Great Founders Start Here.
The Founder Institute is the world’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. Through a challenging curriculum and strong post-program support, we provide aspiring entrepreneurs with structure, mentorship, and a network to start an enduring company. Learn More
Apply to the ProgramProven Results
Leaders of the world's fastest growing companies have used our program to form and improve their business ideas, create an advisory board, recruit co-founders, improve their pitch, launch a product, raise capital, generate revenue, and more. The scale of our successful alumni is unprecedented.
See our Graduates3,100+
Companies
Launched
$700M+
Funding by
Graduates
$20B
Estimated
Portfolio Value
Stronger Together
Through a unique Liquidity Pool, the Founder Institute creates strong local communities where Graduates, Directors, and Mentors all receive equity in the companies formed. These strong local networks are also connected to a massive global ecosystem that spans six continents.
Learn our Methodology11,000
CEO & Founder
Mentors
200
Global
Chapters
25,000
Jobs
Created
Mentors
More Mentors
Christian Na
FI Mentor
Christina Hedberg
Founder, LiveEdge Business Development
Biotech industry executive that has grown companies, forged partnerships, secured funding and exited. I love building sound com...
Neil Kleinberg
Founder/CEO, DiliVer
Neil Kleinberg is the founder & CEO of DiliVer, a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) software company with specialized due diligenc...
Joseph Daniels
Partner, Co-Chair -- Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Group , McCarter & English, LLP
Joe Daniels represents startup to publicly-held technology, life science and consumer companies, venture capital and private eq...
Michael Riemer
Advisor, ABJJ Consulting
Accidental entrepreneur and passionate builder of things (companies, teams, products, markets). 30+ years of executive lea...
Jeb Ory
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Phone2Action, Inc.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Phone2Action, Inc.
Events
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Startup Ideation Bootcamp: Tienes una idea para una startup?
- Vaka Lazzari, Agustin Raffo
- IBM, Ing. Enrique Butty 275, Buenos Aires
- 06:30 PM
WEBINAR: Founder Institute Online Information Session
- Ryan Micheletti, Jonathan Greechan
- Online Event
- Various Times
Graduate Startup Panel & Networking Event
- Justine Reichman, Lesa Hammond, Himakara Pieris, Oliver Wang
- Port Workspaces - Kaiser Mall, 344 20th St, Oakland
- 06:30 PM
The Global Network
See the NetworkThe Founder Institute operates across 200+ cities and 6 continents. We are #FIworldwide, because great companies can be built anywhere.
