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.
A selection of portfolio highlights from across 6 continents and 200 cities:
Peerby is a leading application in the 'sharing economy', enabling people to borrow the things they need from others in their neighborhood. They have raised more than $4.7M in funding.
WebsiteDaan Weddepohl
Udemy is the global leader in online learning, with nearly 200,000 courses. The company went public on the NASDAQ in October 2021 (UDMY), raising $421 million.
WebsiteEren Bali, Gagan Biyani
Fairly is artificial intelligence risk management software to help firms to comply with forthcoming regulations and mitigate safety concerns. The company raised a CAD $2.2M round in April 2023.
WebsiteDavid Van Bruwaene, Fion Lee Madan
Esusu reports on-time rent payments to credit bureaus, helping renters boost their credit scores. They became a unicorn in January 2022 with SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $130M Series B.
WebsiteRob Henning
Unito is a no-code integration solution that allows you to connect your apps and automate your workflows in minutes. They raised a $20M Series B round in October 2022 led by CDPQ's Equity 253 fund.
WebsiteMarc Boscher
FightCamp is the market-leading at home connected fitness device for boxing, kickboxing, and martial arts sports. They announced its $90M Series B in June 2021 from top investors.
WebsiteKhalil Zahar
BRIDGR is a SaaS for data gathering, analysis, and traslantion to help supercharge and automate auditing and consulting workflows. The company announced a $1.6M seed funding round in April 2023.
WebsiteAmira Boutouchent
Fund That Flip is a market leader in loans and services for fix-and-flips, new construction, and rental properties. The company announced a $20M Series B round in November 2021 and a $20M REIT in March 2023.
WebsiteMatt Rodak
GoalProfit is a low-code retail optimization platform to help retailers by retailers craft data-driven merchandising decisions. The company was acquired in March 2023 by Digital Wave Technology.
WebsiteMaxim Morozov
Lily AI is eCommerce connecting retailer or brand's shoppers with products they may want to buy, through algorithmic solutions like product search and discovery. They raised a $26M Series B in August 2022.
WebsitePurva Gupta
Involve AI helps prevent customer churn and grow revenue through customer intelligence to help companies proactively reach their goals. They closed a $16M Series A in August 2021.
WebsiteGaurav Bhattacharya, Gautam Bhattacharya, Saumya Bhatnagar
Xcapit is a Smart Wallet and fosters a culture of cryptocurrency savings among young people. They announced an ETH 43.7821 investment from UNICEF Innovation Fund in June 2021.
WebsiteJosé Ignacio Trajtenberg, Fernando Boiero
VOA Educação helps educators to monitor socio-emotional development in students. The EdTech was acquired by Vivadí in Nov 2021 in a bet on consolidation of the Brazilian soft skills market.
WebsiteTiago Neves
SleepUp is a sleep personal assistant that works to improve sleep with personalized virtual treatments and continuous biometric monitoring. They announced a R$ 2M raise in November 2021.
WebsiteRenata Redondo Bonaldi
Oddbox produce delivers irregular fruit and veggies that big chain grocery retailers reject. The company announced £16M in funding from BurdaPrincipal Investments in August 2021.
WebsiteEmilie Vanpoperinghe
OpenCommerce Group is a cross-border eCommerce for Vietnamese SMEs to bring products to global markets. The company announced a $7M Series A funding round in February 2022.
WebsiteQuan Truong Manh
TotalCtrl builds digital products to streamline food inventory management and reduce food waste. The company announced an investment of NOK 20M (~$2.2M) in November 2020.
WebsiteCharlotte Aschim
Subly is automatic transcription, translation and subtitles for audio and video in one-click, helping teams to make content accessible and global. They announced $1M seed round in May 2021.
WebsiteHolly Stephens
PaketConcierge accepts package deliveries for you from all shipping couriers, keeping them safe until pickup on your schedule. They closed a €1M pre-seed funding round in February 2022.
WebsiteGregor Herdmann
MeetGeek maximizes the value of meetings, calls and interviews by automatically recording, taking notes, and sharing highlights from voice and video calls. They raised €150k pre-seed in 2021.
