, the company was founded by two Harvard classmates who possess a combined 24 years of experience in B2B sales and software development. The platform aggregates data from sales representatives' emails, calendars, and customer relationship management systems, utilizing artificial intelligence and natural language processing to generate actionable insights and recommendations for sales leaders. This enables managers to ensure quality control across teams, identify best practices, and engage in data-driven coaching to optimize commercial relationships.

Ascendo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ascendo creates customer support software with the goal of enhancing the ways businesses offer customer service. Their software integrates with the current CRM, supports data, and ingests historical service data, responses, knowledgebases, and bug databases, transforming the data into a multidimensional adaptive schema, allowing clients to anticipate root causes, suggest the best alternative, and foresee future issues for even complex issues.

Mergeable

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Mergeable is a company focused on enhancing organizational transparency and customer engagement through its innovative platform. The platform is designed to extract and analyze user data, providing insights that are valuable across all divisions of a business, whether in the cloud, on-site, or through various technologies such as SaaS and IoT. By facilitating better customer interactions, Mergeable aims to help organizations accelerate sales, improve customer experiences, and reduce churn through tailored account management strategies. The company fosters a culture of open communication and thoughtful discourse among its team members, reflecting its commitment to radical transparency both internally and externally.

ExecVision

Pre Seed Round in 2018
ExecVision Inc. operates a conversation intelligence platform tailored for coaching, specifically designed to help organizations enhance the performance of customer-facing representatives. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company analyzes customer conversations to extract actionable insights, leveraging artificial intelligence to identify key moments that may go unnoticed due to time constraints. This analytical capability allows ExecVision to differentiate top performers from others by interpreting conversation outcomes and trends. Additionally, through its brand Vorsight, ExecVision offers sales effectiveness training and consulting services, focusing on tactical sales, prospecting training, and inside sales consulting for B2B sales teams. With a combination of advanced software and specialized training expertise, ExecVision aims to empower organizations to coach teams efficiently at scale, ultimately driving revenue growth and informed decision-making.

People Data Labs

Series A in 2018
People Data Labs specializes in B2B data solutions for developers, engineers, and data scientists. They maintain a database of over 3 billion accurate records, empowering clients to create person profiles, enrich records, drive predictive modeling, and build innovative AI tools. Serving both enterprise and startup clients across various industries, People Data Labs is renowned as the go-to source for reliable B2B data.

Bitesize

Convertible Note in 2018
Bitesize, Inc. is a company that specializes in a two-way messaging platform designed to facilitate personal dialogue between brands and consumers. Founded in 2017 and based in the United States, the company utilizes artificial intelligence to enable rapid communication, allowing brands to send and receive messages efficiently while categorizing responses by context, keyword, and sentiment. Bitesize caters to various industries, including automotive, home services, healthcare, and entertainment. The platform empowers brands to engage in meaningful, interactive conversations with consumers, moving beyond traditional methods like personalized emails. By enabling genuine one-on-one interactions at scale, Bitesize aims to enhance customer relationships and drive sales for its clients.

Adistry

Convertible Note in 2018
Adistry Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Longmont, Colorado, is a digital advertising agency specializing in the cannabis industry. The company operates an online and offline advertising platform that allows small businesses to search, compare, purchase, and track their advertising campaigns across various media channels, including TV, web TV, events, magazines, podcasts, radio, direct mail marketing, websites, and blogs. Adistry's technology aims to streamline and automate the process of buying and selling media and event sponsorships, helping sales teams reduce time-consuming tasks and scale their revenue streams. The company also offers a subscription planning tool designed to convert one-time media sales into ongoing relationships, thereby increasing potential revenue for clients.

Rev

Seed Round in 2017
Rev is a company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based tools for business-to-business (B2B) lead and demand generation. Founded in 2013 and located in San Diego, California, Rev's platform leverages natural language processing and machine learning to enhance lead generation efforts. By analyzing data from a company's best customers, Rev enables businesses to identify and target similar accounts throughout the marketing funnel. This approach aims to improve lead quality and conversion rates, addressing common challenges faced by demand generation marketers. The company focuses on optimizing prospect targeting to drive revenue growth, ensuring that sales teams receive high-quality leads and enhancing overall marketing effectiveness.

Orbirental

Convertible Note in 2017
Orbirental is an online platform specifically designed to streamline the vacation rental booking process for property owners and management teams. By leveraging advanced technology and automation, the platform simplifies workflows, allowing users to focus on providing quality hospitality rather than getting bogged down by operational complexities. Its user-friendly, sales-focused interface enhances lead-to-booking conversion rates while reducing operational costs. Orbirental empowers vacation rental companies to optimize their resources effectively and improve revenue through data-driven initiatives and technical integrations, making it a cost-effective alternative to more complex software solutions in the market.

Lightning AI

Convertible Note in 2017
Lightning AI operates an online platform that employs artificial intelligence to automate and optimize digital advertising processes. Its platform focuses on bidding, audience expansion, and retargeting strategies to help businesses achieve their marketing goals more efficiently.

People Data Labs

Seed Round in 2016
People Data Labs specializes in B2B data solutions for developers, engineers, and data scientists. They maintain a database of over 3 billion accurate records, empowering clients to create person profiles, enrich records, drive predictive modeling, and build innovative AI tools. Serving both enterprise and startup clients across various industries, People Data Labs is renowned as the go-to source for reliable B2B data.

