Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Western Canada Fall 2022 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Vancouver and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Vancouver Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Aug 21, 2022) will have their application fees waived (typically $50), and if you enroll by the Early Deadline you are also eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
Since launching in Vancouver, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Vancouver have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Vancouver Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Vancouver are local startup leaders John Thornburn (Founding Partner, Connekt Resources, Inc.), Ray Torresan (President, Data Made Human), Rick Pasin (Mentor, Beedie School of Business at SFU), and Rob Foxall (Co-Founder, Pacific Venture Capital Conference & Competition).
In addition, some of Vancouver's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Western Canada Fall 2022 includes:
- Abdelrahman Bannora: Founder, Customer Experience, Glass Insight
- Adam Spector: CEO & Founder, Chore
- Adam Devenny: Senior Manager, XY Ventures
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Alan Campbell: Partnerships, Harvest Venture Builders
- Alan Tay, Aurora Aerial
- Alex Hobbs: CEO, Oxford Lock
- Alex Gault: President, Small World Ventures
- Amar Kurani: Partner, First Fund
- Amit Varma: Co-Founder & CEO, BRAINTOY AI
- Andrea Welling: Regional Director BC & Yukon, Futurpreneur Canada
- Andy Chu: CEO, Vancouver Virtual Reality Film Festival
- Anita Lee: Owner & Marketing Specialist, Catch Communications
- Annika Lewis: Associate, Vanedge Capital
- Arleigh Vasconcellos: CEO, Founder, The Agency
- Ashley Dunfield: Founder & CEO, SmartGrid Communications
- Aurelie Guerrieri: CMO, Open Systems
- Ben Snyman: Founder, CEO , Safety Vantage
- Benjamin Mak: Partner, Ridout & Maybee LLP
- Bijan Vaez: Founder and CEO, FractionalCTO.ca
- Blaire Martin: VP of Strategic Partnerships , Florida Funders
- Boris Mann: Co-Founder, FISSION
- Bosky Mukherjee: Founder, