Insights

What does it take to be the world’s best, and to stay there? At Antler’s European Founder Conference, we assembled four elite performers to explore how sustained excellence is built, led, and lived.

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The Ten Gates Framework provides a structured way to test problems for venture-scale potential and make clear calls — Proceed, Iterate, Pivot, or Kill.

Built by parents and repeat founders, MyWonder is reimagining out-of-school learn and play - with the world’s first AI-native, screen-free “own” device for kids.

The three attributes elite founders have in common, how European innovation is fuelled by global talent, and why turbulent times lead to the biggest breakthroughs.... here are some of the main takeaways from speakers including Anton Osika (Founder of Lovable), Marius Meiners (Founder of Peec AI) and Harry Stebbings (Founder of 20VC).

Antler's 14th residency is revealing a new wave of calculated Australian startups. 70 exceptional founders selected from over 2,000 applicants are tackling fundamental problems in healthcare, space, finance, education, and research with AI as a practical tool, not a trendy vibe-coded gimmick.

From serial entrepreneurs to NVIDIA engineers and exited entrepreneurs, these outlier founders are building the infrastructure and solutions that matter long-term, choosing substance over hype in response to a maturing, more risk-averse investment landscape.

From fraud alerts in banking apps to instant driver matches in ride-sharing, real-time data already powers many of the digital experiences we rely on. But its role in AI is even more transformative, and just beginning.

Meet the portfolio companies featured in our Antler U.S. Fall 2025 Showcase.

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At Antler India, we’ve met over 1,000 fintech founders in recent years and backed 20+ breakout bets. We’re now excited about the ways AI will shape the future of fintech — and are especially keen to meet exceptional founders building in the areas we detail below.

Antler ONE will bring together the most ambitious and committed inception-stage founders and teams from across Europe.

A synthesis of over 40 Market Maps across sectors/spaces from leading experts and investors across the world.

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James McClure, General Partner at Antler Australia, explores 100 unique, complex, and untapped AI startup ideas that can’t be vibe-coded in a weekend - spanning sovereign GPUs, low-bandwidth AI, multi-agent systems, neurotech, synthetic audiences, and hypersonic space navigation. These high-barrier opportunities are launchpads for domain experts and builders in deep tech, regulated, scientific, or frontier domains. Read more below and join Antler’s residency to build them now.

The Antler India AI Residency is a high-intensity program designed to back India’s most ambitious AI founders from day zero. It offers fast-track funding decisions (in 4 weeks), our largest investment cheque — ₹4 Cr (~$470K) and access to over $1M in AI-relevant perks and up to $4M in total perks.

Upcoming Cohort: To Be Announced in January 2026

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Learn how to validate a startup idea like a VC-backed founder. This no-fluff guide covers 6 proven customer validation steps - from identifying your ICP to asking for real commitment. Featuring scrappy, creative strategies and stories from real founders in Antler's Australian portfolio who nailed early traction. Perfect for early-stage entrepreneurs, product builders, and aspiring founders looking to avoid the #1 startup killer: building something no one wants.

Antler talks to athletes and founders about what it really takes to perform at the highest level, how to establish a winning mindset and how to keep going in the face of adversity.

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Jussi Kallasvuo, Partner at Antler in the Nordics, on the key changes to investment terms and the residency setup in the Nordic countries — and other ways Antler adds value to your startup.

Antler talks to athletes and founders about what it really takes to perform at the highest level, how to establish a winning mindset and how to keep going in the face of adversity. 

Antler is officially launching our residency in San Francisco starting this Fall. Applications are now open for our inaugural residency in the world’s largest tech ecosystem.

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From AI scribes to backend automation, these are the 6 Australian healthtech trends shaping the future - and where early-stage founders and VCs should focus.

In the competitive world of startups, understanding your market isn’t just important—it’s everything. The gap between a game-changing venture and a struggling business often comes down to knowing your Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Available Market (SAM), and Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM). Nail these numbers, and you’ll attract investors, seize opportunities, and carve out your place in the market before the competition does.

Interhuman AI is developing a social intelligence layer that integrates with any existing AI system.

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AI is rapidly changing every aspect of revenue teams. This is not just about automation; it’s about redefining how sales works from the ground up.

