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Antler
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About Antler
Antler is the investor backing the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness. Founded on the belief that people innovating is the key to building a better future, we partner with people across six continents to launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges. Knowing that exceptional founders can come from anywhere with any background, we have offices in 25 cities, including Austin, New York, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Bangalore, Jakarta, Portugal, Singapore, Seoul, Spain, Tokyo, and Sydney.
Our global community backs people from the beginning with co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. Fueled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we have helped create and invested in more than 850 startups across a wide range of industries and technologies, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030.
What founders say about Antler
“Antler is one of those programs that gives you exactly what you put in. The structure, the pressure, the cohort around you - it's genuinely useful if you show up ready to build and can demonstrate it. Bede is dry and...”
- Verified Founder
“Very enthusiastic and eager to push founders to reach their potential”
- Verified Founder
“Antler was our very first investor and am super happy to have provided DPI to them”
- Nilushanan Kulasingham, Founder @ Nucanon
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Reviews (7)
Antler is one of those programs that gives you exactly what you put in. The structure, the pressure, the cohort around you - it's genuinely useful if you show up ready to build and can demonstrate it. Bede is dry and to the point - but he's thorough, he asks the right questions, and once he's bought in he's fully behind you. The kind of person you want on your side when it counts. Good program and you get out of it what you put into it.
Very enthusiastic and eager to push founders to reach their potential
Antler was our very first investor and am super happy to have provided DPI to them
Very easy to talk to andprovides direct and quick feedback. Extremely helpful with subsequent raises.
It was good and then itwasn't. We made it to IC and were partnered with a mentor that gave us very limited time, often had calls while commuting, and then ultimately ghosted us before the IC pitch. Although the wider Antler team were great, it felt like a meat grinder, and the investment terms are aggressive for such early stage companies. There are other ways to start a business.
They really invest in founders
Moves fast, really supports the portfolio
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