Every successful company begins with a founder willing to take the first step.

Whether you have a fully developed concept, a breakthrough innovation, a market insight or simply an idea that refuses to leave you alone, we would like to hear about it. Merchant & Stone was created to help ambitious founders transform opportunities into businesses, and businesses into companies capable of achieving meaningful scale. Our Founder Application is designed to help us understand both the opportunity and the individual behind it. We are interested not only in your idea, but in your vision, experience, ambitions and the challenges you are seeking to overcome.

Tell us what you are building, why it matters, where you are on your journey and how you believe Merchant & Stone can help. Whether you require validation, venture-building support, strategic partnerships, customer acquisition, product development, access to capital or simply an experienced team to help navigate the next stage, we want to understand your objectives.

Every application is reviewed personally by our team. Where we believe there is alignment, we will arrange an initial conversation to explore how we can work together.

The next great company could begin with the form below.