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#MovingForward
MovingForward is a grassroots social movement founded in 2018 that promotes inclusive and equitable startup fundraising by addressing harassment and discrimination in the venture capital ecosystem.
Overview
What #MovingForward does
What #MovingForward is
MovingForward is a grassroots social movement founded in 2018 that promotes inclusive and equitable startup fundraising by addressing harassment and discrimination in the venture capital ecosystem.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
- Approximate age
- About 8 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 5, 2026
Official channels
Find #MovingForward elsewhere
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Capability profile
#MovingForward as a community
Community overview
MovingForward is a grassroots social movement founded on March 8, 2018. It is focused on promoting inclusive and equitable startup fundraising. The organization is based on the premise of addressing the power imbalance between investors and founders, particularly in the context of harassment and discrimination during the fundraising process.
Community focus
MovingForward provides resources and tools to empower founders, ensuring they are aware of their rights and have safe reporting channels for harassment and discrimination. The organization also guides investors in creating and strengthening policies that protect founders and other third parties. As of October 2020, 175 venture capital firms from 24 countries have committed to the movement.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 175
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Global
Common questions
What to know about #MovingForward
Upseed classifies #MovingForward under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 5, 2026
Known limits
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