Founder Institute New York Fall Virtual 2021 Produces New Tech Startups

The New York Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the New York Fall Virtual 2021 program.

Over 220 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 five 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 New York's top startup experts and investors.  

The newest Alumni of FI New York invite members of the startup community to join them for a public Founder Institute NY Alumni Pitch Event with featured guest Adam Seifer - RSVP here to join on January 25th!

And now, without further ado, we present the new portfolio Alumni of the Founder Institute NYC accelerator: 

• Boxed Basics

• Choosii

• GRPTHNK

• Hexabitz

• Wallet Max

The New York Fall 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 New York Founder Institute: Reid Hamilton and Stefan Klotzbuecher. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in New York that is conducive to building to great companies.

In addition, the New York Fall Virtual 2021 program was supported by some of New York's top technology organizations, including:

Some of New York’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 New York 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 New York Founder Institute 2022 program is accepting applications now - to learn more, visit FI.co/apply/new_york.

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/journey.