New 'Founder Institute Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022' accelerator program to help Impact Tech entrepreneurs launch and build the meaningful businesses
Today's industrial economy faces enormous sustainability challenges. Clean energy adoption and other forms decarbonization are increasing in the right direction, but not nearly fast enough - and in addition to the environmental challenges, the social and governance components of ESG are also in dire need of greater innovation. But while governments and multinational organizations do have a role to play, in setting goals and policy directions, it is impact entrepreneurs who are on the ground truly driving the meaningful changes that collectively make all the difference.
That is why we are excited to announce we have teamed up with leading industry partners to launch the new Founder Institute Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 accelerator program!
Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses. New Founder Institute partners for the Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 accelerator include the Global Impact Tech Alliance, SEIF, Swiss Impact Investment Association, Top Tier Impact Group, GoBeyond investing, Techstars, Seven Lanes Capital, B4i and more:
The goal of the accelerator program is to help launch more than 20 promising impact and sustainability technology companies in 2022, and further establish Founder Institute as a global startup ecosystem leader for early-stage ESG and impact driven founders. Previous Founder Institute Alumni in the impact space include TotalCtrl, Oddbox, Esusu, Braze Mobility, Grow For Me, MAA'VA, Polen, Kudoti, and many more. You can learn more about Founder Institute's own efforts to facilitate startup alignment with the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals here, and try our free 'For Progress' startup impact planning tool here.
Applications to the Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 Founder Institute are now open, and anyone building an impactful tech company can apply at https://fi.co/impact-and-sustainability.
To celebrate, the Founder Institute will host several free online impact and sustainability focused events in the coming weeks, where you can learn from top industry entrepreneurs and investors:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
The experts that have been critical in launching the Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 Founder Institute include program leaders Andrea Monti, Giselle Frederick, and Jody Saglia.
Opportunities are rapidly emerging today in impact and sustainability in Europe and across the globe - there's an increasingly interconnected startup ecosystem to support even pre-seed stage innovators in these sectors. And Founder Institute can increase any aspiring impact entrepreneur's chances of success, by providing the necessary founder mindset, key network connections, and a direct link to Silicon Valley!
In addition, many top industry founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors have signed on to mentor participating entrepreneurs in the Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 Founder Institute program, including:
- Aaron Patzer: Founder, Mint.com
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Alexandra Johnson: Managing Director, DFJ VTB Aurora
- Alexandra Wilson: Founder, Investor & Advisor, Gilt Group, Montage Ventures
- Alexis Beechen: Co-Founder & CEO, The Drop, Mangrove Estates
- Bob Richards: Founder & CEO, Moon Express
- Bram Cohen: Founder, BitTorrent, Chia Network
- Cheryl Yeoh: Founder, Investor & Advisor, Reclip.It, MaGIC
- Claire Mc Gregor: Co-Founder, Appbot
- David Sacks: Founder & Investor, Yammer, Paypal, Zenefits
- David Wu: General Partner, Maveron Ventures
- David Rose: Author & CEO, Gust, New York Angels
- Divya Gugnani: Co-Founder, Send the Trend, Wander Beauty
- Emna Ghariani: Global Director, Founder Institute MENA
- Eren Bali: Founder, Udemy, Carbon Health
- Eric Ries: Author & Founder, The Lean Startup, Long Term Stock Exchange
- Garrett Camp: Founder, Uber, Expa, StumbleUpon
- Gina Bianchini: Founder & CEO, Mighty Networks, Former CEO of Ning
- Heather Harde: CEO, TechCrunch
- Holly Liu: Co-Founder, Kabam
- Jason Calacanis: Author, Investor & Founder, Inside.com, LAUNCH Accelerator
- Jason Johnson: Founder & CEO, August
- Jeffrey Paine: Managing Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
- Jessica Alter: Entrepreneur & Advisor, Tech for Campaigns, Social Capital
- Jessica Mah: Founder & CEO, inDinero, Impact Collective
- Jill Stelfox: Co-Founder, Graffiti Sports, Binary Group
- Jilliene Helman: CEO, RealtyMogul.com
- Joanna Lord: CMO, ClassPass
- Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
- Jonathan Abrams: Founder, Nuzzel, Friendster
- Justin Moore: CEO & Investor, Axcient
- Kenneth Hogrefe: CEO and Founder, Tech Africa Pte. Ltd.
- Kirsten Rose: Head of Low Emissions, BHP, Clean Energy Entrepreneur
- Lucy Beard: Founder & CEO, feetZ
- Mark Pincus: Founder, Zynga
- Michael Seibel: CEO & Partner, Y Combinator
- Nitin Pachisia: Founding Partner, Unshackled Ventures
- Phil Libin: Founder, All Turtles, Former CEO of Evernote
- Rashmi Sinha: Co-Founder, SlideShare
- Robin Chase: Co-Founder & Former CEO, Zipcar
- Rosemarie Truman: Founder & General Partner, Gazelle Futures, Center for Advancing Innovation
- Sam Yagan: Co-Founder, OK Cupid, ShopRunner, Techstars Chicago
- Scott Heiferman: Co-Founder & CEO, Meetup
- Scott Painter: Founder, Fair.com, TrueCar, CarsDirect.com
- Sergio Maziano: Founder & CEO, NEXT Solutions
- Tim Ferriss: Angel Investor & Author, 4-Hour Workweek
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute's structured program results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over $1.75BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).
Join the new FI Impact & Sustainabilty accelerator in 2022.
Apply to the Impact & Sustainability Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today, or learn more at fi.co/impact-and-sustainability.
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