Forward Financing
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$525M
1 round on record
Latest round
$525M
Venture round · Jul 2026 · 3 mo ago
Team
202
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2024
Hiring now
5
+5 posted in 30 days
The money's age
Fresh money
3 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
85/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news, fresh money
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
Aug 11
Recognition Forward Financing Wins Gold Stevie Award for Management Team of the Year · forwardfinancing.com
Jul 21
Raised a round Venture round $525M · PYMNTS.com
Apr 23
Recognition Forward Financing Wins Gold and Bronze Stevie Awards for Management and Corporate Social Responsibility · forwardfinancing.com
2012
Founded
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Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Jul 2026 | $525M | — | PYMNTS.com |
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Overview
Forward Financing is a Boston financial technology company founded in 2012 that funds small businesses quickly. Its underwriting reads business performance data to advance working capital that banks decline or take weeks to approve. The company has funded tens of thousands of American small businesses.
News
Forward Financing Wins Gold Stevie Award for Management Team of the Year
Forward Financing has been awarded a Gold Stevie Award for Management Team of the Year in the 2026 Stevie Awards for Financial Technology, recognizing the company's Technology leadership team for its vision and execution. The Stevie Awards are among the w
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Forward Financing Celebrates 100K Customers with #MilestoneMoments Campaign
Forward Financing just crossed 100,000 small businesses funded. To mark it, we're handing the mic to the people who earned it - and giving three of them $5,000 to keep building. Numbers are easy to announce and easy to forget. So when Forward Financing re
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Forward Financing Secures Another $525 Million to Support Small Businesses
Forward Financing secured $525 million of new financing that brings the company's total committed funding capacity to nearly $700 million.
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$525 Million Later, Forward's Capacity Hits Nearly $700 Million
Jul 16, 2026 - This month, Forward closed $525 million in new financing: a $350 million variable funding note facility and a $175 million asset-backed securitization. Together with our inaugural securitization from December 2025, that brings our total com
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Forward Financing Wins Gold and Bronze Stevie Awards for Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
April 23, 2026 - Forward Financing was named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in Achievement in Management and a Bronze Stevie Award for Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility. This double recognition highlights the company's ability to balance r
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SOC for Service Organizations Engagements - Overview
This document provides an overview of SOC for Service Organizations Engagements.
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Forward Financing Featured in CBS News Documentary
March 6, 2026 - Access to reliable working capital is often the deciding factor in whether a small business can survive a rough patch or seize a new opportunity. A new documentary, now streaming on CBSNews.com, explores how Forward Financing is addressing
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Forward Financing Celebrates Team Connection and Shared Mission at Winter Palooza
February 12, 2026 - Following a year of significant milestones, Forward Financing kickstarted 2026 with its semi-annual Palooza. Starting in Santiago, Dominican Republic this January and concluding in Boston this February, these events brought the global
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Forward Wins Silver Stevie Award for Customer Service Department of the Year
January 29, 2026 - Forward Financing was named the winner of a Silver Stevie Award in the Customer Service Department of the Year category in the 20th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. This prestigious recognition marks the sixth consecut
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Built In Honors Forward for Second Consecutive Year in Its Esteemed 2026 Best Places to Work Awards
January 6, 2026 - Forward Financing has been named a winner in five categories of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work Awards, marking the second year in a row the fintech company has earned this distinction. The annual awards honor employers across the US
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Forward Financing over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
21
Postings analysed
4
Stack modernity
83/100AI adopter
Languages
Python
Ruby
SQL
TypeScript
Frameworks & libraries
Metaflow
Databases
Snowflake
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Amazon SageMaker
Arize Phoenix
Databricks
AI & ML
LLM
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$130k
Typical range
$53k – $168k
Open positions
5
4
Jobs
Middle
25%
Senior
50%
Staff
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle | 1 | $53k | $53k |
| Senior | 2 | $95k | $60k – $130k |
| Staff | 1 | $156k | $156k |
Highest paying role
Manager, Security Operations
$168k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Forward Financing
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
95/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
5
4 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
1 days
faster than 98% of the market
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.
Data Science
33% ▲
Security
33% ▲
Sales
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
+3 jobs in a week
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New location: Boston
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Added Node JS to stack
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Added SIEM to stack
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Added Ruby to stack
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Added MITRE ATT&CK to stack
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Added LLM to stack
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Added DLP to stack
Oct 2026
Added Crowdstrike to stack
Oct 2026
Added Git to stack
Oct 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
0
Countries
2
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Boston
United States
HQ
Boston, MA
53 State Street, 20th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Salt Lake City
United States
Regional office
Salt Lake City, UT
257 East 200 South, Suite 725, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Santiago de los Caballeros
Dominican Republic
Regional office
Santiago, DR
Aney Muñoz I, 4th Floor, Av. 27 de Febrero, Santiago de los Caballeros 51000, Dominican Republic
Jobs
$102k – $131k per year • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
TypeScript
Ruby
Function Calling
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
AWS
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$123k – $169k per year • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
JavaScript
Ruby
Node JS
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Cybersecurity
Crowdstrike
MITRE ATT&CK
SIEM
DLP
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$124k – $157k per year • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Boston
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
AI/ML
Arize Phoenix
Amazon SageMaker
Metaflow
Feature Store
Machine Learning
DevOps
Git
AWS
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Financials
Total raised
$525M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2026 | $525M | Details |