Build a Startup with Silicon Valley's Top Investors and Advisors. Founder Institute SV Applications Open

Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Silicon Valley Fall 2024 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Silicon Valley Fall 2024 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 Silicon Valley, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

Silicon Valley Events:

What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Apr 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342807
Founder Night Out: In-Person Startup Networking in Silicon Valley: 5:00pm, May 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343047
How to Quickly Establish Safe, Reliable, and Compliant AI Startups: 10:00am, May 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340121
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Jun 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343387
Founder Night Out: In-Person Startup Networking in Silicon Valley: 5:00pm, Jun 19, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344848
How to Take a Value Proposition to Finding Product Market Fit: 10:00am, Jun 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341385
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Jul 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340171
How Founders Beat Anxiety for Peak Performance : 10:00am, Jul 03, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341595
How to Acquire your First 100 B2C Customers: 10:00am, Jul 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344347
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Sep 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343493
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Oct 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344470
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Oct 30, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344544
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Nov 25, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345283
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 10:00am, Dec 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345282
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00am, Dec 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344855

Global or Regional Events:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online: 5:00pm, May 01, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340839
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas (Interactive Online Event): 10:00am, May 08, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340860
Innovation Series: Connecting Corporates & Startups with Open Innovation: 9:00am, May 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345263
Startup Founders’ Guide to Building an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy: 10:00am, May 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342729
How to Build a Fundable Start-up Brand: 10:00am, May 20, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340882
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, May 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340370
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, May 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340919
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Jun 05, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/340990
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Jun 10, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341019
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 10:00am, Jun 12, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341039
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Jun 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341058
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Jun 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341077
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 5:00pm, Jul 15, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341273
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Jul 17, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341372
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Jul 22, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343987
How to Build a Personal Brand: The Startup Founders Guide to Thought Leadership: 10:00am, Jul 24, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343170
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas : 10:00am, Jul 29, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341701
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 5:00pm, Aug 05, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341893
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 10:00am, Aug 12, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344133
Pitch Lounge: Practice Pitching Your Business Idea to Startup Experts : 5:00pm, Aug 19, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341761
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with a Venture Capitalist: 5:00pm, Aug 26, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/341826
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 5:00pm, Aug 28, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/345852
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder: 5:00pm, Sep 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343267
What is Entrepreneur DNA? Insights from 15 Years of Social Science Research: 5:00pm, Sep 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344234
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Sep 16, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342396
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Oct 14, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342473
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Transition to Startup Founder : 10:00am, Nov 04, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/343370
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 5:00pm, Nov 18, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344722
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 10:00am, Nov 27, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342573
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00am, Dec 02, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342280
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 10:00am, Dec 09, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/344831
Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 5:00pm, Dec 23, 2024 (America/Los_Angeles): https://FI.co/e/342655

See all upcoming events

The Silicon Valley program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Mike Suprovici (EIR), Ryan Micheletti (Director of Global Operations, Founder Institute), and Scout Tweedie-Yates (Operations Manager, Founder Institute).

In addition, some of Silicon Valley'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 Silicon Valley Founder Institute includes:

