Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Boston Fall 2025 program!
If you could use a structured process and feedback from Boston's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Boston Fall 2025 Founder Institute today.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,800 Graduates raise over $1.85BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.
To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events in Boston, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:
- Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons from Startup Accelerators: 1:00pm, Aug 07, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375260
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Aug 11, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/374540
- Venture Trailblazers, featuring Elizabeth Yin (GP, Hustle Fund): 11:00am, Aug 14, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/376845
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Aug 18, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/374742
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Aug 25, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375414
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Rich Maloy: 8:00pm, Sep 08, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/376559
- Responsible AI for Startups: Frameworks You Can Apply from Day One: 1:00pm, Sep 15, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/376054
- How to Get Investors to Notice Your Startup: AMA with Marta Marrucco: 1:00pm, Sep 17, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373837
The Boston program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Ignacio Castro (MD, Boston Founder Institute), Ross Palley (General Manager, Venture Lane Boston), and Sapna Tyagi (VP of Product, Virtudent).
In addition, some of Boston's top entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors will be participating in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors in the Boston Founder Institute network can be found at https://fi.co/mentors/boston.
The Founder Institute is designed for founders and teams all throughout the pre-seed stage, including aspiring founders with a full-time job, solo founders, teams, and founders of established companies that are pre-funding. The Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Join us in Boston to build a great company in 2019.
Apply to the Boston Fall 2025 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
