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

Over 180 people 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 six 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 Sydney's top startup experts and investors.  

Without further ado, we proudly present the newest portfolio Alumni of the FI Sydney program: 

The Sydney Virtual Autumn 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Sydney Founder Institute: Benjamin ChongCharlotte Connell, Cheryl Mack, Chris ClarkPaul Krajewski, and Phoebe Zhang. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Sydney that is conducive to building to great companies.

In addition, the Sydney Virtual Autumn 2021 program was supported by some of Sydney's top technology organizations, including:

Some of Sydney’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:

  • Adam Long: Chief Growth Officer, Humanitix & CEO @ TheEthicalCEO.com
  • Adam Ginsburg, Buzzy
  • Adam Mostogl: CEO, The Van Diemen Project
  • Adelina Lalic: Co-founder, Kiddsbay
  • Adeline Chu: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Remarkable Tech
  • Adeo Ressi: Founder/CEO, Founder Institute
  • Adrian Enright: Director of Partnerships, Tasman Environmental Markets
  • Aivee Robinson: Co-Founder, Catalyser
  • Alan Jones: CEO, Fishburners
  • Alejandro Patterson: Principal Product Manager , Honey Insurance
  • Alex Brennan: Founder, Qb Studios
  • Alissa Cronau: Founder, Maven Music
  • Allan Lalic: Co-founder, Kebloom
  • Amit Verma: Investment Manager, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
  • Andrea Gardiner: Founder & CEO, Jelix Ventures
  • Andy Edwards: Founder and CEO, GeoSnapShot
  • Andy Farquharson: Sales Architect, Winning By Design
  • Angela Kwan: Co-founder, Catalyser & Board Member HaymarketHQ
  • Anna Robson: Co-Founder & CEO, Refugee & Migrant Talent
  • Anna Cheng: Head of Growth Marketing, Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
  • Anna Ivanova: Blockchain Development, Power Ledger
  • Annabel Causer: Founder & CEO, Pep and Zest
  • Anne Moore: Work Futurist. Creator of Now to Next: Frames for the New Way We Work, Ex-CEO, Plando
  • Annie Le Cavalier: General Manager, Stone & Chalk
  • Anshul Jain: Founder, Elenta
  • Ant Moorehouse: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthTech
  • Ash Ma: Product Manager, Zip Co.
  • Asher Vukelic: Chair, Southwest Angels
  • Ashton Bishop: CEO , Step Change
  • Ben Pecotich: Design & Innovation Director/Founder, Dynamic4
  • Ben Reid: Co-Founder, Crave (Entrepreneur in Residence, Remarkable)
  • Benjamin Ranck: Principal, MacroReactor
  • Benjamin Chong: Partner, Right Click Capital
  • Bill Trestrail: CEO, Market Momentum Pty Ltd
  • Bill Trestrail: Venture Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
  • Brady Flockart: Senior Investment Associate, Startmate
  • Brendan Yell: Director, Twilio Startups
  • Brendan Hill: Angel Investor & Syndicate Lead, Logan and Wayne
  • Brian Menzies: VP, Commercial Development, Vast Solar
  • Brodie Mc Culloch: Founder, Spacecubed, Perth, WA
  • Bronwen Kaspers: Customer Success Coach, Culture Amp cultureamp.com
  • Cam Walshe: Director, Pitchblak
  • Cameron Adams: Co-founder & CPO, Canva
  • Cameron Rambert: Co-Founder & CEO, Frankston Foundry
  • Cameron Ensor: Student Fellowship Associate, Startmate
  • Caroline Lepron: CEO & Founder, Skoutli
  • Charlotte Connell: Founder, The Sustainability Collective
  • Cheryl Mack: CEO & Founder, Aussieangels.com + Activator at SheEO™
  • Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
  • Chris Clark: Co-Founder & CEO of BEERLOVE
  • Chris Darwin: CEO and Co-Founder, The Darwin Challenge App
  • Christie Jenkins: Investor, Blackbird
  • Christoph Sollich: Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor
  • Claudia Barriga Larrivere: Head of People, investor, writer & mentor
  • Colette Grgic: Chief Innovation Officer, BlueChilli Group
  • Colin Graham: Program Manager, SunRamp Healthtech Accelerator
