Portfolio valuation 5x'd to $16B since 2022 — proven model at scaleblog
Collison, Hoffman, Schmidt backing signals highest-conviction institutional endorsementblog
Bay Area relocation halved time-to-seed and doubled valuations for graduatesblog
Recent cohort graduates raising $2–15M seed rounds within weeks of completionblog
600+ companies; $11B+ portfolio value as of 2025external
SF hub open; all cohorts now relocate to USexternal
Tractable unicorn; Magic Pony sold $150M — 18 months post-programexternal
Sequoia, a16z, SoftBank backing portfolio companiesexternal
12-week FORM + 12-week LAUNCH — structured dual-sprint modelwikipedia
Demo Days opened by Hoffman & Collison — elite signalwikipedia
Hassabis, Suleyman, Hinrikus, Blomfield all backing EF — founder-led LP basewikipedia
Stipend paid during FORM — lowers barrier for top talentwikipedia
NYC + Paris + Bangalore + London — all funnel into SFwikipedia
Nat Friedman, Elad Gil, Lachy Groom added as LPs — Series Cwikipedia
$158M Series C at $560M valuation — 2022wikipedia
McKinsey & Company seed funding; KPMG, Microsoft, Sky early sponsorswikipedia
Bentinck founded Code First: Girls — increasing women in tech pipelinewikipedia
First demo day San Francisco April 2024 — expansion momentum confirmedwikipedia
Compress learning curve — fail faster, find right idea soonerlinkedin