Build a Great Startup in 2024 with the FI Toronto Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Toronto Fall 2024 program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Toronto's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Toronto Fall 2024 Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

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.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in Toronto, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

How to Acquire Your First 100 B2C Customers: 1:00pm, Jul 08, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351022
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Launch your MVP with No-Code: A Bubble Workshop: 1:00pm, Jul 10, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/352196
Adam Robinson’s Path to Bootstrapping Success: From Idea to $22 Million Revenue: 12:00pm, Jul 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351027
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351031
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Vinnie Lauria (MP of Golden Gate Ventures): 12:00pm, Jul 17, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351035
Innovation Series: Innovations In Startup Fundraising: 12:00pm, Jul 18, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/353057
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351039
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 1:00pm, Jul 24, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351042
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 1:00pm, Jul 29, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351047
The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Fireside Chat with Rand Fishkin (Founder of Moz and SparkToro): 2:00pm, Jul 31, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351980
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351125
How to Achieve Product-Market Fit: Insights from Seedstars: 1:00pm, Aug 07, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351131
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Aug 12, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351133
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 1:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351143
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 1:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351136
Venture Trailblazers, featuring Warren Packard (Operating Partner at AI Fund): 12:00pm, Aug 22, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351788
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 8:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351146
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351149
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 8:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351202
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351205
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Sep 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351211
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Sep 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351213
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Sep 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351216
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Oct 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351267
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351272
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351275
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 1:00pm, Oct 30, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351279
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 1:00pm, Nov 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351337
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Nov 06, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351339
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351343
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 8:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351348
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 1:00pm, Nov 27, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351351
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Dec 02, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351412
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 1:00pm, Dec 04, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351415
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Dec 09, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351422
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Dec 16, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351426
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 8:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/351428

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The Toronto program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Ali Khadjavi, Ignacio Castro (MD, Founder Institute Boston), Jai Mansukhani, Jai Mansukhani (Co-founder of Lumos, Co-Director of Programs, Founder Institute), Sunil Sharma (Canada Director, Founder Institute ).

In addition, some of Toronto's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Toronto Founder Institute includes:

Aaron Baer: Partner, Renno & Co
Aaron Albert: CEO and Co-Founder, Mine'd
Abdel Ali: Investment Analyst, Relay Ventures and Alate Partners
Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Adam Spector: CEO & Founder, levy
Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Alan Trieu: Senior Director, Sales , Cinchy
Alexander Rink: CEO, Rink Ventures
Alexander Mc Isaac: Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech, BDC Venture Capital
Alexander Jager: Founding Partner, Amplifier Advisors
Alexander Morsink: Managing Director, Equivesto
Ali Nawab: Founder and CEO, Kiwi Wearables
Ali Ghassemi: CEO, Weaver and Loom
Ali Abbas: Founder & CEO , SEO Button
Amber Mac: President, Konnekt
Ambles Kwok: Head of Engineering (Toronto) / Co-Founder, Thumbtack / Therapia
Amir Alikhanzadeh: CEO and Co-Founder, Madlipz
Andrei Poliakov: CEO, APX Lending
Andrew D'Souza: Founder and CEO, Sfoundation
Andrew Hendry: Co-Founder, REALQualified
Anes Rachid: Manager, Innovation , City of Brampton
Anik Ghosh: CPO, Phaze
Anna Hu: CEO and Co-Founder, Brizi
Aran Hamilton: President & Co-Founder, Vantage
Arcui Usoara: Founder/CEO, Iaculus
Ashley Hahn: Head of Startup Developer Ecosystem, Canada, Google
Ashok Prabhu Masilamani: CTO & Founder, Stratuscent
Aurelie Guerrieri: CMO, Open Systems
Aurélio Araújo: CEO, Leadfy
Axel Villamil: CEO, StageKeep
Ayhan K. Isaacs: Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
Balaji Gopalan: Co-Founder and CEO, MedStack
Barnabe Geis: Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation, Climate Ventures
Barry Hillier: Founder & CEO, eQuo/ DOS
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
Ben Sanders: CEO and Co-Founder, Davispier.ca
Ben Baldwin: Founder, Upteaming.com
Ben Zion Benkhin: CEO, WOMBO.ai
Bernie Li: Board Member and Investor, Antler
Bilal Tariq: Technical Talent Connoisseur , GuruLink
Bill Jouni: Partner, NGO
Bob Embleton: CEO, Perigee Convergent Solutions Inc
Bob Kyryliuk (CEO-P2P): CEO & Founder, CEO-P2P.com
Brad Poulos: Mr., Ryerson University
Braedon Hinde: Co-Founder, Purpose Equities
Brett Reed: Director, Global Talent and People, Localised
Brice Scheschuk: CEO, Globalive Capital
Bruce Hodges: Founder & CEO, Parachute (White Hat Financial)
Bryan Gold: Co-Founder and CEO, #paid
Bryan Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, ThinkData Works Inc.
