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Rare Founders
Rare Founders
We're founders, and we are building one-of-a-kind communities of founders and investors through fun, memorable events, meet-ups, and conferences. Our live data connects founders and investors like never before. Experience something different, something valuable.
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"What an amazing day at the Rare Founders London demo day. The team pulled off an incredible day featuring some of the most exciting startups in the UK/I and beyond."
Sebastian Haire
Head of Strategic Partnerships at Google Cloud
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"Engaged with 3 investors after Monday's Demo Day and we have already signed an intention agreement for a first ticket…. whoop whoop! The dragon is out of the den….💥"
Jean-Philippe M.L. Schepens
Founder & CEO at AxonJay.ai
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"🔥"Huge well done for putting together what can easily be named the biggest event so far this year in London's startup scene. "
Eva Dobrzanska
Head of Investments at FundIQ + Sixth Wave Ventures
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"Thank you very much for the invite to the demo day. It was by far the best event I’ve been to this past year! Looking forward to the next one and always happy to support on future events."
Michael Rees
Investment Manager at Praetura Ventures
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"I really enjoyed the Demo day. You did an amazing job of pulling it together and I think your event will become one of the destination events in the calendar."
Johnny McNamara
Programme Team Lead (Investment) at Innovate UK
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"Well done on a triumph of demo day. It was exceptionally well run, had a brilliant turn out. You should be very proud. Happy to be more involved at the next one. Well done."
Sam Merullo
Venture & PE Investing at Family office
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"Well, the demo day was fun! Thanks yet again, Rare founders is a rising star on the startup events scene. Big love and what a great event you and your team hosted yesterday. Loved it."
Chris Howard
Founder and Angel Investor
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"What an incredible day and thank you for arranging it all. This could be London’s leading demo day for years to come!"
Conlan Ainsworth
CEO and Founder of iReceet
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"TOP TOP TOP! Best startup event of the YEAR!!!"
Katrien Cruz Grobler
Founder at AI Kat
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"Demo day was brilliant. Congrats to you and team. Everything worked out well. Well done!"
Rahul Patil
Co-Founder & CEO at Tellygence
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"Demo day was Brilliant - thank you for the huge amount of effort and organisation that went into it."
Jen Lothian
Co-Founder at My Ark
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"What a great event! Thanks for organising the demo day and as one of the startups who had been selected to pitch today, we've made some great connections with prospective investors, so thanks again for having us!"
Iris Anson
Founder at Etiq AI
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"Demo Day was AMAZING and just the best event. We met so many people and have investor interest already. The talks were SO good. Thank you for al your help and support."
Steven Milne
CEO at Impro
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"Having had the opportunity to be a part of this ecosystem since beginning out, I've seen this community grow and mature. As an early stage investor, I've been able to see companies at some of the earliest stages and build relationships with them well before they look to come to market."
Kenneth Kashif Thomas
Founding Associate at Backfuture VC
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"The London Startup Scene is the most authentic and genuine startup/investor event series in the country whose growing importance can be shadowed only by the founder who created it!"
Ewan Moran
Founder at The G.E.C.K and BarbackUK
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“I’m still getting connection requests from Tuesday’s event - really one of the best I’ve been to in a very long time - congratulations and thank you!”
Ross Ducat
Founder at Lulu Light
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"Many thanks for organising the brunch on Saturday, we really enjoyed it and it was super useful. We ended up making some changes to our pitch deck based on seeing peoples pitches and the questions that people asked so that was really helpful!"
Brent McNish
CTO & Co-Founder at Tremr
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“I'm a new founder, and your event had been an invaluable networking experience.”
Nina Anana
Founder at Sloan Technologies
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“it was a great time yesterday at the Startup Scene. Very useful and insightful. Thank you for organizing such an event for founders and investors.”
Dmitry Lapshin
CEO & Co-Founder at The Ensamble
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“Thanks for driving the London start up scene events. I'm building a company solo and it's really impactful to be able to talk to people who are in a similar boat to me.”
Isar Bhattacharjee
Founder at Uncover Consulting
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"Me and my Co-Founder actually met in this Slack group, and decided to team up."
Sam Bax
CEO & Co-Founder at Aviva.io
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"Omg thank you so much for such exposure! Love and support what you are doing for the founders!"
Natalia Grudina
CEO & Founder at Redeco
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"I'm already signed up for the next event! You're building something really exciting!"
Fergus Leathem
Co-Founder at FuseCo.
