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Stories and perspectives from founders, partners, and Antler’s global community.

Podcast
October 14, 2025

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.

Europe's Execution Era: An Antler Study

Antler's latest report is one of the largest studies of tech founders in Europe. We’ve analysed more than 3,000 unicorn founders and 60,000 founders at the inception of their journey, uncovering Europe's rapid growth in an AI era of execution.

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Insights
September 11, 2025

Why we invested in AirDodge: Enabling Drone Operations in U-Space

AirDodge is making low-altitude airspace safe, scalable and predictable.

Insights
August 19, 2025

What’s Next in Consumer AI: Apps That Double as Life Layers

A curated snapshot of how India’s Consumer AI landscape is evolving: a simple behavioural lens of how we structure our view of Consumer AI, a Market Map of India’s Consumer AI startups, and areas we're excited about.

Insights
August 12, 2025

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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Founder Stories
October 8, 2024

Why we invested in Tradestack: empowers trades businesses to quote 20x faster and win more jobs

Why Antler invested in Tradestack: empowers trades businesses to quote 20x faster and win more jobs

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UK
Founder Stories
October 8, 2024

Why we invested in Omma: AI-powered technology which enables growers to rear beneficial insects on farms for natural pest management

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

UK
Founder Stories
October 8, 2024

Why we invested in Inntelo AI: Transforming Hotel Communications with Conversational AI

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

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UK
Founder Stories
October 8, 2024

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
October 8, 2024

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
October 3, 2024

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
October 3, 2024

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
October 3, 2024

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
October 1, 2024

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
September 30, 2024

Voting with Venture

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

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Global
Residency
September 21, 2024

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.

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Sustainability
September 21, 2024

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

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