"We started Founders Factory to address a global market gap. There was not an accelerator / incubator I would have joined had I been starting out lastminute.com or Made.com. We set out to create a value exchange that would make sense for the world’s best entrepreneurs." - Brent Hoberman, Co-Founder @ Founders Factory
Founders: Henry Lane Fox, Brent Hoberman & George Northcott
Year founded: 2015
Sector: cross-sector, venture building
Capital raised: c.$100M
Founders Factory is a venture builder on a mission to be the world’s best partner for founders. Started in 2015, Founders Factory has raised investment from eight industry-leading corporates (easyJet, Aviva, L’Oréal, Guardian Media Group, CSC Group, Holtzbrinck, M&S & Reckitt Benckiser) and assembled an all-star team of 70 digital operators to help founders build great companies. As of July 2019, they have built 22 companies from scratch within their incubator and helped scale 96 existing early stage companies through their accelerator, who have gone on to raise over £160M in further capital. The next phase of growth involves taking the model international. In addition to their London HQ, they recently announced Founders Factory Johannesburg and Paris, with more cities yet to come…
Founders: Henry Lane Fox, Brent Hoberman & George Northcott
Year founded: 2015
Sector: cross-sector, venture building
Capital raised: c.$100M
"We started Founders Factory to address a global market gap. There was not an accelerator / incubator I would have joined had I been starting out lastminute.com or Made.com. We set out to create a value exchange that would make sense for the world’s best entrepreneurs." - Brent Hoberman, Co-Founder @ Founders Factory
Founders Factory is a venture builder on a mission to be the world’s best partner for founders. Started in 2015, Founders Factory has raised investment from eight industry-leading corporates (easyJet, Aviva, L’Oréal, Guardian Media Group, CSC Group, Holtzbrinck, M&S & Reckitt Benckiser) and assembled an all-star team of 70 digital operators to help founders build great companies. As of July 2019, they have built 22 companies from scratch within their incubator and helped scale 96 existing early stage companies through their accelerator, who have gone on to raise over £160M in further capital. The next phase of growth involves taking the model international. In addition to their London HQ, they recently announced Founders Factory Johannesburg and Paris, with more cities yet to come…