WebsiteDan Huru
Grow For Me is a crowdfunding platform helping farmers to scale up their operations. In October 2021 they were selected by Google Black Founders Fund to receive non-dilutive capital.
WebsiteNana Opoku W. O. Agyeman Prempeh
CinetPay lets merchants across Francophone Africa accept Mobile Money and other payments forms. They announced $2.4M in funding from 4DX Ventures and Flutterwave in December 2021.
WebsiteIdriss Marcial MONTHE DJOMBISSIE
BetaStore is a B2B marketplace that helps small and informal retailers to source inventory, as well as access financing and essential insurance services. They raised a $2.5M pre-Series A round in May 2022.
WebsiteSteve Dakayi Kamga
ShapShap is a mobile marketplace app for ordering food, groceries, and more within your city for pickup or same day parcel delivery. They raised seed funding from GreenTec Capital in 2021.
WebsiteZowasel is a vetted agriculture marketplace to buy and sell crops. The company received $100k in funding as part of the UN World Food Programme’s Zero Hunger Sprint.
WebsiteJerry Oche
Andalin is a digital freight forwarder providing import-export logistics for cross border shipments between Indonesia and global destinations. Intudo lead a $4M funding round in February 2022.
WebsiteRifki Pratomo
Niftron allows anyone to integrate blockchain into their products to improve trust by providing transparency, security and ownership. The company announced it raised Rs. 21M in April 2021.
WebsiteSharmilan Somasundaram
Poladrone is an all-in-one drone solution for enterprises looking to modernise and streamline their operations. The company announced it had raised a $4.29M seed round in October 2021.
WebsiteJin Xi Cheong
Gameconomy provides backend analytics, marketplaces, in-game currency and data for games developers. A majority stake in the company was acquired by iCandy Interactive in January 2022.
WebsiteKin Meng Chan
Checkbox is a no-code app builder for legal, HR, risk and compliance teams. They raised AUD $6.3M in a January 2022 pre-Series A led by Sequoia scale-up program Surge, and Tidal Ventures.
WebsiteEvan Wong
Gameface is powerful, real-time sports analytics to know your competition's every move, before they make it. The company announced being acquired by Slinger in September 2021.
WebsiteJalaluddin Shaik
GOFAR is an in-car device that help drivers save fuel, log business expenses, and understand car warning lights. The company won the Technology prize in the Australian Road Safety Awards.
Danny Adams
BeOnPrice is revenue-generation technology that drive sales for hospitality clients. The company announced it had recieved €2M (~$2.2M) in additional Series A top-up funding in June 2021.
WebsiteEmilio Galán Martín, Rubén Sánchez
TravelCar is a leading European car-rental marketplace. The company raised more than $22M in funding before being acquired by Groupe PSA in 2019.
WebsiteAhmed Mhiri
Acudeen provides a platform for receivables discounting to help SMEs finance their invoices ahead of time. The company has raised more than $41M in funding.
WebsiteMario Jordan III Fetalino
Essenvia is the leading platform to accelerate MedTech regulatory submissions in clearance of FDA 510(k) and EU MDR & IVDR CE certifications. The company raised a $4M pre-A round in May 2023.
WebsiteSoumya Mahapatra
The Good Face Project is a chemistry-first AI platform for the cosmetics and beauty industry to understand ingredients data. The company announced a $5.6M+ seed round in August 2022.
WebsiteFanny Surjana, Iva Teixeira
Kangarootime is a leading software platform for childcare service providers to automate processes and connect seamlessly with families. The company raised a $26M Series B in June 2022.
WebsiteScott Wayman
Autobound is a generative AI startup that makes writing personalized and professional sales emails fast and easy. The company raised a $4M seed funding round led by Dundee VC in February 2023.
WebsiteKyle Schuster, Daniel Wiener
Appota is a pioneer in providing technology solutions and platforms for digital entertainment industry, and an industry leader in Southeast Asia. The company has raised series C funding.
WebsiteDo Tuan Anh
Instant Teams allows you to build and manage remote teams using the largest database of military-connected remote workers. The company raised a $13M Series A in March 2022 led by Tiger Global.
