Build a Startup with Melbourne's Top Investors and Founders. FI Melbourne Applications Open Now

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

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Melbourne's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Melbourne 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 critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 8,100 Graduates raise over $1.9BN 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 Melbourne, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

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

See all upcoming events

The Melbourne program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Cameron Rambert (CEO & Co-Founder, Frankston Foundry), James Bertschik (Co-founder, Frankston Foundry), and Marshall Hughes (Founder, Passel).

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

Adrian Stone: CEO, AngelCube
Andrew Julian: Co-Founder, Digital Crossroads
Anna Mc Laurin: Senior Manager, PwC
Ashley Leach: Managing Director, PoE: Points of Engagement
Cameron Rambert: Co-Founder & CEO, Frankston Foundry
Carol Johnson: Director, Sales Enablement, Salesforce
Collis Ta'eed: CEO, Envato
Darcy Naunton: General Partner, York Butter Factory / Adventure Capital
Elyse Maberley: Co-Founder, Meeum
Gary Tramer: Co-Founder, WebReception
Inder Singh: Associate Director, Allied Legal
James Tuckerman: Founder, Editor-In-Chief, Anthill Magazine
James Bertschik: Co-Founder & COO, Frankston Foundry
Jennifer Fein: CEO & Founder, Passel
John Webster: Founder & CEO, CoRoster
Justin French: Chief Experience Officer, Envato
Mark Hendrickson: CEO and Co-founder, Side Racket
Marshall Hughes: Consultant, Freight Companies Australia
Matthew Thurley: Principal / Associate Professor, Innovative Machine Vision
Matthew Purvis: Managing Director, Managed Business Consulting
Melina Chan: Advisor - Community and Culture, Inspire9
Michael Jankie: Co-founder, LeadChat
Mohan Perera: Founder, undivide
Myles Foster: Partners Manager, Payment Rails
Ngoc Le: Co-Founder, Happy Tribe Group
Nikk Hughes: Founder, Inspire Tribe
Oliver Garside: Co-Founder & COO, Rounded
Paul Devereux: CO-FOUNDER, Cataliize
Pavel Reddy: Former Managing Director, Clearpoint Ventures Pty Ltd (Formerly)
Pete Saunders: CEO, Health Delivered
Peter Sandor: CEO, Fearless
Phil Richards: Director, Phil Richards
Rahul Kumar: Director, Allied Legal
Richard Webb: CEO & Co-Founder, Cataliize
Ryan Tietjens: Co-founder, Interactive Accounting
Sameer Babbar: Director, SVB Group
Sebastian von Conrad: Solutions Lead, Envato
Steve Glaveski: CEO and Co-Founder, Collective Campus
Tess Guthrie: Founder & Director, WhyHive
Thin Neu: Co-Founder, HippoBlue
Tim Koopmans: CTO, Flood.io
Tom Le Grice: General Manager Melbourne, Slingshot Accelerator
Tom Howard: Co-Founder, Adioso
Tom Williams: Principal, InnovationConsult

And many more to be announced.

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 "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.