Bryan Duarte: Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital
Callum Travaglini: Strategy & Program Manager, Office of the CEO, Wealthsimple
Cameron Rowe: CEO, Hover
Caren Carrasco: Managing Partner, Benjamin David Group
Casey Lau: Co-Host, Rise Conference (Web Summit)
Cerys Goodall: COO, Vetster
Chad Ford: Vice President Innovation, Communica and Partner, Pactech Ventures, Director, Western Canada Founder Institute
Chevonae Walcott: Associate, Relay Ventures
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Chris Ye: Co-Founder, Uken Games
Chris Hobbs: President, TTT Studios
Chris Adams: Founder and Managing Partner, Adams Hamilton
Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2Z Ventures
Christopher Leacock: Founder , Jillionaire LLC
Corey Gross: CEO, Sensibill
Cory York: CEO and co-Founder, PowerStores
Craig Asano: CEO, National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada
Dan De Mers: CEO and Co-Founder, Cinchy
Daniel Bishun: Economic Development Officer , City of Brampton
Danielle Brewin Graham: Co-Founder, The Firehood
David Winterstein: CEO, Velocia
David Jorjani: VP of Product and Engineering, Sayge
Denise Mc Clure: Senior Manage of Economic Development, City of Brampton
Derrick Fung: CEO, Drop
Devin Tu: Founder and CEO, Map Your Property
Devin Ramphal: Innovation and Technology Sector manager-City of Brampton, City of Brampton
Diana Goodwin: CEO and Founder, MarketBox & AquaMobile
Dickson Nsofor: Founder and CEO, Korapay (Techstars 2019)
Dinah Davis: Founder, Code Like A Girl
Drew Lindsay: Co-Founder, GuruLink
Duncan Brown: Partner, Penrose Partners
Dustin Betz: Director of Operations, White Rose Ventures
Edmundas Balčikonis: CEO and Co-Founder, Eddy Travels Inc.
Eileen Brewer: Director, Takween Accelerator
Elaine Ann: Founder/CEO, Kaizor Innovation
Erich Ko: CEO, Hop In Technologies
Ernest Yap: Carbon Markets and Renewable Energy Lead, SWTCH Energy
Eropa Stein: CEO, Hyre
Evgeny Lazarenko: Senior Product Manager (L7 / Group PM level), Unity
Favour Ori: Founder, CEO, Payday
Fion Lee-Madan: Technical Co-Founder, COO and Customer Success, Fairly AI Inc.
Francois Le Roux: CEO, Terrene Technologies Inc & BountyBoard
Frederic Voyer: Senior Strategy & Execution Advisor, Post-Exit Entrepreneur (multiple: SWAAAP, BVI & HR Inc.)
Gabriel Purificati Weedon: National Account Manager, Calculated Hire
Gabrielle Rudd: Senior Program/Ops Associate, Techstars Chicago
Garth Smith
George Bordianu: Co-founder & CEO, Balance
Gilberto Gandra
Giovanni Gerbolini: Entrepreneur, Board Member, Startup Advisor, Djot, Loyal VC, MaRS Discovery District, Independent, Covenant House
Graeme Millen: Director, Technology Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
Gurjot Narwal: CEO and Co-Founder, Gini Health
Gurpartap Singh Toor: Council Member, City of Brampton
Hamid Akbari: CEO, BlancLink
Hamoun Karami: CEO and Co-Founder, Smartbin.io
Haoyang Liang: Director of Product Development, Orbiseed
Harsh Pujara: Co-Founder, Actuality
Helen Platis: Managing Director, A Poke in the Brain Consulting
Hooman Aksari: CTO and Co-Founder , Artboard Studio (Techstars 2020)
Hussam Ayyad: Chief Accelerator Officer , Highline Beta
Idowu Akinde: Founder, Boolean Labs
Ilya Brotzky: Founder and CEO, VanHack
Isabel Starck: Founder/Co-Founder, Starck Coaching, SportsCarBoutique
Jack Liu: CEO and Co-Founder, Orbiseed (Techstars 2020)
Jaden Pereira
Jafar Owainati: Co-Founder, Loopio
James Meier: CTO, Synervoz Communications
Jason Atkins: General Partner, 360insights
Jay Krishnan: CEO, Accelerator Centre
Jeff Hohner: President, Tecumseh Capital Ltd.
