Now is the time to rebuild: the world needs entrepreneurs to lead the way in creating a better future, for everyone.
Whether you have already launched a startup or are still in the idea-phase, this is the time to act. 2020 brought havoc to our health, our society, and our economy, and what remains is a world filled with reshuffling industries and new problems that need to be solved. As we embark on 2021, we each have an opportunity to play a part in helping shape that better future.
That's why we are excited to announce applications are now open for the Western Canada Fall Virtual 2021 program.
If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Western Canada's top investors and entrepreneurs to build something meaningful, then apply to the Western Canada Fall Virtual 2021 Founder Institute today.
We will be hosting several free startup online events in Western Canada over the coming weeks, where you can learn virtually from top entrepreneurs from the comfort of your home:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute is designed to help you build an enduring business that can survive and thrive in this “new normal.” We do this by giving you a clear process combined with constant feedback from a devoted network of international entrepreneurs and investors. Participants in the 4-month core program also get access to a lifetime of support through the Founder Institute's industry-leading free post-programs.
The Western Canada accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Chad Ford and Kailin Che. In addition, some of Vancouver's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating as mentors in the program, providing expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Western Canada Founder Institute includes:
- Abdelrahman Bannora: Founder, Customer Experience, Glass Insight
- Adam Spector: CEO & Founder, Chore
- Adam Devenny: Senior Manager, XY Ventures
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Alan Campbell: Partnerships, Harvest Venture Builders
- Alan Tay, Aurora Aerial
- Alex Hobbs: CEO, Oxford Lock
- Alex Gault: President, Small World Ventures
- Amar Kurani: Partner, First Fund
- Amit Varma: Co-Founder & CEO, BRAINTOY AI
- Andrea Welling: Regional Director BC & Yukon, Futurpreneur Canada
- Andy Chu: CEO, Vancouver Virtual Reality Film Festival
- Anita Lee: Owner & Marketing Specialist, Catch Communications
- Annika Lewis: Associate, Vanedge Capital
- Arleigh Vasconcellos: CEO, Founder, The Agency
- Ashley Dunfield: Founder & CEO, SmartGrid Communications
- Aurelie Guerrieri: CMO, Open Systems
- Ben Snyman: Founder, CEO , Safety Vantage
- Benjamin Mak: Partner, Ridout & Maybee LLP
- Bijan Vaez: Founder and CEO, FractionalCTO.ca
- Blaire Martin: VP of Strategic Partnerships , Florida Funders
- Boris Mann: Co-Founder, FISSION
- Bosky Mukherjee: Founder, Spark to Substance
- Brittany Whitmore: Founder/CEO, Exvera Communications Inc.
- Bruce Linton: Founder and Former Chairman, Canopy Growth (formerly)
- Bruce Croxon: Managing Partner, Round 13 Capital
- Bryan Trottier: Owner, Trotco Electric
- Bryan Duarte: Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Bryan Duarte: Co-Founding General Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Canon Bryan: CFO, Terrestrial Energy
- Carey Houston: Founder, CEO , 321Growth Academy
- Casey Lau: Head of Asia, RISE (Web Summit)
- Cassandra Hui: Founder , Heal Mary
- Chad Ford: Vice President Innovation, Communica and Partner, Pactech Ventures, Director, Western Canada Founder Institute
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Goward: Founder & CEO, WiderFunnel
- Chris Hobbs: President, TTT Studios
- Chris Marra: Partner, XY Ventures
- Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2Z Ventures
- Christian Gauthier: Partner , Bennet Jones
- Christine Somerville: Senior Account Manager, Technology Industry, Self employed
- Colin Weston: Founding Partner, Reviver Sport+Entertainment
- Colin Brown: Co-founder & CEO, RevTech.ai
- Connor Aylwin: District Manager- Startups, AWS
- Damarys Zampini: Chief Executive Officer, Sustrategy
- David Gardner: Head of Content Marketing, Harvest Builders
- Dinah Davis: Founder, Code Like A Girl
- Don Osborne: CEO, EarthDaily Analytics
- Dr. Delbar Niroushak: Director , Win Your Opportunity
- Drew Munro: Co-Founder & CEO, UpMeals
- Ean Jackson: President, Analytics Marketing Inc.