Aalap Shah: Co-Founder, SoMe Connect
Aaron Patzer: Founder and CEO, Mint.com & Fountain
Adam Fridman: Founder, Mabbly and ProHabits
Adam Dean: Partner, Ravix Group
Adeo Ressi: Founder/CEO, Founder Institute
Alain Raynaud: CEO, FairSoftware
Alejandro Goyen
Alejandro Rivas Micoud: CEO, Userlytics Corporation
Alex Sok: Co-Founder/CEO, Elluva
Alex Rampell: CEO, TrialPay
Alexander Torrenegra: Co-founder and CEO, VoiceBunny and Torrenegra Labs
Alexander Garcia Tobar: Principal, AGT Group, Inc
Alexandra Johnson: Managing Director, DFJ Aurora
Alexandra Johnson: Managing Director, DFJ VTB Aurora
Aline Hemmo: Consultant, Pilsoft
Ana Baltodano
Andreas Gindin: Entrepreneur and investor, Ulf & Vänner AB
Andrew Schwaab: Patent Attorney, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Andrew Goldner: Co-Founder & CEO
Andrew Filev: Founder&CEO, Wrike
Andrew Lee: CEO, Esper
Angela Rastegar: Director, West Coast and Asia Pacific, Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation
Anthony Duran: Sr Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer
Anthony Kolton: President, Regenerative Medical Solutions (RMS)
Artem Gassan: General Partner, SaaS Growth Ventures
Ash Fontana: Venture Hacker, AngelList
Ash Maurya: Founder & CEO, Spark59
Asta Sendonaris, LBS
Aurelie Guerrieri: Founder & CEO, Akila One
Avery Lyford: Chief Customer Officer, InfoStretch
Balaji Sivasubramanian: VP, Product, OpsMx
Barry Thompson: CEO, Tervela
Basil Enan: CEO, Discors
Ben Larson: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Gateway Incubator
Benjamin Young: CEO, Sworkit
Bhavin Shah: CEO, Refresh, Inc.
Bill Hunt: CTO, IncentAlign
Bjoern Lasse Herrmann: CEO, Compass (formerly Startup Genome)
Bob Rosin: Bob Rosin - VP Business Development, LinkedIn (San Francisco FI) , Stripe
Bow Rodgers: CEO, Founder Institute
Bram Cohen: Founder/Chief Scientist, BitTorrent
Branden Spikes: CEO, CTO, and Founder, Spikes, Inc.
Brandon Steelman: Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.
Brett Murray: Vice President, Marketing, View, Inc.
Brian Wong: Founder & CEO, Kiip
Brian Liu: Chairman & Co-Founder, LegalZoom.com
Bryan Thatcher: CEO, Fusebox Inc
Bubba Murarka: Partner, DFJ
Carol Broadbent: Managing Director, Crowded Ocean
Carter Laren: Founder/CEO, Inara Ventures
Chester Ng: Co-Founder & CMO, SweetLabs
Chris Hogg: Founder & CEO, 100Plus
Christina Trampota: Product and Partnerships Leader, Growth Stage Companies
Ciaran Byrne: Global Product Manager, Abbott Vascular
Connie Kwan: Product Maestro, Product Maestro
Craig Kanarick: CEO , Mouth Foods
Dan Mc Guire: CEO, SKINNYprice
Dan Rubins: Founder & CEO, Legal Robot
Dan Gertsacov: Dan Gertsacov - CEO, Americas Region (Bogota FI)
Dan Owen: Managing General Partner, HO2 Funds
Dan Arkind: Founder & CEO, JobScore
Dana Loberg: CEO, Leo AR
Daniel Saccani: President, Ravix Group, Inc.
Daniel Takabayashi: CTO, Laguro.com
Daria Gonzalez: Founder, Wunderdogs
Dave Mcclure: Founder/CEO, Aslan Computing
David Sacks: CEO, Yammer
David Higley: Managing Partner, Bond Lane Partners
David Dioli: Partner, Ravix Group
David Ulevitch: CEO, OpenDNS
David Weekly: Product Manager, internet.org @ facebook
David Wu: General Partner, Maveron Capital
David Kidder: Co-Founder and CEO, Bionic Solution LLC
David Anderson: Partner, Mighty Capital
Ed Lam: Partner, Mighty Capital
Eddie Hartman: co-Founder, LegalZoom
Emna Ghariani: Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute
Eren Bali: Chairman & Co-founder, Udemy
Erette Dunn: Founder , Rever
Eric Ries: Speaker, The Lean Startup
Eugene Lee: CEO, Socialtext
Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, Finien
Frank Mastronuzzi: CEO & Founder
Fred Joyal: Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) , Futuredontics
G.D. (Ram) Ramkumar: Chief Architect for Visual Search, A9.com
Gabe Zichermann: CEO, Failosophy
Gagan Biyani: Gagan Biyani - CoFounder, Fresh (San Francisco FI) , Fresh
Gary Gaessler: VP Sales, Nventify
George Bravo: Founder, Law Office of George R. Bravo
Gina Bianchini: Cofounder, Ning
Gisele Bisson: Product Launch Strategist, Chain Reaction Accelerator
Gleb Budman: Co-founder and CEO, Backblaze
Gopi Rangan: Cofounder, INSEAD Angels
Gopi Mattel: Founder CEO, MaxBlox, Inc.
Greg Isenberg: Digital Marketer and Angel Investor
