Founder Institute Silicon Valley Fall 2021 Produces 18 New Technology Startups

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

Over 600 prospective entrepreneurs 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 18 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 Silicon Valley's top startup experts and investors.   

And now, without further ado, we proudly present the newest Alumni of the FI Silicon Valley accelerator: 

• AddressMe 

• AMP Health

• AR360

• Cosmic Birth

• EmHealth Foundation

• GlobalSpotz

• GuardianGamer

• iBodyTec

• Khleon

• LightWraps

• MediaX for Peace

• Orange Charger

• Possibilities Inside

• PropZap

• Talento AI

• Venja Health

• WorkSpark.app

• Xiggit

The new Silicon Valley portfolio Alumni invited members of the startup community and wider public to join them for a live online cohort Graduation event on February 9th, which featured keynote speaker and fellow SV FI Alumni Abby Sugar, Founder & CEO of Play Out Apparel - watch the FI Silicon Valley Fall 2021 Graduation event keynote video below: 

The Silicon Valley Virtual Fall 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes an entire innovation ecosystem to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Silicon Valley Founder Institute: Jeni Chang (., .), Mercedes Bankston (Founder, Funderstar LTD), Pete Biggam (CEO, Blacksite Solutions), Priscila Moreira (Local leader , Angel investor club), Sneha Lundia (Founder & CEO, Step2Growth), Sv 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 Silicon Valley that is conducive to building to great companies.

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

Some of Silicon Valley’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 Silicon Valley 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 Founder Institute Silicon Valley Virtual 2022 program is enrolling now. If you are interested in applying or learning more, visit FI.co/apply/silicon_valley.

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.