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The 16 Industrials & Manufacturing companies that produced the most founders (2026)

A founder factory is a company whose people leave to start companies of their own. This ranks every company in the graph by how many of its alumni — people who founded it or worked there — went on to found at least one company, counting only ventures started no earlier than the company itself.

Refreshed 2026-10-05 · updates nightly
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Founder factories · Industrials & ManufacturingAlumni who went on to found companiesSea Group: 3 alumni founded 8 companiesSea Group3Biotope: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesBiotope3Permitech: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesPermitech3Voodoo Manufacturing: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesVoodoo Manufacturing3Humble: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesHumble2Withings: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesWithings2Lightning Tree: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesLightning Tree2Orangewood Labs: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesOrangewood Labs2Agency Tool Company: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesAgency Tool Company2Nuvola: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesNuvola2Pina Earth: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesPina Earth2Rain Neuromorphics: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesRain Neuromorphics2Releaf Earth: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesReleaf Earth2Spaceium Inc: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesSpaceium Inc2Splash Inc.: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesSplash Inc.2
Founder factories · Industrials & M…Alumni who went on to found companiesSea Group: 3 alumni founded 8 companiesSea Group3Biotope: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesBiotope3Permitech: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesPermitech3Voodoo Manufacturing: 3 alumni founded 1 companiesVoodoo Manufact…3Humble: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesHumble2Withings: 2 alumni founded 3 companiesWithings2Lightning Tree: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesLightning Tree2Orangewood Labs: 2 alumni founded 2 companiesOrangewood Labs2Agency Tool Company: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesAgency Tool Com…2Nuvola: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesNuvola2Pina Earth: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesPina Earth2Rain Neuromorphics: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesRain Neuromorph…2Releaf Earth: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesReleaf Earth2Spaceium Inc: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesSpaceium Inc2Splash Inc.: 2 alumni founded 1 companiesSplash Inc.2
# Company SectorHQFounded Founders Companies started
1 Sea Group Industrials & Manufacturing Singapore, Singapore 2009 3 8
2 Biotope Industrials & Manufacturing France 1993 3 1
3 Permitech Industrials & Manufacturing Saudi Arabia — 3 1
4 Voodoo Manufacturing Industrials & Manufacturing New York City, USA 2015 3 1
5 Humble Industrials & Manufacturing — — 2 3
6 Withings Industrials & Manufacturing France 2008 2 3
7 Lightning Tree Industrials & Manufacturing United Kingdom — 2 2
8 Orangewood Labs Industrials & Manufacturing San Francisco, USA 2018 2 2
9 Agency Tool Company Industrials & Manufacturing Denver, USA 2026 2 1
10 Nuvola Industrials & Manufacturing Los Angeles, USA 2017 2 1
11 Pina Earth Industrials & Manufacturing Munich, Germany 2022 2 1
12 Rain Neuromorphics Industrials & Manufacturing San Francisco, USA 2018 2 1
13 Releaf Earth Industrials & Manufacturing Lagos, Nigeria 2017 2 1
14 Spaceium Inc Industrials & Manufacturing Ottawa, Canada 2024 2 1
15 Splash Inc. Industrials & Manufacturing Los Angeles, USA 2025 2 1
16 shotwell.ai Industrials & Manufacturing San Francisco, USA 2026 2 1
How this is counted. A person counts as an alumnus of a company if they founded it or worked there. They count towards the company’s score if they went on to found at least one other company that was started no earlier than the company itself. Universities and other non-commercial organisations are pruned from the graph where we can identify them. Data is community-corrected — fix something.