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Global Portfolio

Many of the world's fastest-growing companies have used the Founder Institute's series of highly-structured accelerator programs to find the direction and global network needed to build a meaningful business. In total, our companies have raised over $1.85BN in funding.

Featured Portfolio Companies

A selection of portfolio highlights from across 6 continents and 200 cities:

Reviews from Alumni

Here is what some of our grads have to say about Founder Institute

The Founder Institute was instrumental in helping us understand how to validate our idea in the market. And helped us develop the entrepreneurial mindset required to build a startup.

Renato Paquet / Polen

How far we moved the needle every week was tremendous. From building a go-to market to refining your pitch deck. You start to understand how all these pieces come together and what it really takes to build a company.

Taj Adhav / Leasecake

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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 7,500 entrepreneurs raise over $1.85BN 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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