why we exist
Building a company is one of the most ambitious paths you can take, and no founder should have to navigate it alone.
The Founders Guild exists to give founders the clarity, perspective, and connections they need to succeed on their own terms. We bring together a global community of driven founders and great investors and partners, helping them make smarter decisions, build stronger businesses, and achieve meaningful financial and personal outcomes.
When founders thrive, their companies, and the world around them, benefit.
what makes us different
We’re not here to help you pitch better. We’re here to help you decide if you should pitch at all.
Founders are often the ones creating real economic value, yet they often lose control to investors and financial actors. When founders lose control, companies become less ethical and more extractive. The people who built something meaningful get pushed aside, and the mission gets hollowed out. Empowering founders isn’t just good for startups. It’s good for the world. That’s why we exist.
what we do
Four ways we show up for founders.
04
Pro Bono Power
Legal, marketing, finance, and operations support pro bono, from experts who've been in the trenches. Founders shouldn't need money to access good advice when they are starting.
03
The
Vault
Playbooks on fundraising, hiring, scaling, mental health, and more, sourced from founders, vetted by data. Not what sounded good on stage.
02
Founder Circles
Founder-to-founder events and retreats with no fluff, no pitch decks, and no agenda other than honest exchange. No matter where you are in your journey.
01
Collective Force
We build collective power so founders can shift the norms of fundraising toward founder-friendly terms. Certify good investors. Change who wins.
global chapters
Your city. Your chapter. The same mission.
The Founders Guild has active chapters across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, connecting founders through events, workshops, peer circles, and roundtables.
We don't compete with local founder communities. We partner with them. Each chapter reflects its local ecosystem but shares the same founder-first mission: truth, transparency, and real impact.
San Francsico, CA
New York, NY
London, UK
Singapore
São Paulo, Brazil
Berlin, Germany
1,000+
Founders Globally
6
Active Chapters
+30
Events in 2025
15
Global Legal Partners
7
Well Being Partners
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Founder Registration
Open to any founder, anywhere, at any stage. No equity taken, no fees, no gatekeeping. The Guild is for founders who are building seriously, and who believe that how you build matters as much as what you build.
sponsorship
Want access to the most trusted founder network on the planet?
Our sponsors don't just get logos. They get credibility, with the founders who are building what's next.
We partner with organizations that share our founder-first values. Sponsorship means alignment with the mission, not just a transaction. Access 1,000+ vetted founders, $26B+ in combined ecosystem valuation, and direct relationships across Fortune 500s, leading investors, and the world's top engineering universities.
Founding
Sponsor
$150K one-time /
$200K yr
5 globally
Strategic
Sponsor
$175K / year
15 globally
Program
Sponsor
$87.5K / 6 mo
Unlimited
Community
Supporter
$43.7K / 3 mo
Unlimited
join the guild
Founder Registration
Open to any founder, anywhere, at any stage. No equity taken, no fees, no gatekeeping. The Guild is for founders who are building seriously, and who believe that how you build matters as much as what you build.
join the guild
Founder Registration
Open to any founder, anywhere, at any stage. No equity taken, no fees, no gatekeeping. The Guild is for founders who are building seriously, and who believe that how you build matters as much as what you build.
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