Giant University Scout Programme

Find the founders with relentless ambition to advance humanity.

Founders shaping civilisation.

We're building a network of university scouts, students on the ground who can help us find exceptional founders working on ambitious ideas. You might find them on campus, in labs, in group chats or in their dorms. We need your help to find them.

At Giant, we believe technology is one of the most powerful forces for reshaping civilisation. Many of the ideas that go on to change the status quo start as ideas that feel unreasonable, premature, or outright crazy today.

Some founders are researchers taking their innovations from the lab to the real world, others are frustrated PhDs who feel there must be more to life than chasing papers, and some are high-agency undergraduates tinkering in their dorms.

By joining Giant as a scout, you'll earn a cash reward for every company you refer that we go on to back. You'll also get a network of similarly ambitious people, direct access to former founders and operators who have built businesses themselves, and a head start on founding something of your own.

If you can't stop thinking about how the world is changing, are fascinated by startups, and want to help fund ideas to make them real, this opportunity is for you.

What you get

Real exposure to how venture capital actually works

Cash reward

A cash reward if Giant invests in a company you refer to us.

Partner access

Time with Giant's Partners, former founders and operators, to learn how we invest and how companies get built.

A network for life

An opportunity to supercharge your network for your career, especially if you're thinking of founding something of your own one day.

Know someone who is thinking about starting a company? Refer them to us directly.
Refer a founder

Sourced by scouts

Investments made from scout referrals

Join the cohort.

Tell us who you are, what you're studying, and why you'd be a great Giant Scout. We read every application.