New Normal, New Opportunities: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Nordics Spring 2023

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 Nordics's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Nordics Spring 2023 Founder Institute today.

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

What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 7:00pm, Apr 29, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342861
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 7:00pm, May 20, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/338799
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 7:00pm, Jun 03, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/343459
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Jun 17, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/339931
How to Turn your Value Proposition into a Product Market Fit: 7:00pm, Jun 24, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/341465
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Jun 26, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/339839
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 2:00am, Jul 02, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/340242
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 7:00pm, Jul 03, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/341956
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 7:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/344430
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/341353
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 7:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/343152
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 7:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/341679
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 7:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/344118
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342376
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 7:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/343564
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/344315
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342062
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 6:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/344615
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 7:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/343348
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 2:00am, Nov 07, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342161
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 7:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342554
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/342261
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 7:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (Europe/Stockholm): https://FI.co/e/344808

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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 Nordics accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Mehkar Sheikh (Regional Manager, Venture Cup Sweden), Naimul Abd (CEO, Connect Öst). In addition, some of Stockholm's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

Adeo Ressi: CEO at VC Lab, Executive Chairman at Founder Institute
Adrian Arnsvik Bjurefalk: Investor I early-stage venture capital in nordics and baltics, Inventure
Anders Hammarbäck: Partner, Antler
Andrew Hennigan: Lecturer, Coach, Writer, Andrew Hennigan Consulting
Anette Nordvall: Partner/ Chapter President, Keiretsu Forum Nordics
Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
Ben Stacey: Regional Manager, Founder Institute
Beril Kocadereli, Antler
Charlotte Christensen: Executive Director, Fintocat
Chris Foltz: Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents
David Holm: General Partner, Xplorico
Dr. Hanan El Basha: Founder, The Business Doctor & The Global Businesswomen
Elena Mlotok: General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon
Erik Oskarsson: Country Manager, Rouse Sweden
Funda Sezgi: Co-founder & MD at Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Norrsken Foundation
Hannes Helander: Head of Startup Programs, Connect Sverige Region Öst
Hannes Rosén: CEO & Co-Founder, StartupTools
Henrik Reimavuo: Investor, J12 Ventures
Idowu Akinde: Founder, Boolean Labs
Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
Jens Wernborg: Director, Startup Grind Hong Kong
John Drakenberg Renander: CEO & Co-founder, Alex Therapeutics
John Rush: Founder, MarsX Inc
Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
Julia Delin: CEO, SSE Business Lab
Jørn Haanæs: Investment Director, Katapult
Leif Frykman: Founder & Chairman of the Board, LegalWorks Nordic
Magnus Bergmark: Innovation Manager, Telia Company
Mara Rada: CEO & Chief of Strategy, Citronade Naming and Branding
Marie-Louise Dahl: VP of Operations & Co-Founder, Lunch.Co
Matti Lindberg: Associate, Legal Counsel, Rouse Sweden
Mehkar Sheikh: CEO, Nutty Ventures
Michel Laporte Godorn: Founder & CEO, Vimentis Group AB
Mikaela Larsell Ayesa: Co-founder & COO, Future Closets AB
Moaz Hamid: founding partner, mvmt ventures
My Mattsson: Senior Associate, Rouse
Naimul Abd: Coompanion Stockholm, Startup Grind
Nea Harjanne: CEO, Kiuas
Ola Wassvik: Co-Founder & CTO, Flatfrog Laboratories AB
Per Björklund: Co-founder and VP Marketing, Efftel AB
Peter Ingman: Co-Founder, Flowpass AB
Rebecka Löthman Rydå: Investment Director, Inventure
Remi Saint-Jean: Founder, delighting.io
Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
Simon Olson: Founding Partner, XY Ventures
Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
Sissel Hansen: Founder & CEO, Startup Guide
Stéphane Nasser: Founder, OpenVC
Taylor Ryan: 6x Start-up Founder, Investor, and Web3 Expert, Layer Three Ventures
Tetiana Siianko: Head of Accelerator Program, NoMoonShot
Thomas Bigagli: Director France & EMEA Investment Committee Member, Plug and Play
Victoria Kopylov: Chief Commercial Officer, PocketLaw
Ying-Ying Huang: Investor, APX
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).