Online Event
FI Alumni Panel: Meet Portfolio Companies and Ask Questions
Speak with Founder Institute Alumni about their experience
Date
Oct 20, 2025
Time
01:00 pm - 02:30 pm
Address
Online Event
Alumni of the Founder Institute pre-seed accelerator have raised over $2 billion in funding and are building some of the world's fastest-growing technology businesses. Join us for an interactive online Q&A event featuring FI founders, where you can learn valuable tips and tricks for launching and scaling a startup. Hear directly from these accomplished FI Alumni about their experiences in the program, and discover what you can achieve by joining a startup accelerator.
What You'll Learn:
- The different types of startup companies that go through Founder Institute.
- The experience of being part of an accelerator program.
- Success metrics that investors want to see.
- The tactics required to build a strong startup.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone interested in joining a startup accelerator
- Anyone who has an idea for a startup or a growing company
- Anyone interested in speaking with Founder Institute Alumni
Featured Alumni:
- Thomas Suwelack - Founder & Managing Director at 21habits - A Hamburg-based startup dedicated to fostering positive and sustainable change through habit formation. It helps individuals and teams effectively strengthen essential future skills by developing new, lasting habits. Using a scientifically grounded Habits Mastery approach, the platform has received multiple awards and has already empowered over 10,000 teams. Thomas is also a Professor of digital customer experience and he has a passion for strategic, holistic and empathic thinking.
- Raj Sahu - CEO at Raj utobo - An all-in-one commerce platform designed to help creators and coaches monetize their businesses. The platform enables users to generate multiple revenue streams from courses, memberships, podcasts, newsletters, coaching, and digital products.
Before starting utobo, Raj founded a small software boutique that developed two tools and over 250 custom applications. These products, primarily focused on the education and e-commerce sectors, have collectively reached a user base of 10 million people.
Additional Resources:
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About Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 entrepreneurs raise over $1.75BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. Since 2009, our structured accelerator programs have helped over 8,100 entrepreneurs raise over 1.9BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 100 countries, our mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
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