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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 Munich Fall Virtual 2021 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Munich's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Munich Fall Virtual 2021 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 7,000 Graduates raise over $1.75BN 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 Munich, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

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

The Munich program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Claudia Schaller (Founder, InFutura / Co-director, Changemaker Chats)Francisco Tavira (Entrepreneur In Residence, Airbus), Jutta Merschen (Founder & MD, everday UG (haftungsbeschraenkt)), Magdalena Muttenthaler (Dipl. Juristin (Univ.), freemindedfolks), and Nathan Evans (Co-Founder fulfin).

In addition, some of Munich'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 Munich Founder Institute includes:

  • Adam Probst: founder, MAIoT.io
  • Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
  • Adrian Hans Beat Fopp: CEO, Harvard Business School Munich
  • Alev Canoglu: Founder & CEO, Female Tech Leaders
  • Alexander Lasslop: Co-Founder, MyDays / Venturate
  • Alexander Henn: CEo, shore.com
  • Alexander Daamen: Co-Founder, NoPilots
  • Alexandra Stamate: CEO, Bonamode
  • Alireza Nemati: SVP Partner & Alliance, Crate.io
  • André Panné: CEO, TRADUM - better business
  • André Kholodov: CEO, eCozy
  • Andreas Hoerr: Co-Founder, Venturate
  • Andreas Maslo: CEO, Co-founder, VERSO GmbH
  • Andreas Beer: Managing Director , HYVE
  • Andreas Bonacina: Managing Director, Investic Holding GmbH
  • Andrei Cretu: co-founder, Pluria
  • Andrej Kulikov: Founder & CEO, Artisense
  • Andy Goldstein: Executive Director, LMU Entrepreneurship Center
  • Annika Pies: Managing Director, TALENTS – Digitales Personalmarketing
  • Archibald Sheran: CTO, Smokify
  • Ariane Richter: Owner/ Managing Director, EQ Investment Solutions LLC
  • Arthur Pape: Partner, Pape & Co.
  • Beenish Waris: CEO, Connect Platform
  • Benjamin Gröschel: Owner, kaffeemuenchen.de
  • Bernhard Stippig: Co-Founder, e-profound GmbH
  • Bernhard Scholz: COO, Kontexlab
  • Bernhard Hecker: Co-founder , value.digital
  • Berthold Von Freyberg: Partner & Co-Owner, Target Partners
  • Boris Schwager: Founder & Owner, gridbuddy
  • Bruno Mueller: Founder, AMI Capital
  • Carolin Kunert: Founder & CEO, Knister Grill
  • Caroline Osswald: Founder , Osswald HR
  • Chris Eberl: CEO & Founder , kontextR GmbH
  • Christian Kaehlig: Managing Partner, Ideas Enabled GmbH
  • Christian Gleich: Director Crowd Strategy, HYVE
  • Christoph Sollich: Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor
  • Christopher Waldner: Founder, Entrepreneurship Manufactory GmbH
  • Christopher Obereder: CMO, Coin Stats
  • Claudia Bacco: Founder, Grand Prix Marketing Consultants
  • Cristian Munteanu: Partner, Early Game Ventures
  • Dan Lüdtke: Co-Founder, LK-Networks
  • Daniel Kilger: CEO, Smokeless
  • Daniel Bidmon: Founder & CEO, Obelizk®
  • Daniel Schosser: Co-Founder, Crashtest Security
  • Daniel Wagner: Co-Founder & Managing Director UX, COBE
  • Daniel Donhauser: Senior Lawyer, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
  • Daniel Reese: Investment Manager, UVC Partners
  • Danny Lützelberger: Managing Director, Canny Innovation UG
  • Daria Saharova: Partner, Vito ONE
  • David Lees: CEO & Founder, StoryHome
  • David Lees: Founder, CEO , StoryHome
  • David Hajizadeh: Co-Founder , Staffboard
  • Deepa Gautam Nigge: Head of Next-Gen Innovation Network , SAP
  • Diora Suleymanova: Management Consultsant, Ikigai Leadership
  • Dr. Angelika Kneidl: Founder , Accu:rate
  • Dr. Angelika Denk: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Innovation Ambassadors GmbH
