New Normal, New Opportunities: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Italy Virtual 2022

Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2022: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.

Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.

If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Italy's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Italy Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several free startup events in Italy over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:

The AI-Native Founder Revolution: Build Your Company Faster Than Ever : 6:00pm, Jul 08, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/401592
Venture Trailblazers featuring Tim Draper: 5:00pm, Jul 09, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/401984
Go From Idea to Working App with AI, Featuring Adeo Ressi: 7:00pm, Jul 09, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/402111
How to Build Without a Team Using AI with Jonathan Greechan: 6:00pm, Jul 14, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/401824
Stop Overthinking and Build a Great Startup Idea: 6:00pm, Jul 20, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/398676
[Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Pitch Live and Get Feedback from Investors & Advisors: 6:00pm, Jul 28, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/401111
Learn from AI-Native Solo Alumni: How FI Grads Built Without a Co-Founder: 6:00pm, Aug 04, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/398709
From Idea to Action: The Startup Mindset : 2:30pm, Aug 10, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/398706
FounderX Silicon Valley 2026: Global Conference in San Francisco: 2:00am, Aug 26, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/399852
What Makes Investors Say Yes: Startup Funding AMA: 6:00pm, Sep 01, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/398795
How to Build a Strong Pipeline of Entrepreneurs for your Innovation Hub: 6:00pm, Sep 15, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/398251
From Dreamer to Doer: Build the Founder Mindset: 6:00pm, Oct 13, 2026 (Europe/Rome): https://FI.co/e/399056

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Make better, faster business decisions in 2022 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.

The Italy accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Andrea Solimene, Francesco Fullone, and Rosbeh Thomas Zakikhani. In addition, some of Italy's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

Alberto Martellini: Ecosystem leader | Entrepreneur | Mentor, Founder Institute Innovation Partner
Alberto Lombardi, Energy Expert | Sustainability Passionate | Angel Investor | Start up Advisor
Alberto Giusti: Co-founder & General Partner, P3Ventures
Alberto Clavarino: President, Fondazione Genova Startup
Alessandro Gaini: Founder, Buongiorno San Paolo
Alessandro Zanchetton, Ciao Elsa
Alessandro Cillario: Co-Founder, Cubbit
Alexandra Fattal: Venture Partner, Loyal VC
Andrea Ramoino: Transformational Leader, Fintech, Payments, Digital Assets, SaaS
Andrea Arienti: CEO & Founder, 3dnextech
Angelica Velati: Co-founder and Social Impact Manager, BEBY.best - Better Environment Better You
Anna Gaile: Co-Founder , Edudoro.eu & zlotynauczyciel.pl
Antonello Schiavo: EMEA Delivery Manager, Google
Antonia Verna: Partner, PORTOLANO CAVALLO
Aras Bilgen: UX Consultant / Trainer, Aras Bilgen
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
Bruno Reggiani: Coo - co-founder, Tot.
Camilla Barlocco: Founder, UBI Consulting
Camilla Bellotti: Leadership Consultant
Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
Corrado Blandini: Lawyer & Business Coach, Uno Quattro
Duygu Sefa: Co-Founder, Babonbo
Edoardo Volta: SVP Partnerships & Business Development, Curve
Emanuele Torlonia: Managing Director, Italian Angels for Growth
Enrico Frascati: Freelancer, Digitalvibe
Fabio Costa: Founder, SecurityCert
Fabrizio Spaolonzi: Co-founder, Buongiorno San Paolo
Filippo Satolli: CEO | Board Member | Entrepreneur | Advisor & Investor, Cii2
Francesco Gia: Accelerator Associate, IMPACT HUB MILANO
Giacomo Poggiali: Product Advisor, 500 Global
Giancarlo Vergine: Founder & Managing Partner, Over Ventures
Giorgio Seveso: Co-Founder, Tundr
Irene Verheijen, FI Amsterdam
Ivelin Ivanov: Venture Advisor, Founder Institute
Iwona Kerr, Energy Mix Ventures
Jeffrey Paine: Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
Julián Jordan: CEO, Grupo DISS
Lorenzo Di Cataldo: Head of Partnerships, Emotion Network
Lorenzo Giampaolo Arrigoni: Associate, PORTOLANO CAVALLO
Luigi Cito: Relationship Director, WEX Inc.
Mahir Iskender: Founder, KNDR Digital
Marco De Biasi: Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director/Conselheiro Fiscal, LGA/Italcam/Mobicity
Marco Cello: Founder, Meshify
Marco Boscariol: Associate, Portolano Cavallo
Marta Marrucco: Owner, Smart Founder
Massimiliano Squillace: Founder, Contents.com
Massimo Schiavi, FI Milan
Massimo Romani: dr. Massimo Romani, CFO and financial background - EMBA
Mauro Baldoni: Founder, Beat2Impact
May Mor: Organizational Consultant and Coach, Scale with May
Michele Mattei: Investor, Fintech expert, Manager, Qwist
Mimi Yagoub: Thought Leadership & PR , Publicize
Mohammed Kashif: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles
Natalia Iudina: Co-founder & COO, Zlotynauczyciel.pl, Edudoro.eu
Pier Paolo Mucelli: Entrepreneur, TechItalia Lab
Pietro Braguglia: Co-Founder, Beaversity Consulting
Rajel Khambhaita: Financial and Investment Advisor, Funder Advisor
Russ Lewis: Digital transformation & Investor, Agile transformation services and solutions
Sadegh Sarvi: Project Manager, INTRASENSORS BV
Serdar Yucel: Director Sales, Marketing and Strategy, TUBITAK
Serephina Ha: Managing Director, Founder Institute - Los Angeles and Boston
Sergio Rossi: CEO, Fondazione Genova Startup
Shubhit Khaneja: Principal Product Manager, Zalando
Simone Dozza: CRO, Kiratech
Stefano Toro, Prolaw
Sush Bapna: General Partner, 10Ten Ventures
Varun Jain: Founder, 99foundr
Victor Schiller: President, R Cubed Group
Vincenzo Cioffi: Startup Advisor, Business Angel, Investor, Growth Engine
Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 9,000 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over 2BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).