The Austin Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Austin Fall 2024 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 5 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Austin's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Austin program:
- ValAer - Offering the first all-in-one SaaS platform that lets car rental agencies manage their business seamlessly from a single dashboard so that car rentals no longer need to patchwork their operations.
- Keysha - An AI-powered executive assistant designed to help entrepreneurs manage their time and tasks more efficiently, enabling them to increase productivity without burning out.
- Aypex - An AI-powered mobile app that helps athletes reduce health risks and optimize their potential by integrating physical performance data with thought pattern analysis.
- Edge Power - Offering zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell generators that provide five times the energy capacity of battery-only systems, delivering continuous power for industries like entertainment.
- SeamlessVisa - Building a web application that helps visa service providers improve the quality of student visa applications and minimize the risk of U.S. visa denials.
The Austin Fall 2024 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Austin Founder Institute Graduation Event on December 12th.
Austin Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Austin Founder Institute: Admin Austin, Martín Martinez (Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas), Riley Knox (-, -), Shane Brechmann (Director, Founder Institute Austin). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Austin that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Austin Spring 2025 program was supported by some of Austin's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Austin’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Austin Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Austin Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/austin.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
