Our Mission: Start, Invest and Advise

Front 4 Ventures InvestS In & Advises Early stage & Growth equity Enterprises. We are Experienced consumer, retail, & Technology industry executives with extensive networks globally

We partner with inspirational entrepreneurs with exceptional promise. We help them grow market-leading companies.

Our Principals are all Founders. Experienced entrepreneurs with over decades of experience scaling ideas in the consumer sector. Approx 15% of our investments at any time are in companies that we helped found, invested in seed rounds and helped define the market; the remaining we invest alongside leading investment professionals and companies.

Growth Equity & Venture Investment

Front4Ventures invests thematically around digitization, automation(AI/ML), emerging life sciences, retail wind-downs and turnarounds, aging, pets and co-living. It has funded differentiated retail and consumer brands, marketing services, B2B technologies, marketplaces as assisted and co-living projects and more. Our expertise has been a valuable assets to the leadership teams at Bain Capital, Sycamore Partners, DemandWare, and Benchmark Senior Living. We continue to look for new investment opportunities, and opportunities where we can work and support investors and entrepreneurs.

Leading research & case development.

Front4 Ventures sponsors significant, industry leading research through its affiliates at the Future Of Commerce Initiative . It is surfaces and responds to the most vital questions facing Board and Executive strategy agendas. There are few research teams that can see around corners as far and clearly . Recent research includes cases developed in conjunction with Harvard Business Schools’ Managing The Future of Work Initiative .

Innovation Lab Partnerships

Front4Ventures is partnered with leading university, consumer, brand, retailer and technology firms’ innovation labs. These labs are piloting Automation (AI/ML), Last Mile Delivery, Automated stores, Micro-branding, Workforce automation and much more.

Executive Education, CEO Forums

Our Principals frequently facilitate or teach at leading CEO and Entrepreneurial Events including the Harvard Business School Executive Education Programs, The Consumer Goods Forum, The Food Marketing Institute, CIES, The Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative and many more. Current topics include