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Background to Founders Factory
Founders Factory was launched in 2015 with a mission to power founders to go further, faster. To date we have built more than 60 startups and invested in a further 150 across offices in London, Johannesburg and New York. FF has a team of over 100 full-time operators and its portfolio has raised more than $600m in capital. In our studio, we partner up with our corporate backers to create entirely new venture-backable concepts from scratch, always bringing an unfair advantage.
Background to Project Renew
Project Renew is a proptech startup decarbonising UK homes by creating green, sustainable buy-to-let investment portfolios for institutional real estate investors out of leaky , energy-inefficient housing stock.
Project Renew is funded in the Founders Factory x Nesta Mission Studio. Project Renew s mission is to create future-proofed green portfolios for investors, tenants and the planet.
There are ~26 million energy inefficient properties in the UK, of which ~3.2 million are owned by private landlords. Project Renew will help solve this problem by:
In order to to do this at scale, Project Renew will need to develop software to make buying, refurbishing and managing properties faster, cheaper, more accurate and scalable.
The business is led by the Founder and CEO Marcel Shanti, with extensive experience in real estate investment and asset management, including managing the 60bn FTSE UK Commercial Property Index Fund. The team also includes operational support from Founders Factory and Nesta teams.
Exploring product and technology options and building the product and tech strategy for the business including a wide range of areas:
property market analysis
property assessment in relation to renovations, energy efficiency retrofits and energy consumption
project, workflow and process management for property acquisition, renovation and lettings management
energy consumption forecasting, energy management and trading
carbon credit verification and trading
fund and portfolio management
Defining and building the technology that powers our product
Prioritising the product roadmap together with the CEO
Attracting and leading talent for the tech team: as the team grows you will be moving from a hands-on role to a more managerial and leadership role.
The role is full time but depending on your circumstances you could start part-time now with a trajectory to grow into full-time during 2023.
The role is full time but depending on your circumstances you could start part-time now with a trajectory to grow into full-time during 2023. a trajectory to grow into full-time during 2023.
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We are committed to building a diverse culture and are eager to receive applications from all backgrounds. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination.
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