Forward Investments is a corporate venture capital platform focused on future-proofing the industrial utilities sector through strategic investments in transformative technologies. Backed by a large publicly listed industrial firm in the GCC region, they invest in businesses and funds that complement, disrupt, and elevate the next-generation utilities value chain. Their investment thesis centers on enabling the digital and operational transformation of the utilities and industrial sector through high-growth, B2B enterprise technologies. They invest across the full software and infrastructure stack, from enabling technologies to applied platforms, targeting companies that can integrate into or expand the future industrial ecosystem. They focus on three technology layers: Backend (Compute, Data Infrastructure, Edge), Middleware (Integration, Cloud Platforms, Operational Tech), and Application Layer (AI/ML, IoT, Cybersecurity, Automation). They aim to strategically create, preserve, and enhance value through every phase of the investment cycle across diverse industries and asset classes.
Preferred startup development maturity for initial funding deployment.
Industrial utilities, Digital transformation, B2B enterprise technologies, Software, Infrastructure, Compute, Data Infrastructure, Edge, Integration, Cloud Platforms, Operational Tech, AI/ML, IoT, Cybersecurity, Automation
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