WebsiteLiza Rodewald
RealtyMogul is a leading marketplace for real estate investing, connecting borrowers, and sponsors to individual and institutional investors. The company has raised more than $45M+ funding.
WebsiteJilliene Helman
Orange Charger builds infrastructure to make it easy to get EV charging into multifamily residential buildings. The company announced a $2.5M seed funding round led by Baukhunst in January 203
WebsiteNicholas Johnson
SoundMind is a music therapy mobile app for youth mental health, aimed primarily at student mind-management and social-emotional learning. They announced a $2M+ seed round in March 2023.
WebsiteTravis Chen, Brian Femminella
Focal Point is a procurement management platform for enterprise customers. The company announced a $3M seed funding round in June 2022 from Susa Ventures, Amplo, and other investors.
WebsiteAnders Lillevik
Mentor Spaces is a community platform for advancing the careers of underrepresented talent through the power of mentorship. The company raised $2.5M in funding in July 2021.
WebsiteChris Motley
Formalytics is a performance analytics and AR app for football players. Their 1st product myKicks briefly reached #1 on UK app store during the World Cup, and they have raised $1.7M+ in funding.
WebsiteTom Riordan
ComparaMejor is a leading LATAM site to find and apply for financial products. The company raised $5M+ in funding, and was acquired in 2019 by ComparaOnline.
WebsiteErick Brimen, Fernando Sucre
Ovamba is a B2B platform offering a variety of financial and banking solutions for SMEs, investors, commercial and retail banks, and more. The company has raised more than $1M+ funding.
WebsiteMarvin Cole
Energyly offers software and hardware solutions for monitoring and managing energy consumption. The company has raised seed funding from Keiretsu Forum.
WebsiteDayal Nathan
Babbly is a virtual therapy platform for tracking early childhood development milestones such as speech delays. The company announced a $2.5M seed funding round in June 2022.
WebsiteMaryam Nabavi
Intelocate is an internal management platform for multi-location businesses to collaboratively plan, launch, communicate, and connect across projects. They have raised $2.5M+ in funding.
WebsiteYulia Vasilyeva
Vault Dragon is a leading electronic medical record provider in Southeast Asia pioneering the digitization of healthcare delivery. The company has raised $2.2M+ in funding.
WebsiteVishesh Mittal, Ching Tse Tseng
Bandwagon is a fan behavior and analytics company offering solutions that elevate the experience of fans and event attendees. The company has raised $1.9M+ in funding.
Susan Donkers
Finverity is a cross-border supply chain finance SaaS for mid-market companies. The company announced an oversubscribed $5M round of funding in March 2023, bringing their total raised to $8M+.
WebsiteViacheslav Oganezov
Easy Aerial offers fully autonomous drone-based monitoring and security systems. The company announced its Series A in August 2020, bringing total funding raised to $11.2M+.
WebsiteIvan Stamatovski
Endiatx is an ingestible pill-sized robot for sedation-free endoscopic diagnostics and treatment. The company completed its first-in-human in 2020, and signed an agreement with the Mayo Clinic in 2023.
WebsiteTorrey Smith
Pathgather is a next-gen learning experience platform for enterprises. The company raised more than $3.5M+ in funding, and was acquired by Degreed in 2018.
WebsiteEric Duffy
PetHub is the top pet recovery service in the United States and Britain, offering smart pet ID tags that centralize data and help pets find their way home. They have raised $4M+ in funding.
WebsiteTom Arnold
SimpleReach provides social analytics and distribution services for content creators. The company raised more than $24M+ in funding, and was acquired in 2019 by Nativo.
WebsiteEdward Kim
Retailigence provides big data-driven category management solutions for retailers and brands. The company raised more than $13M+ funding, and was acquired in 2016 by ShopAdvisor.
WebsiteJeremy Geiger
ReadyPulse is an enterprise social media platform for brand ambassadorship and influencer marketing. The company raised $8M+ in funding, and was acquired in 2016 by ExpertVoice.
WebsiteSrinivas Penumaka, T Vinod Gupta
Sworkit is a leading personalized exercise and fitness mobile app, making improving health simple. The company has raised $3M+ to date, and was even offered funding on Shark Tank.
