FI Toronto - Silicon Valley Virtual Spring 2022 cohort Launches 17 New Tech Startups

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 - Silicon Valley Virtual Spring 2022 program.

Over 280 prospective entrepreneurs 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 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.  

The newest Founder Institute Toronto Alumni invite members of the local startup ecosystem and public to join them live at the Techstars Toronto offices this coming Thursday, July 28th for a special Graduation event, where you can meet the founders and see a few "debut" pitch presentations!

And now, we proudly present the newest portfolio Alumni of FI Toronto: 

• Animatr AI

• Blakkart African Marketplace

• Chair Links 

• Co-create Africa

• Cornacropia

• Dexterous Technologies

• Exorti

• Iryss

• It's a pixel

• Liif Technologies

• LinkingVentures

• Mae - Making Auto Easy

• Migratum Blockchain Technologies

• Parsedata

• PrimaryBulls

• Rhozeland

• TerraGen Technology Group

The Toronto - Silicon Valley Virtual Spring 2022 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 Toronto Founder Institute: Sunil Sharma, Jordan Jocius, and Ben Stacey. 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.

In addition, the Toronto - Silicon Valley Virtual Spring 2022 program was supported by some of Toronto and Silicon Valley'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 2BN. 

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 Fall Toronto Founder Institute accelerator program is currently enrolling pre-seed stage entrepreneur applicants - to learn more and apply, visit FI.co/toronto.

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.