01Capital
Bringing founders and investors together.
Through Cap Table, our founders competition, we bring selected founders together with investors and experienced business leaders. Applications are now closed, and Cap Table will return in 2027.
Where the AmbitiousBelong.
Forbes Family Group is a family-led group that helps people access relationships, experience and opportunities that can move them forward. Through Capital, Community and Connect, we bring together founders, professionals and organisations to support ambition, share knowledge and create opportunities for others.
Ambition needs access. We create it three ways.
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People supported across the UK
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Raised for charitable causes
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Founders backed and funded
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Community events hosted
Behind these figures are founders who have received backing, families who have received support and people who have made useful connections. We are proud of what has been achieved and will continue building on that work through Capital, Community and Connect.
02Community
Practical support, trusted partnerships and opportunity.
FFG Community brings people and organisations together to provide practical support, from mentoring and essential resources to community events such as Radar. We work with trusted partners to help more people access support and opportunities.
03Connect
Where the ambitious belong.
FFG Connect is a membership community for people building businesses, progressing their careers and pursuing their next chapter. The Connect app brings members together to find one another, exchange knowledge, ask for advice and share opportunities. Live audio Rooms, practical workshops and in-person conversations give those relationships space to grow. There is experience here you can learn from. There is experience you can bring.
The Forbes Family Group Leadership
Leadership
The people behind FFG.
Dean and Danielle Forbes founded FFG from lived experience of what access can change. Co-CEOs Ann-Marie Hackett and Davina Forbes-Williamson now lead its work across Capital, Connect and Community.
“Success leaves clues. Learn from people who’ve already walked the road. ”
Dean Forbes
Dean Forbes
Founder
Dean co-founded Forbes Family Group with Danielle, drawing on his own experience of how belief, support and the right relationships can change a person’s direction. His career leading global technology businesses has shaped FFG’s commitment to helping more people access opportunities. He continues to guide the Group’s ambition and bring people together through his experience and relationships. In 2025, Dean was ranked No. 1 on the Powerlist as the UK’s most influential Black person.
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Danielle Forbes
Chairwoman
Danielle co-founded Forbes Family Group with Dean and has shaped its purpose, values and direction from the beginning. As Chairwoman, she helps guide the Group’s decisions and long-term plans, keeping its work focused on the people it exists to support.
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Ann-Marie Hackett
Co-CEO
Ann-Marie has led the development of FFG Connect from its earliest stages, bringing members, partners and programmes together. Her three years as Chief of Staff to Dean gave her experience across the Group’s people, partnerships, commercial activity and community work. As Co-CEO, she leads Capital and Connect, developing the relationships, membership and commercial plans that support FFG’s growth.
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Davina Forbes-Williamson
Co-CEO
Davina has led FFG Community since its earliest days, developing practical programmes and trusted partnerships to support people and families. As Co-CEO, she leads Community, working with organisations that understand local needs and helping FFG direct its support where it can be useful.
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The FFG community
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Connect members togetherWhat access looks like in practice.
What Connect members have taken part in.
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A £100,000 investment opportunity
Through Investment Arena, three Connect founders had access to a £100,000 investment opportunity, delivered in partnership with Cornerstone VC.
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15 members around one boardroom table
Fifteen Connect members joined Dean Forbes and Forterro’s senior mergers and acquisitions team for a session on building, buying and growing technology businesses.
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Learning directly from experience
Through FFG conversations, Connect members have heard from Emma Grede, Idris Elba, Krept, Paul Brunson, Posty, and Kate and Rio Ferdinand, learning about the decisions, setbacks and relationships that have shaped their lives and work.
FFG Connect
Membership application
Apply for FFG Connect membership
Tell us who you are, what you are working towards and what you would bring to Connect. The application takes around five minutes. Every application is reviewed personally, with a response within two working days. No card details or payment are required to apply. If approved, you will receive a secure payment link for your chosen plan. Once payment is complete, your membership becomes active and we will send you instructions to get started in the app.
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Application only
no open sign-ups
Every application
personally reviewed