WebsiteBenjamin Young
Bleximo builds full-stack application-specific quantum computers by co-designing processors, software and the control stack in one product dev process. They have raised $1.5M+ in funding.
WebsiteAlexei Marchenkov
Kindara is a women's reproductive health device and application for connected fertility tracking and charting. The company raised $8M+ funding, and was acquired in 2019 by Prima Temp.
WebsiteKatherine Bicknell, William Sacks
Ceres Robotics designs and builds robotic landers for lunar and planetary surface space missions. The company is approved by NASA to participate in commercial lunar payload Artemis missions.
WebsiteMichael Sims
Rever is a connected frontline worker engagement and innovation enterprise software platform, for people-driven operational excellence. The company has raised more than $4M+ in funding.
WebsiteErrette Dunn
Climber is a fast-growing Revenue Management Software platform for independent hotel chains. The company has raised more than $800k+ in funding.
WebsiteMario Mouraz
Kangarootime is a leading software platform for childcare service providers to automate processes and connect seamlessly with families. The company has raised more than $11.5M+ in funding.
WebsiteScott Wayman
NextUser offers marketing optimization tools for ecommerce businesses to increase personalization across channels and boost ROI. The company has raised more than $2.8M+ in funding.
WebsiteMatthieu Dejardins
Flipcause is a fast-growing fundraising and engagement platform for small nonprofits. The company has raised more than $3.5M+ in funding.
WebsiteAlison Dale, Emerson Valiao, Derrick Cagaanan, Xinjiang Lu
Bandwagon is a fan and live event attendee analytics and solutions platform, to engage communities and help increase venue revenues. The company has raised more than $1.9M+ in funding.
WebsiteHarold Hughes
Watson manufactures electricity-free natural water filtration and sanitation systems, using nanoclay particles technology. They have recieved 7 national awards and shipped thousands of units.
WebsiteChandrasekaran Jayaraman
Flexible Pass was the first-ever daily fitness and healthy lifestyle membership pass giving users access to 200+ sports and fitness facilities throughout Myanmar. They have raised $200k+ in funding.
WebsiteSully Bholat
Refactr is a platform for DevOps and cybersecurity teams to collaboratively build modern, security-first automations, using exisiting tools. They were acquired by Sophos in August 2021.
WebsiteMichael Fraser
Leasecake a commercial real estate lease and location management platform to streamline real estate operations management. The company announced a $12M Series A round in April 2022.
WebsiteTaj Adhav
GoPlaceIt is a real estate marketplace for commercial and residential property search and alerts, as well as to lease, buy and sell. They raised $5M+ and were acquired by Capitalizarme in April 2022.
WebsiteDaniel Ibarra
MyTM is a mass transit e-ticketing platform to search and buy tickets directly for air, bus, and cinema through the MyTM mobile app or network of retailers. They have raised $7.2M+ in funding.
WebsiteZain Farooq
Atomos Space develops orbital transfer vehicles using in-space power and propulsion, to make any orbit as accessible as low Earth orbit. The company annouced a $16M Series A in January 2023.
WebsiteVanessa Clark, Brandon Seifert, William Kowalski
Genially is a next generation of team enabled content creation tool, for making interactive presentations, infographics and more. The company announced a $20M Series B in September 2021.
WebsiteJosé Manuel Roldán Marín
Contraktor is digital signature and document management to sign, monitor, and keep track of documents all in one place. The company announced it had raised R$ 2M from KPTL in September 2021.
WebsiteBruno Doneda
Recruitery is an HR tech company that allows professional recruiters to earn rewards for referring successful hires. The company raised seed funding from CyberAgent Capital in November 2021.
WebsiteToan Nguyen
CAPSL Entertainment is the developer of mobile esports tournament platform BAASH. The company raised more than USD $400k, and announced BAASH was acquired by Coda Payments in Q4 2021.
WebsitePaddy Markham
Caylent is a full spectrum Amazon Web Services DevOps partner, helping customers transition to modern, cloud-native infrastructure. The company has raised more than USD $16M.
