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Europe's fastest-growing startups present their open roles to a curated cohort of builders.

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With founders who are backed by

Thesis

Great Founders Aren’t Born,

They’re Shaped.

Great Founders 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.

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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

The Entrepreneurial Talent

Flywheel

The Entrepreneurial Talent

Flywheel

Start your own company

When the time is right, launch your own venture and apply what you’ve learned.

Hire the next gen of builders

Hire the next generation of entrepreneurs and operators and repeat the cycle.

Build with world-class teams

Join an early-stage startup and learn how the best build and scale.

Build with world-class teams

Join an early-stage startup and learn how the best build and scale.

Start your own company

When the time is right, launch your own venture and apply what you’ve learned.

Hire the next gen of builders

Hire the next generation of entrepreneurs and operators and repeat the cycle.

The Entrepreneurial Talent

Flywheel

When the time is right, launch your own venture and apply what you’ve learned.

Start your own company

Hire the next gen of builders

Hire the next generation of entrepreneurs and operators and repeat the cycle.

Build with world-class teams

Join an early-stage startup and learn how the best build and scale.

Apply to join

How it works

Europe’s highest signal community to start your entrepreneurial journey.

What?

five degrees connects ambitious engineers, operators and future founders with fast-growing startups and supports them to build their own company.

How?

Be part of a five degrees batch.

Founders pitch open roles to you.

Join high-growth startups.

Start companies.

Who?

Ambitious young builders (0-4 of experience) who want to join Europe’s next Billion Dollar companies and plan to build their own.

What?

five degrees connects ambitious engineers, operators and future founders with fast-growing startups and supports them to build their own company.

How?

Be part of a five degrees batch.

Founders pitch open roles to you.

Join high-growth startups.

Start companies.

Who?

Ambitious young builders (0-4y of experience) who want to join Europe’s next Billion Dollar companies and plan to build their own.

What?

five degrees connects ambitious engineers, operators and future founders with fast-growing startups and supports them to build their own company.

How?

Be part of a five degrees batch.

Founders pitch open roles to you.

Join high-growth startups.

Start companies.

Who?

Ambitious young builders (0-4y of experience) who want to join Europe’s next Billion Dollar companies and plan to build their own .

700+

Engineers, Operators, Future Founders

50+

Partner
Startups

30+

Builder <> Startup Matches

five degrees community founders

700+

Engineers, Operators, Future Founders

50+

Partner
Startups

30+

Builder <> Startup Matches

five degrees community founders

700+

Engineers, Operators, Future Founders

50+

Partner
Startups

30+

Builder <> Startup Matches

five degrees community founders

Europe Tour 2026

five degrees goes Europe

Visiting 12+ leading European startup ecosystems in 12 months

to help the best builders start their entrepreneurial journey.

Visiting 12+ leading European startup ecosystems in 12 months to help the best builders start their entrepreneurial journey.

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France

Feb 2026

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Warsaw

Poland

Mar 2026

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Milan

Italy

Apr 2026

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Paris

France

Feb 2026

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Warsaw

Poland

Mar 2026

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Milan

Italy

Apr 2026

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Paris

France

Feb 2026

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Warsaw

Poland

Feb 2026

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Milan

Frane

Feb 2026

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Wall of Love

What builders say about us

Simon - GP

@CREANDUM

"It is amazing to witness role-model companies like Trade Republic, Klarna and Spotify cultivating the next gen of entrepreneurial talent. five degrees is catalyzing this trend and we love it."

Enrico - Partner

@Lakestar

“I was very fortunate in my career. Back in the days I would have loved to join five degrees as it turns startup job search from luck to access.”

Paula - Prev Partner

@General Catalyst

“For talents, startups are a black box; for young companies, employer branding is hard. five degrees bridges that gap through strong curation.”

Simon - GP

@CREANDUM

"It is amazing to witness role-model companies like Trade Republic, Klarna and Spotify cultivating the next gen of entrepreneurial talent. five degrees is catalyzing this trend and we love it."

Enrico - Partner

@Lakestar

“I was very fortunate in my career. Back in the days I would have loved to join five degrees as it turns startup job search from luck to access.”

Paula - Prev Partner

@General Catalyst

“For talents, startups are a black box; for young companies, employer branding is hard. five degrees bridges that gap through strong curation.”

Simon - GP

@CREANDUM

"It is amazing to witness role-model companies like Trade Republic, Klarna and Spotify cultivating the next gen of entrepreneurial talent. five degrees is catalyzing this trend and we love it."

Enrico - Partner

@Lakestar

“I was very fortunate in my career. Back in the days I would have loved to join five degrees as it turns startup job search from luck to access.”

Marius - Founder

@Peec.ai

“We hired our Head of Growth and Founder’s Associate through five degrees. The last hire took just two weeks.”

Andre - Founder

@Tacto

“The five degrees recipe for success: bringing together ambitious, smart people across disciplines and enabling them with great role models and peers.”

Charles - Founder

@Strawberry

“five degrees gave us insane access: 150+ outstanding builders in one cinema within 13 days.”

Marius - Founder

@Peec.ai

“We hired our Head of Growth and Founder’s Associate through five degrees. The last hire took just two weeks.”

Andre - Founder

@Tacto

“The five degrees recipe for success: bringing together ambitious, smart people across disciplines and enabling them with great role models and peers.”

Charles - Founder

@Strawberry

“five degrees gave us insane access: 150+ outstanding builders in one cinema within 13 days.”

Marius - Founder

@Peec.ai

“We hired our Head of Growth and Founder’s Associate through five degrees. The last hire took just two weeks.”

Andre - Founder

@Tacto

“The five degrees recipe for success: bringing together ambitious, smart people across disciplines and enabling them with great role models and peers.”

Noah - Head of Growth

@Peec.ai

“The quality of founders was insane. Talking directly to CEOs made everything faster and more fun. I had four interviews the next week and started at Peec.ai shortly after.”

Polly - Founding Team

@Stealth

“five degrees gives you an overview of all the best under the radar companies at any given moment and you can meet other ambitious builders.”

Louis - Founder

@Stealth

“I joined while figuring out my next step. In the end, I started a company and five degrees helped me connect with founders and potential investors.”

Noah - Head of Growth

@Peec.ai

“The quality of founders was insane. Talking directly to CEOs made everything faster and more fun. I had four interviews the next week and started at Peec.ai shortly after.”

Polly - Founding Team

@Stealth

“five degrees gives you an overview of all the best under the radar companies at any given moment and you can meet other ambitious builders.”

Louis - Founder

@Stealth

“I joined while figuring out my next step. In the end, I started a company and five degrees helped me connect with founders and potential investors.”

Noah - Head of Growth

@Peec.ai

“The quality of founders was insane. Talking directly to CEOs made everything faster and more fun. I had four interviews the next week and started at Peec.ai shortly after.”

Polly - Founding Team

@Stealth

“five degrees gives you an overview of all the best under the radar companies at any given moment and you can meet other ambitious builders.”

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