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A 6-week residency for technical and research-driven founders looking to build and validate their product ideas with customers and investors, starting on 18th January at our London office.
Applications are open! The deadline is 4th December 2026 and the programme begins on 18th January 2027 (further date info below!).
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Backed by:
$245M AuM focused on the HumanOS
We’ll support you to validate your early prototypes, practice your pitches with potential pilot customers and to prepare for a possible first fundraise. The goal is for you to leave the residency with a pathway to building a market leading, category-defining company.
Along the way, you’ll be mentored by our internal team, our ops mentors in sales, marketing, customer success and product and external enterprise mentors.
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Mentor pairing You’ll be paired with an industry mentor aligned with your industry and an MBA Student on hand to help you commercialise the product and bring it to market
Pilot customer intros Curated introductions to potential customers through our portfolio and networks
Founder community Founding can be lonely - build alongside other ambitious founders
Pitch development Includes practice sessions with the Brighteye team and our executive sales, marketing & product mentors
Introductions to investors
When the time is right, we will intro you to suitable angels and funds - in addition to the Demo Day below
Final Demo Day
A great opportunity to test your thesis with the investment community and if the time is right, kick off the fundraise
Notting Hill office space
Our London casa is your casa
Please note, we are not taking equity, nor are we providing funding. This is an opportunity for us to roll up our sleeves and work alongside you at the earliest stages of your journey, offering hands-on support as you build. At the end of the programme, we hope to take several companies to our investment committee and more formally join your journey.
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We are particularly keen to see founders apply that meet one or more of the following criteria (but are open to all types of founders):
Hungry, ambitious founders ready to build or already building a category-defining business
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All sessions will take place in person at our Notting Hill Office - we will provisionally be organising sessions for Tuesdays and Thursdays, though there may be some sessions organised for other days where required by speaker availability.
| Week 1 | Kick-off | Goal-setting, problem validation, customer identification |
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| Week 2 | Discovery | Pilots, business models and ROI, early customer conversations |
| Week 3 | Build | Product roadmap and design partners |
| Week 4 | Test | Differentiation, moats, winning |
| Week 5 | Refine | Fundraising, team planning |
| Week 6 | Demo Day | …to a room full of prospective advisors, customers and investors |
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| 14th Oct 2026 | Applications Open |
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| 4th Dec | Applications Closed |
| 7-17th Dec | Interviews |
| 18th Dec | Successful Candidates Notified |
| 18th Jan 2027 | Program begins! |
| 24th Feb 2027 | Demo Day |
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, if you are successful you will receive an invite for interview no later than the 7th Dec.
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