- Ed Levinson: Director, Ensibuuko
- Edward Fan: Partner
- Elaine Ann: Founder/CEO, Kaizor Innovation
- Eric Anderson: CEO and Co-Founder, Theta
- Erin Campbell: CEO, ECMB Capital Partners
- Evan Hu: Founding Partner and G7 Associate, Creative Destruction Lab
- George Kondopulos: Partner, XY Ventures
- George Tai: Partner, Dentons
- Gerry Li: Associate, Bennett Jones LLP
- Grandy Chu: Founder and Designer , Atelier Grandi
- Ha Nguyen: VP, McRock Capital
- Hartland Ross: Founder, eBridge Marketing Solutions
- Heiko Peters: CEO, TekEitri
- Henry Soo: Founder & CEO, Settlely | Startup Grind Director
- Hugh Evans: CEO, Cultural Dynamics Inc.
- Ian Gilbert: CRO, TickSmith
- Iida Cisecki: CEO and Founder, Quibbit
- Isabella Taba: CEO , Co-Founder, Blue Dot Motorworks
- Jack Gin: Corporate Director - Entrepreneur - Former CEO, Semios, Saltworks, Extreme CCTV
- Jaethan Reichel: CEO and Co-Founder, Lightship
- James Thangaraj: .GM, Pivot ED - BVC Venture
- James Reyes: Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Aquatic Informatics
- Jason Wang: Lawyer, Securities & Capital Markets, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
- Jason Byrne: Founder & CEO, ICON-IQ
- Jayson Wyner: Co-Founder, Nutrabolics
- Jean Guy Faubert: CRO, SEDNA
- Jeff Swan: Founder & CEO, RevUp Sales
- Jeff Taylor: Corporate Lawyer , Bennett Jones
- Jennifer Henry: Founder & CEO, Perk Eco Inc.
- Joel Semeniuk: Vice President of Growth and Innovation, Communitech
- Joel Fairbrother: Partner and Co-Founder, Bow River Law
- John Chan: CEO, Managing Partner, 2x Growth Agency // 2x Ventures
- Jordan Jocius: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute
- Jordan Bettman: Partner, Radian Capital
- Jordan Gutierrez: Co founder - COO, Wishpond, Laleo
- Joseph King: Founder, Duck Labs
- Kal Malhi: Founder and CEO, BullRun Capital Inc
- Kamal Hassan: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
- Kelby Price: Chief Operations Officer, YAT Group Inc.
- Ken Charko: President , Dunbar Theatre/ Charko Investments
- Kevin Conabree: Consultant, Management Consulting
- Kevin Brent: Chief Investment Officer, Bluesky Equities
- Kevin Kerr: CEO, Highwood Global
- Kevin Kachidza: CEO, Sarafin AI
- Kevin Corkum: CMO, The Ground Effect Consultancy
- Kim Orlesky: President, KO Advantage Group
- Konata Lake: Partner
- Kookai Chaimahawong: VC Associate, Pangaea Ventures
- Kris Versteeg: Impact Venture Partner, Founder Institute, Western Canada
- Kristina Milke: Co-Founder, Self
- Kwang Lim: Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
- Lisa Payne: CFO, Mine Sense
- Lorraine Wiseman: Vistage Chair/ President and CEO , Vistage Worldwide, Inc./ Leading the Wise Way Inc.
