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Why Antler Invested in HIFI's $37M Series A

We’re doubling down on HIFI’s $37M Series A round led by Left Lane Capital with participation from Tether - after backing the company at the pre-seed and seed.

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European Founder Report 2026: A Tale of Two Tiers

Antler's latest report is one of the largest studies of tech founders in Europe. We have analyzed 209 European unicorns, 551 unicorn founders, 4,129 Series A founders, and 81,055 individual funding rounds since 2000 to uncover a dramatic shift in the region's venture ecosystem.

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The solo signal

Solo founders in Antler's portfolio once failed at three times the rate of founding duos. Across 1,747 companies, that gap has all but closed. Why is the harder question.

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Attributes over experience

Starting up has never been easier. Succeeding has never been harder. Here's what the data says separates the founders who raise from the ones who don't.

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FOUNDER —STORIES

Founder stories

Drift

Robotics is stuck in the “stone age”. A new infrastructure stack is set to change that.

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Rovers

South Korea’s fastest growing AgTech is set to triple its revenue this year – and its only getting started.

Sona

The London-based startup has raised $100m in just four years – now it is transforming the way companies optimize their staff.

Spiraldot Health

Talha Basit is building the AI infrastructure for modern cancer care — helping clinicians make faster, more informed treatment decisions.

Salmon

Salmon has raised $100M to build a digital bank for the Philippines’ mobile-first generation to redefine banking and credit for millions of users.

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Harper

Harper has raised $46.8M to rebuild commercial insurance from the ground up, replacing manual workflows with an AI-native operating model.

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Rebolt

In just 18 months, Rebolt has grown from an idea into a multi-million ARR company serving thousands of home service businesses.

AminoChain

AminoChain's decentralized network of biobanks is transforming the medical research market.

Marco

What began with two founders meeting at Antler has grown into a fintech platform that has facilitated more than $1B in financing for SMEs.

Treyd

Treyd has financed more than $530M in supplier payments for SMEs — growing from idea formed at Antler into a 50-person company backed with $32M.

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Wrtn

Backed by $73.5M in Series B funding, Wrtn is one of Asia’s most ambitious consumer AI companies.

Satlyt

After a career at SpaceX, Tesla and Google, Rama Afullo is now building an “Android for space” infrastructure layer for satellites.

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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

With 2 million monthly users and backing from a16z, Sweatpals is emerging as a new kind of social platform built around fitness, connection and community.

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INGENIUS

After launching in 2024, INGENIUS has already helped brands execute creator campaigns in minutes instead of weeks.

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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

Zach Walsh is shaking up FinTech with Stablecoins.

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fileAI

fileAI has raised $20M to tackle one of enterprise software’s most persistent problems: messy, unstructured business data.

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Clout Kitchen

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

Airalo

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

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Building an AI Company with Antler: Prefactor and the Infrastructure Behind AI Agents

Inside Antler, through two pivots, and into a new category: the infrastructure layer for AI agents in enterprise.

Australia
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Announcing the Spring 2026 U.S. Portfolio Showcase

Meet the portfolio companies featured in our Antler U.S. Spring 2026 Showcase.

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Residency

Behind the Scenes: A Look Inside Antler’s Residency in Australia

Applications are open for Antler Australia's residency. Here's what happens inside the program, why founders move faster than they would alone, and what the investment actually looks like.

Australia
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The Physical AI Inflection Point

Why we believe the moment for Physical AI and Robotics has finally arrived, our early thinking about the opportunity, and where we are placing our bets.

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Global
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Software Was Never About the Code

Software encodes process. AI changes who can do the encoding but it doesn't change the need for someone to know what should be encoded.

Germany
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Why building a startup with AI feels like "Easy Mode" for entry, but can be "Nightmare Mode" right after

If you are founding a startup in 2026, you are living in a paradox. It has never been easier to build a product, yet it has never been harder to build a thriving business.

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Choco’s Journey Through Near-Death and Global Growth | The Further, Faster Podcast

What happens when your startup is on the brink of collapse? For Daniel Khachab, CEO and co-founder of the food-tech powerhouse Choco, you hit accelerate.

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Global
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Building a Startup in an Emerging Market

Most founders wait for a market to form before they build. Harrison Kennedy did the opposite. Years before demand crystallised, before organisations knew what to look for, and before the problem had a category, he was already designing the solution.

Australia
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The Neuroscience of Performance with David Spindler | The Further, Faster Podcast

Founders like to work hard, but do they work smart? 

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Global
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Ad Dollars Follow Attention: Agentio Founder Arthur Leopold | The Further, Faster Podcast

When it comes to the creator economy, Arthur Leopold is a heavyweight. He talks to Antler’s Jeff Becker about his unstoppable drive, and the vast untapped opportunity in the creator space

Global
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The “Second Brain” for Doctors: How AMBOSS Scaled to 1.5M+ Physicians | The Further, Faster Podcast

In medicine you can’t simply “move fast and break things”. So how do you build a breakout startup? 

Global
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Can a Japan-Based Startup Actually Win with a Global Team?

That tension was at the heart of a panel hosted by Antler Japan Senior Director Florian Geier at YOKOHAMA CONNÉCT, where Fuminori Gunji, Head of GTM at ZooKeep, and Paul McMahon, Representative Director of TokyoDev, joined a room of founders and operators to unpack what it really takes to build global teams from Japan. The conversation was grounded in something rare in startup discourse: actual data.

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