Forward Financing - Bridging the Gap for U.S. Small Businesses with Flexible Financing Solutions
Forward Financing provides revenue-based financing to U.S. small businesses that need quick cash solutions when banks decline. They offer flexible payment options tied to revenue, having supported over 87,000 businesses with $4.5 billion in capital.
Small businesses do not run on net-30.
Forward Financing is built for the gap between I need cash and the bank said no. They offer revenue-based financing to U.S. small businesses, with fast decisions and payments that can flex with revenue instead of a rigid monthly loan schedule.
The mechanics are simple and very MCA-adjacent: upfront capital, then daily or weekly debits, usually over an estimated 3 to 18 months. Forward is explicit that it is not a loan, it is a purchase-and-sale agreement, which matters for how these products are structured and regulated.
This is not a tiny niche shop. Forward says it has helped 87,000+ small businesses access $4.5B+ in capital, and it has been operating since 2012 out of Boston.
The founder story is also unusually clean for this category: Forbes lists Justin Bakes as co-founder and CEO. And the financing engine underneath is getting more institutional.
In December 2025, Forward closed its first $170M asset-backed securitization, expanding total debt facilities to $620M, with the deal oversubscribed 2.0x and Guggenheim Securities as the structuring advisor and placement agent. That is a “grown-up” signal in small business credit.
The real bet is that if you underwrite better and service tighter, you can offer expensive capital more transparently than the industry’s worst actors, and recycle capital through securitization like a modern lender, not a back-alley broker.
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