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Our venture arm is now backing its first startups

Backing the next generation of builders.

Backing the next generation of builders.

Corduene International Foundation is a non-profit that invests in startups taking on the world’s hardest problems — and supports the non-profits that teach people to solve problems.

Corduene International Foundation is a non-profit that invests in startups taking on the world’s hardest problems — and supports the non-profits that teach people to solve problems.

Corduene International Foundation is a non-profit that invests in startups taking on the world’s hardest problems — and supports the non-profits that teach people to solve problems.

Have a startup? Pitch us.

No funding windows, no gatekeepers. Founders can reach us any time through the contact page.

Building alongside partners and friends:

  • VELZI.AI
  • NVIDIA Inception
  • Google for Startups
  • Cloudflare for Startups
  • Stylevex
  • AWS

One mission, three ways in.

One mission, three ways in.

We spent our first years funding and supporting other non-profits. We learned the biggest impact comes from backing startups — and helping shape them to take on the world’s hardest problems.

We spent our first years funding and supporting other non-profits. We learned the biggest impact comes from backing startups — and helping shape them to take on the world’s hardest problems.

Support

We fund and support non-profits that deliver training and digital skills — the educators on the ground.

Shape

We work alongside founders to shape their startups: strategy, engineers, infrastructure and cloud credits.

Invest

We invest in startups taking on huge global problems — and reinvest the returns into the mission.

FEATURES

A non-profit with a VC engine.

A non-profit with a VC engine.

First cheque to Series A and beyond: capital, builders, infrastructure and cloud credits that stay with you as you grow.

First cheque to Series A and beyond: capital, builders, infrastructure and cloud credits that stay with you as you grow.

Pre-seed

First cheque

Seed

Follow-on

Series A

Still in

Capital with a purpose

We invest across rounds, not one ticket, and stay on your cap table as you grow.

We invest across rounds, not one ticket, and stay on your cap table as you grow.

Engineers

CTO time

Cloud credits

Infrastructure

Design

Go-to-market

More than money

We bring in engineers and builders to help realize the dream, plus infrastructure and cloud credits to launch on.

We bring in engineers and builders to help realize the dream, plus infrastructure and cloud credits to launch on.

We’re building solar microgrids.

Let’s talk today.

Pitch any time

No funding windows, pitch us whenever you’re ready. Run an impactful non-profit programme? We’d love to talk and support you.

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Built by builders

Operators and engineers, not just investors. We sit in the code and in the trenches with you.

Identity is our edge

We back big ideas and the people bold enough to chase them, building impact the whole world can feel.

From first line of code to flying solo

From first line of code to flying solo

From first line of code to flying solo

Start with code

Start with code

Programming basics, taught free by the non-profits we support

Programming basics, taught free by the non-profits we support

Build real things

Websites, hardware and first products

Websites, hardware and first products

Grow with mentors

Guidance from builders who have done it before

Guidance from builders who have done it before

Learn

The basics of coding and a first website of their own

Build

From code to real products, whatever the idea needs

Fly

From skills to a startup of their own

METRICS

Impact you can hold us to
Impact you can hold us to

50%+

50%+

50%+

of our backing goes to girls and women-led programmes and startups

of our backing goes to girls and women-led programmes and startups

24/7

24/7

24/7

open for pitches, no funding windows

open for pitches, no funding windows

100%

100%

100%

of our returns reinvested back into the mission

of our returns reinvested back into the mission

FAQs

Questions?
We’ve got answers.

Questions?
We’ve got answers.

What is Corduene International Foundation?

How can my startup apply for backing?

How are you funded and held accountable?

How can I work with you?

Still have more questions? Contact our team.

Build with us — as a student, a partner or a founder.

Build with us — as a student, a partner or a founder.

CORDUENE

International

Foundation

Investing in world-changing ideas, for the good of humanity.

Based in the Netherlands

© 2026 Corduene International Foundation

ANBI-registered in the Netherlands

CORDUENE

International

Foundation

Investing in world-changing ideas, for the good of humanity.

Based in the Netherlands

© 2026 Corduene International Foundation

ANBI-registered in the Netherlands