The Spring 2015 Founder Lab is now underway, and we have a great group of companies spending 10 days with us in Silicon Valley to improve their pitch, refine their growth plans, and expand their network of founders and investors.
In all, over 300 startups applied to the program, but just 15 companies made it through to enrollment. These companies are incredibly diverse, hailing from 6 countries across 4 continents, and building innovative products around markets like food, solar power, gaming, and more. In addition, their average score on the Founder Institute's renowned Entrepreneur DNA test ranks in the 92nd percentile globally.
The Founders are already hard at work, undergoing intense training in the mornings and evenings, and spending their afternoons with Silicon Valley's top companies. In addition, they are preparing for next week's Founder Showcase, a leading Silicon Valley startup event which will gather over 400 investors and founders to hear talks from tech luminaries.
We will have more coverage of the Founder Lab coming up shortly, but without further ado we'd like to present the Spring 2015 class!
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100%FOOD, and Founder Aleh Manchuliantsau Busy professionals don't have time to waste, and 100%FOOD is the solution: natural ingredients, all nutrients acc. 2000 cal diet, no cooking - just add water, shake, and enjoy! Based in Saratoga, California (USA). |
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AMPL Labs, and Founder Michael Patton AMPL Labs designs innovative solutions that empower today's mobile life on the go. Our first product, the AMPL Smart Backpack, integrates an app-connected portable charging station into the fabric of a protective and attractive bag. Based in San Diego, California (USA). |
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ExperientLabs, and Founder Adeel Khan Experient Labs is delivering intelligent digital art by marrying it with algorithms, machine learning, big data and sensors. Based in Toronto, Canada. |
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Gofair, and Founder Pavel Zhuravlev Gofair is a fairprice Market Place for Tours and Activities. Tourists are booking tours at their named price with payment guarantee and suppliers meet demand from financially commited customers. Based in Sydney, Australia. |
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BePath, and Founder Kenji Sadamoto "BePath" is a bypass communication web application, which allows consumers and telephone receptionists to make easy and quick unified communication. Based in Tokyo, Japan. |
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Homehey, and Founder Riadh Ellouze Homehey is a real estate marketplace where property managers and tenants are able to interact with one another. Based in Los Angeles, California (USA). |
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Jixler, and Founder Paul Alexander JiXler's proximity services will automate how information is accessed on a mobile device purely by location, to deliver information about what is right here, right now. Based in San Angelo, Texas (USA). |
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Keepe, and Founder Rishi Mathew For Home Improvement Jobs that take less than 2 hours, Keepe provides an on-demand mobile app that allows a homeowner to request a Handyman Instantly. The Handyman arrives within 1 Hour after request. Based in Seattle, Washington (USA). |
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Koodbee, and Founder Andrew Ellis Koodbee marshals the wisdom of crowds to predict outcomes of real world events. Using social games, virtual betting and pari-mutuel mathematics, Koodbee collectively generates probabilities – in the form of true odds – based on how all players bet on those outcomes. Based in West Orange, New Jersey (USA). |
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Quarrio, and Founder KG Charles-Harris uarrio enables business users to do advanced analytics and reporting without learning any new skills -- simply ask questions in ordinary English and the system answers in plain English, with autogenerated charts when applicable. Based in Berkeley, California (USA). |
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Ranktsports, and Founder Peter Jones Rankt Sports is a targeted multi-sided platform for athletes & fans to store & share their favorite athletic moments focused on short video highlights. Based in San Francisco, California (USA). |
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SuntoWater, and Founder Jeanine Johnson SunToWater has innovated a Green device that creates acres of water by dehumidifying the outside air via solar power for $0.03-$0.06/gallon. Based in San Carlos, California (USA). |
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Theo, and Founder Gilbert Fleitas Theo seeks to be the next "Bloomberg" for home realty professionals and their clients: a complete, mobile, operating system combining functionality, data, and documents, under a beautiful UIUX. Based in San Francisco, California (USA). |
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Trato, and Founder Ignacio Bermeo As a freelancer, having an organised legal agenda is an ideal difficult to reach. TRATO offers a complete solution for freelancers to organise their legal agenda by enabling an app to guide them through all the process. Based in Monterrey, Mexico. |
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Verifapp, and Founder Asif Jafri At verifapp, we ensure mobile devices are used only by their original owners which eventually helps in reducing the global menace of mobile theft and snatching. Based in Karachi, Pakistan. |
Throughout the week, these companies will visit large corporations like Google, PayPal, and LinkedIn; top venture firms like Khosla Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Expansive Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Altos Ventures, Shasta Ventures, 500 Startups, and the Runway Incubator; top startups like Compass, Jobscore, Unshackled, and Mystery Science; and other leading companies like Silicon Valley Bank and NEO Innovation.
Meet the Spring 2015 Founder Lab class at the Founder Showcase on May 12th, or learn more about the Founder Lab at www.founderlab.com.