Hans Kim: Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Harmony Oswald: Founder & CEO, Legalucy, Inc.
Heather Harde: Former CEO, TechCrunch
Himakara Pieris: CEO, Hydra.ai
Himanshu Khurana: Senior Engineering Manager, Premium, LinkedIn
Holly Liu: CoFounder, Chief of Staff, Kabam
Ian Mc Carthy: COO, BrightSky Labs
Irina Berkon: Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Iris Charabi Berggren: Leadership Coach, IRIS cb
James Kaskade: CEO, Janrain Inc.
James Jensen: Partner, Perkins Coie
James Hong: Co-founder, HOT or NOT
Jared Hansen: Founder & CEO, Breezy
Jared Goralnick: Founder & CEO, AwayFind
Jason Johnson: Managing Partner
Jason Freedman: Founder, 42Floors
Jason Nazar: Jason Nazar - Co Founder & CEO, Crew32
Jason Calacanis: Jason Calacanis - CEO, Mahalo.com (San Francisco FI) , Mahalo.com
Jay Jamison: Founder & President
Jeff Lee: Founder & CEO, Cost Cooperative
Jeff Stewart: Founder & CEO, Lenddo
Jeff Bonforte: Jeff Bonforte - SVP, Yahoo (Silicon Valley FI) , Yahoo
Jeffrey Dachis: CEO, One Drop
Jen Shelby: Consultant, Signature Leadership
Jeremy Glassenberg: Founder, Consultant, API Strategist
Jeremy Geiger: CEO, Retailigence
Jessica Zweig: Co-Founder | President, CheekyChicago.com | SimplyBe Agency
Jessica Alter: Founder/CEO, Founder Dating
Jill Stelfox: Co-Founder , Graffiti Sports
Jim Greer: CEO, Kongregate
Jim Chappell: Managing Director, DoublEagle Management Group
Joanna Riley: CEO & Co-Founder, Censia
Joe Zawadzki: CEO, MediaMath
Joe Garza
Joe Bezdek: Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
John Albietz: CTO, Co-Founder, Managed Cloud Technologies
John Lee: Vice President, Early Stage Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
John Young: principal, Alkimie Pte. Ltd.
John Mc Intyre: Managing Director, Citrix Startup Accelerator
Jonathan Abrams: Founder and CEO, Nuzzel
Jonathan Benassaya: Owner , Milestone Factory
Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder, Founder Institute
Joseph Prabhakar: CEO, Power Communication Corp.
Joshua Rozario: Principal Consultant, The Joshua Rozario Company
Juan Polanco: Founder & CEO, Optimo Capital
Justin Mares: Co-author, Traction book
Justin Mc Carthy: CEO, TurnHere, Inc.
Justin Moore: CEO, Axcient, Inc.
Justin Wilcox: Founder, Customer Development Labs
Justine Reichman: Founder, Next Gen Chef
K. Shaikh: Founder , Interpreters-On-Call
Kamal Hassan: CEO, Incmind
Karen Purtich: Human Resources Leadership, Independent HR Consultant
Kate Connally: Director of Growth, Dolby Laboratories
Kate Rutter: Co-Founder, LUXr
Kelly Fitzsimmons: Co-Founder, HarQen & the Hypervoice Consortium
Ken Ross: Founder/CEO, ExpertCEO
Kendall Mac Rostie: Attorney, Foster Employment Law
Kevin Siskar: Managing Director, Founder Institute NY
Kevin Ye: Corporate Relations, Silicon Foundry
Kiki Mwiti: CoFounder, FairFunders
Kirill Makharinsky: Co-founder, Ostrovok.ru
Kristopher Francisco: CEO, Evolute Inc.
Larsen Jensen: Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lauren Chan Lee: Senior Director of Product Management, Care.com
Leila Banijamali: Leila Banijamali - CEO & Founder, Startup Documents (San Francisco FI) , Startup Documents
Lesa Hammond: CEO, Profihire
Lev Mazin: CEO, AYTM
Liza Lichtinger: Liza Lichtinger , FDS
Lucas Gozálvez: Founder & CEO, Icinetic
Lucas Rocha: Investor, Unshackled Ventures
Lucy Keoni: CoFounder, StartUpRising
Luis Mauro Yap: Advisor, Multiple Companies
Madeline Duva: CEO, Fluxx.io
Madeline Duva, Drop (Smart Kitchen)
Marcos Polanco: Co-director, Founder Institute San Francisco
Marcos Polanco: CTO, Visor Labs
Maria Mokhnatkina: CEO, RoadGazer Inc.
Mark Pincus: CEO, Esper
Mark Frohnmayer: Founder, Arcimoto
Mark Manning: Founder & CEO, iTRACE Technologies
Mark Montalban: Founder, iDEAQUEST.co & Growth at FI HQ
Marlon Nichols: Partner, Intel Capital
Matt Shapiro: CEO, Co-Founder, siyea
Matt Belitsky: Start Up Consultant, The Data Guy
Matt Mandell: Principal, Mandell Enterprises
Max Shevyakov: CEO, BorrowLenses
Max Shevyakov: Co-Founder & CEO, BorrowLenses.com
Megan Todd: Head of Admissions
Micah Baldwin: VP, Author Development, Blurb
Michael Seibel: CEO, Socialcam
Michael Diamant: CEO, Skip Hop
Michael Arrington: Editor, TechCrunch
Mike Suprovici: EIR, Founder Institute
