Founders Loop · Founders for Founders
Who in their right mind would be a founder?
It’s lonely. It’s obsessive. It consumes your savings, makes you poorer and leaves you stressed.
And yet—we do it.
Because we can see something that doesn’t exist yet, and we cannot leave it alone.
Bravo, you brave souls, held captive by your vision. Bravo.
Now let’s find one another, connect the dots and help each other make it happen.
Founders Loop
Connecting the people making change.
Let’s spark off each other.·Be seen.
Join the Loop · connect the dots · stay in the loop
What F4F is
A network with a purpose, not a networking group.
Every member of F4F is making something that will improve the way humans inhabit the planet. Each action is for bettering our world.
Every member of F4F is working on something environmental: soil, water, waste, energy, materials, food, habitat, or the people and technology that make those possible. That's the entry condition.
The purpose is simple. Regional founders working on environmental problems are the fastest route to a region that can feed, build and power itself — but only if they can find each other, and only if they can take on work that is too big for one small business.
F4F exists to make that finding automatic and that collaboration ordinary.
Why F4F is needed
Founders in the regions work alone
The people solving the hardest environmental problems are scattered across towns hundreds of kilometres apart — different places, similar problems, and no easy way to share what they know.
Together we are stronger
When founders connect, share knowledge and combine capabilities, we can take on bigger projects, reach further markets and create outcomes none of us could achieve alone.
Big work goes to outsiders
Tenders that could transform a region get written for companies that don't live in it, because no local business can bid alone.
What members get
Everything a founder actually needs from a network.
Relevant personal introductions
We connect you with founders, partners and contacts whose work genuinely intersects yours.
A visible profile on the global founder map
Your category and location plotted on the Founders Loop map, so people anywhere can find you.
Supportive group chats
Private rooms where you can ask questions, share wins and get feedback from people who get it.
Monthly show-and-tells
Regular online sessions where founders present work-in-progress and get useful, honest input.
Opportunities, collaborations and useful contacts
Tender consortiums, co-development partners, shared resources and warm introductions.
Promotion through our gallery and Founder Showcase
Your profile, products and projects surfaced in the Founders Gallery and featured showcases.
Seven loops
Where your work sits.
Land & Food
Soil, farming, food, native plants, biodiversity and land restoration.
Sea & Water
Oceans, reefs, wetlands, waterways, water conservation and marine life.
Environment & Air
Air quality, pollution, conservation, energy, emissions and climate resilience.
Built Environment
Housing, architecture, construction, infrastructure and resilient places.
Technology & Digital
AI, apps, software, data, sensors, drones and digital platforms.
People & Culture
Health, education, community, arts, First Nations knowledge and storytelling.
Manufacturing & Circular Economy
Materials, products, manufacturing, repair, reuse, recycling and circular design.
How it works
01
Apply and pay
Fill in the application, choose your category and four specialist tags, and pay the $100 first-year fee on the page.
02
Answer the seven questions
What problem, who it helps, what's innovative, what stage, what barriers, what you need, and whether you'd collaborate.
03
Hermes loops you in
Your answers are scored against every other member and you're placed in the loop where you're most useful.
04
Start collaborating
Post on the board, join a tender team, put product in the shop, show up to an event.
$100 for your first year.
One fee, paid on the page, and you're in the gallery, on the map, in a loop and on the board.
Apply to join