Bringing life-saving innovations to patients faster and cheaper 

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Stance Health has raised $1M, led by Antler and General Catalyst, to build a full-stack musculoskeletal health platform.

Gowri Shankar, Associate Partner at Antler India, plays a key role in this game-changing report, revealing how India’s domestic software market is poised to surge to $100B by 2035.

At our recent Theory of Next event in Ho Chi Minh City, a packed room of founders, operators, and investors came together around one big question: Can Vietnam leapfrog traditional tech hubs—and if so, how?

Transforming healthcare admin to put patients first

Unlocking smarter returns on stablecoins with AI-driven security and scalability

Empowering facilities technicians to make repairs up to 80% faster 

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Doing for medical education what Duolingo did for language learning 

An innovative new approach to combat the growing threat of cyber attacks

Building the operating system for food and drink manufacturers

AI is ushering in a new era where messaging, spend and targeting self-optimize across channels — giving rise to an entirely new class of marketing tools.

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From AI Assistants to Full Automation: AI is shaping the Future of Fintech

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Southeast Asia represents one of the world's most dynamic and complex markets, with over 700 million people spread across eleven countries, each with distinct regulatory environments, cultural nuances, and varying stages of digital maturity. For founders building in this region, traditional approaches to market sizing often fall short of capturing the true complexity and opportunity of the market. Learn how to size your market accurately in this region with this comprehensive guide to TAM, SAM & SOM calculations.

Strengthen The Co-Founder Bond Through Trust, Transparency, and Shared Vision

In the early stages of a startup, growth is correlated to scaling, rather than perfecting minor details.

Meet the spacetech founder tackling climate change by setting the new global standard for precise and continuous greenhouse gas emissions measurements.

How can the world tackle the increasingly complex problems of our time? With a new global infrastructure backing the most driven founders. Listen to Antler founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland discuss this—and why we're building Antler—on the Capital Allocators podcast.

A brand new year, teeming with possibility. What can founders building from day zero expect in 2024? Antler partners share their on-the-ground expectations for the coming year, including sector trends, big shifts in VC, and the biggest headwinds and tailwinds affecting founders around the world.

Antler's global community grew larger, stronger, and more impactful this year, now including 8,000 founders, 800 advisors, and 249 Antler team members in 27 offices worldwide. Here's how we moved the world forward together in 2023.

As we close the door on 2023, what were the most valuable insights for founders on antler.co? Here is a roundup of five of our most popular articles this year.

In a fundraising environment that has been challenging for startups of all stages, how can you set yourself apart from the pack when approaching investors? Antler partner Tyler Norwood, Antler venture partner Robbie Crabtree, and post-investment platform co-founder Mike Preuss discuss the best ways to become a top-decile startup with investors.

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Meet Manuel Schönfeld, founder and CEO of PowerX, who's helping businesses save energy and money while combatting "the largest threat to our planet since the meteor wiped out dinosaurs.”

Our Window into Progress digital event series continues with "Under the Hood"—a deep dive into the rigor and scale that makes Antler unique as we source and assess tens of thousands of founders across six continents.

Meet Abraham Burak, co-founder of Airalo, who ditched an inefficient legacy system to make connectivity accessible and affordable to millions of world travelers.

On the heels of publishing A Window into Progress—a global report that looks inside Antler, the world’s day zero investor—we are excited to present a digital event series offering deeper insights into our portfolio, investment approach, and unique views of the world. Our first event is "The State of Building Today," featuring perspectives on the state of VC and the startup ecosystems in Europe, the US, India, and Brazil.

Against a backdrop of significant economic uncertainties and political challenges, one fact holds true: The dependent relationship between innovation and venture capital (VC)—with the latter financing and enabling the founders who create the biggest and boldest solutions around the globe—fuels the engine of progress. But what will the future of VC look like amidst so much flux?

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As unicorns and later-stage companies are battered by the economic climate, the overall health of the European tech ecosystem looks stronger than ever, with more founders coming from big tech and unicorns to build new startups with significant growth potential. Dive into our report and get to know the new generation of European tech founders.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of our first investments, we are excited to share A Window into Progress, a report that captures the breadth, depth, and impact of Antler’s global community, which continues to grow and strengthen through the downturn.

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Meet Carl Prins, co-founder and CEO of Pathzero, on personal quest to help avert the climate crisis through world-class carbon accounting.