Are you a founder with a product in market and early traction?
Transform your business by joining our 6-month accelerator.
A 6 month bespoke program
Work with our expert team while your team grows
Each of them brings deep knowledge and extensive networks within the sectors they work in. They will be your main point of contact during the program. Helping shape your strategy as well as pulling the right support around you from our team and investors.
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Helping you succeed is our #1 objective
We're a team of experts across every function, here to help transform and scale your business while your team grows. And we're happy to do things that don't scale, so that your start-up can.
Here's how we work together
Product & Design
Helping you and your team to build the right product the right way.
Fundraising
Helping shape your strategy and fundraising story, and putting you in front of the right investors.
Growth
Strategic and hands-on support growing revenue and building your brand.
Talent
Making sure you can recruit and retain a brilliant team that can deliver on your mission.
Data Science
Helping you design and implement systems that extract knowledge out of data.
Strategic Partnerships
Drive growth through partnerships with our corporate partners and other businesses in our network.
Corporate Development
The art and science of fundraising, commercial and legal support. Refine your investment story, and master your term sheets, investment agreements, and team incentives.
Publicity & communications
Effectively communicate your startup externally.
Engineering
Support on high-level R&D strategy, tech stacks all the way to low-level data schemas and hiring.
Access the world's most influential companies
Access to leading innovators in the world’s most influential companies is what we call an unfair advantage. Everything from distribution to data, relationships, credibility and capital.
In London, we are currently investing in Retail, Beauty, Travel, Home, FinTech and Media.
You may be wondering…
When is the right time to apply?
Typically, we're looking for founders with a product in market and early traction. If you are at that stage and are ready to leverage our network and expert team, now's the right time.
What support should I expect?
On joining the program, we'll establish some key targets and key results with you. At that point, we're committed to helping you get there. We're not afraid to roll up our sleeves in the short term while you build your team, if it means you'll move forward, faster.
What are the terms?
We'll build you a 6-month bespoke program, invest £30k in capital and take 4%-7% equity, depending on your startup’s current valuation.
Does Founders Factory only invest in certain sectors?
In London we invest in start-ups across Beauty, FinTech, Home, Media, Retail, Travel & Ai & Big Data.
Will you build my product?
When it comes to product, we believe that short term development resource is unsustainable. We'll work with you on your architecture, will help you review code, and will coach your team to deliver a better product. All of which will give you learnings you can take with you after the program.
What happens when the program is finished?
While formal meetings will pause, you'll continue to leverage our global alumni network and knowledge.
Can you guarantee me a corporate partnership?
At the very least, we'll help you build relationships with individuals within our partner's organisations, but there is no guarantee of a partnership materialising during the 6-month program. We’re proud of our record so far, but on both sides, people, strategy and objectives can change so it’s not something we can guarantee.
Do the corporates have any rights to my business?
Definitely not. If a partnership forms with one of our corporate partners, it will be governed by the usual pilot or contract agreements between you and them all of which our team can help with.