Forum's Venture Studio is a leading early-stage fund and program for B2B SaaS startups. Starting a company is demanding, complex, and psychologically challenging. As former founders and early-stage operators, we understand firsthand that Founders need support, honest feedback, and someone who truly cares in their corner.
Our mission is to make the journey easier and more successful for Founders, and we've achieved this by making over 350+ seed investments that have raised $600M+ in follow-on funding. Forum founders have gone on to raise from funds like Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.
We’re looking for a Founder/CEO to invest in to lead a new venture focused on redefining identity management for autonomous AI agents. This next-generation platform will combine streamlined authentication, robust authorization, and comprehensive governance to help enterprises securely deploy AI-powered processes at scale.
What are we exploring?
As the world shifts to embrace “intelligent non-human identities,” enterprises need a next-generation identity management solution that addresses the complexities of autonomous AI agents operating across diverse ecosystems. Traditional authentication tools -—built for static machines and human users—can’t keep pace with the dynamic demands of agent-to-agent communication.
We’re exploring a platform dedicated to securing these AI-powered processes with robust authentication, authorization, and governance, combining the best of Let’s Encrypt’s streamlined certificate issuance with AWS-style policy controls. By ensuring auditability and compliance at every step, this new breed of identity solution can help organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scale, safeguarding their systems from potential vulnerabilities. With industry leaders like Okta and Ping Identity already exploring this burgeoning domain, now is the moment to seize the opportunity and build a platform that addresses both enterprise and mid-market needs.
Forum derisks and accelerates the Founder path by:
About Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures® is the leading early-stage fund, program, and community for B2B SaaS startups based in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and remote. Founded in 2014, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and more successful for early-stage founders, through pre-seed and seed-stage funding. We provide high-touch 1:1 support, programming, corporate perks and introductions, and an active SaaS community to support you through every step of your building journey.
Starting a company is demanding, complex, and psychologically challenging. As former founders and early-stage operators, we understand firsthand that Founders need support, honest feedback, and someone who truly cares in their corner. Our mission is to make the journey easier and more successful for Founders, and we've achieved this by making over 350+ investments that have raised $1Bn+ in follow-on funding. Forum founders have gone on to raise from funds like Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.
Our mission is to make the journey easier and more successful for Founders, and we've achieved this by making over 350+ seed investments that have raised $600M+ in follow-on funding. Forum founders have gone on to raise from funds like Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.
We’re looking for a Founder/CEO to invest in to lead a new venture focused on redefining identity management for autonomous AI agents. This next-generation platform will combine streamlined authentication, robust authorization, and comprehensive governance to help enterprises securely deploy AI-powered processes at scale.
What are we exploring?
As the world shifts to embrace “intelligent non-human identities,” enterprises need a next-generation identity management solution that addresses the complexities of autonomous AI agents operating across diverse ecosystems. Traditional authentication tools -—built for static machines and human users—can’t keep pace with the dynamic demands of agent-to-agent communication.
We’re exploring a platform dedicated to securing these AI-powered processes with robust authentication, authorization, and governance, combining the best of Let’s Encrypt’s streamlined certificate issuance with AWS-style policy controls. By ensuring auditability and compliance at every step, this new breed of identity solution can help organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scale, safeguarding their systems from potential vulnerabilities. With industry leaders like Okta and Ping Identity already exploring this burgeoning domain, now is the moment to seize the opportunity and build a platform that addresses both enterprise and mid-market needs.
Forum derisks and accelerates the Founder path by:
- A $250K USD investment, and an end-to-end fundraising playbook and network to raise your seed and Series A
- A validation partner with proven playbooks, networks, and the systems to validate, unlock your ICP, ignite your sales pipeline, and beyond
- The support of our experienced operating team - from business design, product development, growth, recruitment, legal and more
- Executing a winning GTM strategy to get to $50-100K ARR, and the right MVP to ensure early traction
- A community full of mentors, peers, and leaders
- $100K worth of business perks
- Technical or product expertise, with a strong background in AI-driven solutions, voice technology, or NLP applications
- Proven experience in early-stage or venture-backed companies, demonstrating an entrepreneurial mindset in the AI or voice tech space
- Demonstrated ability to navigate complex AI ecosystems and foster partnerships across software platforms and integration frameworks
- Strategic problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of challenges and opportunities within AI, NLP, and voice-enabled solutions
- Passion for transforming human-machine interactions by bridging critical gaps in accessible, intelligent, and adaptive AI technologies
About Forum Ventures
Forum Ventures® is the leading early-stage fund, program, and community for B2B SaaS startups based in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and remote. Founded in 2014, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and more successful for early-stage founders, through pre-seed and seed-stage funding. We provide high-touch 1:1 support, programming, corporate perks and introductions, and an active SaaS community to support you through every step of your building journey.
Starting a company is demanding, complex, and psychologically challenging. As former founders and early-stage operators, we understand firsthand that Founders need support, honest feedback, and someone who truly cares in their corner. Our mission is to make the journey easier and more successful for Founders, and we've achieved this by making over 350+ investments that have raised $1Bn+ in follow-on funding. Forum founders have gone on to raise from funds like Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, Uncork Capital, 8VC, Founders Fund, Menlo Ventures, Canaan, Bowery Capital, Susa Ventures, SV Angel, and more.