The San Francisco Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the San Francisco program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 11 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 San Francisco's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the San Francisco program:
- FIND - a community driven platform where users can share their most unique locations/experiences, what we like to call hidden gems, to friends to know what to do for enjoyment in any city.
- MediaFan - a startup that develops and publishes premium content through several verticals/channels in multiple markets under a subscription model.
- Padgea - a SaaS system for every stakeholder in residential leasing to perform a rental from beginning to end
- Web-Stir Consulting - a company that is developing products for mitigating climate change.
- Golden cricket - a startup that that utilizes the planets most sustainable protein source - insects!
- Framilies - they match nearby families to easily save time, money & stress by trading 10+ services like carpooling, after-school care, babysitting, and dinner sharing and to make new friendships within their community.
- Real Electronic Investment Trust Exchange - a digital platform that utilizes blockchain technologies to manage Smart Contracts in a Decentralized Financial DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) approach.
- Derental - a SaaS inventory management platform thats that enables seamless, real-time reservations for tools & heavy equipment rentals and help Small Medium Size rental centers digitize their fleet & let them compete with national players.
- Ready2Serv - a startup that empowers Independent restaurants to thrive by enhancing their Sales & Marketing strategies and fostering deeper personalized connections between their dining experiences and customers
- Youpi - a startup that Empowers Healthcare Professionals to Excel Safely by Bridging the Training Gap
- Roamea - a startup that improves travel nurses and travel personnel well-being and productivity creating higher retention for the company.
The San Francisco program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
The graduation will take place on February 27, 2024.
San Francisco Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Di -rectors of the San Francisco Founder Institute: Jeni Chang (., .), Saro Nikraz (x, x), SF Admin (X, X). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in San Francisco that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the San Francisco program was supported by some of San Francisco's top technology organizations, including:
Some of San Francisco’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 San Francisco 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 Francisco Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/san-francisco.
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.
