HOP PRODUCT STUDIO · ANNOUNCEMENT
We're looking for a mission-driven operator ready to continue building something that matters — backed by our network, infrastructure, and team.
At House of Peregrine, we've always believed that the best ventures are born at the intersection of bold ideas, an international mindset and rigorous execution. Today, we're formalizing that belief into a program: our inaugural Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) initiative.
This isn't a fellowship. It isn't a think tank residency. It's a direct path to building and leading a real company — with the wind of our product studio behind you from day one.
What Is an Entrepreneur in Residence?
An Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) is an experienced operator or founder who embeds within a firm — typically a venture studio, VC fund, or established company — to develop and eventually spin out a new venture. The arrangement is a two-way exchange: the EIR brings operational depth, drive, and founder mentality; the host organization provides capital, infrastructure, networks, and a built-in launchpad.
EIR programs have a long track record in Silicon Valley and beyond. Firms like Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Kleiner Perkins have used them to incubate companies that couldn't have launched as efficiently on their own. More recently, venture studios — organizations that systematically build companies rather than just fund them — have adopted the EIR model as a core part of how they originate founders. Studios like Obvious Ventures, Human Ventures, and Atomic have all used EIR structures to identify the right operator for the right idea at the right moment.
What makes an EIR arrangement distinct from traditional hiring or co-founding is the intentionality of the transition. The EIR knows from the outset that they are building toward ownership and independence. The studio knows it is incubating a founder, not an employee. That shared understanding changes everything about how the relationship is structured and how trust is built.
Why We're Launching This Now
Three things converged to make this the right moment.
First, we have a specific project ready to spin out. Our AMS School Lottery NAVIGATOR initiative has matured to the point where it needs a dedicated founder at the helm. The work of mapping, analyzing, and improving school choice systems for families is too important — and too operationally complex — to be a side project. It needs a dedicated operator who is deeply committed to the mission of expanding equitable access to the process and demystifying it for International Families. The project has legs, now it needs a leader.
Second, we're scaling our product studio model. House of Peregrine is the infrastructure for international life and was built to do more than incubate one idea at a time. As we grow, formalizing how we identify, attract, and partner with founders is essential. An EIR program is the structural mechanism that allows us to do that with intentionality — creating a repeatable path from "interesting problem" to "operating company" without losing the personal, high-trust quality of the relationship and take advantage of the deep bench of high level and talented operators who are living international lives.
Third, the talent market is ready. There is a generation of experienced operators — people who have run teams, managed P&Ls, shipped products, and navigated organizational complexity — who want to build something of their own but aren't starting from zero. The traditional VC path asks them to raise a round, find co-founders, and figure out office space, all before they've validated a single assumption. The EIR model offers something better: start with infrastructure already in place, and focus your energy on what matters — building within our network and for our worldwide community.
What We Offer Our EIR’S
We're not asking someone to take a leap of faith into the void. Our EIR joins a structure designed to accelerate the path to a real, scalable business.
Existing infrastructure and team. You don't start from a blank desk. You step into a working environment — operations, processes, and colleagues already oriented around building ventures that matter. The unglamorous but critical work of setting up systems has already been done.
Technical Leadership. We provide the financial runway and technical leadership and knowhow that lets you focus on product, market, and customers — not on your next pitch. This isn't a grant or a stipend; it's a genuine investment in the business you are building together with us.
A real path to ownership. The goal of the EIR arrangement is for you to become the founder and CEO of the venture you help build. We're not looking for an employee. We're looking for a builder.
Who We're Looking For
We're not looking for the loudest voice in the room. We're looking for an experienced operator who has run complex things before, who understands the weight of building something that lasts, and who is genuinely motivated by the mission at hand — not just the upside.
Our ideal EIR has seen how organizations work from the inside — and has opinions about how to do it better. They've managed teams, navigated ambiguity, and shipped things in the real world. They are mission-driven without being naive, and practical without being cynical.
For our first EIR opportunity — focused on the AMS School Lottery NAV project — we're particularly interested in people who understand public systems, education, or civic technology. But passion for the mission will always matter more than a perfect resume.
The First Project: AMS School Lottery NAVAGATOR
School choice should work for every family — not just those who grew up in the system–international kids need to grok the system and quickly. The Amsterdam School Lottery Navigator initiative is our effort to change that. We've been developing tools and frameworks that help families navigate school the lottery processes with greater clarity and confidence by bringing together resources that are often passed from parent to parent or are only known in certain circles.
This project is ready for a dedicated founder to carry it forward — someone who can take what we've built, deepen it, and scale it into something that serves families at a meaningful level. If equitable access to education keeps you up at night in the best possible way, we want to talk to you.
Built for an International Life
There’s a particular kind of person who moves across borders, builds a life in more than one country, and still wants to be deeply engaged in building something meaningful. House of Peregrine was designed with that person in mind — and our EIR program reflects that orientation entirely.
The default options available to internationally minded professionals are surprisingly limited. You can start a blog. You can become an influencer. You can consult, advise, or watch from the sidelines as other people build the things you could be building. None of those paths offer what most driven operators actually want: genuine equity participation, a real professional community, and the chance to do serious work on serious problems.
Our EIR program is a different answer to that challenge. Our portfolio and network are intentionally international in scope — built around founders and advisors who think across borders, understand multiple markets, and bring a worldliness to everything they build. When you join as an EIR, you’re not stepping into a local startup ecosystem. You’re stepping into a connected community of people who are equally at home in a boardroom in Amsterdam as they are in a conversation about expansion into Southeast Asia.
That network is one of the most underappreciated assets we offer. Our board of advisors and portfolio founders aren’t decorative — they’re active, engaged, and invested in the growth of every person inside this ecosystem. For an EIR, that means access to pattern recognition and perspective that most early-stage founders spend years trying to build on their own.
And crucially, you participate in the upside. Rather than building an audience or a personal brand as a proxy for the professional engagement you’re missing, you own a stake in a real company — one with real infrastructure, real capital behind it, and real potential to grow. Your international perspective isn’t a quirk to be explained away; it’s a competitive advantage baked into how we build from the start.
Let's Build Something That Matters
The EIR model exists because some of the best companies start not with a founder who had one big idea in the shower, but with a founder who found the right idea inside the right structure at the right time. We believe in that model. We're building for it.
If you're an experienced operator looking for the vehicle to build something meaningful — with real backing, real infrastructure, and a real stake in what you create — House of Peregrine wants to hear from you.
Learn more and express your interest at hello@houseofperegrine.com