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Form 8-K

Form 8-K is the current report a US public company must file with the SEC within four business days of a significant corporate event between periodic reports.

Form I-9

Form I-9, the Employment Eligibility Verification form, is the form U.S. employers must complete for each employee hired after November 6, 1986, to verify identity and work authorization.

FORMA Therapeutics

FORMA Therapeutics was a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company in Watertown, Massachusetts, developing small-molecule drugs for sickle cell disease and cancers; Novo Nordisk acquired it in 2022 for $1.1 billion.

Formation8 Partners

Formation8 Partners, commonly styled Formation 8, was a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that backed smart enterprise and energy startups, winding down in 2015.

Formentera Partners

Formentera Partners is an Austin, Texas private equity firm, founded in 2020 by Bryan Sheffield and Blake London, that buys and operates mature onshore oil and gas assets.

Formo (company)

Formo, also known as Formo Foods GmbH and formerly LegenDairy Foods, is a German food-biotechnology company founded in Berlin in 2019 that makes animal-free cheese and casein proteins by fermentation.

Formosa Petrochemical

Formosa Petrochemical Corporation, also known as FPCC, is Taiwan's only privately owned petroleum refiner, founded in 1992 and cross-held by three Formosa Group affiliates, operating the Mailiao refinery.

Formosa Plastics Group

Formosa Plastics Group (台塑企业, FPG) is a Taiwanese petrochemical conglomerate co-founded in 1954 in Kaohsiung by the brothers Wang Yung-ching and Wang Yung-tsai, beginning with Taiwan's first PVC factory.

Forrest Li

Forrest Li (李小冬, Li Xiaodong) is a Singapore-based technology entrepreneur, born in 1978 in Tianjin, who founded Sea Limited in 2009 and serves as its chairman and CEO.

Fortaegis Technologies

Fortaegis Technologies is an Amsterdam-based chip-security startup founded in 2023 by CEO Boudewijn Wijnands, which raised a $50 million Series A in 2026 to commercialize its quantum-safe, silicon-rooted security technology.

Fortanix

Fortanix is a data security company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2016 by Ambuj Kumar and Anand Kashyap, known as a pioneer of confidential computing.

Fortescue Metals Group

Fortescue Metals Group is an Australian iron ore mining company and the world's fourth-largest iron ore exporter, operating three mining hubs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Fortrea

Fortrea (Nasdaq: FTRE) is a global contract research organization spun off from Labcorp on June 30, 2023, trading from July 3, 2023. Formerly Covance and Labcorp Drug Development, it provides phase I-IV clinical trial management, clinical pharmacology, and decentralized trial services; FY2025 revenue $2,723.4 million.

Fortress Investment Group

Fortress Investment Group is a New York-based alternative asset manager founded in 1998, managing about $54 billion and the first US hedge fund to go public in 2007.

Fortrex (Fortrex Solutions / Fortrex Sanitation Holdings, LLC)

Fortrex, formerly Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), is a Georgia-based company providing outsourced cleaning, sanitation, and food-safety chemicals for food processing plants across the United States and Canada.

Fortum

Fortum is a Finnish energy company, the third-largest power generator and largest electricity retailer in the Nordics with 2.0 million customers, focused on hydropower and nuclear.

Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list published by Fortune magazine since 1955, ranking the 500 largest US companies, public and private, by total revenue.

Fortune Global 500

The Fortune Global 500 is an annual Fortune magazine ranking of the world's 500 largest corporations by total revenue, first compiled in 1990 as the global counterpart of the US-only Fortune 500.

Fortune India 500

The Fortune India 500 is an annual ranking of the 500 largest Indian companies, listed and unlisted, by total revenue, published by Fortune India since December 2010.

Forvia

Forvia, formerly Faurecia S.E., is an automotive equipment group formed in 2022 from the merger of French supplier Faurecia and German company HELLA, with 2025 sales of €26.2 billion.

Forward contract

A forward contract, also called a time bargain, is an over-the-counter agreement to buy or sell an asset at a price fixed now for a specified future date.

Forward guidance

Forward guidance is a central bank communication tool announcing the likely future path of the policy interest rate, used to shape market expectations and current spending decisions.

Forward integration

Forward integration is a vertical integration strategy in which a company acquires or builds distribution and retail operations, controlling how its product is marketed, priced, and sold to end customers.

Forward rate

A forward rate is an interest or exchange rate fixed today for a transaction starting at a future date, derived from spot rates by no-arbitrage arguments.

Forward rate agreement

A forward rate agreement, or FRA, is an over-the-counter contract that fixes an interest rate today for a future borrowing period, settled in cash with no principal exchanged.

Forward Ventures, LLC

Forward Ventures, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company organized in 2010 by Coupang founder Bom Kim, identified in press reporting as the Seoul-based operator of the Coupang online shopping service.

Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food

Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food, known commercially as Haitian, is a Chinese condiment manufacturer in Foshan, Guangdong, and China's largest seasoning producer by sales volume.

Fosun International (复星国际)

Fosun International, also known as Fosun Group, is a Hong Kong-listed Chinese conglomerate founded in 1992 by Fudan University graduates and controlled by Guo Guangchang, spanning health, tourism, insurance, and investment.

Fotile Group

Fotile Group (方太集团) is a Chinese family-controlled maker of premium kitchen appliances, founded in Ningbo, Zhejiang in 1996 by Mao Zhongqun and his father Mao Lixiang.

Foundation Capital Leadership

Foundation Capital Leadership is a series of Delaware co-investment venture funds that invest alongside Foundation Capital's main funds; Fund IV raised $175 million by June 2025.