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The Anatomy of Greatness: What Makes a Unicorn Founder?

Antler’s report provides new insights on speed, geography, experience, and the changing profile of founders behind the world’s most valuable startups.

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How we built Antler

Antler Founder and CEO Magnus Grimeland on the origins of Antler, the rise of global entrepreneurship, and the mission to back outliers everywhere from inception.

Podcast

Agentic commerce: Unleashing the autonomous economy

From booking trips to settling invoices, AI is moving from answering questions to executing transactions. We explore the drivers of this $5 trillion shift, map 50+ startups building the infrastructure, and share our core lessons for the next generation of builders.

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Startup Truths and Building What Users TRULY Need with David Politis | The Further, Faster Podcast

David Politis has built three companies with a total value of $1bn in enterprise and exits. He talks to Jeff Becker about what he’s learnt from a career building, exiting and coaching other founders.

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FOUNDER —STORIES

Founder stories

Marco

After meeting at Antler, Peter Spradling and Jacob Shoihet set out to solve a major pain point for growing businesses in Latin America.

Treyd

Thrill-seeking founder Peter Beckman has built an innovative startup to help SMEs scale at pace.

Wrtn

Wrtn’s superapp personalises AI interactions at scale, offering tools like character chat, writing assistance and creative storytelling to help users express themselves and stay connected.

Satlyt

Rama Afullo is building an 'Above Cloud Service Provider' – a new, open, communication ecosystem for satellites

Tactiq

Tactiq enables teams to capture insights from work meetings with AI-powered transcripts and detailed summaries — helping organizations access knowledge and share the right information quickly.

Sweatpals

Salar Shahini found connection through fitness - now he's built a bespoke platform to make it easy for others to do the same

INGENIUS

Think you need two weeks to create and execute a global campaign? How about five minutes

Glīd

Kevin Damoa has designed a vehicle that can transfer cargo from road to rail without human intervention. Now it’s ready to roll.

HIFI

Stablecoins are shaking up FinTech — Zach Walsh, Co-Founder and CEO of HIFI, raised $8 million at a $45 million valuation, to take a cut.

fileAI

fileAI leverages agentic AI to automate manual business processes across any industry – from standard AP/AR workflows, to complex insurance claims processing.

Clout Kitchen

Clout Kitchen builds interactive AI experiences that deepen fan engagement and expand creators' reach.

Airalo

Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir, the CEO of the eSIM industry’s first unicorn, credits a down-to-earth approach for his company’s stunning global rise

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Why we invested in Banqora: AI-powered post-trade processing for financial institutions

Find out Antler's investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and learn about their latest traction.

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UK
Residency

Antler in Australia launches 13th residency, opens in Brisbane, and closes its second fund at $77M

Applications are now open for Antler in Australia’s 13th residency. With our new Brisbane residency kicking off in February 2025, alongside Sydney and Melbourne, we’re offering aspiring founders the chance to secure long-term funding, expert guidance, and co-founder matching.  

Read more about our residency, the new $77M fund, and the new investment structure that aims to support over 100 pre-seed startups across Australia.

Australia
Founder Stories

Why we invested in Vente AI: Streamlining business development processes for recruitment agencies

Find out Antler's investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and find out their latest traction.

UK
Founder Stories

Why we invested in AskVinny: The AI property manager scaling portfolios 100x without additional headcount

Find out Antler's investment thesis, introducing their exceptional founders, and sharing their latest traction.

UK
Founder Stories

Why we invested in Distillery: The automated data stack for early-stage companies

Find out about our investment thesis, meet the exceptional founders, and learn about their recent traction

UK
Sustainability

Private Equity International names Ros Bazany as Woman of Influence 2024

Why Venture Capital Journal picked Ros as one of the most impactful women in private markets.

Global
Sustainability

Voting with Venture

Voting with Venture: Tech Founders are Prioritizing Purpose and ESG Integration

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Global
Residency

Avoid downstream distractions: the sequence of problem-solving matters.

Something I see happen quite often when thinking about new startup ideas is the temptation to focus on the downstream opportunities an idea may create, versus the primary problem you are trying to solve you have to solve to unlock these opportunities.

US
Sustainability

How to secure venture capital as an underrepresented founder

There is growing recognition that diverse founders and diverse teams generate more innovative solutions, ultimately building stronger businesses in the long run. Read Antler in the UK portfolio director Sarah Finegan's recent article in Startups Magazine, offering 10 tips on securing venture capital as an underrepresented founder.

Global
Residency

Announcing the Fall 2024 US Portfolio Showcase

Antler works with founders starting from day zero, bringing them in-house to our Residency programs in Austin and New York. After investment from Antler, our portfolio companies work with our team to unlock continued growth and prepare to raise subsequent funding. As partners at the earliest stage, we’re proud to showcase some of our US portfolio companies who’ve matured as they continue to scale in our US Fall 2024 Portfolio Showcase.

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US
Residency

Investing in ALT Fashion and The Future of Fashion E-commerce

ALT Fashion leverages AI to revolutionise fashion search and discovery, building the meta search engine for fashion.

India
Insights

Multiples over basis points—how to prioritize as a startup founder

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

Global

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