Founder Institite Nordics, the regional chapter in Nordics of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Spring 2022 cohort.
Over 230+ prospective founders applied to join 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 entrepreneurs have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of the Nordic & Global startup experts and investors.
The new FI Nodics Alumni invite members of the startup ecosystem and public to join them live on Thursday, 7th July, 18:00 CEST for a special online Graduation Event, featuring keynote speaker Anna Gissler, CEO of Invest Stockholm
And now, without further ado, we present the newest Alumni of the FI Nordics Spring 2022 cohort:
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Dash Coffee
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Organ-AI
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PlanetMatch
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NumSolar
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Fleximent
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MeSocial
We would like to thank Nutty Ventures AB and the Local Leaders of the Founder Institute Nordics: Mehkar Sheikh, Naimul Abd, Cathy Chen, and Sokol Vjerdha. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in the Nordics that is conducive to building to great companies.
We would also like to thank our ecosystem partners:
We would also like to thank the renowned Nordic Speakers at our public events leading up to the launch of the Spring 2022 cohort including: Emmet King, Simon Olson, Stefan Sonnerstedt, Julia Delin, Marcus Boijemyr, Naimul Abd, Jesper Kjellerås, Ariane Bucquet Pousette, Anders Hammarbäck, Maria Grabowska, Jonathan Greechan, Aurore Belfrage, Malcolm Larri, Calin Fabri, Ying-Ying Huang, Nea Harjanne, Ville Simola, Torsti Tenhunen, Sameh Katr, Mari Luukkainen, Janne Saarikko, Marie-Louise Dahl, Isabella Palmgren, Elin Tornblad, Anette Nordvall, Funda Sezgi, Mehkar Sheikh, Victoria Kopylov, Erik Oskarsson, Leif Frykman, Hannes Helander, Mikael Arndt, Rebecka Löthman Rydå, and Sigrid Hellberg.
We would also like to thank our top Global and Nordic startup mentors that helped our founders in the program through program sessions and office hours, including: Chris Foltz, Funda Sezgi, Simon Olson, Mari Luukkainen, Fredrik Rosengren, Russell Brand, Marie-Louise Dahl, Henrik Reimavuo, Ali Jamal, Mara Rada, Maria Karlbom, Magnus Bergmark, Tetiana Siianko, Remi Saint-Jean, Ida Herbertsson, Andrew Hennigan, Gabriele Garavini, Praveen Mayakar, Ola Wassvik, Victoria Kopylov, Leif Frykman, Peter Ingman, Janne Saarikko, Fernanda Torre, Dennis Surendra, Tobias Bard, Joachim Widd, Anjali Malhotra, Funda Sezgi, Milena Kraeva, Beril Kocadereli, Elena Mlotok, John Drakenberg Renander, Gustav Dalén, Raman Ramalingam, Mikaela Larsell Ayesa, Idowu Akinde, and Randy Cottin.
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 Nordic 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 upcoming Founder Institute Nordics Fall 2022 program is enrolling pre-seed founder applicants now. In learning more or applying, visit: FI.co/nordics.
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.
