Success Stories

Sampler is the world’s leading direct to consumer product sampling platform. 

Since joining the Founders Factory Accelerator in 2018, Sampler have worked with L'Oreal on 25 projects in 5 countries with 10 brands, and they have signed a preferred supplier agreement globally. The team have also raised a total of £4.5million ($6.3m).

Perlego provides students and professionals unlimited access to a giant digital library of academic and business eBooks.

The team have grown their digital library from 15,000 books and 350 publishers to half a million books and 2,500 publishers in four years, making Perlego one of the largest online libraries for academic textbooks.

They graduated from our Accelerator Program in 2018, with $4.8million investment led by ADV, and have since closed a £7million ($9m) Series A fundraising round.

Karakuri is a product of Founders Factory's Venture Studio; a fledgling robotics startup that’s blending machine learning, optics, and sensors to help commercial kitchens automate the process of dispensing ingredients and measuring precise quantities.

The team has raised a total of £7million ($9.1m) since it's inception, led by U.K. supermarket giant Ocado. Hoxton Ventures, Firstminute Capital, and Taylor Brothers.

Feedr is a food and health technology platform that delivers personalised meals to office workers as an alternative to companies setting up their own canteens.

In June 2020, the company was acquired by Compass Group for $24million.

Vidsy is the creative technology engine powering mobile video ad creation for the world's leading brands.

Since graduating from our Accelerator Program in 2017, Vidsy has undergone three rounds of funding, raising a total of £5.4million ($7.5m), partnered with the likes of L’Oreal, Unilever and P&G, and are an official creative marketing partner for Facebook, Google, Snapchat, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, and TikTok.

nate is a product of Founders Factory's venture studio; a digital assistant that does the checkout on your behalf. 

Since it's inception in 2018, nate has raised a total of £6.6million ($9.3m) in funding over 2 rounds.

Pension fintech ClearGlass is a platform that helps to provide transparency to pension funds on the hidden fees and costs which impact the value of an individual’s pension pot.

Since launch, the team have captured £500bn of pension assets and raised a £2.6m seed by the end of our Accelertor Program– more than double their original target – led by Lakestar and Outward VC.

Sampler is the world’s leading direct to consumer product sampling platform. 

Since joining the Founders Factory Accelerator in 2018, Sampler have worked with L'Oreal on 25 projects in 5 countries with 10 brands, and they have signed a preferred supplier agreement globally. The team have also raised a total of £4.5million ($6.3m).