ExecVision

Pre Seed Round in 2016
ExecVision Inc. operates a conversation intelligence platform tailored for coaching, specifically designed to help organizations enhance the performance of customer-facing representatives. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company analyzes customer conversations to extract actionable insights, leveraging artificial intelligence to identify key moments that may go unnoticed due to time constraints. This analytical capability allows ExecVision to differentiate top performers from others by interpreting conversation outcomes and trends. Additionally, through its brand Vorsight, ExecVision offers sales effectiveness training and consulting services, focusing on tactical sales, prospecting training, and inside sales consulting for B2B sales teams. With a combination of advanced software and specialized training expertise, ExecVision aims to empower organizations to coach teams efficiently at scale, ultimately driving revenue growth and informed decision-making.

People Data Labs

Seed Round in 2016
People Data Labs specializes in B2B data solutions for developers, engineers, and data scientists. They maintain a database of over 3 billion accurate records, empowering clients to create person profiles, enrich records, drive predictive modeling, and build innovative AI tools. Serving both enterprise and startup clients across various industries, People Data Labs is renowned as the go-to source for reliable B2B data.

ContextSmith

Seed Round in 2016
ContextSmith, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in customer intelligence software. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a platform designed to centralize various customer interactions and convert them into a structured database, serving as a single source of truth about customers. This solution enhances collaboration among revenue teams by breaking down silos, enabling businesses to manage and grow enterprise accounts effectively. By leveraging comprehensive customer insights, ContextSmith aims to facilitate more effective sales strategies for both new and existing clients.

Allbound

Seed Round in 2015
Allbound is a cloud-based platform for channel sales and marketing that provides real-time access to sales enablement resources and marketing tools through a mobile-friendly interface. It offers a partner sales acceleration platform that supports recruiting, onboarding, training, measuring, and growing indirect sales partners, and enables collaboration between channel vendors and partners. The software automates delivery of marketing content, sales tools, and training at every stage of the sales pipeline, manages content and deals, increases partner engagement, and delivers real-time reporting to improve channel performance and analytics. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with an office in Gurugram, India.

People Data Labs

Seed Round in 2015
People Data Labs specializes in B2B data solutions for developers, engineers, and data scientists. They maintain a database of over 3 billion accurate records, empowering clients to create person profiles, enrich records, drive predictive modeling, and build innovative AI tools. Serving both enterprise and startup clients across various industries, People Data Labs is renowned as the go-to source for reliable B2B data.

Rollio

Seed Round in 2015
Rollio is a developer of an online virtual AI assistant specifically designed to support sales and service teams. The assistant leverages voice commands along with natural language processing and artificial intelligence, which aids in the collection of client data. This functionality enhances workforce productivity by minimizing the time spent on data entry into customer relationship management systems. Additionally, Rollio's technology streamlines the onboarding process for new employees, making it easier for organizations to integrate team members and optimize operational efficiency.

Allbound

Seed Round in 2014
Allbound is a cloud-based platform for channel sales and marketing that provides real-time access to sales enablement resources and marketing tools through a mobile-friendly interface. It offers a partner sales acceleration platform that supports recruiting, onboarding, training, measuring, and growing indirect sales partners, and enables collaboration between channel vendors and partners. The software automates delivery of marketing content, sales tools, and training at every stage of the sales pipeline, manages content and deals, increases partner engagement, and delivers real-time reporting to improve channel performance and analytics. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with an office in Gurugram, India.

Vianza

Convertible Note in 2014
Vianza Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides a B2B wholesale collaboration and commerce platform designed to connect independent brands with specialty retailers. Founded in 2009, Vianza's platform simplifies the process of online collaboration, order management, and payment processing, enabling retailers to create customized wholesale storefronts. This allows buyers to curate their product assortments, negotiate terms, and manage orders efficiently through a dedicated dashboard. By offering tools for marketing, sales, and customer support, Vianza helps brands attract and retain wholesale customers. The company addresses the needs of a significant number of merchants worldwide who currently rely on outdated methods for product sourcing and collaboration, providing a modern solution that enhances the wholesale buying experience.

redhotMAYO

Convertible Note in 2014
redhotMAYO, Inc. is a technology company based in Irvine, California, that offers cloud-based solutions specifically designed for sales professionals in the foodservice industry. Founded in 2007, redhotMAYO utilizes cloud, mobile, and big data technologies to address the unique challenges faced by foodservice sales teams. The company's software-as-a-service (SaaS) and mobile tools enhance sales effectiveness by providing actionable insights, helping distributors to optimize their sales strategies, and facilitating collaboration among sales personnel, management, customer service, and vendors. redhotMAYO has successfully managed over $13 billion in foodservice sales, supporting approximately 400,000 restaurants and partnering with notable industry leaders. Through its innovative platform, redhotMAYO aims to enhance sales performance and strengthen the relationships within the foodservice supply chain.

Acceleforce

Seed Round in 2014
Acceleforce Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based company that specializes in optimizing face-to-face interactions between sales forces and customers. The company offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance sales performance by providing insights into successful sales strategies. Acceleforce's tools facilitate the management of sales calls and customer planning, enable the distribution of tailored sales presentations with training materials, and offer monitoring and training for continuous improvement. Additionally, the platform integrates with CRM systems to automate reporting and evaluates individual and team performance through analysis of sales interactions. With a focus on empowering sales teams with actionable data, Acceleforce aims to identify strengths and weaknesses, thereby driving overall sales effectiveness.

Scalestack

Scalestack is an AI-powered platform that helps enterprise go-to-market (GTM) teams identify optimal targets for growth. It automates workflows, dynamically cleans and enriches data using customizable AI agents, providing better insights for targeting and prioritization. Scalestack serves large GTM teams, with customers including MongoDB, Redis, and Remote. It is SOC2 compliant and capable of handling any scale.
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