Who invested in Daydream?
Forerunner Ventures invested in Daydream in 2023. The investment was led by Kirsten Green, a partner at Forerunner Ventures. Forerunner invested at Seed.
What does Daydream do?
Commerce discovery still forces people to translate taste into filters. Daydream lets shoppers express intent naturally and turns inspiration into shoppable outcomes across thousands of brands.
Why did Forerunner invest in Daydream?
Forerunner's investment in Daydream reflects a conviction that search is being reborn as service. Traditional search presents options; the next generation of discovery presents a personalized, actionable edit and helps complete the task. Daydream represents an early iteration of this shift in commerce — where inspiration becomes shoppable outcomes. The founding team brings over a decade at the intersection of commerce and AI, with backgrounds spanning Microsoft AI, Google, YouTube, Sephora, and StitchFix. Forerunner is motivated not just by Daydream's vision for shopping, but by what it signals for agentic, service-like platforms across the consumer market.