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Founders Factory NY

Accelerator

London · Pre-Seed–Seed · 34 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Founders Factory forges multi-year relationships with corporate partners, forming joint ventures to build and fund startups together. It runs a venture studio launching new companies, accelerator programmes investing in the top 1% of global applicants (providing capital and six months of support in exchange for 5-7% equity), non-equity bootcamps, and a platform of venture funds spanning deep tech/science spinouts and climate. The model aims to deliver strategic value to founders while giving corporate partners proprietary dealflow, organisational learnings and cultural change as they explore new markets and technologies at startup speed.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 16, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Seed
HQ
London, GB
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2015
Last 12 months
1 investment
Portfolio companies
52

Team · 34 people

from the firm's website

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Founders Factory NY went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 37 of 52 portfolio companies

SaaS ×19AI & Machine Learning ×18Enterprise Software ×11Fintech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Deep Tech ×5Digital Health ×4Healthtech ×4

HQs:United Kingdom×11United States×4Austria×1Bulgaria×1Switzerland×1Italy×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 18 portfolio companies
56%
solo founders
10 of 18 mapped founding teams
53%
repeat founders
of 17 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×102 founders×43 founders×24+ founders×2

Where their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with education data

University of Oxford ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 17 founders with career history

Stanford University ×2

Portfolio companies · 52 tracked

alumni founders can tell you what the program is really like
Autoconnexaautoconnexa.itin

Autoconnexa offers a service based on driving behavior, presented around the idea that better driving leads to lower costs and less pollution.

Mobility & Transportation

Co-investorsFounders FactoryLumen Ventures

Bewicabewica.com

Co-investorsAngel AcademeFounders Factory

Bywaybyway.travel

London-based travel platform selling flight-free holiday packages by train, bus and ferry across Europe.

Cat Jones(Founder)in

Co-investorsEka VenturesFounders FactoryGMG VenturesHeartcore CapitalMercuri.vc

Circeuscirceus.comin

An AI-native holding company that acquires and develops B2B software businesses serving the everyday economy, operating as a permanent investor and operator that applies AI to help portfolio companies compound over time.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsAvonmore DevelopmentsBlackSheep VenturesFounders FactoryNFXQED Investors

Conveydconveyd.co.ukin

Conveyd is a UK digital conveyancing service that lets homeowners and property buyers handle property transfers online, including instant quotes, digital forms, document signing, and real-time progress tracking.

LegalTechPropTechSaaS

Manasi Kulkarni(Founder)in

Creditcanarycreditcanary.co.ukin

Credit Canary provides predictive analytics and data insights to lenders to identify customers at risk of missing credit payments and deliver personalized retention interventions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSaaSUK, GB

Dronamicsdronamics.comin𝕏

Dronamics develops autonomous aircraft for cargo transport.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics

Svilen RangelovKonstantin Rangelov

Co-investorsEleven VenturesFounders Factory

Eedieedi.co.uk

EEDI develops AI infrastructure for educational technology to improve learning outcomes globally.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTech

Endolith Miningendolithmining.comin

Endolith develops biological intelligence technology for mineral recovery, using microbiology and AI to extract critical minerals sustainably.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechCleantechEnergyNew MaterialsWestminster, US

Dr. Liz Dennett(Founder and CEO)in

BoardGuy Vidra(Director)inDan Madden(Director)inShomik Dutta(Director)inMojtaba Karimi(Director)

Co-investorsBascom VenturesCollaborative FundDraper AssociatesFounders FactoryNucleus CapitalOverture Climate+1 more

Esg Streamesg-stream.com

The Stream is a B2B SaaS platform for portfolio managers that consolidates investment research—including company and broker meetings, stock reviews, internal ratings, and models—into a single hub, replacing scattered shared drives, spreadsheets, and tools.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Fabricfintechfabricfintech.com

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Feedrfeedr.coAcquired

Feedr provides workplace catering and meal solutions, operating across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, with associated operations under the EatFirst brand in Australia.

FoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainLondon, GB

Co-investorsEpisode1Founders FactoryGMG VenturesMercuri.vc

Flourishflourish.studioin𝕏Acquired

Flourish is a browser-based platform for creating interactive charts, maps, and data stories without coding, offering 50+ templates that users customize and embed anywhere.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Duncan Clark(Cofounder & CEO)inRobin Houston(Co-founder)

Co-investorsFounders FactoryGMG VenturesMercuri.vcCherryrock Capital

Fluidstackfluidstack.ioin𝕏Jun 2026

Fluidstack develops infrastructure for AI by rapidly deploying compute capacity, enabling delivery of gigawatts of computing power in six months compared to industry standards of 18-24 months, with focus on data center acquisition, design, operation, and supporting major AI infrastructure projects.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingLondon

Gary Wu(Founder & CEO)inCésar Maklary(Founder)Peixian Wu(Director and CEO)Jason Kichen(Chief Infomation Security Officer)inMalachi Price(Chief Business Officer)Dennis Wallace(General Counsel)in

Co-investors7GC & Co91 VenturesAlso CapitalDuke Capital PartnersEpisode1Founders Factory+9 more

Fountainfountain.money

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Fundamental VRfundamentalsurgery.com

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Getbequestgetbequest.com
Gruppoequisgruppoequis.comin

Gruppo Equis advises business owners on the sale and transition of their companies, focusing on continuity of the business throughout the process.

