Frontier Founders Fellowship
Bring your breakthrough technology to market.
A Europe-wide frontier technology fellowship for ambitious founders to test, collaborate, and scale their solutions.
Why we are doing this
Unknown supports entrepreneurs that contribute to a better world. We fuel founders to fix the future. And frontier tech has a potential to significantly contribute to this mission.
The Frontier Founder Fellowship is delivered in collaboration with the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT®), an innovation launchpad for Fidelity Investments that conducts deep research and develops emerging tech aimed at enhancing investor and employee experiences – while helping the firm stay ahead in a rapidly evolving environment.
This fellowship is designed to help Europe’s visionary frontier founders bring breakthrough technologies to market, from AI and quantum computing to digital identity and next-gen interfaces. The fellowship will unlock how advances from across industries can transform the future of the financial world.
Who we are looking for
The fellowship is designed for bold founders who are eager to co-create and develop proof-of-concepts with the one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.
Your solution doesn’t have to start in finance - but it should have the power to redefine it.
We welcome breakthrough ideas from any sector, so long as the vision points toward transforming how people and systems interact with money, value, and trust.
Technology Scope
We are especially excited to work with startups innovating in fields like:
- Computer–Human Interaction Design
- Cybersecurity, Fraud, and Resilience Tech
- Artificial Intelligence - from Infrastructure to Applied and Assisted intelligence
- Quantum Computing, Sensing, and Communications
- Robotics for Personal Use
- Longevity-aware Future Fintech Products
- Financial Wellbeing
What can you expect?
Hard work, late nights, and a lot of fun. We're here to make a difference and it's going to require passion and effort to bring your frontier tech to market.
Flex workspace & community access at Unknown Campus - Titaan, in The Hague’s vibrant impact ecosystem.
Connect with a global network of finance experts, investors, industry leaders, and European innovation hubs through FCAT and Unknown.
Potential to develop proof of concept projects in collaboration with FCAT.
Interested?
We’d love to hear from you.
Fill out the interest form and our team will be in touch with next steps.
Spots are highly limited and filled on a rolling basis.
The selection process includes a few short video interviews with Unknown and FCAT teams – a chance for us to get to know you, your vision, and vice versa.
About the Collaboration
Frontier Founders Fellowship - Europe is an an initiative developed and delivered by Unknown and Fidelity Center for Applied Technology. Together, these organizations are aiming to support technology-driven founders to build on their unique strengths, and scale their solutions.
Unknown University is on mission to become the #1 entrepreneurship university in Europe by providing tools, mindset, and network to make a real difference. It runs both accredited degree (BSc & MSc) and short programmes for founders across industries and stages.
The university is embedded in Unknown Campus, part of
The Hague’s impact ecosystem - a home for ambitious founders building technology with purpose. Visit us at Titaan, our 13.000sqm innovation and impact campus in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Since 1999, the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology has served as an innovative technology resource for Fidelity Investments. FCAT research and development teams evaluate and track important trends in technology, identifying those that will matter most to Fidelity in the coming years. FCAT is a catalyst for breakthrough achievements, developing and bringing new capabilities and products to scale, and building effective tools and systems that support millions of individual and institutional customers. Every day, FCAT teams lay the foundation for Fidelity’s future, one experiment at a time.
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Frontier Founder Fellowship
Bring your breakthrough technology to the market.