  • Dane Eldridge: CEO, 4mation Technologies
  • Daniel Ringrose: Business Coach, Future Results
  • Daniel Bignold: Founder & CEO, Propps.com
  • Daniel Lohrmann: Managing Director, ikaros
  • Daniel Dizon: Co-Founder, Swell
  • Daniel Sterry: Co-Founder, Cultivate
  • Danny Adams: Founder, GoFar
  • Darsel Keane: Director, University of Auckland
  • Dave Tong: Co-founder, Employment Hero
  • David Siegel: Partner, Step Change
  • David Peters: Executive Head, Comviva
  • David Quan: Content Creator, YouTube
  • David Kenney: Director, Start Growth Pty Limited
  • David Theodorou: Head of Product and Delivery, Experience Digital (also Partner - Black Nova Group)
  • David Jack: CEO, Social Impact Institute
  • David Hauser: CEO & Director, Silicon Beach Australia Ltd
  • David Lim: Founding Partner, Ideas Worth Doing
  • Dean Mc Evoy: Non Executive Director, Investor and Adviser, TechSydney
  • Debra Hall: Angel Investor, Flying Kiwi Angels
  • Dennis Kibirev: Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai
  • Dil Khosa: Founder, Athena X
  • Dimitris Polychronopoulos: Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor
  • Dmitri Voronenko: CTO & Investor, virtualintegrity.com.au
  • Dominic Bressan: CEO, AirService
  • Ed Stevens: Entrepreneur in Residence, AGL
  • Eitan Bienstock: Managing Director, Techbench Capital
  • Elizabeth Kaelin: MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer, UTS Business School
  • Elizabeth Van Rooyen: Head of Investor Relations & Marketing, Invest Unlisted
  • Elke Keeley: Co-Founder; Co-CEO, UrbanYou
  • Eric Frost: CEO and Co-Founder, Simple KYC
  • Erickson Yap: Investor, Flying Kiwi Angels
  • Evan Wong: CEO, Checkbox.AI
  • Franziska Iseli: Founder, Basic Bananas
  • Fraser Taylor: CMO, Outlier Ventures
  • Garry Visontay: General Partner, Right Click Capital
  • Gatis Vilcans: Director of Technology, Atom CTO
  • Gawin Fernando: Co-Founder, CreativeCubes.Co
  • George Hedon: Founder & CEO, Pause Fest
  • George Lowndes: Investment Manager, Taronga Ventures
  • Graham Christie: Co-Founder, CX360, BEERLOVE
  • Graham Meyerowitz: Entrepreneur & Experienced Technology Professional, Mentor, Stone & Chalk
  • Greg Moshal: Founder and Joint CEO, Prospa
  • Greg Campbell: Operations Director, Known (Burst SMS etc)
  • Guillaume Deront: General Manager Australia, ShipBob
  • Gwendolyn Ong: Co-Founder & Director, Cultivate
  • Henrik Stovring: Founder & CEO, MyCarYourRental
  • Hugo Perez: Managing Partner, United Data Technologies (UDT)
  • Hugo Rourke: CEO and Co-Founder, Perx
  • Ian Gardiner: Co-founder, Innovation Bay
  • Ilter Dumduz: Co-founder, Blys
  • Inu Akerei (Rei) Maresala Thomson: CEO, Trust MYRIVR
  • Jack Qi: Director, William Buck
  • James Moody: CEO, Sendle
  • James Palmer: Investor, Blackbird
  • James Cameron: Founding Director, Visionary Leadership Ltd
  • Jane Cockburn: CEO and Founder, Kairos Now
  • Jared Kristensen: Co-founder/CEO, Playground xyz
  • Jeff Perlman: Founder, Revenue Ninja (revenue.ninja)
  • Jeffrey Cooper: General Manager, Step Change
  • Jeremy Chetty: Co-founder, Student Edge
  • Jeroen Bolluijt: Co-Founder, Exit Founders
  • Jess Walker: Co-Founder, Wonderfund
  • Joanna Du: Founder Institute Associate, Artist, Joannadu.com
  • Jodi Boylan: Executive Producer, Director and Development Producer , Independent
  • John Webster: Founder & CEO, CoRoster
  • John Pennington: CEO and Founder, Rfider Limited
  • Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
  • Jonathon Wilkinson: Co-founder, Equitise
  • Jonny Levi: Consultant/Mentor, Jonny Levi
  • Josh Allan: Technical Business Analyst, Rfider Limited
  • Joshua Ross: CEO and Founder, Humanitix
  • Joshua Boccamazzo: Head of Business Operations and Strategy, Perx Health
  • Judith Hartlmaier: Founder, Positive Impactpreneur
  • Julia French: Managing Director, Founders for Founders
  • Julian Luca: CEO, Trava Travel & Horizon Program Manager, Innovation Bay
