News from the Factory Floor

To help Founders with their fundraising process, we've shared our considerations for fundraising successfully. Useful for those raising pre-seed to pre-Series A.

From sustainable production to personalised nutrition, together with M&S we’ve outlined some of the areas we believe will shape the future of the food and wellness industry.

These commitments impact how and who we hire, what investments we make, and how we strive to positively impact the technology and investment community at large.

Co-founder Kyle shares how Oxwash scaled their startup through Founders Factory’s accelerator program, raising £1.75m in seed funding, and embarking on a game-changing partnership with FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB) – all during the pandemic.

Together with Reckitt Benckiser, we have outlined some areas of opportunity in the home & hygiene space in 2021.

We combined our Venture Studio process with a wealth of insight and experience from our partner LEGO Ventures, to build a revolutionary gaming solution for children.

From a renewed commitment to sustainable tourism, to tools which will enable the travel sector to save time and cut costs, here are some of the areas we believe will shape the future of the travel industry.

Launched by our Venture Studio team, the course aims to teach more people how to design and test their startup ideas.

Co-founder Nick Torday talks us through how Bower Collective was launched in January 2020 with Founders Factory, generating £130k+ revenue in just six months - even as the pandemic threatened to disrupt their crucial supply chains.

Cosmose tracks foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores to help predict customer behavior, providing data that is increasingly important as companies try to weather COVID-19’s economic impact. Today the startup announced it has raised a $15 million Series A...

Imagine being five years old and getting a call from Frozen’s Elsa about a mission to help her in your local park. You’d be out of the door in a flash, with some parental help of course...

Caper, the London-based startup providing interactive entertainment to families, has announced a seed investment round of approximately €300K, led by LEGO Ventures with participation from Founders Factory...

How the Treasury's Future Fund is backing UK startups like Monolith AI, recent graduates of our accelerator. Monolith uses machine learning to help engineering companies significantly improve their product development- via FT

Hammock, a U.K. fintech/proptech helping landlords and property manages gain better oversight on the financial health of their rental properties, has raised £1 million in seed funding as it readies the launch of a current account...

"In lockdown we have hosted 2 virtual investor showcases which were our best attended to date, we have helped our startups close approx £30 million in funding, and we have welcomed 15 new startups to our program," Louis Warner speaks to Business Insider