Below is a January 2022 alumni milestone report, featuring updates from Founder Institute portfolio companies across the globe. See the most recent funding news and top media stories of the past month, insightful startup event video replays, and a list of the upcoming FI global online events taking place the next month in February, 2022.
Alumni Funding & News Highlights:
- Esusu (FI San Francisco), an impact fintech helping renters to build credit, becomes a unicorn with SoftBank Vision Fund 2-led $130M Series B round
- Checkbox (FI Sydney), a no-code app builder, raises AUD $6.3M pre-Series A led by Sequoia India’s rapid scale-up program, Surge, and Australia’s Tidal Ventures
- VOA Educação (FI Rio de Janeiro) acquired by Vivadí in bet on the consolidation of Brazilian soft skills market
- Gameconomy (FI Kuala Lumpur) majority stake acquired by iCandy Interactive as part of global gaming ‘power house’ strategy
- The Sauce (FI London), a video-first dating app, raises £1.25M seed funding round
- Atomos Space (FI Denver) finalizes $5M investment round to advance in-space transportation services
- ShapShap (FI Lagos), a Nigerian logistics platform, raises funding from GreenTec
- CryoWerx (FI Singapore) to bring its smart fridges to the US via distribution partnership with Smart Vending
- Braze Mobility (FI Toronto) to grow international distribution for wheelchair blind spot sensors via partnership with Numotion
- Instant Teams (FI Washington, DC) profiled in ‘Road to victory with Liza Rodewald: Army wife, entrepreneur and CEO’
Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join the virtual Founder Institute accelerator program nearest you.
January 2022 Featured Event Replays:
The January 2022 Global Founder Showcase, featuring Lisa Besserman
How They Did It: Success Stories & Advice from Entrepreneurs Roxette Miranda, Harold Hughes, & Sneha Lundia Agrawal
Join us this month at an Online Startup Event:
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Wednesday, February 2nd - How to Create an Admired Company Brand with Fabian Geyrhalter
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Thursday, February 3rd - Scaling to Your First Million, AMA with Chase Harmer + VIP Networking
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Thursday, February 10th - Startup Taxes & Financials 101 with AbstractOps & Special Guests
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Wednesday, February 16th - Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner, Online
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Thursday, February 17th - Founder Leadership, AMA with Wendy Ryan + VIP Networking
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Wednesday, February 23rd - VIP Speed Mentoring: Get Feedback and Network with Top FI Mentors
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Thursday, February 24th - Info Session: How to Lead the Founder Institute as City or Vertical-Focused Accelerator
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Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join the virtual Founder Institute accelerator nearest you.
Graduates 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/journey.
