Our early founder community includes founder backed by:
Founder
Ann Don Bosco
Founder
Elizabeth Sergeant
Founder
Ola Soneye
Founder
Sancha Currie
Founder
Eliza Twist
Founder
Daniell Nowaki
Founders
Claudia & Rabu
Founder
Chuks Osi
Accepted founders also gain access to the Cobuild Founder Stack startup tools, specialist partners, domain experts, operators and investor-readiness opportunities.
The Offer
What you get in 3 months
Best for founders moving from idea to proof. Includes everything in the list.
Validate while we build
Product Strategy
UX & Product Design
Engineering
Launch
First Market Learning
Founders Access
Cobuild Founder Stack
Accepted founders gain access to a growing curated ecosystem across
Partner Investors
Legal & Company Infrastructure
Accounting & Finance
Domain Experts & Operators
Cobuild Supporters
Eligible Cobuild founders can access the startup benefits currently available through our partnership
six months of Free Notion Access
up to $25,000 in Claude credits
How it works
◼︎01- Apply
Tell us about you, the problem, and what you’ve done so far.
◼︎02 - Diagnostic
We assess your venture, key risks, and the right next move.
◼︎03-Build
Select Venture Build, Founder Forward, or Cobuild Select.
◼︎04 - Build & Launch
We validate, design, build, and launch your product over 12 weeks.
£7k
/Now £13k Pay later
Founder Forward
For strong founders who need to protect runway today.
Payment structure:
£5k to start. £15k becomes payable after an agreed success milestone
Success milestone:
£50k+ qualifying external funding or £50k cumulative venture revenue
Equity:
0%
Pay Later Programme
The £13k Success Milestone Payment only begins once the venture reaches either £50k+ qualifying external funding or £50k cumulative revenue, and can be spread across agreed instalments.
£15k
/Now
Venture Build
Founders who want the lowest overall cost
Payment structure:
Pay upfront or across agreed programme milestones
Success milestone:
No future payment obligation
Equity:
Keep 100% ownership and pay the lowest total programme fee
Pay Later Programme
Pay upfront or across agreed programme milestones, with no future programme payment once completed.
£5k
+ equity
Cobuild Select
Exceptional ventures Cobuild wants
to back
Payment structure:
£5k contribution plus agreed equity
Success milestone:
No success milestone
Equity:
Align Cobuild with the long-term upside of the venture
Pay Later Programme
Reserved for a small number of ventures where Cobuild has unusually strong conviction and chooses to invest studio capacity for long-term upside.