# Forward Partners (slim)

> Forward Partners's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Ably Realtime Ltd, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forward-partners/index.md (~450 tokens) · this version ~330 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forward-partners/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forward-partners/
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Venture firm.

Website: https://forwardpartners.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Ably Realtime Ltd**, Seed, May 2017, Series A, April 2020, led a round
  - [Ably](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ably.md), graded BB, 75.2/100
  - Source: https://ably.com/about

## Where they invest

- Event delivery & webhooks, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Matthew O’Riordan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/matthew-o-riordan/), Ably Realtime Ltd
- [Paddy Byers](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paddy-byers/), Ably Realtime Ltd

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Forward Partners invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Ably Realtime Ltd backed by Forward Partners.

### How are Forward Partners's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Ably (BB, 75.2).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.