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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 Tunisia's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Tunis Fall 2022 Founder Institute today.

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

  • How to Get Your First 10 Customers Without a Marketing Team or Budget: 5:30pm, Jun 22, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/400768
  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
  • Economic Development: How to Build Entrepreneurial Communities: 4:00pm, Jun 23, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/400925
  • [Restricted] VIP Pitch Lounge: Pitch Live and Get Feedback from Investors & Advisors: 5:00pm, Jun 30, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/401123
  • Meet FI Alumni Founders: High-Growth Startups Panel : 5:00pm, Jul 07, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/398729
  • Stop Overthinking and Build a Great Startup Idea: 5:00pm, Jul 20, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/398679
  • From Idea to Action: The Startup Mindset : 1:30pm, Aug 10, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/398707
  • FounderX Silicon Valley 2026: Global Conference in San Francisco: 1:00am, Aug 26, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/399862
  • What Makes Investors Say Yes: Startup Funding AMA: 5:00pm, Sep 01, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/398798
  • How to Build a Strong Pipeline of Entrepreneurs for your Innovation Hub: 5:00pm, Sep 15, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/398258
  • From Dreamer to Doer: Build the Founder Mindset: 5:00pm, Oct 13, 2026 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/399060

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 Tunis accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Achref Chafter, Ali Mnif, Emna Ghariani, and Ghazi Saddem. In addition, some of Tunis'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 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).

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

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

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