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 Fall 2025 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 15 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 present the Alumni of the Silicon Valley program:
- DonNe - AI platform predicting hidden leadership hiring demand for executive search firms.
- Minds Up - Big data platform bringing automation, analytics, and compliance to US small farmers.
- Masi Brands - Web app matching US entrepreneurs with vetted, trained Nigerian virtual assistants.
- MemoirAI - AI tools helping families of color capture, preserve, and share life stories and heritage.
- Storibot.ai - Narrative intelligence platform transforming content into every format across all platforms.
- ShowFlex - Digital platform uniting professional bodybuilding athletes, promoters, fans, and sponsors.
- Beton Homes - Builds affordable, disaster-ready homes designed to survive extreme weather conditions.
- St.aiia - AI-powered e-commerce content generation for fashion brands, 3-5x faster and 25-30% cheaper.
- TIGO - Modern caregiver marketplace streamlining connections between families and caregivers.
- Zibby - Journaling app helping people tell their story without a blank page or rigid frameworks.
- NanoXSolar - AI-enabled tooling for next-gen batteries, space-tech solar, and sustainable nanomaterials.
- HiveShare - Platform for families and creators to share live streams and videos privately, ad-free.
- Beesla - AI-powered candidate search letting recruiters describe ideal hires in plain English.
- LYTVOX - Middleware standardizing immersive lighting sync with video content for smart lighting.
- AZIZA AI - AI-powered recruitment platform automating hiring with semantic job matching in Central Asia.
The Silicon Valley Fall 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at the Silicon Valley Founder Institute Graduation Event on Feb 05, 2026 - join the event.
Silicon Valley Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Silicon Valley Founder Institute: Aditya Kumar (Software Engineer, FAANG), Christina Marie Reddick (Founder, Racedu), Mercedes Bankston (Founder, Funderstar LTD), Preeti Tikekar (Founder/CEO, Membition), 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 Fall 2025 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 2BN.
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 Silicon Valley Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/silicon-valley.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 2BN 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.
