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The Founder Institute is the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator. Build your business alongside top local startup experts invested in your success, and through a proven and structured process. Learn More
Apply to the ProgramProven Results
Leaders of the world's fastest growing companies have used our program to raise funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, 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 Equity Collective, 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
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...
John Holaday
Chairman and CEO, DisposeRx Inc.
Chairman and CEO at DisposeRx Inc.
Chris Duffus
Co-Founder, Leaf College Savings, LLC
Chris Duffus has a broad, though impactful background working with innovative organizations in finance, technology, and politic...
Sanjay Prasad
Founder/ CEO, SurgiPrice/ SurgiConnect
Founder/ CEO at SurgiPrice/ SurgiConnect
Tien Wong
Founder and CEO, Lore
Roger Yee
Roger Yee - Investor/LP, Fortify Ventures , Fortify Ventures
Roger is a veteran of start-ups, having founded three companies that included investor-backed funding and successful exits thro...
Events
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How to Create Great Branding & Customer Acquisition for Funding, with Founder of DivX & CEO of CIENCE
- John Girard, Joe Bezdek
- Knobbe Martens, 12790 El Camino Real, San Diego
- 06:00 PM
WEBINAR: Founder Institute Online Information Session
- Ryan Micheletti, Jonathan Greechan
- Online Event
- Various Times
Reunião VIP para Mentores e para as Startups Aprovadas no Programa de Mentoria
- Diego Simon, Felipe Novak , Robson Del Fiol, Erik Santana
- WAYRA BRASIL - UNIDADE SAO PAULO, Rua Martiniano de Carvalho, 851, São Paulo
- 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.