  • Justus Hammer: MR, Axis7
  • Kate Clugston: Partnership and Development Manager, StartSomeGood
  • Kate Ringvall: Co-Founder, Galactic Cooperative
  • Katherine O'donoghue: Community Manager, UTS Startups
  • Katherine Maree Pace: Founder, ELANATION & Vame.me
  • Kathryn Apte: Investor/Mentor, Tractor Ventures
  • Katryna Dow: CEO, Meeco
  • Kieren Parker: Partner, Addisons
  • Kim McGuinness: Strategic Relationships Director, SBE Australia
  • Kylie Frazer: Co Founder & Partner, Eleanor Venture
  • Laura Earl: Program Manager, UNSW Founders
  • Lauren Capelin: Principal, Startmate
  • Leslie Delaforce: Board Member, Startup WA
  • Lockie Cooke: Founder, iyarn
  • Magdalena Reith: Startup- and Business Consultant, Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks
  • Mandar Karlekar: Product Management Consultant, Thiga
  • Mandeep Sodhi: CEO, Effi
  • Mariam Mohammed: Co-Founder, MoneyGirl
  • Marlowe Mackenzie: Goal Operations Partner, Canva
  • Marshall Hughes: Freight Manager, Freight Companies Australia
  • Marshall Hughes: Consultant, Freight Companies Australia
  • Marta Higuera: Co-founder, OpenAgent.com.au
  • Martin Nguyen: Dr, WeRoster / Medical Pantry / Anaesthetist
  • Matt Allen: CEO, Tractor Ventures
  • Matt Knee: Founder, Work Ninja
  • Matt Trustrum: Investor, Mindconnect
  • Matthew Browne: Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com, @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
  • Matthew Purvis: Managing Director, Managed Business Consulting
  • Matthew Lickwar: Co-Founder | Growth | Operations | Product, Ynomia
  • Maxine Minter: CEO, Co Lab, Angel Investor
  • Maxine Sherrin: Program Director, Co-Founder of Spark Festival
  • Maz Zaman: CEO, TaxFox & Founder,, Quantum Growth
  • Megan Donnelley: Senior Product Manager , Fusion Labs
  • Melissa Pye: Program Manager, UNSW Founders
  • Melissa Ran: Head of Community, AirTree
  • Melissa Li: Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund
  • Mick Liubinskas: Co-founder and Author, Climate Salad. Former CEO of Pollenizer
  • Mike Nicholls: Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
  • Mikel Lindsaar: Founder, reinteractive, flood.io, exec.io
  • Mitchell Pham: Chairperson, NZTech
  • Monica Wulff: Head of WeWork Labs Pacific, WeWork
  • Murray Hurps: Director of Entrepreneurship, University of Technology Sydney
  • Natalie Isaacs: Founder , 1 Million Women
  • Nathaniel Diong: CEO, Future Minds Network
  • Neil Smith: CTO, Simple KYC
  • Neil Smith
  • Neil Roodyn: Director, nsquared solutions
  • Nicola Rushton: Product designer & lean user researcher, nicolarushton.com
  • Nicola Farrell: Program Manager, muru-D
  • Nicole Kersh: Former MD - 4Cabling, Current Founder - The Content Folk
  • Nicole Cook: CEO, SBE Australia
  • Noga Edelstein: Venture Partner, SBE Australia
  • Oliver Ranck: Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director, Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
  • Owen Holbourn: Sales & Marketing Director, ASKO Australia
  • Pascale Hyboud Peron: Facilitator, Startup Weekend New Zealand
  • Patrick Pfeffer: CEO, Schwarz Financial Communication
  • Paul Wenck: Chair, Co-Founder Checkbox
  • Paul Krajewski: Co-Director, Founder Institute Sydney & Sr. Product Manager
  • Paula Taylor: Executive Director and Co-Founder, West Tech Fest
  • Pavel Reddy: Managing Director, Clearpoint Ventures Pty Ltd
  • Paz Pisarski: Community Manager, Startup Victoria
  • Pernille Aggerholm: Head of Community, Scalare Partners
  • Peta Ellis: Co-Founder
  • Pete Cooper: Former CIO, KBZ Bank
  • Pete Horsley: Founder, Remarkable Tech
  • Peter Van Bruchem: Co-Founder, Techboard
  • Peter Browne: Owner, Intangible Communications
  • Petko Petkov: Founder, CHEFIN
  • Philip Freeman: Director of Impact, OpenSC
  • Philip Argy: CEO, ArgyStar.com
  • Phoebe Zhang: Ambassador, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
  • Pouria Kay: Mentor, Founder Institute
  • Prashant Gami: CEO & Founder, x•enabler
