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We’re living through the greatest connection crisis in human history. Despite 4.9 billion people on social media, we’re experiencing a loneliness and social isolation epidemic.

And that’s just in the dating and friendship verticals. We’re not even talking about the professional networking and community building markets.

  • $406 billion annually in lost productivity, healthcare costs, and turnover
  • People are spending $7+ billion yearly on dating apps with 30% satisfaction rates
  • Bumble lost 92% of its market cap in the last 4 years
  • Match Group was the worst performer in the S&P 500 and declined 12% in 2024
  • Friend discovery is 2x the size of the dating app market
  • Searches for for “how to make friends,” “where to make friends,” and “where to meet people,” reached an all-time high in 2023

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

And that’s just in the dating and friendship verticals. We’re not even talking about the professional networking and community building markets.

We’re living through the greatest connection crisis in human history.

Despite 4.9 billion people on social media, we’re experiencing a loneliness and social isolation epidemic.

  • $406 billion annually in lost productivity, healthcare costs, and turnover
  • People are spending $7+ billion yearly on dating apps with 30% satisfaction rates
  • Bumble lost 92% of its market cap in the last 4 years
  • Match Group was the worst performer in the S&P 500 and declined 12% in 2024
  • Friend discovery is 2x the size of the dating app market
  • Searches for for “how to make friends,” “where to make friends,” and “where to meet people,” reached an all-time high in 2023

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

And that’s just in the dating and friendship verticals. We’re not even talking about the professional networking and community building markets.

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We’re building the 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 creating technology that helps people build meaningful relationships and serves the $19B addressable market for human-facilitated connections that remains completely untapped. To request FWD’s full Investor Deck email: katherine [at] lookfwd [dot] co

Partner with us

We’re building the 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 creating technology that helps people build meaningful relationships and serves the $19B addressable market for human-facilitated connections that remains completely untapped.

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

The Human Way to Connect