Since launching in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 1,310 new technology companies across 85 cities, 40 countries, and six continents.
These companies have gone on to do great things, and create over 10,000+ new jobs.
Over the past week, two Dhaka startups receive seed funding from leading global venture capital firm, ShapeTrace Labs wins startup competition, and more Grad News.
Below is a roundup of recent Founder Institute Graduates in the news:
- Two Founder Institute Dhaka graduate startups, HandyMama And SmartKompare, received $15,000 in seed funding from Fenox Venture: HandyMama And SmartKompare To Receive Seed Funding From Fenox Venture (Future Startup): SmartKompare and HandyMama, Dhaka Graduates, SmartKompare is a financial product comparison startup which aims to help its users find the best financial products. HandyMama is web and mobile based platform with a call center in place where people can outsource their everyday household tasks. Continue for more information.
- Entrepreneurship 101 held its ninth annual Up-Start! Competition for a prize of $15,000, and this year’s winner was Ernest Yap, co-founder of ShapeTrace Labs: Why there’s never a “right time” to launch your startup (MaRS): ShapeTrace Labs, a Toronto Graduate, is a cloud-based mobile solution for construction teams.
- Data Simply selected as one of eleven startups joining the FinTech Sandbox program to gain free access to data, infrastructure, and mentoring from FinTech leaders: FinTech Sandbox Accelerates Pace, Admitting Eleven More Innovative Startups to the Program (PRWeb): Data Simply, a Bay Area Graduate, is a software to help financial firms augment human intelligence using data.
- Cubbyspot selected as one of the Top 15 startup stage finalists in Global Innovation through Science and Technology competition: 2015 Tech-I Finalists Announced (GIST): Cubbyspot, a Toronto Graduate, is developing a mobile app for parents to help them find the best daycare for their child.
- Zipmark Signs Industry Leading Social Commerce Network and Mobile Service Provider Solavei as a new client: Zipmark Signs Industry Leading Social Commerce Network and Mobile Service Provider Solavei (Digital Journal): Zipmark, a New York Graduate, is the safest, easiest and fastest way for any business to collect payments from their customer, or make payments to partners and suppliers.