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"It’s kinda cross between a comedy club / night club but serious business networking. Here you have create a fun 🤩 experience, relaxed , Creative energised and most of all FUN."
Sophie Pittaway
Founder at KICK
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"Congratulations again on a FANTASTIC event last night. You really did something special, it was amazing to be part of it. "
Toni Schneider
COO at Ostique Limited
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"Great event yesterday and crazy turnout, well done! "
Maxime Kryvian
CEO & Co-Founder at Celsius Innovations
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"I had a great time connecting with quite a few incredibly interesting people!"
Martina Meyer zu Selhausen
Founder at Viatitude Health
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"Watching founders and investors pitch, meet and collaborate is really what this event is all about."
Nikolay Gelovski
Head of Google Cloud Sales at Cloud Office
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"I have been attending startup events since 2009 and your event at Canary Wharf was hands down one of the best I have ever attended. Lots of great tips about how to screen pitch decks, which I found useful as an investor."
Peter Banerjea
Co-Founder at StartupVoyager, Investor
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"What you've done for the startup community in London is pretty special. No elitism, inclusive, and everyone there has a genuine desire to help each other succeed. I met somebody at your event who has become an integral part of our business. I suspect there are hundreds of other startups with similar examples!"
Tom Cullen
Founder at Zoplo
PAST EVENTS
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tech roast
Wed, 29 May, 2024
Runway East Bloomsbury, Holborn, London
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Networking & open mic pitching
Tue, 23 Apr, 2024
Kennedy's Pub & Restaurant, Dublin, Ireland
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Demo Day
Mon, 22 Apr, 2024
Royal Society of Medicine, Mayfair, London
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Networking & open mic pitching
Mon, 6 Mar, 2024
Kennedy’s Pub & Restaurant, Dublin, Ireland
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Networking & open mic pitching
Mon, 29 Jan, 2024
BrewDog, Chancery Lane, London
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Networking & open mic pitching
Wed, 28 Feb, 2024
Dockside Vaults, Tower Bridge, London
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Networking & cold read
Tue, 28 Nov, 2023
Dockside Vaults, Tower Bridge, London
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pitching brunch for founders
Sat, 28 Oct, 2023
Curve Club, Old Street, London
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Networking & open mic pitching
Wed, Oct 25, 2023
Dockside Vaults, Tower Bridge, London
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networking & open mic pitching
Tue, Oct 17, 2023
BrewDog Outpost, Dublin
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networking & open mic pitching
Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Level39, Canary Wharf, London
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networking & open mic pitching
Wed, Aug 30, 2023
Omeara, 6 O’Meara Street, London
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WHY attend our events
FROM FOUNDERS TO FOUNDERS 🤝
Our events are tailored for founders. The Rare Founders team and volunteers are mostly founders themselves, so we get the struggles and know what founders need.
PITCH PERFECT 🎤
Get real-time feedback and build confidence by practicing your pitch in our one-minute open mic sessions.
SOCIAL BOOST 🚀
We put the spotlight on founders through our social media channels, helping you catch the eyes of both potential investors and customers.
STRONGER TOGETHER 👫
Being a founder can be lonely. That's why our community is gold. Connect with like-minded people and realize you're not in this alone.
DATA THAT WORKS💼
With founders consent, we share their startup data with investors, increasing their exposure during fundraising phases.
QUALITY MEETS QUANTITY 📊
Our events are the busiest monthly meetups in London, drawing 250+ attendees—15% of them actual investors.
FAIR GAME 🎲
Anyone can pitch at our events. We pick founders randomly, no payments or reservations needed. Everyone gets a fair shot.
SPEAKERS WHO GET IT 🎓
Our guest speakers are all founders who have been there, done that. Learn from their challenges and successes.
REAL & RELAXED 😎
We keep things light and valuable. We don't take ourselves too seriously, and neither should you. But you'll still walk away having learned something.
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About Us
Our Story
Once upon a time, the founder of Rare Founders was on a mission to secure funding for Foogin (his previous corporate wellness startup). However, there was one big obstacle: a lack of investor connections. Instead of waiting for a miracle, the founder took action and organized an event for both founders and investors.
The response was overwhelming, with 500 registrations on the very first event—and all without a budget!
Fast-forward to today, Rare Founders is backed by a dedicated team and boasts over 10 volunteers per event, most of whom are founders themselves.
From humble beginnings to a thriving community, the journey has been nothing short of remarkable.
Our vision
Bring more world changing business ideas to life.
Our MISSION
Remove the barriers between founders and investors, through harnessing the power of founder and investor community and enabling efficient data flow.
