🛠️ Over the past seven years, Landvault has staked a claim as one of the biggest metaverse and 3D world builders. Founded by Samuel Huber in 2017 as Admix, an in-game monetisation tool, joining the Founders Factory Accelerator in 2019. They pivoted towards metaverse building in 2022 after acquiring Landvault, merging under the new name. Since then, they’ve developed not only their own studio to help brands launch immersive experiences, but also a platform and suite of tools to help brands and creators publish and monetise their own 3D content. To date, they’ve raised nearly $40M in funding, backed by the likes of Speedinvest, Force Over Mass, and DIP Capital. And today, Landvault have announced they are being acquired by immersive tech giant Infinite Reality for $450M 🚀 Huge congratulations to Sam and the whole Landvault team. You can read all about the acquisition in VentureBeat (by Dean Takahashi): https://lnkd.in/dQymxzes henry lane fox | Brent Hoberman | George Northcott | Damian Routley | Lee Bernasconi | David Hickson | Farah Kanji | Emma-Jane Willan | Claire Morris | Simon Lovick | Laura Moross #exit #adtech #martech #metaverse #immersivetech
Founders Factory
Technology, Information and Internet
We’re co-founders and early stage investors. We build and fund startups globally.
About us
Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world’s leading companies. Created by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, Founders Factory backs entrepreneurs with capital, operational support from a team of hands-on experts, and unrivalled access to industry leaders like Aviva, Rio Tinto, Aviva, Guardian Media Group, Deutsche Telekom, Pico, Netcare, Standard Bank, Nesta, Johnson & Johnson D.C. and Reckitt. Founders Factory’s Venture Studio co-founds businesses from inception, developing new ideas, technologies and business models into high growth companies. We operate sector-focused Accelerator programmes and Venture Funds for Pre-Seed and Seed stage startups, investing in talented and diverse founding teams across industries and geographies - with a current focus on Climate, Fintech, Health, Deep Tech. Since 2015, Founders Factory’s 300 portfolio companies have raised $950mm follow-on funding from notable investors, including NFX, Coatue, Forerunner, Tencent and firstminute Capital.
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https://foundersfactory.com/
External link for Founders Factory
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- Technology, Information and Internet
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- 51-200 employees
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- London
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- Privately Held
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- 2015
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- Incubator, Accelerator, and Fund
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2 Arundel Street
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Nicolae Iorga 5 2nd floor 010431
Bucharest, Romania 010431, RO
Employees at Founders Factory
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Ben Luckett
Managing Director Venture Capital
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Louis Warner
G-Force | Founders Factory - Investor in the transition to a Net Zero future.
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Sal Matteis
Humanist, critical thinker & VC Investor | Investing in Frontier /Deeptech across Climate, TechBio, AI, Quantum, Industry 4.0, Energy, Health…
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Rebecca E. Gwilt
Attorney & Strategist ⚖️ Healthcare Innovation/Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Care/Digital Health. Entrepreneur, Kindness Enthusiast, Investor in…
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📣 Calling all German entrepreneurs Through our new Proptech Venture Studio with Vonovia, we’re launching two new concepts looking to transform urban living—and we’re looking for Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to lead their strategy and build. 💸 MietMagie Neo-bank for renters with in-built rewards system Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eWyjAeAP 🏠 Ökofix Retrofitting platform for private landlords Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eq9Fwtd4 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence will… …lead strategy and build of the project …get support from our expert team, including a dedicated venture builder and studio lead …receive cash investment plus dedicated budget for founder salary, specialist resources, and infrastructure …get senior level access to Vonovia, Europe’s largest housing company ❗️Please note: EIRs must be German speaking to apply Nick le Fevre | Sara Foster | Claire Morris | Ed Harding | Sahil Sachdev | Alex Daish | Daniel Schossev Roden | Raluca Ciobancan | Farah Kanji | Alexander Weihe | Patrick Himmes | Madeline Kaup #proptech #fintech #climatetech #startups #founderroles #startupjobs
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🟢 Hydrogen is one of the world’s most in-demand resources, particular as we look to decarbonise ‘hard-to-abate’ industries. But existing production processes are highly energy intensive. Ki Hydrogen is looking to transform this 👇 ⭐️ Production of green hydrogen from waste biomass ⭐️ More cost competitive, and requires 50% less energy than existing processes ⭐️ Founded by Koji Muto (ex-ExxonMobil), Michael Stanton (PhD from University of Cambridge), Carl Banbury, PhD (ex-Maybe*, PhD from University of Birmingham) Read more about our G-Force investment in Ki Hydrogen here: https://lnkd.in/edb9CXut Louis Warner | Marian Gazdik | Katarina Pastrnak | Liam Nolan | David Hickson | Ellie Slaght | Simon Lovick | Lee Bernasconi #climatetech #deeptech #investment #accelerator