WebsiteJP La Torre
Alfred Delivery is a last-mile logistics delivery provider for partners including restaurants, supermarkets, pharmacies, and more. They raised funding in 2022, and have grown 23x in the past 2 years.
WebsiteMyrko Micali
The Sauce is a video based dating app that uses all the intangibles of video to create the best matches for users. In 2022 they raised a £1.25M seed, and have been named a best dating app by GQ Magazine.
WebsiteEmma Clark, Sachin Karia
Mentessa is an enterprise HR platform that works to improve employee onboarding and engagement. The company raised a €1M seed round led by Eleven Ventures in February 2022.
WebsiteTina Ruseva
SmartChoice is an insurance marketplace for users to easily compare policies and buy instantly from top providers. They have raised pre-seed funding, and powered 3M+ comparisons to date.
WebsiteSibtain Jiwani
DigiFi is a platform for serving ads over Wi-Fi, offering efficient ad spend, and venue tools to gather key customer data for use in retargeting campaigns. The company has raised angel funding.
WebsiteAhmed Nassef
Pynk is a fintech investing platform that leverages the 'wisdom of crowds' via global users across 190+ countries for market forecasting. The company raised a $2M funding round in Q4 of 2020.
WebsiteSeth Ward, Rupert Barksfield
Linxe empowers SMEs to offer payroll-based financial services to their employees, giving them greater financial control. They have raised more than USD $600k to date, and joined Techstars in 2021.
WebsiteDiego Rodríguez
doc-doc is a telemedicine mobile app focused on connecting patients directly with medical specialists. They have raised USD $2M+ in seed funding from investors including Cardo Health and 500 Global.
WebsiteDavid Ramírez, Gabriel Castillo Szpoganicz
Moovin is a B2B provider of last-mile deliveries, as well as of full ecommerce storage and fulfillment services, offering integrations with apps like Shopify. They have raised more than USD $4M to date.
WebsiteJavier Nuñez Salas
Fohat is an energy monitoring, intelligence and grid operations software service, helping understand electrical use patterns to enable clean energy transitions. They have raised at least USD $2M to date.
WebsiteIgor Ferreira
Tienditapp is a B2B mobile application allowing bodegas and small store owners to order products directly from manufacturers, at no shipping cost and payable in cash. They raised USD $1.6M in 2020.
WebsiteGustavo Mercado
Wombo Academy is a training and coaching platform for e-sports players, focusing on League of Legends, Valorant and CS:GO. They raised $300k in 2021 from Startup Chile, 500 Startups, and Myelin VC.
WebsiteLeandro Chiaria
Worddio combines the most effective methods to quickly build vocabulary and correct pronunciation in foreign language learning. The company announced $250k raised to-date in July 2021.
WebsiteIvan Manev
PaySika is the first neo-bank in Africa to offer banking services on popular messengers such as WhatsApp, Messenger and Telegram. They announced a €300k pre-seed angel in October 2021.
WebsiteNengwe Roger
Bloom is a try-before-you-buy eCommerce platform where customers try on the clothes they ordered before having to pay for them. They announced receiving pre-seed funding in October 2021.
WebsiteHanan Shahin
Klouser helps digital content creators specializing in personal development and wellness to generate and monetize their content and community networks. They raised pre-seed funding in 2022.
WebsiteAlex Vaisberg, Leandro Rosenthal
Zunify is a mobile payments network fintech unifying physical PoS, e-commerce stores and remote payments. The company raised an oversubscribed $1M pre-seed funding round in April 2022.
WebsiteJuan Ignacio Monge
Egab delivers editors and publishers original content from local journalists across the Middle East and Africa. Founder Dina Aboughazala was named a Google News Initiative recipient in 2021.
WebsiteDina Aboughazala
GeoMoby is a location intelligence platform specialised in geolocation and geofencing technologies, transforming location data into business intelligence. They raised a A$3M round in December 2022.
WebsiteChristophe Baudia
Foodini is a mobile app for people with special dietary needs to discover the best restaurants, with dietitian reviewed menus tailored to your personal needs. They raised a $700k pre-seed in October 2022.
WebsiteDylan Mc Donnell, Timo Kugler
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