News from the Factory Floor

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Founders Factory has invested in Creator Fund, the student-led VC fund, to unearth startup innovation within European universities

Creator Fund has received backing from Founders Factory, so its "network of student VCs" will have £30k to invest in uni-based startups

Creator Fund was inspired by the success of the Dorm Room Fund, a US VC firm focused on investments in student start-ups

we’ve given our mentoring scheme a complete overhaul and launched a new partnership with Guider.

In October 2019, Blumenthal joined the board of Karakuri, a London-based startup that wants to bring robot arms to restaurant kitchens.

Cogz, backed by M&S’s through its partnership with Founders Factory, aims to cut food waste and create a more transparent supply chain.

The funding comes after a year in which revenue tripled following Cosmose’s graduation from a startup program Founders Factory.

“Make sure everyone is really excited about the shiny new thing you are providing,” says Cat Jones.

Partnerships like Founders Factory are catalysts for that cultural change— enabling us to work with the disrupters and not be the disrupted

Bhavesh Mistry, the brand, experience and design lead at Founders Factory, advises founders to go through a 'naming hypothesis' session

Perlego enables students, and also professionals, who now make up 30% of users, to access textbooks on a subscription basis.

leverages data science to help companies reduce unconscious bias in the hiring process, has raised $7 million in its seed round

Radswan is part of beauty startup accelerator Founders Factory and has raised $2 million in funding from an all-female investor group

Harrel has been taking part in the Founders Factory beauty accelerator programme, which has helped to get the business of the ground