  • Dr. Anne Von Wolff: Investment Associate, Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners
  • Dr. Cornelia Klaubert: Founder, gasido GmbH
  • Dr. Elke Oestreicher: Founder , MARKTCHANCE
  • Dr. Isabell Franck: Founder & Managing Director, franck.AI GmbH
  • Dr. Justus Binder: Partner , ReedSmith
  • Dr. Tina Ruseva: CEO, Mentessa
  • Eva Missling: Director Strategic Development, 99designs
  • Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
  • Fabian Linack: CEO, Self employed
  • Felix Reinshagen: Co-Founder, Navvis GmbH
  • Ferdinand Mühlhäuser: Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Berlin
  • Florian Gottschaller: Founder, Board member, SPENDIT AG
  • Florian Huber: Angel Investor, florianhuber.de
  • Florian Erber: Founder & Managing Partner , Ananda Impact Ventures
  • Francisco Tavira: Co-Founder & CEO, Loomee
  • Frank Fuchs: Managing Consultant & Co-Founder, Valopex
  • Frederik Roever: Investor & Entrepreneur
  • Fredi Gruber: Co-Founder, fulfin - financing ecommerce
  • Georg Broxtermann: Co-founder / Managing Director , GameInfluencer GmbH
  • Gerhard Müller: Partner, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH
  • Gerrit McGowan: Investor, Brainfood Ventures
  • Gordon Me O Cf Ol Lmfza M Gn: KgTyeiJncrYg, GWmiksHKZBElYasrxq
  • Hannes Kleist: Managing Director , stanwood
  • Hans Pretz: Chief Product Officer, Techpilot
  • Harald Mueller, MediaWireless
  • Heiko Beier: CEO, moresophy GmbH
  • Hendrik Braun: Entrepreneur & Advisor, Good Vibe Ventures
  • Iulian Circiumaru: Managing Partner
  • Izai Amorim: Interim & Project Manager, IZAI AMORIM | Interim & Project Management
  • Jan Küster: Founder & CEO, FoundersFight.Club
  • Jan Kennedy: CEO & Founder, Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Jan Heitmann: Keynote Speaker, Poker-Experte.de
  • Jannis Riesz, Flipmode.io
  • Janthana Kaenprakhamroy: CEO & Founder, Tapoly Ltd
  • Jed Fisher: CEO, 4D Pipeline
  • Jennifer Schwade: Founder & CEO, shape me GmbH
  • Jenny Saft: CEO/ Founer, Oviavo
  • Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
  • Johann Romefort: Managing Director , 1863 Ventures
  • Jonathan Liemann: Venture Architect, Stryber
  • Joram Voelklein: Co-Founder, Cryptology Asset Group
  • Julia Haitzmann: Growth Hacker, hackabu
  • Julia Prettl: Investment Manager, Vito ONE
  • Jürgen Kopelke: CEO & Co-Founder, Webumbrella
  • Jutta Merschen: Founder & MD, everday.io
  • Katja Ruhnke: Angel Investor and CEO, ck venture capital
  • Katrin Ostermeier: Business Coach, KAOS GmbH (www.kaos-coaching.de)
  • Kristian Russell: Senior Director Brand and Creative, finn GmbH
  • Kyrill Zlobenko: Angel Investors | 4x times Founder | Head of Europe, @Seedrs, Seedrs Ltd.
  • Lars Stäbe: Venture Associate, La Famiglia
  • Leon Zucchini: Co-Founder, Curiosity.ai
  • Lina Timm: CEO, Media Lab Bayern
  • Lisa Gradow: Co-Founder, Usercentrics
  • Lorenz Hartung: Co-Founder, ePetWorld
  • Magdalena Muttenthaler: CEO, freemindedfolks-shop GmbH
  • Manuel Niederhofer: Digital Strategy, Media-Saturn
  • Marco Otte Witte: Founder, simplabs
  • Marianne Kraai: Co-Founder & CEO, mayze
  • Mark Friedrich: Attorney at Law, Osborne Clarke
  • Mark Windeknecht: Associate , Vito ONE
  • Markus Felgenhauer: CEO & Co-Founder, QYOBO
  • Marlene Kern: Dipl. Kommunikations Design, Marlene Kern Design
  • Martin Reichenbach: Founder & CEO, Apaleo GmbH
  • Martin Sundermann: Partner, Osborne Clarke
  • Martin Giese: Business Angel, Negotiation and Startup Coach, Self employed
  • Martin Plöckl: Gründer in Ruhestand, Founder Institute Munich
  • Matthias Hilpert: CEO, MH2 Capital
  • Maximilian Geerling: Product Manager, IT, Burberry
  • Michael Reuter: Co-Founder, Datarella GmbH
  • Michael Gebert
  • Michael Mai: MD, ISTARIUM Technologies
  • Michael Müller Peltzer: Consultant , McKinsey
  • Michael Bassler: CFO, getbaff
  • Monja Mühling: CEO, Smartlane