Jeffery Potvin: Founder, Open People Network
Jelmer Stegink: Program Director, DMZ Innisfil
Jennifer Turliuk: CEO and Founder, MakerKids
Jeremy Potvin: Founder, World of Angus
Jeremy Glassenberg: Product Management, APIs, Developer Experiences, Marketplaces, API Strategist
Jeremy Bell: CEO and Co-Founder, Mayday (Techstars 2020)
Jeremy Potvin
Jeremy Kuo: CEO, Ever
Jesse Shapins: Director of Public Realm, Sidewalk Labs
Joe Parenteau: CEO and Co-Founder, Fable (Techstars 2020)
Jon Prentice: Investment Director (Canada) , Lighter Capital
Jonah Midanik: COO & General Partner, Forum Ventures
Jonathan Ip: Founder, Iterative Law
Jordan Jocius: Director, Company Founder Institute Waterloo-Toronto
Joseph Dales: Co-Founder & Director, RHA Partners
Juanita Lee Garcia: Executive Director, The Upside Foundation of Canada
June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
Jyoti Singh
Karanjot Jaswal: CTO and Co-Founder, Cinchy
Karen Greve Young: CEO, Futurpreneur Canada
Kayla Isabelle: Executive Director, Startup Canada
Kesem Frank: Founder, Mavennet and AION
Kevin Gervais: CTO @ Touchless, Co-Founder @ Auto Genius, Statflo, Touchless
Konata Lake: Partner
Kristine Beese
Kumar Abhishek: Head of Growth, Happay
Kweku Essien
Kyle Collier: Co-founder and CEO, Phaze
Laith Shukri: Sr. Market Development Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
Lance Cottrell: Founder, Feel the Boot
Laura Bryce: Co-Founder & CMO, loopt
Leandro Faria: CEO, Starbem
Leena Dixit: Founder and Mentor, Nativ Chefs and InFED
Lidia Bit Yunan: Co-founder, Set Scouter
Lorraine Wiseman: Vistage Chair/ President and CEO , Vistage Worldwide, Inc./ Leading the Wise Way Inc.
Lucas Porter-Bakker: Head of Product and Design, PDS
Luke Vigeant: CEO, Inkblot
Luke DeCoste: Entrepreneur in Residence, Davispier.ca
Maarij Rehman: CEO, Envoi
Majdi Alnabih: CEO, ZipLunch Inc
Manny Jassal: Founder, Defiant Regime & Extra Sauce Agency
Mara Rada: CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)
Marat Mukhamedyarov: Managing Partner, Good News Ventures
Marcello Tommasi: Co-Founder & COO, Envoi
Marina Tran Vu: Founder & CEO , EQUO
Mark Smith: Canada Startup Ecosystem Lead, Amazon AWS
Mark Evans: Principle, Marketing Spark
Marty Finestone: Lawyer in Residence, Goodlawyer
Maryam Nabavi: Founder and CEO, Babbly (Techstars 2020)
Matt O'Leary: CEO and Co-Founder, Treasure Financial
Matthew Thurston: Chief Arctictect, Arctic Wolf
Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
Michael Young: CTO, Reuters News and Media
Michael Katchen: Founder & CEO, WealthSimple
Michael Kosic: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
Michael Collins: Founder | CEO, Periculum
Michele Romanow: Co-Founder, Sfoundation
Michelle Pinchev: Founder & Lead Strategist
Mike Suprovici: Head of Acceleration, VC Lab
Mike Hollinger, Dentons LLP
Mike Apted: Principal Solutions Architect - Startups, AWS
Milad Zabihi: CEO & Cofounder, Peekage
Milanyila Vargas: Economic Diversification Strategist, FMWBEDT
Mitt Korot: President & CEO, Toronto Technologies Inc.
Mitul Shah: Senior Associate, Vertu Capital
Mohan Markandaier: Managing Partner, Good News Ventures
Monish Sinthala: Mr, PYRAMIDIONS INC
Mucahit Gayiran: CEO and Co-Founder, Artboard Studio (Techstars 2020)
Muhammad Rashid: Director, Business Development, Finastra
Mustafa Saeed: Co-Founder, Stealth / Antler
Mustansir Paliwala: Strategy & Business Development, EQUANS Services Inc.
Mykyta Ponomarenko: Sales, RealSage
Nabil Fahel: Head of Partnerships and Community, Terminal, Inc.
Nadia KANOUN: CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups
Natalie Smith: Senior Associate, Whitecap Venture Partners
Neerav Sood: CEO, Simple AI
Neha Khera: Venture Partner, 500 Startups
Nicholas Sopuch: Talent Associate , Entrepreneur First
Nicole Verkindt: Founder and CEO, OMX
Niket Shah: Co-Founder, Acceler8 Labs
Noah Dolgoy: CEO, Tread
Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
Osamede Arhunmwunde: CEO, GIGX Technologies
Pako Tshiamala: Founder & CEO, Blink Equity
Pamela Draper: CEO, Bitvo
Pardeep Grewal: Fellow, OnDeck
Parvinder Shergill: CFO, Trust Bridge Consulting Inc.
