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Forwards Fund specializes in providing Advisory Board services including helping founders raise funding rounds, develop products and branding, manage PR and marketing, acquire top talent, and more. We also connect early-stage deep tech startups with our private angel investor network and VC firm contacts to raise subsequent funding. Our angels provide private, small-scale investments as “first checks” to select visionary founders aligning with our core values and mission.

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Beyond capital, we deliver: 1) Cross-border market entry expertise between developed/emerging markets (both directions) 2) Licensed UAE business setup services 3) Professional training/mentoring 4) Hands-on operational support 5) Access to our diverse investor and corporate network. Focus on sustainable value creation through active partnership.

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We are sector experts, former founders, and energy-native investors who have built and backed industrial and energy companies across cycles. We bring pattern recognition from years inside the industries we invest in – which means we can move fast on conviction, ask the right questions early, and open the right doors when it matters.

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1-on-1 mentorship from international food experts, tailored business coaching, strategic partnership and investor networking, intellectual property guidance, market-readiness support, and commercialization assistance.

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We firmly believe that athletes can bring more than just financial resources to the table and can contribute strategic value as investors in this space.

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We help establish connections in UAE required to startups

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In 2014, we pioneered a Founder Residency - creating a program and environment that adds value on the founders' terms at no cost and with no strings attached. ‍ Through this program we work with founders on all aspects of early stage company-building (including recruitment, milestone development, core product definition, and GTM) dynamic to their needs.

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Open Doors and make connectons for founders. We also invest in diverse and underrepresented founders.

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Large institutions as LPs. Large network of MIT founders. Annual grant to the Sandbox program.

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We play a supporting role and our investment is a signal we trust yours and the board’s decision making and focus on the quality of interactions rather than quantity. We can also contribute to supporting you with our extensive network in the technology investment ecosystem.

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Mentoring, introductions, opening doors, connecting with VCs

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We pair 15 years of VC pattern-recognition with hands-on founder experience — building, pivoting, and exiting companies ourselves. We stay close to our founders, supporting them with strategic connections, follow-on investors, and access to international networks. Direct, hands-on, no passive capital.

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GreenSky's diverse team come from legal, financial, and technical backgrounds, which allows us to support various aspects of startups' operations.