Forefront RF

Embedded & Electronics Design · RF & Wireless Hardware
5open roles
Venture roundlatest round · Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
5backers · BGF, Cambridge Angels
Scaling fasthiring pace, 78 of 100

Overview

Forefront RF was founded with a clear vision: to create a respected RF component business that makes multi-band smartphones, wearables and IoT devices simpler to design and more globally accessible.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 5 open roles at Forefront RF. Forefront RF is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It was founded in 2020.

Headquarters
Cambridge, United KingdomAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Founded
2020Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
Visa sponsorship, United Kingdom
A-ratedUK Home Office · checked Nov 13, 2026
Official records

How Forefront RF hires

Truth index
A 100/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%

Forefront RF scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 5 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Funding and backers

Latest round
Venture round
Oct 2024 · 2 yr ago
Hiring now
5
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
5
BGF, Cambridge Angels
The money's age
Long since its last round
25 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
40/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 7, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Jun 7, 2024 Raised a round Venture round Apr 25, 2023 Raised a round Venture round Aug 6, 2021 Raised a round Venture round Jan 20, 2020 Founded per the company register
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 9%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Oct 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Jun 2024 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Apr 2023 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Venture round Aug 2021 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity FOREFRONT RF LTD Companies House
Registered 20 Jan 2020
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Jobs

≈ $79k – $136k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Cambridge
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≈ $53k – $111k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Cambridge
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≈ $77k – $134k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United Kingdom) · Cambridge
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≈ $41k – $87k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Cambridge
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Visa sponsorship

A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
5
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Forefront RF Ltd, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Other sponsors in the same field
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UK Home Office · checked Nov 13, 2026 · Visa details by country

Growth

Hiring Momentum
78/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
5 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~9 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
60% ▲
Operations
20% ▲
Industrial Engineering
20% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+5 jobs in a week Oct 2026
+5 jobs in a week Oct 2026
New location: Cambridge Sep 2026
+5 jobs in a week Sep 2026

Financials

Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
4
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 — Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Forefront RF over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
43/100
Practices & domains
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Connections

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Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors5
CICVia a fund
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127 portfolio companies: ZeroRISC, Zero Gravity, Asothia and 124 more
208 portfolio companies: Ubisecure, Amplience, TRI and 205 more
BGFVia a fund
406 portfolio companies
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Cambridge
Cambridge United Kingdom
HQ
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 60% engineering 100% remote
hires for Hardware, Operations, Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026 job postings

How to cite this page

Alion, "Forefront RF: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/forefrontrf

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