Paul Parsons: Partner, Metaii
Peter Ma: Co-Founder, MixPose
Philippe LeBlanc: CEO, Flixel Photos Inc
Phillip Gales: CEO, inate.ai
Pooja Viswanathan: CEO, Braze Mobility
Preet Singh: Founder, Designx
Rahul George: Director Delivery, mDrift Technologies
Rain Takahashi: Founder and CEO, Jauntin
Ramya Pingali: Founder + CEO, The Email Studio Inc
Ravin Shah: Co-CEO & Founder, QuickTapSurvey
Raymond Luk: CEO, Hockeystick
Reuven Cohen: Founder, Award Pool
Reza Farhani: CEO, Katalyze AI
Richard Hyatt: Co-founder, BlueCat Networks
Richard Cristina: Co-founder (MentorLabs), Founder (Bloom), Principal Director (Founder Institute)
Richard Findlay: Cleantech Specialist Advisor, RFCL Innovations Inc.
Robert Whiteside: Director, Founding Partner, Treemark Capital
Robin Lindner: Co-Founder, KWFamous
Rokham Sadeghnezhadfard: Founder, TheRedPin.com
Ron Gentile: Founder, Moodfit
Ron Benegbi: CEO, Uplinq Financial Technologies
Roy Pereira: CEO and Founder, Zoom.ai
Russ Armstrong: Head of Business Development, Boast.AI (Boast Capital)
Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Ryan Perera: CEO and Co-Founder
Samarth Chandola: Founder and CEO, Founder First Fund
Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Sameer Khan: Sameer Ahmed Khan, Social Champ, Inc
Sami Dalati: Cofounder, Brizi
Sanjay Nediyara: Founder and CEO
Sanjit Singh: COO, Various Companies
Sara Bentham: Director, Georgian College Entrepreneurship Centre
Sara Bingham: Associate Director, Laurier Women Entrepreneurship Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
Sarah Stockdale: CEO, Valkerie
Saroop Bharwani: CEO and Co-Founder, Senso (Techstars 2018)
Sean Yo: Product Management Fellow, ISPMA
Sergey Kalnish: CEO, SmartHire
Seun Sanni: COO, PayFi
Seymur Rasulov: CEO and Co-Founder, Whelp
Sharf Zafar: Director, RBC Royal Bank of Canada
Sharoon Thomas: CEO and Founder, Fulfil.io
Sheetal Jaitly: CEO, TribalScale
Shibin Muhammed: Portfolio Manager, Techstars Canada
Shiju Radhakrishnan: Founder, CEO, Unremot
Shiva Bhardwaj: Founder, CEO, Pitstop
Slawek Potasz: CEO, CarScanner
Sodruldeen Mustapha: Co-founder and CTO, Raenest
Steve Dixon: SMB Leader (Canada), Apple
Steve Brovchenko: Growth Lead, Amazon
Suhas Ghante: Entrepreneur, SVEthos
Sunil Sharma: Managing Director, Techstars Toronto, Founder Institute Toronto
Tarun Sachdeva: GM, Wattpad
Tasti Zakarie: Head of Engineering, Social Capital
Tauseef Riaz: Cofounder ConsidraCare, Stock Target Advisor and Mashkraft, ConsidraCare.com
Test Test, City of Brampton
Thomas Park: Partner, BDC Deep Tech Fund
Todd Finch
Tom Lowden: Head of Labs, US East and Canada, WeWork Labs
Tony Sabeta: Partner / Patent Agent, Aird & McBurney LP
Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
Tovit Neizer: Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks
Tracy Leparulo: Founder, Untraceable
Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
Tugi Günes: Programs Lead, DMZ
Tyler Bryden
Uchi Uchibeke, Chimoney
Vasily Nikonov: Founder & CEO, Velvet.Capital
Vatsal Shah: Co-founder, CTO , Speak Ai
Victor Wong: Managing Director, Operations, Flipp
Vikas Gupta: CEO, AVARA
Wade Larson: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthDaily Analytics
Will Greenblatt: Co-Founder & Managing Director, OutLoud Speakers School
Will Moore: Senior Manager, PR and Communications, 1Password
William Johnson: Writer and Publisher, Canadian Tech Journal
Yang Yu: CEO and Founder, KitchenMate
Yatin Jain: Founder & Consulting Partner, Jivaso Technologies
Yehia Elkhouly: Founder, Parachute | Director Partnerships and Business Solutions, StackAdapt
Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
Zainab Williams: Founder