Forward Financing

Forward Financing is a fintech company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston. It provides revenue-based financing to small businesses that may not qualify for traditional bank loans, or that need a faster and more convenient funding option. The company reports deploying over $4.5 billion to more than 87,000 small businesses across the United States.

The firm employs more than 500 people and operates as a 100% employee-owned company. Its stated core values are driving the mission, keeping it real, acting with kindness, and shooting for extraordinary. The company describes its culture as people-first, oriented toward the small businesses it serves and toward long-term career building rather than short-term employment.

Forward Financing maintains a distributed workforce across the United States, the Dominican Republic and Canada, with its headquarters in Boston. It operates in the fintech, small business lending and small business finance sectors.