Founder in Residence

Antler is seeking Founders in Residence for a 5-week program starting March 18, 2025, in-person in Austin or NYC. Candidates should be committed entrepreneurs with relevant experience in areas like sales or software development. The residency offers resources to build startups and the chance for pre-seed investment of $500,000. Antler supports early-stage ventures and has a global network of over 1,400 startups.
About the job

Note: This ad is for the opportunity join an Antler Residency and build your startup.

Antler has opened applications for their next US residency program beginning March 18, 2025. Founders gain access to Antler resources and experiences and are considered for further investment. We welcome first-time founders, serial entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to apply.

About You:

We are looking for Founders, CEOs, CTOs, and others eager to build the next disruptive tech venture from the ground up.
• Founder DNA: The residency is built for fully-committed, full-time entrepreneurs (or will go full time by the point of the residency). You know what it means to be a founder and are ready to take it on for the right reasons. Grit, integrity, determination, commitment, humility, and resilience describe you.
• Experience: Successful Antler Founders have a honed skill in addition to Founder DNA. Examples include sales, software development, product design, domain expertise, fundraising, etc. Many worked at startups as founders or employees in the past.
• Industry Focus: Antler is industry agnostic, as seen in our portfolio of investments. Antler has invested in over 1,000+ companies to date across many industries. In the US, we have an active portfolio size of >150 companies that is well balanced across different sectors.

The Antler Founder Residency:

The residency starts on March 18, 2025 and runs for 5 weeks, full-time, in-person in either Austin or NYC. Any adjustments have to be agreed to in the interview process.

Our residency program is fairly unstructured, with 90%+ of the time focused dedicated to founders working on their companies and making week over week progress. Here are some examples things that founders focus on, depending on where they are at in their company journey:
• Find and vet potential cofounders
• Validate core assumptions around your business ideas and find meaningful market insight
• Build prototypes, find design partners, launch pilots, close customers
• Get feedback from functional experts and dedicated coaches
• Reach milestones that align with pre-seed funding

If founders have already accomplished any of the above, they dedicate their full effort on the next most important milestones.

Antler Investment Process
• At the end of the 5 week residency, you will have the opportunity to present to the Antler Investment Committee. If approved by the investment committee, you will receive a pre-seed commitment of $500,000 in two tranches. $200k for 8% and $300k in follow-on capital.
• Companies that receive investment at the end of the residency will join the Antler portfolio and gain even higher touch programming from our partners. This includes access our network of downstream investors, integration into the Antler US portfolio and global portfolio network, and introductions to relevant partners and discounted service providers.

About Antler

Antler is a early-stage VC that is changing the way people build companies. We operate in 28+ locations worldwide, have supported 8,000+ founders through our programs, and invested in 1400+ startups globally. We launched Antler to build a better on-ramp to venture capital. After working in venture-backed companies for years, we built Antler to provide founders with a structured and transparent process to successfully launch a new venture, a community for support throughout the experience, and a clear pathway to venture funding.

Antler Highlights:

Some examples of successful companies that were built as a result of Antler’s residency, received pre-seed investment from Antler, and have gone on to raise substantial investments are as follows:
• Airalo: the world’s first eSIM subscription and top-up store
• Marco: cross-border factoring made easy
• Benjamin: earn cash for receipts, connecting your card, and playing games
• Reebelo: used electronics marketplace
• Evyon: planet-friendly battery energy storage system
• Glint Solar: software for identifying the best solar sites faster

Cohort starts: 18th March 2025

US Cohort Locations: NYC or Austin