Founder Institute San Diego 2021 Produces New Technology Companies

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

Over 140 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 SoCal's top startup experts and investors.  

And now, without further ado, we proudly present the newest Alumni of the FI San Diego program: 

• Charis Health

• NuLife Virtual

• Nurolux

• Tramigo

• WaveOn

The new Alumni of the San Diego Founder Institute invited members of the startup community to join them for a Graduation event on January 25th, featuring a special keynote talk by investor Neal Bloom of Interlock Capital - see the full video below:

The San Diego 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 San Diego Founder Institute: Ben Cote and Mike Sherbakov. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in San Diego that is conducive to building to great companies.

In addition, the San Diego Virtual 2021 program was supported by some of southern California's top technology organizations, including:

Some of San Diego’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 $1.75BN. 

After Graduation, the new San Diego 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 San Diego Founder Institute Virtual 2022 program is accepting applications now - to learn more, visit FI.co/apply/san_diego.

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.