Misha Chellam: Cofounder & COO, Scanadu
Mona Defrawi: CEO & Founder, Radivision
Munjal Shah: CEO, Like.com
Natalia Alquati: Head of Business Development, CodigoDelSur
Nathan Schor: Founder, Resource Center for Scientific Marketing
Naval Ravikant: Co-founder, AngelList
Navin Nagiah: President & CEO, DNN Corp
Newton Paskin: President & CEO, Explorer Technologies
Nir Eyal, AdNectar
Nitin Pachisia: Founding Partner, Unshackled
Nupur Mehta: CEO, RigPlenish
Omar Valle: Startup Business Development, Amazon Web Services
Patrick Lee: Co-Founder, Hobo Labs
Patrick Mork: Chief Story Teller, Mad Mork Stories
Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
Peter Pham: CEO, BillShrink
Peter Holtz: President, Peter Holtz CPA
Phil Libin: Co-Founder and Chairman of Evernote, Managing Director at General Catalyst, General Catalyst
Philip Kaplan: Founder and CEO, ADHD Labs
Phnam Bagley: Partner and Creative Director, Nonfiction
Prem Kumta: Co-Founder Up All Night / CEO Flavor Group , Up All Night
Purva Gupta: Founder and CEO, Lily
Rachel Sheppard
Raj Sheth: CEO, Recruiterbox
Raj Singh: Managing Director, JetBlue Technology Ventures
Rajesh Setty: Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot
Rashmi Sinha: CEO, SlideShare
Ravishankar Gundlapalli: CEO & Founder, MentorCloud, Inc.
Razi Sharir: CEO, Product Management & Strategy, Xeround Inc
Roman Arzhintar: Direct, Product Management, Rovi Corporation
Ron Flavin: President, Ron Flavin, Inc.
Ron Warshawsky: CEO, Enteros, Inc
Ron Palmeri: Founder/CEO , Layer, Inc/MkII Ventures
Ron Gentile: Advisor and Investor, Mighty Capital
Russ Fradin: Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signal
Russell Brand: Member, Keiretsu Forum
Russell Klusas: Founder, Tradecraft
Ryan Mac Carrigan: VP Biz Dev, Startup Essentials Inc.
Ryan Micheletti: Director of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Sam Chaudhary: Co-founder & CEO, ClassDojo
Sami Inkinen: Co-Founder, Board Member, Trulia
Sandeep Shroff: Co-Founder/CEO, myStartUpCFO
Sanjai Marimadaiah: Managing Director, Spinnovation LLC
Sathya Prasad: Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Scott Heiferman: CEO, Meetup
Scott Painter: Co Founder, BrightHouse
Sean Casey: Managing Director, Silicon Valley Space Center
Seth Sternberg: co-founder & ceo, Meebo
Shaahin Cheyene: President, http://www.excelerol.com
Shahab Kaviani: Co-Founder, Chief Entrepreneurs Office, CoFoundersLab
Shervin Pishevar: CEO, SGN
Shira Abel: CEO, Hunter & Bard
Srdjan Kovacevic: Vice President, Sizmek, Inc.
Stephen Meade: Founder & CEO, MonetaPro.IO
Stephen Russell: Founder and CEO , Prism Skylabs
Steve Bennet: Trustee, Cross Coin Ventures
Steve Mc Kay: CEO, Entone, Inc. and others
Steven Frisch: Serial Entrepreneur & Advisor, CentralSpark.io
Stu West: CFO, Kno, Inc.
Subha Shetty: vice president, product and design, zenfolio
Suhas Ghante: COO, Zyudly Labs
Sujee Maniyam: Founder / Principal, Elephant Scale
Suranga Chandratillake: Founder & CEO, blinkx
Surina Piyadasa: Lead Coach/Founder/CEO, Dynamically Speaking
Suz Somersall: CEO, KiraKira
Tadhg Bourke: Head of People and Places, Nuro
Taek Chung: CEO and Founder, AdHusky
Thomas Hogan: Founder and Partner, Crowded Ocean
Tim Ferriss
Tim Hyer: Founder & CEO, Getable
Timo Kilp: Associate, Sony Innovation Fund
Tony Scherba: President, Yeti LLC
Travis Giggy: Founder, Swing by Swing Golf
Trip Adler: CEO, Scribd
Troy Foster: Partner, Perkins Coie
Valerie Chan: Founder Co-CEO, Eye-Fi & Forq
Vasanth Shenai: VP Finance, startup
Victor Chapela: Victor Chapela - Founder & CEO, Suggestic (Silicon Valley FI), Suggestic
Vince Nakayama: Founder/CEO, Accelervation
Vincent Lui: Managing Director, Rhapsody Ventures
Virender Ahluwalia: EVP Finance, Singularity University
Walter Roth: CEO, inward.me
Wayne Willis: Managing Partner, Nodal Partners
Wenceslao Casares: CEO, Bling Nation
Wendy Ryan: Managing Director, Muse Advisors
Will Bunker: Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of One-and-Only (became Match.com)
Wilson Cheung: Principal, Ravix Group
Winston Choe: Founder/CEO, Innoscape
Xavier Damman: Co-Founder & CEO, Storify
Xiaoxu Kang: CEO, KangarooHealth Inc.
Y Vonne Hutchinson: Founder, ReadySet
Ziv Gillat: Co-Founder, Eye-Fi & Forq

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.