Fringe Frames: The Best and Most Bizarre Founder Photos of 2025, Capturing Start-ups in All Their Quirky Glory

Welcome to the wild, whimsical, and sometimes inexplicably weird world of founder photos from the start-up scene of 2025. We traverse the European landscape, awash with inventive visionaries breaking the mould in more ways than one. Our journey begins within the frames of the e-commerce start-up, Renow, hailing from the snowy expanses of Finland. A man in a denim shirt, arm thrown carelessly around a colleague, hand resting awkwardly in the uncertain limbo until the camera goes ‘click’. The effort is appreciated, the result, delightful in its quirkiness. Next stop, Spain, and the AI start-up Multiverse Computing. Pictured here is a man pulling off a suit, white trainers, and a blue pocket square with gusto. Yes, it’s as incongruous as it sounds, and yet, in the multiverse of founder photos, it’s a winning look. We then encounter Desk.ly, the hybrid work management software start-up based in Germany. Their founder pic? A medley of unsettling symmetries with an uncanny charm. Another AI startup, Sintra from Lithuania, presents a scene more reminiscent of a festive gathering than a corporate frame, featuring a troupe of individuals who seem to have never waved before, and a radiant Christmas tree. Under the eccentric spotlight next is Germany’s payments start-up, Miss Moneypenny Technologies, whose troupe dons hats so outrageous that it’s clear they knew they’d end up in this list at some point. Our quirky journey concludes with Volare, a biotech startup all the way from Finland. They posed a question – is there a natural way to clutch a great industrial pipe? Through their founder photo, they emphatically answered - No, but we’ll do it anyway.