Online Event
From Idea to Your First Investor: How It Works at Founder Institute
See the path from an idea to pitching real investors, and how to take the first step.
Date
Oct 13, 2026
Time
09:30 am - 11:00 am
Address
Online Event
You have a startup idea, but no product, no co-founder, and no investor who will take your call. Most founders start there.
In this session, a Founder Institute leader shows you the path from idea to funding. You join with an idea, build the product, and win your first customers with weekly feedback from mentors. The program ends with Investor Night, where the top founders pitch investors who fund brand-new companies.
It all starts with an application. We open the real one and show you what a strong answer looks like, question by question.
Bring your idea and your questions. Register now.
What You'll Learn:
- How first-time founders go from an idea to a company investors will fund;
- How the Founder Institute program works, and what you build in 11 sessions;
- What Investor Night is, and how founders earn a place to pitch;
- What early-stage investors look for before they write a first check;
- What a strong Founder Institute application looks like, question by question.
Who Should Attend:
- Anyone with a startup idea who wants to know how founders get funded;
- People who have heard of Founder Institute and want to see how it works;
- Aspiring founders with no product, co-founder or investor contacts yet;
- Anyone who opened the application and has not finished it;
- Anyone thinking of applying before the Austria Fall 2026 deadline.
Speakers
Platinum Partners
Local Partners
Google
Linkedin
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