Enterprise Software

Hades Mininghades.comin

Hades is a technology-driven extraction company that develops fiber laser and in-situ recovery techniques to extract geothermal energy and critical minerals from subsurface rock formations without open-pit excavation.

Deep TechEnergyNew Materials

Co-investorsFounders FactoryProject A Ventures

Hammockusehammock.comin𝕏

Hammock is a landlord accounting platform recognised by HMRC for Making Tax Digital, offering automated bookkeeping, property tax statements (mapped to the SA105 form), and buy-to-let investment metrics such as loan-to-value ratio, rental yields and arrears balances.

FintechPropTechSaaS

Manoj Varsani MBE(Founder)in

Co-investorsFuel VenturesRedbus Ventures

Headstartheadstart.ioinAcquired

Headstart is applicant matching and management software that uses machine learning to help early talent teams hire fairly by reducing discrimination based on demographic characteristics.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB

Nicholas Shekerdemian(Founder/CEO)inJeremy Hindle(Founder/CTO / CPO)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorHack VC

Healcommunityhealcommunity.comin

HealCommunity provides virtual group health-coaching programs that clinics offer to their patients, delivering a 12-week lifestyle medicine curriculum led by National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coaches.

Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Honest Healthforhims.co.ukin𝕏

Hims offers personalised healthcare through online consultations with licensed medical providers, creating individual treatment plans and delivering prescription and generic treatments direct to customers.

Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerHealthtech

Co-investorsFounders Factory

iamYiam

Reimagines property matchmaking by uncovering properties best suited to each person's hyper-personal needs.

Illumrillumr.com
Inazainaza.comin𝕏

Inaza is an AI automation and data platform for the insurance industry that converts submissions such as ACORD forms, FNOL emails, SOVs, and loss runs into structured data and automated workflows for underwriting, claims, and loss-run management.

AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS

Iris AIiris.aiin𝕏

Iris.ai offers an AI development and operations platform for enterprises to connect, orchestrate, evaluate, and deploy Agentic RAG AI workflows.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSOslo, NO

Victor Botev(CEO/CTO, Co-Founder)inAnita Schjøll Abildgaard(CSO, Co-Founder)inJacobo Elosua(Chairman, Co-Founder)inMaria RitolainSteven K Fung(CCO)inIvan Tsenov(CPO)in

Co-investors500 GlobalFarvatn VentureFounders Factory

Joinkirojoinkiro.comin

Kiro Money embeds personalized financial guidance into existing platforms like banks, fintech apps, and campus tools via API, helping users take concrete financial actions.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFintechSaaS

Alisha Chowdhury(Founder)in

Co-investorsFounders Factory

LandVaultlandvault.ioAcquired

Landvault builds, hosts and monetises immersive 3D and metaverse experiences for brands and governments.

Co-investorsColopl NextDIP CapitalFounders FactoryNotion Capital

Lightframelightframe.techin

Light Frame provides a specialized wealth management layer that integrates with modern core banking systems to extend their capabilities into investment operations and portfolio management.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSwitzerland, CH

Co-investorsATX Venture PartnersNew Stack Ventures

Meshedcovermeshedcover.com

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Monolithmonolithai.comin𝕏

Monolith provides AI-powered tools for engineering and product testing, enabling teams to train machine-learning models to analyze test data, identify design issues, and optimize validation processes without requiring data science expertise.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Dr. Richard Ahlfeld(CEO & Board Director)

Co-investorsFounders FactoryAzimuth Capital ManagementTPGWarburg Pincus

Napster (Exited) Music streaming servicenapster.comin𝕏

Napster provides AI-powered platforms that connect users with specialized expertise through conversational AI agents with video presence and persistent memory.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Edo Segal(Chief Technology and Product Officer)in

Co-investorsArrington CapitalBorderless VentureClaritas CapitalFounders FactoryFuture Perfect VenturesRSE Ventures+1 more

Ndyglobalndyglobal.com
Nursynursy.io

Nursy builds an operating system for plant nursery owners that automates irrigation and fertilization and detects plant stress using data-driven decisions and drone-based diagnosis.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoT

Leonardo Zelari

Peptonepeptone.ioin

Peptone develops a product engine to design small-molecule drug candidates targeting intrinsically disordered proteins, which have been difficult to address with conventional drug discovery approaches.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersHoxton VenturesWalden CatalystF-Prime CapitalFounders FactoryNovartis Venture Fund

Perlegoperlego.comin𝕏

Perlego operates a subscription digital library of more than 1.5 million academic and non-fiction ebooks, offering study tools such as an app, smart search, and citation features.

