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European founders have built $1.8T in unicorn value outside Europe, and 42% of European-founded unicorns have scaled in the US.

According to Dealroom, Europe has also seen more than 100 funding rounds of $100M+ in 2026.

The talent is here. The ambition is here. The question is: where does it ultimately scale?

In this post, you’ll find a list of early-stage/ stealth European founders building companies around the world.

▪️ British Founders
▪️ Spanish Founders
▪️ French founders
▪️ German Founders
▪️ Italian Founders
▪️ Swedish Founders

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🇬🇧 British Founders Worldwide

👤 Flynn T - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Senior Software Engineer at Salient

  • Executive Chef at Remy

• Education:

  • BSc Computer Science – Stanford University

  • MSc Computer Science – Stanford University

👤 Alex T - Building in Washington, D.C.

• Professional Experience:

  • Chief of Staff at Ankar AI

  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts - BA – University of Cambridge

👤 Hasan S - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Founder & Chairman at 11x

  • Consultant at McKinsey & Company

• Education:

  • Master of Engineering – University of Exeter

👤 Trevor H - Building in Somerville

• Professional Experience:

  • Chief Scientific Officer at Sail Biomedicines

  • Chief Scientific Office at Laronde

  • President, Research & Chief Scientific Officer at Sutro Biopharma

• Education:

  • Post-doc, Physiological Laboratory – University of Cambridge

  • PhD – University of London

👤 Hugo H - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Principal at Third Rock Ventures

  • Senior Scientist II at Maze Therapeutics

• Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – The University of Edinburgh

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🇪🇸 Spanish Founders Worldwide

👤 Sergio M - Building in Los Angeles

• Professional Experience:

  • Co-Founder at DevSignal

  • Strategic Partnerships, Shopping & Agentic Commerce at Google

• Education:

  • Master of Science, International Business and Management – IE Business School

👤 Albert C - Building in London

• Professional Experience:

  • Manager at Bain & Company

• Education:

  • MBA at Chicago Booth

👤 Ivan C - Building in Boston

• Professional Experience:

  • Chief Scientific Officer at Covant Therapeutics

  • Vice President Translational Chemical Biology at Roivant Sciences

  • VP Proteomics and Chemical Biology at Cedilla Therapeutics

• Education:

  • Postdoctoral – Harvard Medical School

  • Postdoctoral – Boston College

  • Ph.D. – Universidade da Coruña

👤 Javier A - Building in Barrington

• Professional Experience:

  • Software Engineer at Facebook

  • Software Engineer at SmartNews

  • Research Scientist (NLP) at Rakuten

• Education:

  • PhD – U.N.E.D.

  • B.A. with honors – Universidad Complutense de Madrid

👤 Daniel R - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) at Meta

• Education:

  • PhD – Florida International University

  • MS – Florida International University

  • Master of Engineering – Universidade da Coruña

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🇩🇪 German Founders Worldwide

👤 Katharina S - Building in New York

• Professional Experience:

  • Founder & Chairman of the Board at OccamzRazor

  • Advisor at BrainMind

• Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • B.Sc. – University of Graz

👤 Simon L - Building in New York

• Professional Experience:

  • co-Founder & co-CEO at Klara (acquired)

  • Project Manager at TCW Management Consulting

• Education:

  • Master of Science – ESCP-EAP

👤 Amgad A - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Berkeley

  • Product at Amazon

  • Research at Technical University of Munich

• Education:

  • Computer Science – University of California, Berkeley

  • Master of Science – Technical University of Munich

👤 Anneke B - Building in New York City

• Professional Experience:

  • UX Research Manager at Facebook

  • Lead Research Scientist at University at Pennsylvania

• Education:

  • Postdoc – University of Pennsylvania

  • Doctor of Philosophy – University at Buffalo

👤 Michael H - Building in Santa Fe

• Professional Experience:

  • Co-Founder, R&D Systems Builder & Translational Science Lead at Nature’s Toolbox (NTx)

  • Senior Scientist at Theranos

• Education:

  • Dr. phil. nat. – Goethe University Frankfurt

🇫🇷 French Founders Worldwide

👤 Camille S - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • R&D Engineer at PsiQuantum

  • Executive Committee Member FWS at American Physical Society (APS Physics)

• Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – NanoDTC, University of Cambridge

  • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy – University of Cambridge

👤 Victorien M - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Engineer at Luminary

  • Senior Software Engineer at Velo3D

  • Visiting Researcher at Inria

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University

• Education:

  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD – Sorbonne University

👤 Alessandro F - Building in New York City

• Professional Experience:

  • Student Research Analyst - Capstone Project at S&P Global

  • Analytics and sales intern at Bloomberg

• Education:

  • Master of Science - MS – Columbia Business School

  • Master of Science - MS – Columbia University

  • Master in Management - Grande École – ESCP Business School

👤 Mathias B - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Founding Software Engineer at Pally (YC S25)

  • Founder at Founders, Inc.

  • Software Engineer at Safeout and Abilous

👤 Gilles R - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • President & Founder at The Signals Foundation

  • Co-Founder co-CEO at Edgee, and Letsmeet

• Education:

  • Master’s Degree – IPAG

🇮🇹 Italian Founders Worldwide

👤 Roberto S - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Chief Executive Officer at GUARD AI

  • Founder at ALCHEMY SPACES

  • Co-Founder at Arcanum AI

  • Partner & Advisor at TUOO

👤 Alessandro T - Building in Washington, D.C.

• Professional Experience:

  • Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Board at TENSIVE

  • Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Organ Preservation Alliance

• Education:

  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Stanford University

  • PhD – European School of Molecular Medicine

👤 Massimo D - Building in Los Angeles

• Professional Experience:

  • Senior Staff Software Engineer at Zipline

  • Lecturer in Computer Science at University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Chief Architect

• Education:

  • PhD – University of Southampton

👤 Ernel M - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Founding Engineer at Parafin

  • Software Engineer at Uber

• Education:

  • Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) – Dartmouth College

👤 Luca S - Building in New York City

• Professional Experience:

  • AI Research Scientist at Sapient Intelligence

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University

  • AI Research Scientist at NAVER Corp

• Education:

  • PhD – University of Cambridge

  • BEng Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering with Honours

🇸🇪 Swedish Founders Worldwide

👤 Gabriel P - Building in San Francisco

• Professional Experience:

  • Research at OpenAI

  • Software Engineer at Midjourney

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