We back the disruptors of global scale.

F5V Capital is our early-stage venture capital arm, designed to lead or co-lead rounds once a venture is ready for its next chapter.

• Early and focused: We invest at pre-seed and seed with deep conviction, backing a small number of founders we know well and believe can build at global scale.
• Check size: Checks range from $200K to $1M depending on maturity and traction. In syndicated deals, checks can exceed $1M.
• Beyond capital: When we invest, we stay actively involved, helping refine strategy, open doors, structure key hires, and navigate future fundraising.
• Long-term partners: We aim to be the first call on the hard decisions, not just a name on the cap table, supporting founders from early product-market fit through growth and international expansion.

F5V Capital is where the strongest F5V Studio graduates and select external founders get the capital and support to move from traction to market leadership.

What makes Forty.5 Ventures different is the tight integration between F5V Studio (Unlock) and F5V Capital. Founders don’t just receive capital or advice in isolation; they plug into a platform that can:

• Diagnose the one constraint holding a proven company back: free, before you commit.
• Fix it in six months, with senior operators working inside the business and equity earned only on results.
• Back you with capital and hands-on support once the evidence is clear and it’s time to scale across the US, Southeastern Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Experienced founders, small cohorts, equity earned only on milestones, and a conviction-led capital partner ready to stay with you for the long haul. That is the Forty.5 Ventures strategy: unlocking companies that already work, and backing the disruptors who will define the next generation of global markets.