The Australia and New Zealand Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the final 2024 program for ANZ.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 7 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 ANZ's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Australia and New Zealand program:
- SkillCef by Intellikraft solutions Pty Ltd. skillcef.com - Building an AI-powered skills assessment and course discovery engine that identifies knowledge gaps, delivers personalized learning paths, and awards industry-recognized certifications to boost employability.
- Scholar Spark - Creating an AI-powered platform that revolutionizes structured literature reviews, enabling researchers to conduct comprehensive studies faster and accelerate scientific discovery and innovation.
- Accountability Squad asquad.app - A community-driven platform that empowers developers to achieve their personal and professional goals through structured accountability groups, tailored goal tracking, and peer support.
- Oscorp Energy oscorpenergy.com.au - developing sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling solutions for the electric vehicle and electronics industries, addressing the urgent need to manage battery waste while recovering valuable materials.
- Mareekh Dynamics mareekh.com - A space technology start-up developing habitation systems for permanent human settlement on Mars, with promising applications for treating altitude sickness in the health industry on Earth.
- Co-Linic AI colinicai.com - Streamlining non-clinical tasks for allied health therapists with a customizable AI-driven solution, accessible as both a Microsoft Word plug-in and SaaS platform, allowing therapists to focus more on patient care and reduce wait times.
- Divergity divergity.co- Building an online platform that helps ADHD entrepreneurs learn more effectively and manage tasks to achieve real progress in their businesses.
The Australia and New Zealand 2024 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at the ANZ Demo Day with a keynote speaker on November 5th.
ANZ Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Australia and New Zealand Founder Institute: Benjamin Chong (Partner, Right Click Capital), Paul Krajewski (Product Management / Research MarTech SaaS, SalesEnablement.wordpress.com/about), Sydney Admin (FI Admin account, FI Sydney). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in ANZ that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Australia and New Zealand program was supported by some of ANZ's top startup support ecosystem players, including:
Some of ANZ’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 Australia and New Zealand 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 Australia and New Zealand Founder Institute program is accepting applications for the February 2025 start. If you are interested, visit FI.co/apply/australia.
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.
