Company: FounderNest
Founder: Felix Gonzalez
Website: https://www.foundernest.com/
About FounderNest
Founded by Felix González and his brother Miguel in 2018, FounderNest is an AI-native startup intelligence platform helping corporations and investors discover high-potential startups and specific market spaces before anyone else. By analysing billions of unstructured data points – academic research, patents, clinical trials, market trends, founder movements, and much more – FounderNest delivers early signals that give innovation,M&A and CVC teams a decisive edge.
In today’s landscape, innovation isn’t a buzzword, it’s a survival strategy. But most companies still rely on outdated tools and static databases that miss what really matters. FounderNest was built to solve this problem by offering real-time, high-context intelligence that reveals emerging startups and under-the-radar innovation before it hits the mainstream.
Where traditional platforms surface the obvious, FounderNest uncovers what others can’t: stealth companies, overlooked technologies, and untapped markets. Its proprietary AI connects fragmented data using natural language processing, knowledge graphs, and machine learning models specifically trained for startup ecosystems. This means FounderNest’s clients, including Fortune 500 giants, don’t just see trends but anticipate them.
AI is embedded at the core of FounderNest. There is no manual tagging, no crowdsourced data, and no lag. Insights are fast, accurate, and continuously updated. The impact is measurable: clients source critical information 21 times faster and discover 47 percent more relevant companies and insights, often months or years ahead of competitors. By reducing scouting time by up to 30 percent, teams can explore more opportunities, accelerate projects, and make smarter strategic decisions with confidence.
FounderNest is now evolving beyond discovery into predictive intelligence. Large language models forecast startup trajectories and assess strategic fit, while enterprise integrations embed insights directly into workflows, making it easier than ever to act on critical signals.
As a SaaS company, FounderNest has set a new standard for AI-powered market intelligence. It demonstrates that SaaS platforms can combine speed, scale, and intelligence to deliver measurable impact.
In a world where most corporate innovation initiatives fail to scale and the cost of missing the next disruptor is high, FounderNest equips companies not just to keep pace, but to lead.
“FounderNest helped us discover the hidden 20% – opportunities we would have never found otherwise. We can now map 100% of a space in record time.” Lluc Diaz, Director, Digital Innovation, Novo Nordisk
“The beauty of FounderNest is that it understands my search intent and identifies all the relevant startups we need. FounderNest gives me 10x the market intelligence power I had before. I can now research 100 spaces in minutes.” Carlos Cendra, Scouting & Investment Lead, MAPFRE
