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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
Portfolio companies
52

Team · 34 people

from the firm's website
Brent Hoberman· Executive Chairman, Founder
Henry Lane Fox· Chief Executive Officer, Founder
Alex Daish· Venture Design Lead
Bianca Furtuna· Head of Data Science
Charlotta Kemp· Program & Community Lead, Perth
Claire Morris· Chief Studio Officer
Damian Routley· Chief Operating Officer
David Hickson· Chief Strategic Development Officer
Ed Harding· Head of Studio Operations
Edoardo Gentili· Investor
Elena Vittone· Investor
Emma Wolfin· Growth Lead
Farah Kanji· Chief People Officer
Frank Webster· Head of Corporate Development
George Northcott· Vice President
Jack Howell· Tech & Data Lead
Jack Kennedy· Investor
Jacob George· Director of Product
Kate Nussrainer· Executive Assistant to CEO
Kelvin Degbotse· Commercial Lead
Lee Bernasconi· Chief Marketing Officer
Levi Young· Sector Director
Liam Nolan· Head of Growth
Louis Warner· Portfolio Advisor
Max Glintschert· Venture Builder
Nick Le Fevre· Director of Strategic Partnerships
Oisin Teevan· Content Lead
Olivia Brooks· Head of Investments
Olly Betts· Sector Director, Fintech
Peter Wilkie· Corporate Development Manager
Raluca Ciobancan· Head of Talent & Community
Sahil Sachdev· Director of Venture Design
Simon Wheeldon· Head of Finance
Tamryn Barker· Sector Director, Mining & Nature

What they invest in

from 36 of 52 portfolio companies

SaaS ×18AI & Machine Learning ×17Enterprise Software ×8Fintech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×5Deep Tech ×4Healthtech ×4Cloud Computing ×3

HQs:United Kingdom×9Switzerland×1Italy×1United States×1

Portfolio companies · 52 tracked

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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

Bewicabewica.com
Bywaybyway.travel
Circeuscirceus.com

Circeus acquires and holds B2B mission-critical software companies as a permanent home, applying an AI platform and shared back-office functions (finance, HR, tax, data) to grow them.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Conveydconveyd.co.uk

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

Creditcanarycreditcanary.co.uk

Credit Canary is an AI-first credit risk and payments platform for UK lenders that unifies origination, underwriting, decisioning, payments and collections.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Dronamicsdronamics.comin𝕏

Dronamics designs, builds and operates unmanned aerial systems (cargo drones) for civilian and dual-use applications including long-range same-day delivery, safety and security, and special missions.

Defense TechHardwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Eedieedi.co.uk

Eedi builds AI tools and infrastructure for education, including a diagnostic engine for mathematics that identifies and resolves student misconceptions in real time.

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)inElizabeth Percak-Dennett(Executive Officer, Director)

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

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
Feedrfeedr.co

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

Flourishflourish.studioin𝕏

Flourish is a no-code platform for creating interactive charts, maps, and data visualizations, with a focus on narrative "scrollytelling" and data storytelling for presentations and digital publications.

Data & InfrastructureMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Duncan Clark(Co-founder)Robin Houston(Co-founder)

Fluidstackfluidstack.ioin𝕏

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 Computing

Gary Wu(Founder & CEO)inCésar Maklary(Founder)

Fountainfountain.money
Fundamental VRfundamentalsurgery.com
Getbequestgetbequest.com
Gruppoequisgruppoequis.com

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.com

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

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

Headstartheadstart.ioin𝕏Acquired

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

Healcommunityhealcommunity.com

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.uk

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

iamYiam

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

Illumrillumr.com
Inazainaza.com

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

Infinite Realitynapster.aiin𝕏

Napster.ai offers AI experts with video presence and persistent memory that users can converse with to produce drafts, plans, and other shareable outputs.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaS

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 SoftwareSaaS

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

Joinkirojoinkiro.com

Kiro Money provides an embedded financial intelligence API and white-label AI assistant that digital financial service providers integrate into their products to deliver contextual, account-grounded financial guidance and connect customers to relevant resources.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

LandVaultlandvault.io
Lightframelightframe.techin

Light Frame builds cloud-native, API-first core banking and portfolio management technology for private banks and wealth managers.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Meshedcovermeshedcover.com
Monolithmonolithai.comin𝕏

Monolith provides an AI platform with a notebook interface and machine learning algorithms built for engineering test labs, helping engineers model performance, design test plans, detect anomalies, and validate results using test data.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaS

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

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

Revimorevimo.care

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)

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.

Scan.com's websitescan.com

Scan.com operates a national medical imaging network that lets providers order, track, schedule, and receive imaging reports on a single platform with transparent bundled pricing.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

SearchSmartlysearchsmartly.co
Serelayserelay.com
Storyblokstoryblok.comin𝕏

Storyblok is a headless content management system (CMS) that provides visual editing, composable components, and API-first content delivery for developers, marketers, and AI agents.

Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaS

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

Tembotembomoney.com

Tembo is a UK mortgage broker and savings platform that helps home buyers get mortgage advice, remortgage, and open savings accounts, offering access to 100+ lenders and dedicated case managers.

FintechPropTech

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

Tintoapptintoapp.com
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

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)Josh McLaughlin(Co-founder & COO)

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

Xapienxapien.comin𝕏

Xapien offers an AI-powered due diligence platform that automates background checks and third-party risk research, searching the indexed internet and other data sets to produce sourced reports.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

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Frequently asked questions

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.

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