{
  "id": 16696669,
  "title": "New-age venture capital would rather manufacture founders than find them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/new-age-venture-capital-would-rather-manufacture-founders-than-find",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-27T02:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Ken",
    "slug": "the-ken",
    "url": "https://the-ken.com/story/new-age-venture-capital-would-rather-manufacture-founders-than-find-them/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Bengaluru, a 24-year-old candidate sat across from a stranger at a long table for six minutes of introductions before being shuffled to a new place. He admitted feeling nervous and blushing during the process, which took place over four rounds with 80 candidates. The event served as a \"speed-dating\" event to connect participants with potential co-founders. Entrepreneurs First (EF), a London-based talent investor, runs a three-to-six-month India program aimed at building VC-scale businesses. Participants, regardless of their background, are encouraged to go through multiple breakups in search of their ideal co-founder match. After the program, the surviving teams pitch their ideas to Silicon Valley investors. EF is part of a growing trend of \"venture studios\" that aim to systematically create multiple founders and startups from scratch through structured, repeatable processes. A similar model, The Foundery, operates in India, where potential founders are matched to pre-researched ideas instead of being given freedom to choose their own.",
  "summary": "The post New-age venture capital would rather manufacture founders than find them appeared first on The Ken .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}