A full tech and growth team joins your build as working co-founders. You keep 75%+ of your company. No board seats. No veto. Start without leaving your role — worst-case exposure from £15,000 via SEIS, for a 40% taxpayer.
Drag to see how your investment maps to equity, leverage and team scope.
Your £50k funds £75k of total team delivery. B+D waives 33% of each invoice — that unpaid portion becomes their equity stake, not cash in your account.
Venture studios want you to quit first and build later. Founder75 doesn't — you keep your job until the product proves it's worth leaving for.
About the team →UK law allows it. Most employment contracts allow it. And Founder75 is structured specifically for it. Here's the short version of what actually applies.
An outside directorship in a completely different sector is not the same as joining a competitor. In most cases, you notify HR that you've taken a directorship — that's the entire process. The programme asks 3–6 hours a week of your own time. You're not taking on a second job. You're building something new.
Non-competes restrict joining a direct competitor — during or after employment. They don't restrict starting a business in a different space. Build in a sector that has nothing to do with your employer's business and the clause simply doesn't apply. Founder75 requires sector separation as a condition of the programme — that's not accidental.
IP assignment clauses cover inventions created using company time, company resources, or the employer's confidential information. A startup concept developed on personal time, funded by personal capital, in a separate sector belongs to you. The law (s.39 Patents Act 1977) is clear on this. All IP in the programme is assigned to your new company from day one.
The fiduciary duty question is really asking: are you taking something that belongs to your employer? If you're building in a different sector, the answer is no. There's no opportunity to divert, no resources being misused, no confidential information crossing over. Different sector, clean separation, no conflict.
Sector separation, minimal time commitment, no use of employer resources — these aren't just good ideas. They're baked into the SHA and required of every founder on the programme.
If you're a statutory director of a listed company or an approved person at an FCA-regulated firm, there may be a short additional step — typically a disclosure to your compliance team. If that applies to you, the SHA is the right document to share with them first.
430 hrs/month deployed (entry tier). You pay 67% of each invoice; we absorb 33% as equity. Your £50k drives £75k of team. Month 1 is probationary — exit before completion and no equity vests. Complete Month 1 and 5% locks in immediately.
400 hours over 2 months of continued delivery after Phase 1. If capital remains, billed at the same rate — same invoice structure, no new equity ceiling. If capital is fully deployed, B+D continues as co-founders at no additional cash cost. Available on the £50k and £75k tiers only — higher tiers cover this scope within Phase 1.
Exit cleanly with full code ownership. Or extend by mutual agreement — same terms, no new equity ceiling — up to 3 months maximum.
Full sprint detail, equity tiers, vesting — see the pricing page →
Our team is offshore, managed in-house. We bill you at cost + 15% management overhead — no agency margin on top. A UK-facing boutique agency routing you to the same offshore talent charges £60–£90/hr and keeps the difference. We charge £35/hr because there is no margin to keep — the equity is the return. We win nothing until your company does.
An agency delivers the work, sends the invoice, collects the margin — and moves on to the next client. Their incentive ends when your invoice is paid.
We deliver the work, send the invoice at cost, and hold equity. Our incentive doesn't end when the invoice is paid — it starts there.
Equity alignment changes every decision. We don't ship and disappear. We don't inflate scope to pad hours. We build what works — because we own a piece of it.
£35/hr is a blended rate across the full offshore team — talent cost + 15% management overhead. No billing margin added. Comparable UK-facing offshore agency rates sourced from Clutch.co and Anicca Digital rate card 2025.
We can bring in domain experts, legal advisers, and mentors who hold 0.25–2% equity each. That equity comes from B+D's allocation — your stake never moves. Every appointment requires your written approval. How it works →
Applications reviewed within 5 business days.
First cohort · Max 12 founders · Applications reviewed within 5 business days
