Typically, a venture studio turns ideas that are sourced and vetted within the organisation, into venture-backable businesses - hiring a CEO and founding team when the time is right. At Founders Factory, we believe some of the best ideas come from entrepreneurs and real-life experiences, so we welcome entrepreneurs to apply to join our studio to build a business with us, right from the beginning.

That means that together we will validate your idea, build out the MVP, test, iterate and acquire your first customers. And when you're ready, we'll help you accelerate your launch and hire your founding team.

We're looking for ambitious entrepreneurs who want to use technology to make a big impact. If you have an idea but haven't yet built the product or MVP, now's the right time.

If you don't have an existing idea, take a look at our careers page to run a concept we're already working on. If you already have a product in market and early traction, take a look at our startup accelerator.

We invest 250k in capital combined with 12 months of bespoke support for 25% equity*. You'll receive £100k initially to validate your idea and build out the product, and a further £150k once we've proven the concept and you're ready to launch.

You’ll be able to draw a salary from this investment and won’t need to worry about fundraising early on.

*Our program and offering differs in London, Paris, New York and Johannesburg

Each new venture will have a board comprising of senior members of the Founders Factory operations team (and potentially external observers). The board has a dual responsibility to represent the Founders Factory investment and provide support & advice to the founding team.

You'll also receive hands-on support from a team of smart and passionate people across product, design, bizdev, tech, growth, PR, brand, fundraising and talent. We don't charge for our support, but if you need a developer or a designer full time then we have them available to you for extremely friendly rates.

We build startups across Beauty, FinTech, Health, Home, Media, Retail, Travel & Ai & Big Data.

Until the business is incorporated, we'll give you an employment contract with Founders Factory.

On average our founders pay themselves no more than £50k. Your own salary is part of the budget and subsequent funding.

They don't. 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 we can help with.

Founders Factory will provide office space, co-located with other companies participating in the program. This includes perks such as catered lunch and a beer fridge. For the full duration of the Studio Program, we can offer up to 4 desks if needed full time and otherwise hot desks are available for your team. Further seats are available at cost or at the discretion of Founders Factory.