with Founders Factory
Come and build the future of consumer goods and technology
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In partnership with Reckitt
Our Home & Hygiene sector is backed by CPG giant, Reckitt, the global player behind everyday household staples such as Vanish, Finish, AirWick, Nurofen, Dettol, Durex and Veet.
A fast-track for talented entrepreneurs advancing hygiene, health and nutrition
Build a business from scratch with our expert team
You'll join our studio team and spend up to 6-months validating your idea and building the product alongside a team of functional experts across product, design, talent, data science, engineering and growth.
Capital to launch and scale
If you've proven the concept, we'll invest £150k to help you launch. We will also help you hire top talent to take you to the next stage.
Once you've launched, and incorporated as a standalone business, you'll join our award-winning Accelerator Program.
Access to the global leaders in hygiene, health & nutrition
Leverage the support of CPG giant Reckitt, home to some of the world's most recognisable and trusted consumer brands in hygiene, health and nutrition.
Depending on your company and its needs, support from Reckitt could range from distribution, pilots, commercial partnerships, product validation through to investment and more.
We're your team of functional experts
We're your team of industry experts, investors and entrepreneurs, and we're ready to work with you from day one.
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A community for life
Founders Factory and its sister organisations have built the largest technology ecosystem in Europe.
We will unlock significant value from our network of investors, partners and founders across geographies, and we'll help you to raise your next rounds of capital to rapidly scale.
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Born in our Venture Studio
Raised $51m
Sector AI
Raised £14.5m
Sector AI
Raised £7m
Sector Fintech
Raised $3.1m
Sector EdTech
How Nick and Marcus launched Bower Collective
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Bower Collective joined the studio program to launch their hybrid eCommerce / subscription platform selling Earth’s best home and personal care products with an innovative reuse and refill program to eliminate plastic waste.
Through Founders Factory's support, Bower Collective were able to launch and scale the business quickly; closing a £400K round to continue momentum and unlocking unfair advantage with a partnership with Reckitt. The Bower Collective team received weekly support from the Head of Surface Care and leveraged expertise from their R&D teams, Washing Experts, Packaging Business Unit and the Head of Sustainability.
Here's who you could be working with at Reckitt
From C-Suite innovation leaders, to specialists in any given area.
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A unique opportunity to build a business from scratch
If you have an idea for a venture that is advancing the home and hygiene space, apply to join us.
You may be wondering…
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 have two paths to founding a business with us:
Apply to join our studio with your own idea (Apply Here).
Apply to join our studio to launch one of our existing concepts (View Concepts Here).
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, but are keen to become a founder, take a look at our careers page to run a concept we're already working on.
If you're a founder and you already have a product in market, take a look at our startup accelerator.
Each new venture will be supported by a studio team . Our skill sets include product, design, talent, data science, engineering and growth.
You will also receive capital to build your product, plus £150k to help you launch and a 6-month accelerator program.
Until the business is incorporated, we'll give you an employment contract with Founders Factory.
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.