We’re
a founder-led
community
Because the best advice comes from founders just one step ahead. Close enough to remember what it takes, but far enough to show you the way.
Get the guidance you actually need to scale. Join an active founder community where hallway chats turn into million-euro deals.
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What’s the story?
Founders Founders was created by five entrepreneurs who built the startup community they wished existed when they were scaling, raising, exiting, and bootstrapping.
They’ve been in your shoes. Now they’re making sure you don’t have to do it alone.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Felipe Ávila da Costa
Co-Founder & CEO Infraspeak (raised 31M€)
RUI SANTOS COUTO
Founder & CEO Musicverb (acquired by VIP-Booking)
Paulo Cunha
CEO Shiftforward (acquired by Velocidi and Kevel)
TIAGO CARVALHO
Founder & CEO LabOrders (Bootstrapped)
Afonso Santos
Co-Founder & CEO Tuizzi (raised 1.1M€)
8+ years proving that scaling is a team sport
What started in 2017 as a coworking hub in Porto is now Portugal’s top scaleup community, backing 100+ startups and fueling billions in funding.
We bring founders together.
We open the doors to conversations they can’t Google.
And they turn out great.