The Toronto Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Toronto program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 17 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 Toronto's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Toronto program:
- SmartphoneKey Systems - A solution that integrates Apple, Google, and Matter to enhance user experience and enable cost-effective wireless functionality without new apps.
- Chitti Inc - A conversational bot that helps NonTechnical founders build software applications with simple english.
- NearRent - A B2C AI SaaS designed specifically for small and medium-sized leisure and entertainment rental companies in Canada.
- GourmetBot Inc - helps prospective home buyers to get financial guidance towards their big purchases.
- Aster BI - A web app that helps entrepreneurs in legal industry automate bookkeeping with integrated payments.
- Arivey - A SaaS platform that simplifies remote workforce management for small and medium-sized businesses, addressing the need for efficient and streamlined employee oversight and communication.
- Adelant - Provides a personalized, non-linear onboarding experience and a powerful Personalized Knowledge Assistant making it easy for employees to access up-to-date information reducing the time to productivity and improving overall efficiency.
- BenFin.ai - Generates Referral Moments, the best way to prospect, to Financial Advisors using AI and the Science of Positive Psychology.
- Pangea - Connects African investors with North American Alternative Investment Fund Managers, providing access to global investment opportunities for historically excluded groups.
- Connexus - Connexus uses VR, AR, and AI to create spaces and experiences for globally-minded professionals, fostering connections and including diverse communities in the next innovation wave.
- eEpic Events - A marketplace that connects event organizers with top-quality, verified vendors.
- Bujjify - Offers a Toy Subscription and Parent Education service to help overwhelmed parents raise smarter, healthier children with developmentally appropriate, safe, and sustainable toys, plus essential parenting guidance at every stage.
- PatchIT - Developing an AI-powered adaptive cybersecurity workflows tailored to your organization's unique risk profile.
- TV Posts - A social media network designed exclusively for entertainment enthusiasts, and dedicated to bringing together individuals passionate about TV shows and Movies.
- Auto DIVZ - An app designed to help car owners without warranty insurance find reliable and affordable auto services, compare repair costs, book appointments, and track vehicle maintenance history, ensuring convenience and cost savings for users.
- School of Ikigai - Helping individuals overcome intergenerational trauma like loneliness, and depression through a subscription-based healing program centered on immersive storytelling circles.
- Altruify - A marketplace for donors, corporations, philanthropies and non-profits to conduct philanthropic and CSR activities.
The Toronto program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Toronto Founder Institute Graduation Event on August 14.
Toronto Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Toronto Founder Institute: Ali Khadjavi, Ignacio Castro (MD, 128vc), Sunil Sharma (Canada Director, Founder Institute ). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Toronto that is conducive to building to great companies.
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In addition, the Toronto Spring 2025 program was supported by some of Toronto's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Toronto’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 $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Toronto 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 Toronto Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/toronto.
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.
