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News
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

Program

Accelerator
Investments
345
162 of them startups
Hiring now
22
365 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
24
$326.3M raised
Exits
14
Focusshare of its companies
AI Agents 2%Computer Vision 2%Security Compliance 1%Marketplaces 1%Energy Storage 1%Content Creation 1%Venues 1%Operating Systems 1%
Where its companies are
United Kingdom 10%United States 5%Germany 1%Finland 1%Switzerland 1%Norway 1%France 1%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated 88%Series A 4%Series B 4%Pre-seed & seed 4%
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Overview

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Founders Factory is a leading global startup accelerator and venture studio established in 2015. The firm collaborates with major corporate partners to build and fund early-stage technology ventures across key sectors, including fintech, health, climate, and deep tech. Combining direct capital investment with hands-on operational support, the organization has helped scale hundreds of startups worldwide through its expanding international network of innovation hubs.

News

News forbes.com 2 years ago
Meet The Rio Tinto Backed Startups Set To Decarbonize And Transform Mining Forbes
Investment will target technologies related to safe mine operations, decarbonization, exploration processing and automation.
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News TechCrunch 2 years ago
Storyblok raises $80M to add more AI to its 'headless' CMS aimed at non-technical people
The startup targets the middle ground between platforms that offer rigid templates, and those that facilitate a full-control approach.
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News Forbes 3 years ago
E-Commerce Software Startup Shop Circle Raises $120 Million To Support Growing Number Of Online Merchants
As competition heats up for the growing number of online merchants, Under 30 lister-founded Shop Circle is on a mission to make building an e-commerce business easier.
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News wsj.com
New Accelerator Seeks to Boost Neurotech Startups Wall Street Journal
A new Australian accelerator aims to help healthcare startups globally advance technologies that could help people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.
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Landvault is acquired by Infinite Reality for 450M
The acquisition aims to deliver on the promise of building a '3D internet', helping brands develop and monetise immersive experiences online.
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Award ft.com
Founders Factory named the UK's top ranked startup hub Financial Times
The FT European Startup Hubs Ranking 2025 named Founders Factory as the top Venture Studio and Accelerator in the UK, and a top five startup hub in Europe.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Founders Factory over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
17
Postings analysed
12
Stack modernity
74/100AI adopter
Languages
Python8%
Cloud & platforms
Figma17%
Developer tools
Model Context Protocol8%
AI & ML
LLM25%
Practices & domains
Edge AI33%
AI Agents25%
A/B Testing17%
NLP17%
Computer Use8%
Digital Twin8%
EU AI Act8%
LLM Evaluation8%
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$95k
Typical range
$80k – $122k
Open positions
4
1 Jobs
Architect 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Architect 1 $122k $122k
Highest paying role Tech Cofounder / CTO - PreSeed Solar Tech (FaiSabai) $122k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
77/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
14
4 opened / 13 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
82 days
faster than 17% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Leadership
29% ▲
Field & Service
21% ▼
AI/ML
14% ▲
Backend
7% ▲
Design
7% ▼
Management
7% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Python to stack Oct 2026
Added Multimodal AI to stack Oct 2026
Added LLM Evaluation to stack Oct 2026
New location: Cambridge Sep 2026
Added VPN to stack Sep 2026
Added Stripe to stack Sep 2026
New location: Boston Sep 2026
New location: Denver Sep 2026
New location: Melbourne Sep 2026
New location: Bangkok Sep 2026
Added SLAM to stack Sep 2026
Added MVP to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
14
Hiring now
14
Countries
6
Busiest office
London
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London United Kingdom
HQ
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering $95k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Design, Early Careers
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Berlin Germany
Plant / site
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 25% engineering
hires for AI/ML, Leadership, Management
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
New York United States
Plant / site
2 open roles $87k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Austin United States
Plant / site
2 open roles $87k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026
Bangkok Thailand
Plant / site
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days $122k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership, Field & Service
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Chicago United States
1 open roles $80k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026
Singapore Singapore
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Design
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Melbourne Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Houston United States
1 open roles $80k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026
Perth Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026
Bristol United Kingdom
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for AI/ML
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Denver United States
1 open roles $94k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026
Boston United States
1 open roles $94k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026
Cambridge United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Backend
seen since Sep 2026
Earlier presence
Bengaluru, India 2 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

Jobs

$67k – $152k per year • In office • Cofounder • Bangkok
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≈ $86k – $210k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Cofounder • Berlin
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Hybrid • Full-Time • Bristol
Python
Multimodal AI
NLP
LLM Evaluation
Edge AI
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≈ $71k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London • Cambridge
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≈ $96k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Berlin
LLM
Management
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WhatsApp
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≈ $30k – $82k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Singapore
A/B Testing
Design
Figma
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≈ $72k – $163k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London
A/B Testing
Design
Figma
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Financials

Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
7
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
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