Venture Capital

Forerunner Ventures

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.

80 portfolio companies 9 publish APIs here 13 properties
Venture CapitalSeedSeries AEarly StageConsumerCommerceFintechHealth & WellnessAISan FranciscoNorth America

Forerunner Ventures has 80 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 9 (11%) publish APIs indexed here.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Oura, Arcade, Chime, Speechify, Suno.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 3 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented

Rest of Portfolio

71 further portfolio companies that don’t yet have a provider page on the network.

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Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
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
image: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/favicon.ico
tags:
  - 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: '0.20'
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
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Forerunner Ventures
    email: info@forerunnerventures.com
    url: https://www.forerunnerventures.com/