About the opportunity

This is not a job and we are not looking to be your employer! We want to partner with you as you build your next company as a founder.

This is an opportunity to …

… partner with us and a community of 180+ exceptional founders around you

… get 300k EUR from Antler committed to your next company before you have even incorporated it,

… complete your co-founding team with the strongest and most committed co-founders

… gain a long term partner who wants to keep investing for the coming rounds

… Access to a world class package of perks worth hundreds of thousands of Euros - including AWS, OpenAI Credits, Free Google Cloud, Wework, Notion, Airtable, HS, Zoom, Microsoft Founders hub and much more

If you are in the early days of building or about to start your next company, we want to meet you!

Antler is the world's most active venture capital firm, providing funding from pre-seed to Series C. We back the best founders across hardware and software, across B2B and B2C and across verticals from deeptech, through cybersecurity to climatetech or fintech. With 30 offices on 6 continents and 1,500+ portfolio companies we offer access to a very strong community. Every year 160,000+ founders apply to partner with us.

We meet all founders through one of our Continental Europe founder residencies hosted in our offices in Amsterdam, Berlin or Munich. This experience will get you surrounded by a community 180+ fellow founders and Antler investors, will allow you to get the first cheque committed within weeks of joining and will ensure you get further in building your company faster.

How our founder residency works

1. The residency runs for an initial 6-10 weeks, requires your full-time commitment to building your company and starts on 31st of March 2025.

2. Pressure cooker environment allowing you to validate, complete your cofounding team and build even more steam faster, culminating in first investment for selected teams.

3. Once the initial investment is committed, you will join the portfolio as a full member - you will continue to have your desk in our office for months

Who we are looking for

• Founders that are incredibly committed, ambitious, ready to build and have 100% mindshare for their next company.
• Building experience is preferred, the more momentum you already have on your next business the better.
• Founders who have an idea that they believe they can solve and are deeply interested in.
• Backgrounds are very diverse and hunger and drive matter more to us than previous experience

Requirements:

• Availability starting 31 March 2025 to be full time for the duration of the residency in Amsterdam, Berlin, or Munich.
• Already located in Europe and/or ability to be legally building from Europe for the years to come.

Please note: We understand not all candidates will fit into these categories, and we value candidates from unconventional and diverse backgrounds. If you believe you have the requisite mindset and skills to build a true outlier and generational business, we encourage you to apply.