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Key people at Founders Keepers.
Founders Keepers was founded in 2014 by Brent Hoberman (Co-Founder).
Founders Keepers is an Ilford, United Kingdom-based media organization that produces a startup diary podcast and video series documenting the real-life experiences of running a small business. The company focuses on the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem by broadcasting honest conversations regarding the daily operational decisions, financial challenges, and strategic successes inherent to early-stage company building. The entity operates in close association with The Founding Network to distribute its multimedia content to a targeted audience of founders and small business operators. Specific operational scale metrics, including total venture funding raised, enterprise valuation figures, employee headcount, and active listener counts, remain undisclosed in current public filings. The organization recently filed its latest financial accounts for the period ending in March 2024 and submitted its annual confirmation statement in February 2025. Founders Keepers was officially incorporated as a private limited company in 2014.
Key people at Founders Keepers.
Founders Keepers was founded in 2014 by Brent Hoberman (Co-Founder).
Founders Keepers is an executive search firm specializing in building leadership teams for high-growth, venture-backed digital and tech companies. As the executive search arm of Founders Forum—a private network of elite digital and technology entrepreneurs—it helps ambitious companies at critical growth stages hire impactful senior talent. Its mission centers on sourcing candidates who drive individual, organizational, cultural, and commercial transformation, with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusive shortlists. Key sectors include technology, digital, and high-growth industries, where it influences the startup ecosystem by connecting top executives to ventures, fostering stronger leadership, and accelerating scaling through its network.[2][3][4]
Operating from offices in London and Amsterdam with around 24-29 employees, the firm leverages over 20 years of combined experience in executive search and HR to deliver tailored results for international clients.[1][2][5]
Founders Keepers was incorporated as a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) on 11 February 2014 in the UK, with its registered office currently at Treviot House in Ilford, Essex.[5] It emerged as the dedicated executive search division of Founders Forum, drawing on the network's proximity to powerful entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors. Key figures include Hannah French, a Partner, and a diverse, international team with backgrounds in boutique and global executive search firms, plus broader HR expertise.[2][4]
The firm's evolution has focused on high-growth tech and digital companies, building a reputation through dedication, hard work, and principled approaches. Pivotal moments include establishing offices in London and Amsterdam, and earning trust from dynamic companies via successful placements that expanded their European presence and leadership teams.[2][3][4]
Founders Keepers rides the wave of fierce competition for top talent in the tech industry, where high-growth startups and scale-ups struggle to attract senior leaders amid rapid expansion and venture funding. Timing is critical as companies hit pivotal growth phases—needing executives who align culturally and drive transformation—amid market forces like Europe's rising tech hubs, talent shortages, and emphasis on diversity for innovation.[3][4]
It influences the ecosystem by strengthening leadership in venture-backed firms, enabling faster scaling, European expansion, and inclusive cultures. As part of Founders Forum, it bridges entrepreneurs with talent, amplifying network effects in digital and tech sectors.[2][3]
Founders Keepers is poised to expand its influence as AI, sustainability, and global tech scaling intensify talent wars. Upcoming trends like remote-hybrid leadership demands and DEI mandates will favor its diverse, ecosystem-driven model. With accounts due for 31 March 2025 and a stable active status, expect deeper penetration into emerging markets and more C-suite placements for unicorns.[5]
Its network strength positions it to shape Europe's tech leadership pipeline, evolving from a niche recruiter to an indispensable growth partner—much like how it started as Founders Forum's arm and became a go-to for world-class teams.[2][3]