  • Rachel White: CFO, Self employed
  • Rafael Kimberley Bowen: Investor, Perth Angels
  • Rebecca Dooley: Senior Associate, Addisons
  • Rebecca Pham: Program Manager, Launch Pad Innovation Program, Western Sydney University
  • Rebecca Kraut: COO, mTime
  • Rebekah Campbell: CEO, Zambesi
  • Reisa Matsuda: Community Manager, Google Japan
  • Richard Druce: Co-Founder, Y-Receipts yreceipts.com
  • Richard Lin: Investor, AirTree Ventures
  • Richard Dale: Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.
  • Rob Rattray: Non-executive Director, easyinvoice.io
  • Robert Kinkade: CEO, Chasm Digital
  • Roby Sharon Zipser: CFO, hipages Group
  • Rod Bishop: CEO, Poye
  • Roger Do: CEO, QSearch
  • Roger Crellin: Executive General Manager NZ, Universal Communication Group
  • Roman Kovalenko: Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia
  • Ron Hill: Managing Director, SunRamp Health Tech Accelerator
  • Roy Hui: Founder, Pellar Technology Pty Ltd
  • Rui Rodrigues: Managing Partner, Tank Stream Ventures
  • Ryan Cross: Manager for Prototyping, AWS, ANZ & APAC
  • Sally Giblin: Co-Founder, Be The Future www.bethefuture.earth
  • Sameer Babbar: Director, SVB Group
  • Sameer Sortur: Managing Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
  • Sandrina Postorino: Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.
  • Sarah Curtis Fawley: Director of Programs, SBE
  • Sarah Agboola: CEO, mTime
  • Scott Crowe: Lead Recruiter, Canva
  • Scott Glew: Organizer, Morning Startup Perth
  • Shayne Shepherd: Investment Director, Pioneer Capital
  • Sibel Buyukbaykal: Chief of Staff, Shippit
  • Simon Lee: CEO, PromisePay
  • Simon Litchfield: CTO, Fusesport
  • Simon Crawford Ash: Director, Helix Ventures
  • Simon Beckett: Managing Director, First Avenue Ventures
  • Sorrel Osborne: Head of Growth, Playground xyz
  • Srikanth Muthyala: Investor, Melbourne Angels
  • Stefan Korn: General Manager, Callaghan Innovation
  • Stephen Rutter: Founder, The Scale Institute
  • Steve Fanale: CEO, DriveYello
  • Stuart Mc Gregor: Founder, OSQO
  • Stuart Stoyan: Founder and CEO, MoneyPlace Australian consumer lending startup
  • Suse Reynolds: Executive Chair, Angel Association New Zealand
  • Tarek Said: Mr, Public speaking for Life
  • Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Adios Contemplator
  • Theresa Lim: Founder & CEO, Play2Lead & Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Fusion Labs
  • Tim Fung: CEO, Airtasker
  • Tim Prosser: Start Up Business Mentor, Remarkable Tech
  • Tim Seears: General Partner, Fourth State Ventures
  • Tim Silverwood: Co-Founder, Ocean Impact Organisation
  • Tim O'neill: Co-Founder, CEO, Summon
  • Timo Kugler: Co-Founder, NASH + BANKS
  • Tom Dawkins: Founder/CEO, StartSomeGood
  • Tristan Cole: Co-Founder, Sempo
  • Ursula Hogben: Lawyer, Advisor, Director, Founder & Investor, Zero Emisssions SN Inc
  • Usman Iftikhar: CEO, Catalysr
  • Vanessa Ronan Pearce: Business to Investor Strategist , Objective Marketing
  • Varun Amin: Community and Marketing, Earlywork
  • Vaughan Knight: Founder, Bit Rave
  • Vern Chan: Startup Coach, Your Pivot
  • Warren Billington: ceo, sypht
  • Will Davies: CEO, Car Next Door
  • William Wang: Founder/CEO, Growth Labz
  • Yemi Oluseun: Founder/ CEO - Fintech, SaaS Business Growth, Automation & Change Management, The Change Hive
  • Zach Varnier: Community & Partnerships Manager, x15 ventures

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 Sydney 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 95+ 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 local Founder Institute program, the Australia + New Zealand Virtual Spring 2021 accelerator cohort, will be announced shortly. If you are interested in learning more or applying, visit FI.co/apply/sydney.

 

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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


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