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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 Mumbai's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Mumbai Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today.

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

  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession

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 Mumbai accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Chintan Oza and Bhaskar Bulusu. In addition, some of Mumbai's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

  • Alex M. Dascalu: Lead Director, Founder Institute Central Eastern Europe
  • Alister DSilva: Co-Founder, Absolute Motion Pvt Ltd
  • Anay Mashruwala: Partner, Venus Engineering Works
  • Aniruddh Vaidyanathan, Dock Charge
  • Arun Natesh: Consultant, Brand Edge Consultancy
  • Arvind Patel: Managing Director, SLTL
  • Astrid Chedid: Regional Director for LAC and Spain, Annual Investment Meeting
  • Atul Yadav: Founder, Reclayu
  • Bhaskar B: Consultant, IBM
  • Bhavesh Kothari: Co-Founder and Director, Billennium Divas Fund
  • Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
  • Chirag Warty: Executive Director, Quanical
  • Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
  • Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata: Regional Director, FI Africa
  • Devesh Rajadhyax: Founder & CEO, Cere Labs
  • Dr. Adv. Harshul Savla (MRICS): Managing Partner, M Realty (Suvidha Lifespaces)
  • Dr. Jagmohan Rishi: Vice President- Digital Strategy, Head of Training & Development, Wockhardt Ltd
  • Dr. Jubilant Kizhakkethottam: President, Pala Management Association
  • Dr. Raashid Saiyed: Founder , Centre for Research in Human Nature
  • Dr Sadaf Hashmi: Managing Director, Crest Asia
  • Dr. Sanjay Pawar: Principal and Independent Consultant, UMIT SNDT/ Dr Sanjay S Pawar Consultancy Services
  • Dr. Saurabh Mehta: Founder, Sun Wireless Technologies
  • Ish Anand: Founder CEO, Business Doctors India
  • Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
  • Jayant Tiwari
  • Jitendra Singh: President and CDO, JK Cement Ltd.
  • Karmjitsinh Bihola: Founder, Innodesk Designovation Services
  • Kaustubh Dhargalkar: Founder, Potentials & Possibilities
  • Keyur Bhalavat: Co-Founder & CEO, Plutomen Technologies Pvt Ltd
  • Krishnakumar Devnally: Founder & Director, mPower Solutions
  • Krishnamohan Chebrolu: Co-Founder, oneglint Media Solutions Private Limited
  • Krishnanand Gaur, FI Ahmedabad
  • Lavina Ramkissoon: Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute
  • Malak Trabelsi Loeb: Founder & MD, Vernewell Management Consultancies
  • Manissh Kkumaar: CEO & Founder, Digi Osmosis
  • Manpreet Singh Nagi: President, Indian Chamber of International Business
  • Ojas Oza: Head, Service Innovation, Connectivity Solutions pvt ltd
  • Parvez Kudrolli: Principal Associate, Khurana & Khurana
  • Paurush Kumar: Partner, Head of International Practice, Trinaya Legal
  • Pawan Desai: Co-Founder & CEO, MitKat Advisory Services Pvt Ltd
  • Piyush Chowhan: Founder and Chief AI Evangelist, DigitalJym Tech Studio
  • Pritam Onsker: Founder & CEO, Tailorsmart.in & Brunchbites.in
  • Priyanka Row: Founder & Mind Coach, Priyanka Row LLP
  • Prof RSS Mani: Vice President - Institutional Development , ITM Group
  • Punit Thakkar: CEO & MD, Shivaami Cloud Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Rachna Rangarajan: Ms, Self Employed
  • Rahil Patel: Co-Founder, Easy Pay
  • Rajneesh Akhoury: Founder and CEO, Sambhaktabodha Consulting Pvt Ltd
  • Rashmi Deshpande: Founder , Crafting Capability
  • Ravi Namburi: Co-Founder, oneglint Media Solutions Private Limited
  • Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
  • Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
  • Sameer Karulkar: Founder and Partner, Coverpage Ventures Advisory LLP
  • Sandip Shah: Partner, Mazars
  • Sapna Mongia: Vice President - Business Development India & Global Account Management, Consumer Devices Group WW, Flex
  • Seemant Shrivastav: Co-Founder, Mool Innovation Labs Pvt Ltd
  • Sridhar M: Finance Professional, Advisor
  • Sudarshan Ramakrishna Chetlur: Founder & MD, SCDS Global Branding Private Limited, BrandTRIGGR!
  • Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Contemplate
  • Victoria Odimba: Founder, C Insights Africa
  • Zaheer Nasser: Co-Founder | Managing Partner, Doctoori Connect

  • And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 8,100 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 1.9BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).

Join us in Mumbai to get funded and build a global business. 

Apply to the Mumbai Virtual 2022 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.  

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