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Forest: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Forest is a tech-driven e-commerce platform acquiring third-party brands, optimizing marketing via algorithm insights for growth.

www.forest-inc.jp LinkedIn Tokyo, Japan 11-50 employees
Total raised
$40.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series B
Oct 2025

Forest has raised $40.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series B of $40.0M announced in Oct 2025.

That round is above the $3.3M median round size for Japan companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Forest Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$40.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series B
$40.0M in Oct 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2025.

Forest Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$40.0M

Forest Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Lina Souloukou
CEO
—

No contact details are on record for this team yet.

Forest Funding in Context

Segment
Companies
Median round
366
$3.3M
4,401
$31M

Forest's latest round of $40.0M is above the median round in Japan. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Forest Funding FAQs

What does Forest do?

Forest is a tech-driven e-commerce platform acquiring third-party brands, optimizing marketing via algorithm insights for growth.

How much funding has Forest raised?

Forest has raised $40.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series B of $40.0M announced in Oct 2025.

When did Forest last raise funding?

Forest's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $40.0M, announced in Oct 2025.

Who is the CEO of Forest?

Lina Souloukou is listed as CEO at Forest.

Where is Forest headquartered?

Forest is based in Tokyo, Japan.

How many employees does Forest have?

Forest is in the 11-50 employee band.

About FundedIQ's Forest Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Forest is left off this page rather than filled in.

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