- Lucas Tomei: Partner, Dentons
- Luke Krueger: Co-Founder & President, Valhalla Private Capital/ Valhalla Angels
- Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
- Maria Yoma: Founder and CEO, ELEVATOR ventures
- Maria Osipova: VP Marketing, Traction Guest
- Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
- Mary Ryan: COO, PKI Capital [Private Family Office]
- Mauricio Cardoso: Corporate Venture Manager, O POVO Communication Group
- Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
- Meredith J. Powell: Venture Parnter, Voyager Capital
- Michael Bosdet: President, TSGI
- Michael Sousa: CTO, Screenfluence
- Mike Winterfield: CEO, Founder, Active Impact Investments
- Mike De Boer: CEO, Founder, Levelling Up
- Miranda Lievers: COO, Thinkific
- Naresh Ravula: Founder , Home Kuisines
- Neil Patel: CEO / Founder, Kabuni
- Nicole Donnelly
- Nicole Gallop: VP, Cultivate Advisors
- Nicole Sanchez: Co-Founder, Ruth
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Oksana Irwin: Business & Executive Coach, Mars Venus Executive Coaching
- Pankaj Bagga: Co-Founder and Director 👨🏻🏫, YES POS & Digital Fogg
- Paul Austin: Partner, Fort Capital Partners
- Peggy Van De Plassche: Managing Partner & Board Member, Roar Growth & Invest Canada
- Pete Duggan: Executive Vice President Operations, UrtheCast Corp.
- Pete Berdusco: President, Guyana Goldstrike
- Peter Reek: Founder, Savvy + Associate
- Phani Nagarjuna: President, HBSANC
- Pouria Kay: Founding Partner, Atlan
- Praveen Varshney: Director, Varshney Capital Corp.
- Ray Torresan: CEO, /Archive Digital
- Reina Mistry: Associate , Fasken
- Richard Roseboom: Co-Founder & CEO, MicroMech Inc
- Rob Attwell: Founder, COO/CFO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
- Robert Stone: President, MrTaxes.ca Inc.
- Robert Delamar: Co-Founder , KanataClean.com/Kamu.dev
- Robert Foxall: Director of Business Development, Timia Capital
- Robert E Purdy: Chairman and Founder, Purdy & Partners Inc.
- Roberto Erario: Business and Leadership, Coach
- Roger Hull: Business Development, Carbon Upcycling
- Rohan Sampath: Cofounder & CEO, Copilot
- Rohit Joshi: CEO, Founder, BrightSquid
- Roman Karachinsky: CEO & Co-founder, News360
- Ryan Smith: CEO, FTSY
- Sam Sullivan: MLA of British Columbia and Former Mayor, Vancouver
- Samarth Chandola: Founder and CEO, Founder First Fund
- Sandi Gilbert: CEO & Board Member, Intergen & National Angel Capital Organization
- Scott Larson: CEO, SpaceAlpha Insights
- Scott Wallace: Founder, Wallace Wallace and Edward Properties
- Sean Eikerman: Busniess Advisor, Cultivate Advisors
- Shahrooz Nabavi: Partner
- Stacey Wallin: Head of Growth, BC Tech
- Stacey Wallin: Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Numinus
- Stefan Chiasson: Associate Director, BDC Capital
- Stefan Kruse: Lawyer, Segev LLP
- Stephanie Wetterwald: Marketing Manager, Entreflow Consulting Group
- Stephanie Blais: Principal , H&S Advisory
- Steve Oldham: CEO, Carbon Engineering Ltd.
- Steve Wandler: Founder, Metabridge
- Sunil Sharma: Managing Director, Founder Institute Toronto
- Tara Mc Laughlin: Founder, Paper Crane
- Terry Sydoryk: CEO, Chaordix
- Thealzel Lee: Founder, President & Director, e-Fund
- Todd Embley: Senior Startup Advocate, Agora
- Tom Petryshen: VP, Growth & Analytics, Rubberdesk
- Tony Clement: The Hon. Tony Clement, Privy Council
- Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
- Trent Johnsen: ., Pivot ED - BVC Venture
- Tyler Douglas: Former Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Vision Critical
- Vaclav Vincalek: Technology entrepreneur, CTO and technology advisor for startups and enterprise, 555vCTO.com
- Valerie Song: CEO, AVA
- Van Doren Chan: President, Ugly Dumplings
- Viviana Matheus: Director of Digital Strategy and Brand, Comm100
- W. Brett Wilson: The one and only!, -
- Yasmine Roulleau: Director, Ignite Fund
- Yvonne Gruenthaler: Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
- And many more to be announced.
Since 2009, the Founder Institute has helped over 7,800 Alumni raise over $1.85BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more (see the FI 10 Year Impact Report here).
Join us in Western Canada to help build the future.
Apply to the Western Canada Fall Virtual 2021 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
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