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 who will lead in building an AI-native law firm that delivers faster, more affordable legal services through AI-driven workflows.
What are we exploring?
The legal industry is undergoing a transformation as LLMs streamline time-consuming tasks like research, intake, and document drafting. Traditional firms, structured around billable hours and legacy operations, are falling behind, especially when it comes to serving startups and tech-forward companies that need agile, AI-first legal solutions.
We believe the future of legal services lies in AI-native firms built to automate and outperform legacy workflows, from contract review to compliance and legal intake. Forum is uniquely positioned to build this firm, with a portfolio of 400+ startups and a network of thousands of VCs we have direct access to customers hungry for innovative, and scalable legal services.
Forum directs and accelerates the Founder path by:
A $250K USD investment with you as majority shareholder, and an end-to-end fundraising playbook and network to raise your seed and Series A
Providing a vetted business idea and business model in a large market
The support of our experienced operating team - from business design, product development, growth, recruitment, legal and more
Executing a winning GTM strategy to get you 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
What you bring:
Deep understanding of legal workflows or operations — whether through experience in law, legaltech, compliance, or process-heavy industries
Strong product or technical background with experience applying AI/LLMs to unstructured data, document processing, or workflow automation
Entrepreneurial mindset with zero-to-one execution skills and the ability to build and iterate quickly in early-stage, high-ambiguity environments
Clear vision for how to disrupt legacy legal models — with the ability to reimagine service delivery, pricing, and user experience using AI as the foundation
A collaborative approach, with the capability to build partnerships across technical and non-technical teams
A desire to be a venture-backed founder
Ability to collaborate in North American time zones
Please note, this is not an employment opportunity with Forum Ventures.
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.