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I'm very excited for this! Check out our new SEIS fund done in partnership with the fantastic Founders Factory
Join the July 24 launch webinar for our new B2B SaaS SEIS fund, in partnership with Founders Factory, and gain early investment access. The webinar will see Henry Lane Fox, Co-founder and CEO of Founders Factory and Graham Schwikkard, CEO of SyndicateRoom, discuss the background to the fund and answer any questions you might have. The fund will be open to investment to all investors from 29 July for a limited time only. Secure your place and read more about the fund using the link below: https://lnkd.in/ebd7jPzD
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📆 Two weeks. That’s how long you have left to apply to our latest Climate & Deep Tech programmes. We’re supporting ambitious founders in commercialising and scaling groundbreaking technology that can help address our biggest challenges in climate, nature, and industry. Here’s a reminder of our new programs, and companies we’re looking to invest in. Apply here: ⛏️ Rio Tinto Mining Tech Accelerator Program: https://bit.ly/3QYjLbs 🌊 Blue Action Accelerator OceanTech Program: https://bit.ly/3wOB8ow 🏞️ Government of Western Australia Nature Tech Program: https://bit.ly/3QUNFxe Recommend a startup here: https://lnkd.in/e_CYcBhx henry lane fox | George Northcott | Olivia Brooks | Jamie Rowles | Bianca F. | Rupert Hayward | Melissa Halpern | Jeff Stoike | Rohan Silva | Liam Nolan | Jacob George | David Hickson | Ellie Slaght #climatetech #deeptech #founders #accelerator #vc
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💡 "People are starting to ask the question not just ‘Can I do business with them?’ but ‘Should I?’" Consumer demand and global ESG policies have intensified the focus for international businesses on reputational protection—in short, truly understanding the profile and background of who you are doing business with. Xapien is transforming this. Founders Chris Green, Daniel Secretan, and Shaun O'Mahony have built an AI-powered research engine that can complete complex due diligence checks on potential business partners—checks that might have once taken weeks, in a matter of minutes. 🚀 Xapien has just announced their $10M Series A, backed by YFM Equity Partners, bringing total funding to $17.5M. Read about Xapien & their raise in The Times: https://lnkd.in/d-WxyhGJ henry lane fox | Brent Hoberman | George Northcott | David Hickson | Lee Bernasconi | Olivia Brooks | Claire Mongeau | Edoardo Gentili | Elena Vittone | Simon Lovick | Laura Moross #fundraising #seriesA #AI #LLM
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👁️ Facial analysis technology has huge potential for measuring customer sentiment in real time. But ethical and data-secure solutions are few and far between—until now. Zenus, Inc.—our latest investment with Pico Group ⭐️ Ethical facial analysis combined with proprietary AI that analyses event audiences and retail customers’ satisfaction and engagement in real time ⭐️ Enables in-person experiences to harness the same level of insights as you’d get online ⭐️ Founded by Panos M., an expert in the field of facial analytics Read all about Zenus: https://lnkd.in/e4jZSQuh Edoardo Gentili | Levi Young | Liam Nolan | Simon Lovick | Ellie Slaght | Nick Borelli #martech #eventtech #accelerator #founders
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As financial services tries to measure and reduce its carbon footprint, fintechs have a big role to play. Our own Claire Mongeau spoke to The Fintech Times (via Francis Bignell), sharing her thoughts on the role that fintechs can play in measuring environmental impact, and where there are opportunities to go beyond simple tracking. ➡️ Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/ezrrKUkF Also featuring contributions from UST's Maureen Doyle-Spare, emagine's Martin Hartley, and EUROWAG's Jenny Pidgeon. #fintech #esg #carbonfootprint #climatefinance
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⛏️ Much of mining tech focuses on improving operations and safety - but what about what happens to a mine after it has reached the end of its life? Our last #MiningTech Takeover post is on Mine Remediation - a theme that is crucial to the long term sustainability of the mining industry. Learn more below 👇 Are you building in any of these areas? ➡️ Apply to our Rio Tinto Mining Tech Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3QYjLbs ➡️ Recommend a startup: https://bit.ly/3yDEfjF Olivia Brooks | George Northcott | Jamie Rowles | Rohan Silva | Lee Bernasconi | Simon Lovick | Pekka Santasalo | Dan Walker | Rachelle Doyle #miningtech #deeptech #startups #climatetech
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⛏️ As we're marking #MiningTech takeover week, we ask one of the biggest questions facing the industry - how can you decarbonise on the world's most carbon intensive industries? Learn more about where we see opportunities for decarbonisation across mining 👇 Are you building in any of these areas? ➡️ Apply to our Rio Tinto Mining Tech Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3QYjLbs ➡️ Recommend a startup: https://bit.ly/3yDEfjF Olivia Brooks | George Northcott | Rohan Silva | Lee Bernasconi | Jamie Rowles | David Hickson | Bianca F. | Simon Lovick | Liam Nolan #miningtech #deeptech #startups #climatetech