Founders Factory

Founders Factory

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Investment Firm

Overview

Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies. We invest across four key themes - fintech, health, climate, and deeptech.

Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory combines capital and bespoke support from a team of over 70 specialists with a broad network of corporates and established entrepreneurs.

Founders Factory has backed over 300 technology companies globally. Corporate partners include Aviva, L’Oreal, Guardian Media Group, easyJet, Reckitt, Marks and Spencer, CSC Group, J&J, Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, Pico Global, Mediobanca and Standard Bank.

Highlights

Founded

2015

Industry

FinTech

Employees

51-100

Investment

134

Lead Investment

46

Exits

15

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Accelerator, Incubator

Location

Europe

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Founders Factory, established in 2015 and headquartered in Europe., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Software, Education, EdTech, Venture Capital, Finance, Non Profit, Internet, SaaS. The organization boasts a portfolio of 135 investments, with an average round size of $1.9M and 15 successful exits. Their recent investments include EduSourced, 10Xelerator, Acclaimd, Rev1 Ventures, Preemadonna. The highest investment round they participated in was $9.4B. Among their most notable exits are EduSourced and 10Xelerator. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Brent Hoberman

Executive Chairman and Co-Founder

imagePlace Louis Warner

Louis Warner

Chief Operating Officer

imagePlace David Hickson

David Hickson

Head of Corporate Development, Founding team & Chief Strategic Development Officer

imagePlace Paul Egan

Paul Egan

Chief Incubation Officer & Chief Technology Officer

imagePlace Sal Matteis

Sal Matteis

Director Italy

imagePlace Levi Young

Levi Young

Sector Director, Home & Hygiene

Investment portfolio

Founders Factory has made 134 investments. Their most recent investment was on Feb 06, 2024, when Unfabled raised $1.6M.

Founders Factory has made 5 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Sep 01, 2021, when Travel Creators raised $344.3K.

investments

134

Diversity investments

5

Lead investments

46

Number of exits

15

Investments

134

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Oct 10, 2023
Fantix Fantix
Information Technology1.6M
Oct 16, 2023
CetoAI CetoAI
Insurance1.8M
Nov 02, 2023
Eleos Eleos
Insurance749.9K
Feb 06, 2024
Unfabled Unfabled
E-Commerce1.6M

Exits

15

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

134

Investors

9

Funds

2

Funding Rounds

134

Founders Factory has raised 134 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 06, 2024 from a Seed Round - Unfabled round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Oct 10, 2023
Seed Round - Fantix Seed Round - Fantix
-1.6M-
Oct 16, 2023
Seed Round - Ceto Seed Round - Ceto
-1.8M-
Nov 02, 2023
Pre Seed Round - Eleos Pre Seed Round - Eleos
-749.9K-
Feb 06, 2024
Seed Round - Unfabled Seed Round - Unfabled
-1.6M-

Investors

10

Founders Factory is funded by 10 investor(s). Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. and Fastweb Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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