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 Spring Virtual 2021 program.
Over 120 people applied to the program, and after an intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints and constant evaluation and feedback from investors and mentors, just six 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 proundly present the newest portfolio Alumni of the Founder Institute Austin program:
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Adulting101
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Good Glucose
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Gyle
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Intuily
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Meet Jane
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One January
The Austin Spring Virtual 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Austin Founder Institute: Elisa Sepulveda, Harold Hughes, Martin MartinezPaul O'Brien. 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 Virtual 2021 Austin Spring Virtual 2021 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:
- Adam Weinroth: CMO & Advisor, Various Startups
- Aeryn Cagle
- Amanda Lettmann: CEO, COO & Co-Founder, Kardia Ventures/ SimpleDisability, Inc.
- Amanda Eakin, Sputnik ATX
- Andrew Millet: Founder, Process Pro Consulting
- Arturo Piña: President, ProductCamp Austin
- Bill Briggs: Industry Expert, IncisiveFS
- Bob Bridge: Founder and Executive Director, SWAN Impact Network
- Brendan Kennedy: Co-President: Austin , Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Texas
- Brett Beckett: Vice President - Finance & Strategy, Realogy - Independence Title
- Brian Massey: The Conversion Scientist™, Conversion Sciences
- Cara McCarty: CEO, Betterleave
- Chris Palmisano: Investor, Sano Ventures, LLC
- Chris Turnley: Chief Revenue Officer
- Chris Smurthwaite: Founder, VC Insider
- Dana Marruffo: Owner, Buzz Public Relations, LLC
- Dave Heimnuck: CEO / Founder, Hidrent
- David Franklin: Founder & CEO, knowRX
- David Valentino: Managing Director, Austin Venture Association
- Ed Latson: CEO & President, Opportunity Austin
- Emmit Schultz: Founder & CEO, Savi, Inc.
- Frankie Arvelo: Startup Counsel, Arvelo PLLC
- Harrison Wells: VC, Notley
- Hazel Chappell: CEO | Founder, ishca health Inc
- Hugh Forrest: Chief Programming Officer, SXSW
- Ivelin Ivanov: co-founder, FI Web 3
- Jason Taylor: Executive Director
- Jason W. Taylor: President & Founder, CodeLaunch Accelerator
- Jeff Eversmann: Mentor, FI
- Joe Daniels: Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Jose Angel Ortega: Investor, VC
- José Luis Silva Vázquez: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Dux Capital
- Kristie Whites: FOUNDER & CEO, Serving Social
- Kwame Boler: Co-Founder & CEO, Spritz
- Laura Kamrath: CEO, Zebra Marketing Solutions
- Lauren Washington: Co-Founder, Black Women Talk Tech/Fundr
- Levi McMellian: CEO | Founding Partner | Managing Director, CFO4Life
- Lily Turner: Manager, Global Investment & Innovation, Opportunity Austin
- Lito Rodriguez: Partner, DWX Par
- Lucas Chaya Del Pino: Dell for Entrepreneurs Lead, DELL Technologies
- Marlon Montgomery: Director of Technology & Product , Globant / MediaTech.ventures
- Mauricio Delgado: Co-founder and CPO, Nada
- Melissa Unsell-Smith: Co-founder and President, https://rectifydata.com
- Mellie Price: Executive Director, Texas Venture Labs, University of Texas at Austin
- Michael Morton: CEO, Morton Consulting Group
- Mike Breck: Principal, Acuity Thinking
- Molly Walsh: Director, Founder Institute Dallas
- Nakevia Miller: Founder, Nakevia Designs
- Narek Gevorgyan
- Navin Jagannath: Principal, KRP Consulting
- Omar Zaki: Founder, Qima Ventures
- Q Manning: Head of Design, SmartAC.com
- Rafael Kartaszynski: CEO, TechEdge Developers
- Roger Heaston: President & CEO, Refinition
- Roland Peña: SVP Global Tech & Innovation, Opportunity Austin
- Saima Siddiqui: Director of Product Management, Joyride.com
- Sean Bauld: Founder & Chief Experiment Officer, spxk
- Sean Voigt: Founder & Managing Director, Mount Koya Capital & Advisors
- Shree Moorthy: Senior Vice President, Vertex Software
- Sloan Foster: Principal , Envisage Associates
- Thom Singer: CEO, Austin Technology Council
- Tiana Laurence: GP, Laurence Innovation
- Trey Ikard, WIV Ventures
- Tyler Durman: CEO & Founder, Ignition Growth Consulting
- Unnat Bak: CEO, Revscale
- Wogbe Ofori: Founder, Wrx Companies
- Yj Lin: Senior Program Manager, Dell
- YJ Lin: Program Manager, Dell for Entrepreneurs
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 $1.75BN.
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 $1.75BN 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/journey.
