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We’re living through the greatest connection crisis in human history. Despite 5.5 billion people on social media, we’re experiencing a loneliness and social isolation epidemic.

    • People under 30 are moving to smaller online communities “fueled by a desire for more authentic meaningful online interactions with people they are close to.”
    • 1 out of 3 people on social media post less than they did a year ago.
    • 89% of Gen Z  and 92% of millennials seek purpose-drive platforms. 
    • People are spending  $7+ billion annually on dating apps with 30% satisfaction rates
    • 50% feel trapped on LinkedIn because 85% of jobs are filled through networking, making it difficult to leave LinkedIn despite users’ negative feelings about the platform.
    • In 2025, Google Trends reports that searches for “how to make friends”, “where to make friends”, and “where to meet people” is reaching an all-time high.
    • $406 billion is spent annually in lost productivity, healthcare costs, and turnover
The market is screaming for a solution for how people can make better human connections.

We’re living through the greatest connection crisis in human history. Despite 5.5 billion people on social media, we’re experiencing a loneliness and social isolation epidemic.

    • People under 30 are moving to smaller online communities “fueled by a desire for more authentic meaningful online interactions with people they are close to.”
    • 1 out of 3 people on social media post less than they did a year ago.
    • 89% of Gen Z  and 92% of millennials seek purpose-drive platforms. 
    • People are spending  $7+ billion annually on dating apps with 30% satisfaction rates
    • 50% feel trapped on LinkedIn because 85% of jobs are filled through networking, making it difficult to leave LinkedIn despite users’ negative feelings about the platform.
    • In 2025, Google Trends reports that searches for “how to make friends”, “where to make friends”, and “where to meet people” is reaching an all-time high.
    • $406 billion is spent annually in lost productivity, healthcare costs, and turnover

The market is screaming for a solution for how people can make better human connections.

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The future of social tech isn’t more noise. It isn’t artificial. It’s more human.

We’re building the social infrastructure for human connection in the 21st century. This is bigger than dating and friend discovery, bigger than networking, bigger than social media.

This is about transforming social connections, at scale, across verticals and serves the $224B addressable market of human-facilitated connections that remains untapped.

To request FWD’s full Investor Deck email: katherine [at] lookfwd [dot] co

Partner with us

The future of social tech isn’t more noise. It isn’t artificial.
It’s more human.

We’re building the social infrastructure for human connection in the 21st century.

This is bigger than dating and friend discovery, bigger than networking, bigger than social media.

This is about transforming social connections, at scale, across verticals and serves the $224B addressable market of human-facilitated connections that remains untapped.

To request FWD’s full Investor Deck email: katherine [at] lookfwd [dot] co

The Human Way to Connect