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40+

companies built

£185m

total portfolio value

100

products built

Get in touch

40+

companies built

£185m

total portfolio value

100

products built

About Us

Being a trusted tech partner for startups and businesses. Building the right thing, always.

Why we exist

We launched Founder + Lightning after our Founder and CEO, Matt, made a few costly mistakes with his first tech venture.

At the time, there weren’t the right technical partners available who were trust-worthy, cared about the business, and that challenged and validated product ideas.

After wasting lots of time and money, he realised he wasn’t the only one. He knew there was a gap that needed to be filled.

Out of control

Startups and businesses everywhere were struggling to find a partner to not only build tech products, but build the right tech products.

Either they were building their product with a development agency, who would build anything without validating the idea, or startups felt they had to rush to bring on a CTO and give away equity very early.

So, Founder and Lightning was born and Co-Founders, Dan and Pawel, joined to bring their expertise onboard.

Inception

Founder + Lightning has built over 40 companies and 100 tech products for startups and businesses. In 2023, we launched F+L Capital and invest in early stage start ups to work with us to validate, build and iterate an early stage B2B tech product. We see ourselves as a long-term partner and function as close to an in-house team as possible for our partner clients.

The 90%

90% of startups fail, and it’s for the same reasons over and over. The last 8 years have been about uncovering every mistake that can be made, so that our Startup Founder Partners don’t have to.  

We know the huge value that commercial-focused founders bring to the tech startup ecosystem– that’s our priority.

Established businesses

Having spent the last decade working with the most time and money-conscious businesses (startups), we bring these learnings to benefit businesses too. In this capacity, we help corporates build new tech, update their tech processes and work with in-house teams to help them achieve their tech goals. We help them improve their entrepreneurial thinking to get more stuff done, faster.

Why we exist

We launched Founder + Lightning after our Founder and CEO, Matt, made a few costly mistakes with his first tech venture.

At the time, there weren’t the right technical partners available who were trust-worthy, cared about the business, and that challenged and validated product ideas.

After wasting lots of time and money, he realised he wasn’t the only one. He knew there was a gap that needed to be filled.

Out of control
Startups and businesses everywhere were struggling to find a partner to not only build tech products, but build the right tech products.

Either they were building their product with a development agency, who would build anything without validating the idea, or startups felt they had to rush to bring on a CTO and give away equity very early.

So, Founder and Lightning was born and Co-Founders, Dan and Pawel, joined to bring their expertise onboard.
Inception
Founder + Lightning has built over 40 companies and 100 tech products for startups and businesses.

In 2023, we launched F+L Capital and invest in early stage start ups to work with us to validate, build and iterate an early stage B2B tech product.

We see ourselves as a long-term partner and function as close to an in-house team as possible for our partner clients.
The 90%
90% of startups fail, and it’s for the same reasons over and over. The last 8 years have been about uncovering every mistake that can be made, so that our Startup Founder Partners don’t have to.

We know the huge value that commercial-focused founders bring to the tech startup ecosystem– that’s our priority.
Established businesses
Having spent the last decade working with the most time and money-conscious businesses (startups), we bring these learnings to benefit businesses too.

In this capacity, we help corporates build new tech, update their tech processes and work with in-house teams to help them achieve their tech goals. We help them improve their entrepreneurial thinking to get more stuff done, faster.

Meet the team

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MATT
JONNS

Founder & CEO, UK
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Daniel Christey

Co-Founder, UK
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PAWEŁ
KAMIŃSKI

Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder, UK
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Jacqueline
Enoch

Chief Financial Officer, UK
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Ro
Welch

Chief Experience Officer, UK
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Conor Moylan

Chief Investment Officer, UK
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Olex Gorodnytskyi

Chief Strategy Officer, UK
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Magda Nowotyńska

Director of Operations, Poland
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Piotr Filipp

Head of Engineering, Poland
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Neeraj Agarwal

Head of Delivery Centre, India
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Chandni Yadav

Director of HR, India
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MARK
FISHLEIGH

Board Member
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PETER
GOODMAN

Board Member
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SIMON
RENDELL

Board Member

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