Ollie Purdue became a partner at Antler in his mid-20s after founding Loot, a VC-backed challenger bank that raised around £12M and grew to about 250,000 users, then serving as CPO at Bó, RBS's digital bank. He co-leads Antler's day zero London residency program that screens individuals pre-idea and helps them form teams, focusing on founder potential and team formation rather than existing traction.
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Antler runs structured residencies in 30+ cities where they bring solo founders together to form teams and create companies from scratch, investing at "day zero" before founders even have formed ideas or teams. Unlike traditional VCs that evaluate existing startups, Antler systematically screens tens of thousands of individuals annually to select founders based on structured traits, then actively matches co-founders and pressure-tests new teams through intensive 8-10 week programs before investing.
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