# Founders Factory funding: rounds and investors

> Founders Factory has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2020. Investors include Mercuri VC. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/founders-factory (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Founders Factory*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Cleantech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$15M** raised across 2 rounds since 2020, from 2 sources

**$1.8M** Round **$13M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $13M Jul 2023
- **Step-up i:** 7.4×
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2021 2022 2023

**$1.8M** Round

**$13M** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $1.8M
- **Biggest round:** $13M
- **Between rounds:** 2.7 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2023** Venture **$13M** *1 new* [Mercuri VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercuri) Source recorded
- **Oct 2020** Round **$1.8M** No investor was named in the report. Shares issued, filed with Companies House (SH01); no report of this raise yet

## Founders and team

From Founders Factory's own website: 2 founders, 21 on the team.

**Henry Lane Fox** Chief Executive Officer, Founder

**Brent Hoberman** Executive Chairman, Founder

- **Kate Nussrainer** Executive Assistant to CEO
- **Claire Morris** Chief Studio Officer
- **Damian Routley** Chief Operating Officer
- **David Hickson** Chief Strategic Development Officer
- **Farah Kanji** Chief People Officer
- **Lee Bernasconi** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Bianca Furtuna** Head of Data Science
- **Ed Harding** Head of Studio Operations
- **Frank Webster** Head of Corporate Development
- **Liam Nolan** Head of Growth
- **Olivia Brooks** Head of Investments
- **Raluca Ciobancan** Head of Talent & Community
- **Simon Wheeldon** Head of Finance
- **Alex Daish** Venture Design Lead
- **Fraser Deans** Venture Designer
- **Jack Howell** Tech & Data Lead
- **Jacob George** Director of Product
- **Levi Young** Sector Director

And 3 more on the team.

Advisers *Louis Warner*

## Everyone who backed them

[Mercuri VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mercuri) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Founders Factory as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Blue Action Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-action-accelerator) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about Founders Factory

### Who invested in Founders Factory?

Founders Factory's investors include Mercuri VC.

### How much has Founders Factory raised?

Founders Factory has raised $15M across 2 rounds since 2020.

### When did Founders Factory last raise?

Founders Factory's most recent round was a Venture of $13M in Jul 2023.

### What was Founders Factory's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $13M in Jul 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Founders Factory first?

Founders Factory's first round on record, in Jul 2023, was backed by Mercuri VC.

### What stage is Founders Factory at?

Founders Factory's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2023.

### Where is Founders Factory based?

Founders Factory is based in the United Kingdom.

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