  • Moritz Spangenberg: CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn
  • Narjeet Soni: Founder & CEO, Lean Apps GmbH
  • Natalia Karbasova: Head of Burda Bootcamp, Burda Bootcamp
  • Natalia Startseva: Business Transformation Manager, BMW Group
  • Natascha Zeljko: Founder , F10 FemaleOneZero GmbH
  • Nathan Evans: Co-Founder, fulfin - financing ecommerce
  • Nicky Hughes: Senior Investment Manager, Companisto
  • Niclas Fritz: Munich Co-Founder, Hardware.co
  • Nicolas Plögert: Managing director and founder, Opentabs GmbH
  • Nina Wang: CEO, IMMERNEU
  • Noam Tamari-Wekser: Growth Investor, TheCircle
  • Norbert Schauermann: CEO, Founder, dreizehn° UG
  • Olaf Jacobi: Managing Partner, Capnamic Ventures
  • Oleg Lola: CEO & Founder, MobiDev
  • Oliver Gajek: Cloud Security Strategist
  • Pascal Schäfer: CEO, schaefermedia.co
  • Pascal Schweizer: CEO, Thermosome GmbH
  • Pat Piritburana: Founder, SpaceNeo
  • Patrick Löffler: Managing Director, givve
  • Patrick Müller: Co-Founder & CTO, Smokeless
  • Patrick Hermann: Senior Investment Associate, Picus Capital
  • Paul Klemm: Associate, Earlybird VC
  • Peter Hattingh: CEO, yappyBuy GmbH
  • Philipp Martin: CEO, Reachbird.io
  • Priyesh Soundararajan: COO, Stellify Talent
  • Rado Pavlov: Founder & CEO, BusExpress
  • Raphael Budday: Senior Investment Associate, Seven Accelerator
  • Raphael Weishaupt: Founder & CEO, Mint Digital LLC
  • Rene Seifert: Co-Founder, Venturate and Million Miles Media
  • Ricardo Vidal: Product Executive, Advisor
  • Rob Johnson: Co-Founder, Maker Academy
  • Robert Kitson: Chief Sales Officer (Ex-FI Director), top.legal
  • Robert Richter: Head of Startups & Incubation, WERK1
  • Robert F. Brunner: Managing Editor & Coach, B'IMPRESS - impressive communication & Leadership Consulting
  • Roman Wolkow: CEO, Mitakus
  • Rupa Ram: Founder, Kayla Boutique Limited
  • Sahar Azghandi: Co-Founder & Executive Managing Director, SMAL
  • Sara Maki: VIP Mentor, Founder Institute
  • Sebastian Lieb: Finance / Corp Dev wizard, eGym
  • Sebastian Niewöhner: CEO, Talentcube
  • Sibyll Brüggemann: Head of Marketing DACH, Klarna
  • Silvio Mc Miken: Rechtsanwalt | Counsel, Reed Smith LLP
  • Simon Schneider: CEO & Co-Founder, Zyncd
  • Stefan Lemper: CEO, YOU IS NOW
  • Steffen Matz: CEO
  • Stephan Jacquemot: Emerging Business Team Lead Germany , Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
  • Stephan Wiesener: CTO, hetras
  • Stephan Hauner: CEO, mindshine
  • Stephanie Renz: Co-Founder, OH WOMAN
  • Sylvia Gangl: Founder, HR Schmiede
  • Ted Bremer: Founder, CEO, RedRigger GmbH
  • Teresa Hessel: Consultant & Coach, hessel-consulting.de
  • Thilo Plikat: Productmanager, Finn GmbH
  • Thomas Schindler: Founder , Delodi
  • Thomas Kraus: Former CEO, TNT Express Germany
  • Thomas Hartmann: General Manager, Lean Startup Practitioner, str84wd
  • Till Kaestner: Founder, Managing Director, BrightSide Holding UG
  • Tobias Henz: Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • Toby Bakic: Director International, Westwing
  • Tyler Crowley: Tyler Crowley - Founder & CEO, Skweal (Paris FI), Skweal
  • Uschi Joshua: President, German American Business Association
  • Verena Sturm: Founder, Avestu Institute
  • Vicky Arndt: Co-Founder & Partner , Gravity
  • Vladislav Svetashkov: CEO, brezzl. GmbH
  • Volker Glaeser: Partner and Managing Director, Reply
  • Volker Glaeser: Managing Director, Twice Reply GmbH
  • Volker Ruerup: Managing Director, Patent Pilot
  • Wolfgang Dykiert: CEO, dykiert beratung Gründungs- und Fördermittelberatung
  • Xaver Lehmann: Managing Director & Co-Founder, e-bot7
  • Yves Gendronneau: Senior Finance Manager, Blickfeld GmbH

  • 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 Munich to build a great company in 2019. 

Apply to the Munich Fall Virtual 2021 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.  

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