Forward connects debt advisors with private credit funds and sends a deal only to lenders whose current appetite fits it. An advisor shares the borrower materials they already have. Forward confirms who controls the transaction, matches the package against what funds are actually funding now, and tracks questions, document requests, and indicative terms in one place. Advisors keep the borrower relationship and are not charged. Funds keep the credit decision and pay 25 basis points on funded loans. The launch is aimed at a market that still clears through inboxes, phone calls, and personal networks, while lender appetite moves from month to month. A fund open to bridge loans in one period can pass on the same asset in the next because cash, geography, or structure changed. Coverage depends on who an advisor already knows, so a fitting fund often never sees the package. The launch film compresses that failure: one contact only writes bridge loans, another does not have the capital, and the deal only moves once it reaches a fund that wants it. Forward was founded in 2026 in San Francisco by Daniel Yoon, Riley Janjis, and Darryl Luo, and is in Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch. With this launch the founders said they raised $1.5 million from Y Combinator and Airtree Ventures. Yoon previously worked on mid-market debt transactions at Kain Lawyers, Janjis assessed broker-originated deals against fund mandates at Rixon Capital and Longreach Alternatives, and Luo, the CTO, previously built workflow agents at Lima AI.