Forward launch: what they're building and where to launch next
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What they're building
Unifying Global Private Credit
Batch
Y Combinator Fall 2026
Industry
B2B
Team size
5
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founders
- Daniel Yoon · Founder/CEO
- Riley Janjis · Founder
- Darryl Luo · Founder/CTO
Forward on the record
What they shipped
- From its YC profile: An AI platform that connects commercial debt advisors with mandate matching private credit funds. (source)
- Its own site describes it as: "Forward converts unstructured borrower materials into structured private credit deals and routes them to the funds most likely to close." (source)
Who is behind it
- Daniel Yoon, Founder/CEO: Founder at Forward (YC F26). Previously, private credit at Kain Lawyers. Ranked first in UNSW law, dropped out. (source)
- Riley Janjis, Founder: Founder at Forward. Previously Analyst at Rixon Capital and Longreach Alternatives, where he conducted due diligence on $1b+ in credit opportunities. Co-founded Janjis Yoon, a tutoring platform that scaled to 6-figure annual revenue and 100+ clients. Commerce/Law at UNSW. Rugby at Warringah Rats. (source)
- Darryl Luo, Founder/CTO: Founder at Forward (YC F26). Previously CTO @ Lima AI (bootstrapped EdTech startup), studied at University of Sydney and University of Southern California, dropped out. (source)
Timeline
- 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)
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Where else to launch Forward
- Product Hunt ↗
- Indie Hackers Forum ↗Audience: IndieHackers; bootstrapped solo founders sharing revenue and behind-the-scenes
- Hacker News (Show HN) ↗Audience: Hacker News readers; engineers, technical founders, infra-curious people
- Demand Curve ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- No Code Founders ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- OnlineGeniuses ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- Product Makers ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
- ProductLed ↗Audience: Slack community; tight-knit, pseudo-private peer group
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