ABOUT US
We're venture builders and early stage investors. Our mission is to power founders to go further, faster.
60+
operators
5
continents
OUR STORY
We believe the future is built through technology and entrepreneurship
Founded by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory builds and funds startups across industries and geographies.
Our vision is to be the most impactful co-founder for early stage founders: backing entrepreneurs with capital, an expert operations team, a global community and network, and access to our growing constellation of industry-leading corporate partners.
Our venture studio partners with entrepreneurs to build, fund and launch new ventures from inception. We also operate sector-focused accelerator programmes and venture funds, investing in talented and diverse founding teams across four continents.
Since 2015, Founders Factory’s 300+ portfolio companies have raised $1bn follow-on capital.
OUR STORY
We believe the future is built through technology and entrepreneurship
Founded by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory builds and funds startups across industries and geographies.
Our vision is to be the most impactful co-founder for early stage founders: backing entrepreneurs with capital, an expert operations team, a global community and network, and access to our growing constellation of industry-leading corporate partners.
Our venture studio partners with entrepreneurs to build, fund and launch new ventures from inception. We also operate sector-focused accelerator programmes and venture funds, investing in talented and diverse founding teams across four continents.
Since 2015, Founders Factory’s 300+ portfolio companies have raised $1bn follow-on capital.
LOCATIONS
London (HQ) • New York • Berlin • Milan • Singapore • Johannesburg • Bratislava • Perth • Lagos • The Bahamas
OUR VALUES
Our team come from a variety of backgrounds, beliefs, and ways of looking at the world.
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Think big, act small, move fast
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Value momentum over perfection
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Embrace uncertainty & remain decisive
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Suggest solutions not problems
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Prioritise diversity to strengthen our collective intelligence
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Be polite, generous and show empathy to others
OUR CORPORATE ADVANTAGE
We’re backed by industry leading corporates
Founders Factory partners with innovative organisations to build and invest in startups solving global problems with technology. Our partners offer portfolio companies unique advantages: from credibility and capital to distribution, market intelligence and commercial partnerships.
OUR CORPORATE ADVANTAGE
We’re backed by industry leading corporates
Founders Factory partners with innovative organisations to build and invest in startups solving global problems with technology. Our partners offer portfolio companies unique advantages: from credibility and capital to distribution, market intelligence and commercial partnerships.
LATEST NEWS
Vonovia and Founders Factory team up to accelerate affordable, climate-neutral housing tech
Read moreThe partnership will explore how tech such as AI, digital twins, and intelligent infrastructure can address the challenges and opportunities of modern urban living.
Vonovia and Founders Factory team up to accelerate affordable, climate-neutral housing tech
Read moreThe partnership will explore how tech such as AI, digital twins, and intelligent infrastructure can address the challenges and opportunities of modern urban living.
Rio Tinto to invest in the world’s best technology startups
Read moreRio Tinto will partner with Founders Factory and invest A$14.4 million in global pre-seed and seed stage start-ups over the next three years. The focus will be on technologies in the fields of safe mine operations, decarbonisation, exploration processing and automation.
Rio Tinto to invest in the world’s best technology startups
Read moreRio Tinto will partner with Founders Factory and invest A$14.4 million in global pre-seed and seed stage start-ups over the next three years. The focus will be on technologies in the fields of safe mine operations, decarbonisation, exploration processing and automation.
Mediobanca makes bet on London with startup venture | Financial Times
Read moreItalian bank is teaming up with Founders Factory in bid to increase its presence in UK and tech sector
Mediobanca makes bet on London with startup venture | Financial Times
Read moreItalian bank is teaming up with Founders Factory in bid to increase its presence in UK and tech sector
This Accelerator is Creating New Pathways to Scaling OceanTech | Forbes
Read moreInvestment in ocean conservation lags far behind other nature-based climate solutions, but the oceans is far more than a mysterious watery expanse and food source – it’s essential to life on earth.
This Accelerator is Creating New Pathways to Scaling OceanTech | Forbes
Read moreInvestment in ocean conservation lags far behind other nature-based climate solutions, but the oceans is far more than a mysterious watery expanse and food source – it’s essential to life on earth.
Mediobanca Teams Up With UK's Founders Factory For Fintech Push | Reuters
Read moreMILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) will partner with London-based Founders Factory, an early-stage investor in new businesses, to promote fintech start-ups
Mediobanca Teams Up With UK's Founders Factory For Fintech Push | Reuters
Read moreMILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Mediobanca (MDBI.MI) will partner with London-based Founders Factory, an early-stage investor in new businesses, to promote fintech start-ups
Founders Factory Backs Mortgage Broker Acre in £6.5m Round | UKTN
Read moreMortgage platform Acre has secured £6.5m in late seed funding from the McPike Global Family Office, Aviva and Brent Hoberman’s Founders Factory.
Founders Factory Backs Mortgage Broker Acre in £6.5m Round | UKTN
Read moreMortgage platform Acre has secured £6.5m in late seed funding from the McPike Global Family Office, Aviva and Brent Hoberman’s Founders Factory.
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