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Accelerators

Founders Factory (accelerator and venture studio)

Founders Factory

Status

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.

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Amount
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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%.

Funder

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.

Your odds
Not published

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.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

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/

"We invest capital together with a four-month cohort-based program of expert operational support."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: foundersfactory.com

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