Forefront RF raises £16 million for wearables market entry
Forefront RF Ltd. (Cambridge, England) has raised a £16 million Series A funding round, backed by existing investors BGF and Foresight Group, alongside new VC partners, Octopus Ventures and Cambridge Innovation Capital.
The company was founded in 2020 to apply passive cancellation to RF front ends and has developed a tunable duplexer suitable for mobile phones, wearables and IoT. It raised a seed round in 2021.
Forefront said it would use the Series A money to prepare for the launch in 2026 of its first product – the FFM51010 – for cellular-enabled smartwatches.
Founder Leo Loughlin has stood down as a director of the company. However, Loughlin continues in his role as chief technology officer, according to the company’s website.
Ronald Wilting, CEO of Forefront RF said: “With continued support from Foresight Group and BGF, and new partnerships with Octopus Ventures and Cambridge Innovation Capital, we’re well-positioned to scale rapidly from engineering prototypes to mass production.”
By replacing fixed-frequency filters and duplexers with a self-configuring tunable duplexer, Forefront RF enables devices to dynamically adjust to any required frequency, reducing overall component list and manufacturing complexity. This innovation saves PCB space, minimizes the need for product variants.
This plays into the RF-enable wearable market in particular.
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