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Founders Factory

Founders Brent Hoberman George Northcott Henry Lane Fox Jim Meyerle

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Total investments 140
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 125
Rounds per year 15.56
Lead investments 39
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.10
Exits 5
Key employees 19
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Information Technology
  • Travel
  • Internet
Summary

In 2015 was created Founders Factory, which is appeared as VC. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom. The leading representative office of defined VC is situated in the London.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Founders Factory, startups are often financed by SEED Capital, Microsoft Accelerator London, Eleven. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Serge Chiaramonte, Force Over Mass Capital, Firstminute Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Ascension Ventures Limited, Startup Funding Club, Serge Chiaramonte.

The current fund was established by Brent Hoberman, George Northcott, Henry Lane Fox, Jim Meyerle.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Artificial Intelligence, Advertising. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Preemadonna, Entale Media, A Million Ads. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom.

The typical startup value when the investment from Founders Factory is 1-5 millions dollars. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 27 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this Founders Factory works on 28 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018. The fund is constantly included in 7-12 investment rounds annually.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Unfabled

$1M06 Feb 2024 -

Eleos

Insurance
Life Insurance
Software
$842K02 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

CetoAI

Analytics
Insurance
Transportation
$2M16 Oct 2023 Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom

Fantix

Information Technology
Internet
$1M10 Oct 2023 Nyack, New York, United States

Martee’s

Food and Beverage
Nutrition
22 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Wandra

Consumer Software
Software
Travel
Virtual Workforce
$206K30 May 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Rebel Tech

Electronics
Machinery Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
$1M21 Apr 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Acre

Financial Services
Real Estate
Software
$8M03 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

DRONAMICS

Aerospace
Drones
Logistics
Shipping
$40M17 Feb 2023 Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
News
Nigerian digital freight provider MVX lands $1.3M to help shippers move cargoes faster

– MVX, a Nigerian-based digital freight company, raised $1.3m in seed funding.
– MVX raised money for its seed round from Africa-focused firms Kepple Africa, The Continent Venture Partners, Founders Factory, Launch Africa, and Capital Oak.
– Some angel investors in the U.S., Japan, Nigeria, and South Africa also participated.
– MVX plans to use the funding to expand its operations in Nigeria and other African countries.

ScaleXP Raises £600K in Seed Funding

– ScaleXP from London develops a SaaS platform for small businesses to consolidate their financial and sales data.
– Series A funding round of £600k was led by Cambridge Angels, Angel Academe, Syndicate Room and Founders Factory.
– The new investment will be used to develop the company’s platform and services, as well as accelerate customer acquisition.
– In conjunction with the funding, Alex Hirsch will take a position on the ScaleXP advisory board.

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Total investments 140
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 15.56
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 39
Follow on index 0.10
Exits 5
Group Appearance index 0.54

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Unfabled

$1M06 Feb 2024 -

Eleos

Insurance
Life Insurance
Software
$842K02 Nov 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

CetoAI

Analytics
Insurance
Transportation
$2M16 Oct 2023 Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, United Kingdom

Fantix

Information Technology
Internet
$1M10 Oct 2023 Nyack, New York, United States

Martee’s

Food and Beverage
Nutrition
22 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Wandra

Consumer Software
Software
Travel
Virtual Workforce
$206K30 May 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Rebel Tech

Electronics
Machinery Manufacturing
Mobile Devices
$1M21 Apr 2023 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Acre

Financial Services
Real Estate
Software
$8M03 Apr 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

DRONAMICS

Aerospace
Drones
Logistics
Shipping
$40M17 Feb 2023 Sofia, Sofia-City, Bulgaria
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