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Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Israel 2019 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Israel's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Israel 2019 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 support network and structure needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 8,900 Graduates raise over 2BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, we will host several free startup events in Israel, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession

The Israel program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Johnathan Aloni (Biz Dev & Legal Manager, A.L. Venture Capital Limited Partnership), Nadav Kaidar (CEO, Enablers Digital Marketing), and Roy Sivan (Roy Sivan, Simitu).

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

  • Aimee Fisher: Angel investor & advisor
  • Avital Eusgeld: Founder, HiPitched
  • Barak Peled: Managing Partner, DR Ventures
  • Benjamin Elad Rubin: CEO, Advisor & Angel Investor, Sirenum, Insectika, Pro-Active,
  • Daniel Neder: Venture Partner, Flashpoint Venture Capital
  • David Levine: Principal, CEO & Investment Mentor, NW Angels, Glenluna Ventures, Hustle Fund, UK Space Agency, Astra Spacetech, Baltic Ventures
  • Dmitry (Dima) Maslennikov: AI Startup Founder, CEO @PitchBob.io | Strategic & Corporate Innovation | Startup Mentorship, Pitchbob.io
  • Gal Nachum: Active Chairman, xFind / Cognishape
  • Galit Farkash: Corporate Counsel & Strategic Advisor, Galit Farkash
  • Gilad Cohen: A strategic consultant with a focus on technology - helps companies and startups innovate and stay ahead of the competition., ISBU
  • Guy Goldman: Founder CEO, Olive Diagnostics
  • Helena Frumson: Systemic Growth Architect, Co-Founder at NeoClear, Founder at infinita Club, Infinita Club & NeoClear
  • Hilla Bakshi: Ecosystem Leader, HaMeetupistiot
  • Ivan Germanov: Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute
  • Ivan E. Germanov: Certified Coach, Founder Institute
  • Jeff Shapiro: Partner, Bounty M&R
  • Lior Libman: VC Investor & Exited Founder , Almit Ventures
  • Liron Elia: Founder and ex-CEO, ART MEDICAL
  • Moshe Mikanovsky: Product Director, Rootquotient
  • Moshe David: Founder, Investor & Startup Mentor, Zugi Ventures
  • Naomi Dreifuss: Founder & CEO, Zugit
  • Noah Pickholtz: Founder & VC Investor | +$100M Raised for Startups & VC Funds, Champel Capital
  • Raffi Brown: Partner, Arnon, Tadmor-Levy Adv
  • Raissa Hacohen: Investor I Entrepreneur I Founder, Longevity Venture Partners
  • Sam Stern: Ex. Growth Lead, Lemonade
  • Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
  • Sharon Tal: Author & Facilitator, Where to Play
  • Shay Bejerano: Founder & BizDev Director
  • Simon Gerstler: Helped over 200 companies increase sales | 2 tech exits | Founder UAE-Israel Business Council | Angel investor, Pipe Global
  • Sush Bapna: General Partner, 10Ten Ventures
  • Tiana Laurence: GP, Laurence Innovation
  • Tzakhi Freedman: CEO, Meet.Capital
  • Unnat Bak: CEO, Revscale
  • Vishal Reddy: The Entrepreneurologist , entrepreneurology.network

  • And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute focuses on helping tech or tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage, including both solo-founders and teams. This includes established businesses that are pre-funding and traction, MVP and prototype-stage projects, and even part-time founders with just ideas. FI's mission is to create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.

Join us in Israel to build a great company in 2019. 

Apply to the Israel 2019 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.  

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