Founders Playbook: Build your first team

​Most technical founders hire their first people the way they were hired themselves: by CV and by gut feeling. This invite-only evening turns hiring into a skill you can practise.

​Together with Project A, we’re bringing together 20–25 technical founders at pre-seed and seed for a hands-on session on who to hire first, and how to win them.

​What to expect

• ​A candid conversation with Project A and one of their portfolio founders on how investors look at early teams, and what they’ve learned from building their own.

• ​A hands-on workshop where you work on your own hiring challenges with input from people who have done it before.

• ​A closer look at your founder profile, and what it means for the team you build around you.

​Details
📅 Wednesday 18 November, 18:00–19:30
📍 London. The exact location is shared once your invitation is accepted.
📝 Accepted founders receive the Founder Six quiz to complete before the event.

​About the hosts
Proximo Ventures is a student-led deep tech investment community where student teams at Imperial, Oxford and Cambridge scout and back early-stage founders in IoT and Industry 4.0, climate tech and life sciences, investing alongside a network of experienced angels who also mentor the companies.

​Project A is a Berlin- and London-based early-stage VC managing €1.2 billion, whose €325 million fifth fund backs founders from idea to seed in fintech, European resilience, autonomous work and global supply chains, with a portfolio of around 130 companies including Trade Republic, sennder and Quantum Systems.