Founders Factory (accelerator and venture studio)
Founders Factory
Status not published
Rolling intake into corporate-partnered accelerator tracks; programmes also operate in Africa (Founders Factory Africa) and other regions with their own terms.
GIVEN: a cash investment plus a large in-kind package of operational support (product, design, engineering, growth) delivered by Founders Factory's in-house team, funded by corporate partners. TAKEN: an equity stake, typically high single digits, reflecting both the cash and the services. Amounts differ by programme and corporate partner; the venture studio (Founders Factory builds companies from scratch) takes a substantially larger founding stake than the accelerator. Confirm the split of cash versus services before signing.
You must co-fund 0%.
Founders Factory
private · national
Deadline: Open all year — Rolling intake into corporate-partnered accelerator tracks; programmes also operate in Africa (Founders Factory Africa) and other regions with their own terms.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: any, health, fintech, creative, climate
- Stage: pre-seed and seed
Sector fit is driven by which corporate partners are funding the track at the time (media, retail, health, energy, fintech have all featured).
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Source. https://foundersfactory.com/accelerator/ · not human-checked
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: foundersfactory.com
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