The Washington DC Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Washington DC Fall 2024 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 7 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 Washington DC's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Washington DC program:
- Infomachines Limited - A fundraising platform for emerging fund managers in developing markets, offering back-office support, fundraising assistance, access to LPs, industry partnerships, and spin-out opportunities to commercialize academic research.
- EnviroScore - An AI-powered platform addressing greenwashing by combining independent product scoring with gamification, enabling eco-conscious consumers to make verified sustainable choices and build virtual ecosystems.
- BarnWiz Inc. - An app that connects equestrians with local professionals for riding lessons, horse training, boarding, and equine therapy, streamlining bookings and payments to modernize the industry and foster life-changing human-horse connections.
- FLUIDIS - Empowering mid-sized tech companies to retain top talent and stay competitive with AI-powered, competency-based organizational charts that align roles with business strategies and embed live market insights into KPIs.
- Coffee Sayer Inc - Blending AI-driven coffee readings with a culturally inspired daily ritual, fostering mental clarity, emotional resilience, and global community engagement through a shared experience.
- Zumlo - A mental well-being platform that integrates generative AI and evidence-based practices to provide personalized, holistic support for individuals and innovative tools for healthcare providers, fostering sustained mental health and balanced lifestyles.
- Pairwire - An AI-powered B2B SaaS platform that accelerates commercial due diligence for M&A-active organizations by standardizing and streamlining financial and market data analysis, enabling consultants to deliver reports twice as fast and at 25% lower internal costs.
The Washington DC Fall 2024 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Washington DC Founder Institute Graduation Event on January 8th - link to graduation event
Washington DC Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Washington DC Founder Institute: Guc Ozenci ( Managing Partner, ConnectOp Consulting), Nadine Zerrini (Managing Director, Founder Institute Boston). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Washington DC that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Washington DC Fall 2024 program was supported by some of Washington DC's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Washington DC’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 Washington DC 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 Washington DC Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/washington-dc.
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.
