World’s Largest Pre-Seed Accelerator Looking to Help Ambitious Local Entrepreneurs Build the Future
The Founder Institute (FI.co), the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, announced today that its upcoming Campinas Virtual Winter 2020 program is now accepting applications. In an effort to ensure the health and safety of the program's mentors, partners, and participants, this Founder Institute cohort will be held completely online, allowing anyone to build a business alongside some of Campinas's top entrepreneurs and investors from the comfort of home. Any aspiring entrepreneur or team interested in building a technology business is invited to apply to the Campinas Virtual Winter 2020 Founder Institute at http://fi.co/apply/campinas, or attend a free online startup event in Campinas at http://fi.co/events/campinas.
Since launching in Campinas in 2017, the program has created 40 promising technology companies in the region, like KovverApp, Suridata, Meu Chapa, Escola Zax, Voix, Petnut, and many more. The Campinas Chapter will once again be led by Érico Pastana, Jose Rubens Urbini Junior, Leonardo Pinheiro, Pâmela Ponce and Pedro Sousa, and feature many of the region’s top startup investors, founders, and executives as mentors (http://fi.co/mentors/campinas).
The Founder Institute Campinas Virtual Winter 2020 pre-seed accelerator program begins on 2020-08-26, and aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs looking to build solutions for the future will have the opportunity to:
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Get constant feedback and regular office hours with 50+ Campinas Mentors, investors, and entrepreneurs.
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Make quick progress on their business using a proven, structured process to get to traction and funding that has helped alumni build great products and raise over $950M in funding.
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Get fast-tracked to a suite of post-programs, including Funding Lab, to continue getting expert support for years to come.
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Expand their support network to include startup founders, CEOs, and investors from the Founder Institute’s global network of 4,300+ alumni and 14,000+ mentors across 185+ cities
Anybody who is interested can apply to the Campinas Virtual Winter 2020 Founder Institute at http://fi.co/apply/campinas, and those that apply by the Early Application Deadline (2020-07-26) are eligible for reduced pricing.
About the Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (FI.co) is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. In the program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $950M. Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, 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 185 cities and 70 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 Founder Institute was founded in 2009 by Adeo Ressi and Jonathan Greechan. It is operated out of Palo Alto, California.
Graduates 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.
