Venture Capital-Backed Start-up Founder (March 2025)

Note: This Opportunity Does Not Offer Employment, but rather an opportunity to build your own VC-backed startup!

Startup founder: Launch Your Journey with Antler!

Are you an entrepreneur at heart, either an experienced business operator or one with strong technical skills? Do you have an entrepreneurial background, want to take ownership of your own creations, and build your next venture from scratch? You’ve come to the right place!

Who We Are

Antler is one of the most active early-stage VC firms globally, providing funding from pre-seed to Series C. We invest in Founders who seek to define our tomorrow and reshape the world we live in with groundbreaking technological innovations. Every year, we handpick the strongest Founders from more than 135,000 applicants across our 27 locations across the globe. This has led us to work with more than 7,000 founders to date and a portfolio of more than 1,000 startups.

The Antler Residency

Join our 12-week residency program with 200+ other highly driven entrepreneurs. Check out our website and see in detail how we’ll help you launch your startup.

Start Date: 3rd of March, 2025

Location: Onsite at our office in Helsinki

Compensation: Participants will not receive financial compensation during the program. However, there is a potential for pre-seed investment to jumpstart your startup journey.

For our March 2025 cohort, we're looking for someone who:

• Experienced in the start-up ecosystem, with a business or technical background
• Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a team and build relationships across markets and functions
• Experienced in engaging with leadership and venture capital stakeholders
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, capable of breaking down complex issues and bringing structure into business cases
• Passionate about solving real-life pain points and challenges that industries and consumers face
• Optional: have an idea that solves a problem you’re passionate about, but you understand the need for additional co-founders who share your vision and values

Our application process

Embark on a straightforward 2-3 week journey:

1. Apply via our platform.
2. Participate in the introductory interview.
3. Proceed to a second interview with our partners.
4. Potential Offer.

Meet some of our Nordic Portfolio companies:

• Circulate: Facilitating the adoption of sustainable packaging
• Skyqraft: Maximize electricity grid uptime with data
• Daze: Shipping reimagined, streamlining package deliveries and returns.
• Glint Solar: Accelerating solar site identifications.
• PerPlant: On a mission to help farmers accelerate their transition into sustainable farming by democratizing access to artificial intelligence.

Why dream when you can build? Grab this opportunity and craft your legacy with Antler.