# Founders Factory: portfolio, investments and team > Founders Factory is an accelerator based in United Kingdom. 106 investments on record, 17 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Founders Factory Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 106 cheques on record. Email Deploying now Accelerator Pre-seed Seed Series A Ivd B2C Consumer Follow Founders Factory and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ffounder-s-factory) Deploying now **77%** of best year **17** **cheques in 12 months**, 106 on record Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$2.0M** Cheque size, as they say **$30K – $500K** Rounds led **0 of 106** Sole investor **19 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 50%** Pitch Founders Factory ## Founders Factory highlights - 01 17 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Venture: 58% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 19 rounds, median $1.1M ## What they do > Founders Factory: Venture Studio and Startup Accelerator From their own website - **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $30K – $500K as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B - **Sectors:** Ivd B2C Consumer - **Based in:** London, United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **106 appearances** - **2026** 12 rounds - **Sept** **[finQbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/finqbit)** Venture · PL **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Aug** **[Scan.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/scan-com)** Debt · GB **$130M** With 2 others - **Jul** **[Fluent](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluent)** AU · Startup Daily **$2.0M** With 6 others - **Jun** **[Terra AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/terra-ai)** Series A · US **$20M** With 3 others - **Jun** **[Talkin' Things](https://millionrounds.com/company/talkin-things)** Venture · PL **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **May** **[Kaizan](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaizan)** Seed · GB **$3.0M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Gen AI Last](https://millionrounds.com/company/gen-ai-last)** Seed · RO **$550K** With 2 others - **Mar** **[WealthAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealthai)** Pre-seed · GB **$531K** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Alomana](https://millionrounds.com/company/alomana)** Seed · IT **$4.6M** With 3 others - **Feb** **[Hades Mining](https://millionrounds.com/company/hades-mining)** Seed · DE **$18M** With 3 others - **Feb** **[Supra Elemental Recovery](https://millionrounds.com/company/supra-elemental-recovery)** Pre-seed · US **$2.0M** With 1 other - **Jan** **[WealthAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/wealthai)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.0M** With 2 others - **2025** 21 rounds - **Dec** **[Spoor](https://millionrounds.com/company/spoor)** Series A · NO **$9.4M** With 1 other - **Dec** **[Conveyd](https://millionrounds.com/company/conveyd)** Seed · GB **$3.3M** With 1 other - **Nov** **[Falkin](https://millionrounds.com/company/falkin)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.0M** With 3 others - **Nov** **[Eedi](https://millionrounds.com/company/eedi)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Nov** **[Scan.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/scan-com)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Vycarb](https://millionrounds.com/company/vycarb)** Seed · US · AlleyWatch **$5.0M** With 2 others - **Oct** **[RainStick](https://millionrounds.com/company/rainstick)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Oct** **[Unfabled](https://millionrounds.com/company/unfabled)** Seed · GB **$1.7M** With 5 others - **Oct** **[Jack Fertility](https://millionrounds.com/company/jack-fertility)** Pre-seed · GB **$674K** With 1 other - **Oct** **[Terra AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/terra-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others - **Sept** **[FORAY bioscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/foray-bioscience)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others - **Aug** **[Meshed](https://millionrounds.com/company/meshed)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.3M** With 1 other - **Jun** **[Wallround](https://millionrounds.com/company/wallround)** Seed · DE **$4.9M** With 1 other - **May** **[Clothes Doctor](https://millionrounds.com/company/clothes-doctor)** Venture · GB **$662K** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Ceto](https://millionrounds.com/company/ceto)** Seed · GB **$4.8M** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Thunderstone](https://millionrounds.com/company/thunder-stone)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Mar** **[Prospectral](https://millionrounds.com/company/prospectral)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Phoenix Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/phoenix-security)** Pre-seed · GB **$223K** Sole investor - **Feb** **[Claro](https://millionrounds.com/company/claro)** Pre-seed · DE **$680K** With 2 others - **Jan** **[Soarce](https://millionrounds.com/company/soarce)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others - **Jan** **[ScaleXP](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalexp)** Seed · GB **$800K** With 3 others - **2024** 11 rounds - **Oct** **[Perlego](https://millionrounds.com/company/perlego)** Venture · GB **$20M** With 2 others - **Oct** **[Ruuby](https://millionrounds.com/company/ruuby)** Venture · GB **$2.6M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[DialogSphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/dialogsphere)** Pre-seed · IT **$300K** Sole investor - **Sept** **[Sunchem](https://millionrounds.com/company/sunchem)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Byway Travel](https://millionrounds.com/company/byway-travel)** Series A · GB **$6.4M** With 2 others - **Jun** **[Storyblok](https://millionrounds.com/company/storyblok)** Series C · AT **$80M** With 2 others - **May** **[Eleos](https://millionrounds.com/company/eleos)** Seed · GB **$4.1M** With 4 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **27** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **26** of 60 we have independently watched raise [Age-rate](https://millionrounds.com/company/agerate)[Alomana](https://millionrounds.com/company/alomana)[Ameliavirtualcare](https://millionrounds.com/company/amelia-virtual-care)[Autoconnexa](https://millionrounds.com/company/autoconnexa)[Blaenk](https://millionrounds.com/company/blaenk)[Calvin-risk](https://millionrounds.com/company/calvin-risk)[Circeus](https://millionrounds.com/company/circeus)[Clarity-technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/clarity-technologies)[Conveyd](https://millionrounds.com/company/conveyd)[Creditcanary](https://millionrounds.com/company/credit-canary)[Dronamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/dronamics)[Fountain](https://millionrounds.com/company/fountain)[Glimpseprotocol](https://millionrounds.com/company/glimpse-protocol)[Monolithai](https://millionrounds.com/company/monolith-ai)[Peptone](https://millionrounds.com/company/peptone)[Perlego](https://millionrounds.com/company/perlego)[Qardus](https://millionrounds.com/company/qardus)[Qumata](https://millionrounds.com/company/qumata)[Radswan](https://millionrounds.com/company/radswan)[Satori](https://millionrounds.com/company/satori)[Scalexp](https://millionrounds.com/company/scalexp)[Shepper](https://millionrounds.com/company/shepper)[Storyblok](https://millionrounds.com/company/storyblok)[Synthesized](https://millionrounds.com/company/synthesized)[Tembomoney](https://millionrounds.com/company/tembo-money)[Valarian](https://millionrounds.com/company/valarian) Acresoftware Bewica Byway Confideplatform Dolphinlabs Flourish Getbequest Getclaro Getfaraday Getreposit Healcommunity Hellocar Inaza Indietravel Joinkiro Jurnee Ki-hydrogen Kinhub Metallight Napster Nilacares Nucleoresearch Ogmatherapy Previse Qi4m Risparmier Shaicreative Squadded Travelwithmoneycado Txeya Usehammock Visit site Watergenics We2sure and 1 more Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$2.0M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.1M** Led 0 of 106 rounds **0%** - **Said size:** $30K – $500K - **Sole investor:** 19 rounds - **Last cheque:** Sept 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *35* - Venture *24* - Pre-seed said *19* - Series A said *13* - Series B said *6* - Crowdfunding *4* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 10 - [Ascension](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension) 7 - [Fuel Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures) 6 - [Crowdcube](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube) 4 - [Haatch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haatch) 4 - [Innovate UK](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk) 4 **Pitching Founders Factory?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Founders Factory. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Plug and Play** Accelerator **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Ascension** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension)[**Fuel Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fuel-ventures)[**Crowdcube** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdcube)[**Haatch** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haatch)[**Innovate UK** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovate-uk)[**EIC Accelerator** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator)[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**Firstminute Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firstminute-capital)[**Magic Fund** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/magic-fund)[**Notion Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital)[**SyndicateRoom** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/syndicateroom) ## Recently backed The latest companies Founders Factory put money into. [**finQbit** Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/finqbit)[**Scan.com** $130M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scan-com)[**Talkin' Things** Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/talkin-things)[**Kaizan** $3.0M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaizan)[**Gen AI Last** $550K · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/gen-ai-last)[**Alomana** $4.6M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alomana) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Founders Factory in the title, and 4 more that mention it. - [Angel Insights](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/angel-insights) 28 Aug 2024 · 29 min David Hickson of Founders Factory on Angel Insights Mentions [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) Apple PodcastsShow page ### Mentioned in - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 31 Jul 2023 · 1h 1m 765. News: FedNow powers up and Dame Alison Rose steps down Apple PodcastsShow page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 13 Sept 2021 · 46 min 562. News: UK's contactless card limit reaches £100 - convenient or dangerous? Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Flip](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-flip) 30 Jul 2020 · 35 min Co-Building The Future - High-Touch Venture Investing Apple PodcastsShow page - [Fintech Insider](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fintech-insider) 22 Dec 2017 · 45 min Insurtech Insider - Ep. 6: Aviva Takeover Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Founders Factory ### What does Founders Factory invest in? Founders Factory invests most often at Seed and Venture (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Ivd, B2C and Consumer. ### How active is Founders Factory? 106 investments on record, 17 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026. ### What has Founders Factory invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: finQbit (Venture, Sept 2026), Scan.com (Debt, Aug 2026) and Fluent (Jul 2026). ### How big are Founders Factory's cheques? The median round it joins is $2.0M. It says it writes cheques of $30K to $500K. ### Does Founders Factory lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 106 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Founders Factory invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (50%), the United States (20%) and Germany (8%). ### Is Founders Factory investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 17 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Founders Factory invest alongside? Most often Plug and Play (10 rounds together), Ascension (7 rounds together) and Fuel Ventures (6 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. 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