ConsumerEdTechSaaS

Co-investorsEvli Growth PartnersFounders FactoryKPN VenturesRedbus VenturesACE & CompanyRaine

Revimorevimo.carein

ReviMo develops Niko, a mobility assistance device that helps individuals with limited mobility transfer, move, and elevate to a standing level, reducing dependence on caregivers.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Aleksandr Malashchenko(Founder)in

ROSA

AI tool that removes bias from datasets, improving fairness in decision-making while helping banks comply with regulations such as GDPR and the Equality Act.

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Scan.com's websitescan.com𝕏

Scan.com operates a national imaging network connecting payers, providers, and patients with accredited diagnostic imaging centers, offering transparent scheduling, pricing, and digital report delivery.

B2B MarketplacesDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaS

Charlie Bullock(Co-founder and CEO)Oliver Knight(Co-founder and COO)Joe Daniels(Co-founder, Design Engineering)Khalid Latief(Co-founder, Consultant Radiologist)

Co-investorsCadron Capital PartnersCorewell Health VenturesForefront VentureFounders FactoryOnstageOxford+4 more

SearchSmartlysearchsmartly.coin

Co-investorsClearance Venture Partners

Serelayserelay.com
Storyblokstoryblok.comin𝕏

Storyblok develops a headless content management system (CMS) that helps developer and marketing teams build and manage digital content and experiences.

Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaS

Dominik Angerer(Founder)inAlexander Feiglstorfer

Co-investors3VCAtlantic Bridge VenturesBrighton Park CapitalDragon Capitalfirstminute capitalFounders Factory+4 more

Synthesized Acquiredsynthesized.ioin𝕏

Synthesized creates governed, production-realistic test data from sensitive enterprise systems for software validation, migrations, and AI-agent testing.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsExpeditionsFounders FactoryIA Seed VenturesIQ CapitalMundi VenturesDeutsche Bank+3 more

Tembotembomoney.comin

Tembo is a digital mortgage broker that serves customers across the UK.

FintechPropTechLondon, GB

Co-investorsConduit ConnectFounders FactoryGresham House Ventures

Terra AIterraai.comin

Terra AI develops AI and decision-making software for mining and energy companies to accelerate subsurface exploration and resource extraction.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergy

JohninAnthonyinMarkusin

Co-investorsFounders FactoryKhosla Ventures

Tintoapptintoapp.com

Tinto offers "Back to Capacity," a four-week personalised energy protocol led by registered nutritional therapy practitioners for women experiencing fatigue and low energy that standard blood tests miss.

Digital HealthFemTechWellness & Fitness

Idia(Founder)

Travelwithmoneycadotravelwithmoneycado.com
Upsidesavingupsidesaving.com𝕏

Upside provides an API-first cashback and rewards platform powered by Minerva, its AI that matches banking transactions to valid cashback offers without links, cookies, or voucher codes.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Co-investorsFounders Factory

Valarianvalarian.com

Valarian builds ACRA, an infrastructure platform for organizations requiring high levels of control, privacy, and compliance in their digital environments.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Max Buchan(Co-founder & CEO)inJosh McLaughlin(Co-founder & COO)

Co-investorsArtis VenturesIQ CapitalMolten VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Scout VenturesLightbank+5 more

Wovenadvicewovenadvice.comin

Woven provides a data management platform that integrates a financial advice firm's back-office systems into aggregated dashboards, offering management information and AI-driven insights to support growth, efficiency, and practice sales or acquisitions.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Nicky Sevel(Founder)in

Co-investorsFuel Ventures

Xapienxapien.comin𝕏

Xapien is an AI-powered platform that consolidates commercial and open data to deliver risk intelligence for due diligence, serving enterprise compliance teams, financial services, legal, and educational organizations.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSBoston, US

Dan SecretaninShaun O'MahonyinChris Green(CEO)in

Co-investorsDouble DownFounders Factory

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Founders Factory NY made?
Founders Factory NY has 52 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Founders Factory NY invest at?
Founders Factory NY invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
What sectors does Founders Factory NY focus on?
Founders Factory NY focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech, Healthtech.
Where is Founders Factory NY located?
Founders Factory NY is headquartered in London, GB.
Who does Founders Factory NY co-invest with?
Founders Factory NY most often shares deals with Founders Factory, GMG Ventures, Mercuri.vc, among 78 tracked co-investors.

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