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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:

  • How to Build a Moonshot: Lonestar’s Mission to the Moon: 10:30pm, Apr 01, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/340656
  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
  • Pitch Your Startup Idea to Global Investors & Experts (Online): 9:30pm, Apr 02, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339476
  • Pitch Lounge: Get Feedback on Your 1-Minute Pitch Idea from Startup Experts: 10:30pm, Apr 03, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339312
  • How Early-Stage AI Startups Will Fix Global Problems: 10:30pm, Apr 10, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/340697
  • Engage with GCC Venture Capitalists & Startup Investors: 7:30pm, Apr 16, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339511
  • How to Acquire your First Customers with Actionable SEO Strategies : 10:30pm, Apr 24, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339262
  • Building a Fundable Start-up Brand: 10:30pm, May 20, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339272
  • Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:30pm, Jun 17, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/339925
  • How to Turn your Value Proposition into a Product Market Fit: 10:30pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/341459
  • Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:30pm, Jul 01, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/340236
  • Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:30pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/341347

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:

  • And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 7,000 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 $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 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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