Builders Aren't Born,
They're Shaped.
Builders
Aren't Born,
They're Shaped.
Joining the right startup can change everything.
They all started as operators before becoming founders.
Joining the right startup
can change everything.
They all started as operators before becoming founders.
Anton Osika
Sana -> Lovable

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Tinder -> Bumble

Steve Jobs
Atari -> Apple

Daniel Ek
Tradera -> Spotify

Lucy Guo
Snapchat -> Scale AI

Alan Chang
Revolut -> Fuse

Mira Murati
OpenAI -> Thinking Machines Lab

Ivan Zhao
Inkling -> Notion

Arthur Mensch
DeepMind -> Mistral

Anton Osika
Sana -> Lovable

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Tinder -> Bumble

Steve Jobs
Atari -> Apple

Daniel Ek
Tradera -> Spotify

Lucy Guo
Snapchat -> Scale AI

Alan Chang
Revolut -> Fuse

Mira Murati
OpenAI -> Thinking Machines Lab

Ivan Zhao
Inkling -> Notion

Arthur Mensch
DeepMind -> Mistral

Anton Osika
Sana -> Lovable

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Tinder -> Bumble

Steve Jobs
Atari -> Apple

Daniel Ek
Tradera -> Spotify

Lucy Guo
Snapchat -> Scale AI

Alan Chang
Revolut -> Fuse

Mira Murati
OpenAI -> Thinking Machines Lab

Ivan Zhao
Inkling -> Notion

Arthur Mensch
DeepMind -> Mistral

Anton Osika
Sana -> Lovable

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Tinder -> Bumble

Steve Jobs
Atari -> Apple

Daniel Ek
Tradera -> Spotify

Lucy Guo
Snapchat -> Scale AI

Alan Chang
Revolut -> Fuse

Mira Murati
OpenAI -> Thinking Machines Lab

Ivan Zhao
Inkling -> Notion

Arthur Mensch
DeepMind -> Mistral

Anton Osika
Sana -> Lovable

Whitney Wolfe Herd
Tinder -> Bumble

Steve Jobs
Atari -> Apple

Daniel Ek
Tradera -> Spotify

Lucy Guo
Snapchat -> Scale AI

Alan Chang
Revolut -> Fuse

Mira Murati
OpenAI -> Thinking Machines Lab

Ivan Zhao
Inkling -> Notion

Arthur Mensch
DeepMind -> Mistral

Everyone starts somewhere.
Everyone starts somewhere.
Builders aren’t born. They’re shaped.
Steve Jobs was 19 when he joined Atari, before starting Apple.
Whitney Wolfe Herd was 22 when she started at Tinder, before founding Bumble.
Anton Osika was 26 when he worked at Sana, before building Lovable.
Everyone starts somewhere.
But only a few start in the right places.
The question is: How do YOU find the next Revolut or Spotify before it has a name?
So far, it has always been the same story.
It’s who you know.
Where you live.
And a lot of luck.
And because of that, too many great builders never get their shot.
That’s why five degrees exists.
We give exceptional builders, no matter where they come from, a platform to connect with the most ambitious companies across Europe.
Builders aren’t born. They’re shaped.
Steve Jobs was 19 when he joined Atari, before starting Apple.
Whitney Wolfe Herd was 22 when she started at Tinder, before founding Bumble.
Anton Osika was 26 when he worked at Sana, before building Lovable.
Everyone starts somewhere.
But only a few start in the right places.
The question is: How do YOU find the next Revolut or Spotify before it has a name?
So far, it has always been the same story.
It’s who you know.
Where you live.
And a lot of luck.
And because of that, too many great builders never get their shot.
That’s why five degrees exists.
We give exceptional builders, no matter where they come from, a platform to connect with the most ambitious companies across Europe.
Builders aren’t born. They’re shaped.
Steve Jobs was 19 when he joined Atari, before starting Apple.
Whitney Wolfe Herd was 22 when she started at Tinder, before founding Bumble.
Anton Osika was 26 when he worked at Sana, before building Lovable.
Everyone starts somewhere.
But only a few start in the right places.
The question is: How do YOU find the next Revolut or Spotify before it has a name?
So far, it has always been the same story.
It’s who you know.
Where you live.
And a lot of luck.
And because of that, too many great builders never get their shot.
That’s why five degrees exists.
We give exceptional builders, no matter where they come from, a platform to connect with the most ambitious companies across Europe.
Everyone starts somewhere.
We obsess over this problem. Because we know one connection, at the right moment, can change everything. For a person. For a company. For an entire continent.
We want to be the friend who introduces you to your opportunity of a lifetime. We build this for those without the networks. For the underdogs who never got any handouts. The ones who dare to change the world.
If we succeed, the smartest people we know will work on the most important problems society faces, inside companies or building their own.
Zoran & Olivia


Everyone starts somewhere.
We obsess over this problem. Because we know one connection, at the right moment, can change everything. For a person. For a company. For the entire world.
We want to be the friend who introduces you to the opportunity of a lifetime. We build this for those without the networks. For the underdogs who never got any handouts. The ones who dare to change the world.
If we succeed, the smartest people we know will work on the most important problems society faces, inside companies or building their own.
Zoran & Olivia
We obsess over this problem. Because we know one connection, at the right moment, can change everything. For a person. For a company. For the entire world.
We want to be the friend who introduces you to the opportunity of a lifetime. We build this for those without the networks. For the underdogs who never got any handouts. The ones who dare to change the world.
If we succeed, the smartest people we know will work on the most important problems society faces, inside companies or building their own.
Zoran & Olivia



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