Claire Mongeau

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world’s leading companies. Created by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman CBE and Henry Lane Fox, Founders Factory backs entrepreneurs with capital, operational support from a team of experts, and unrivalled access to leading organisations, including: Aviva, Rio Tinto, Vonovia, Fastweb, Mediobanca, HSBC, Pico Global, Hitachi, The Government of Western Australia, Enterprise Singapore and MSWA. Founders Factory’s Venture Studio co-founds businesses from inception, developing new ideas, technologies and business models into high growth companies. Our Accelerator backs early stage startups across industries and geographies - with a current focus on Fintech, Health, Industrials & Deep Tech. Since 2015, Founders Factory’s 450+ portfolio companies have secured 500+ pilots and commercial contracts with our partners.

We invests in European startups with LGBTQ+ representation on founder or C-Level from pre-seed to seed across all sectors. Our Mission: Innovation happens when we break the norm. Great founders don’t follow the rules—they challenge, rewrite, and disrupt. No community embodies this more than the LGBTQ+ community. We have been reshaping culture, tech, and society by disrupting the norm. Disruption is in our DNA. We are born to disrupt. For LGBTQ+ founders, our community is an unparalleled unfair advantage—spanning borders, industries, and hierarchies. Together, we’re building a powerhouse of LGBTQ+ founders and investors, shaping Europe’s next League of Unicorns. 👉 LGBTQ+ founders seeking funding? No warm intro needed—just pitch us: https://1ef0q80pxr4.typeform.com/to/Plyakh2m?utm_source=linkedin 👉 Founders & investors, connect, stay updated, and access exclusive events. Join our community, the League of Unicorns: https://1ef0q80pxr4.typeform.com/to/jZfIUpna 👉 Join us in backing Europe’s next generation of diverse founders. We’re hiring at identity.vc, explore open positions here: 🔗 https://identity-vc.notion.site/

This is a catchall company for the doers, the thinkers, and the innovators.

Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world’s leading companies. Created by serial entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman CBE and Henry Lane Fox, Founders Factory backs entrepreneurs with capital, operational support from a team of experts, and unrivalled access to leading organisations, including: Aviva, Rio Tinto, Vonovia, Fastweb, Mediobanca, HSBC, Pico Global, Hitachi, The Government of Western Australia, Enterprise Singapore and MSWA. Founders Factory’s Venture Studio co-founds businesses from inception, developing new ideas, technologies and business models into high growth companies. Our Accelerator backs early stage startups across industries and geographies - with a current focus on Fintech, Health, Industrials & Deep Tech. Since 2015, Founders Factory’s 450+ portfolio companies have secured 500+ pilots and commercial contracts with our partners.

​Inovia Capital partners with founders to build impactful and enduring global companies. With an operator-led mindset, we provide multi-stage support, mentorship, and access to a worldwide network. Inovia manages over US$2.5B in assets with operations in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, the Bay Area, London, and Abu Dhabi. For more information, visit inovia.vc.

Eos Ventures invests in companies across the value chain of insurance and related sectors. We seek experienced, exceptional founders who are at the forefront of innovation and are looking for a strategic capital partner to accelerate their vision. Further, we partner with our strategic (re)insurer investors to accelerate their innovation objectives – shaping their strategy, providing insight to global best practice and leading early stage companies, identifying and vetting potential partnerships and creating opportunities for direct investment.