Forerunner Ventures

aid: forerunner-ventures
name: Forerunner Ventures
description: >-
  Forerunner Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by
  Kirsten Green and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Forerunner backs
  founders building category-defining companies, investing with early conviction
  at the seed and Series A stages (with selective pre-seed), typically writing
  initial checks in the $1M-$15M range. The firm invests across consumer,
  commerce, health and wellness, consumer finance, marketplaces and services,
  personal systems, and platforms and infrastructure, increasingly viewed
  through AI lenses (AI as agent, AI as infrastructure, AI as intelligence
  layer). Forerunner has raised nearly $3B in assets under management across
  seven flagship funds, with its most recent Fund VII a $500M early-stage
  vehicle. Its portfolio includes category leaders such as Chime, Warby Parker,
  Glossier, Hims & Hers, Oura, Faire, The Farmer's Dog, Dollar Shave Club,
  Curology, Away, Ritual, and Chime, along with a growing cohort of AI-native
  companies including Decagon, Suno, Slingshot AI, and Monarch Money.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
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  confidence: low
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/favicon.ico
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Early Stage
  - Consumer
  - Commerce
  - Fintech
  - Health and Wellness
  - Artificial Intelligence
  - San Francisco
  - North America
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Seed
  - Series A
  - Early Stage
  - Consumer
  - Commerce
  - Fintech
  - Health & Wellness
  - AI
  - San Francisco
  - North America
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/investments/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/forerunner-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: team/forerunner-ventures-team.yml
  - type: InvestmentThesis
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/focus
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/perspectives/
  - type: Newsletter
    url: https://forerunnerventures.substack.com
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forerunner-ventures
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://x.com/ForerunnerVC
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/forerunner-ventures
  - type: Jobs
    url: https://jobs.forerunnerventures.com/jobs
  - type: Pitch
    url: mailto:investments@forerunnerventures.com
  - type: Contact
    url: mailto:info@forerunnerventures.com
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Seed, Series A (selective pre-seed)'
      - 'Typical check: $1M-$15M initial investment'
      - 'Sectors: consumer, commerce, health & wellness, consumer finance, marketplaces & services, personal systems, platforms & infrastructure, AI'
      - 'Geography: North America (US)'
      - 'AUM: ~$3B across seven funds (self-reported)'
      - 'Most recent fund: Fund VII, $500M early-stage (self-reported)'
      - 'Founded: 2012'
      - 'HQ: San Francisco, CA'
    sources:
      - https://www.forerunnerventures.com/focus
      - https://www.forerunnerventures.com/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forerunner_Ventures
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
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  - FN: Forerunner Ventures
    email: info@forerunnerventures.com
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/