The Founder Institute (http://fi.co), the World’s Largest Startup Accelerator, announced today that it is exploring a new chapter launch in Hyderabad this Spring 2014.
In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising entrepreneurs “learn by doing” and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 9,000 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
If you'd like to help bring this great program to Hyderabad, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, April 27th 2014, then the Founder Institute will formally launch a Hyderabad Chapter for the Spring of 2014.
In order to test demand in Hyderabad, the Founder Institute will host several free startup events;
Hyderabad Events:
- Fireside Chat with Rohit C, Co-Founder of Darwinbox | FI Hyderabad Launch: 3:30pm, Jul 10, 2026 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/401257
Global or Regional Events:
- Venture Trailblazers featuring Tim Draper: 8:30pm, Jul 09, 2026 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/402053
- Go From Idea to Working App with AI, Featuring Adeo Ressi: 10:30pm, Jul 09, 2026 (Asia/Kolkata): https://FI.co/e/402182
Leading the Founder Institute’s efforts in Hyderabad are Ramesh Loganathan (Center Head at Progress Software-Hyderabad Labs) and Srinivas Kollipara (COO of the IIIT-H Foundation).
Other successful entrepreneurs who have signed on to mentor founders in the program include:
- Ajay Jain: Managing Director & Founder, Silverneedle Ventures
- Bhat Dittakavi
- Bipin Pendyala: Founder & MD , SuVitas Holistic Healthcare
- Chaitanya C
- Dr Shailesh Kumar: Chief Data Scientist, Reliance Jio
- Gautham Sivaramakrishnan: Vice President, Market Networks, Blume Ventures
- J Ramachandran: CEO , Gramener
- J A Chowdary: Founder , ISF & Junicorn 100K
- Murali Bukkapatnam: CEO & Managing Director, GetdomesticHelp.com
- Murali Kakarla: Founder & CEO, Innobox
- Naidu Darapaneni: Founder & C.E.O, Versant Online Solutions (MeraEvents)
- Percy Italia: Founder & Partner, Italia & Associates
- Pradeep Mittal: Executive Chairman
- Prasad Vanga: Founder & Chief Accelerator
- Prasanna Boni: Co-founder COO, Edutor Technologies
- Priya Iyengar
- Raj Thota: Founder and Chief Facilitator , Ideaum
- Raju Vanapala: Founder & CEO, LearnSocial.com
- Rakesh Bhatia: Mentor / Investor
- Ramesh Loganathan: Professor & Dean of Research Innovation, IIIT Hyderabad
- Raviprasad Pisupati: Co-founder and Managing Partner
- Rimpal Chawla: Founder & CEO
- Rohit Chennamaneni: Co-Founder, Darwinbox
- Sachin Tummala: Managing Director, Corpus Group
- Sanjay Jesrani: Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures
- Srini Chandupatla: Co-Founder & COO, Manjeera Digital Systems
- Srinivas Kollipara: Managing Partner, Biome
- Srinivas Rao Mahankali: Independent Director & Advisor, Abyro Capita / Bower School
- Suheim Sheikh: Founder President, The Yacht Club of Hyderabad
- Sujit Jagirdar: Director and Chapter Leader, Founder Institute Inc, Hyderabad
- Vamshi Krishna Reddy: Partner, Kalaari Capital
- Viiveck Verma: Cofounder, Anaptyxi People Consult Pvt. Ltd.
- Vijay Gummadi: Founder & CEO, CarZ
- Vikrant Varshney: Managing Partner, SucSeed Venture Partners LLP
- Vineel Nalla: Vineel Nalla, NBOS Technologies
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Hyderabad and fill out an Interest Form today.
About The Founder Institute
The Founder Institute (www.FI.co) is the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies. In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs “learn by doing” and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 9,000 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
The Founder Institute was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi.
(Hyderabad photo by Shutterstock)
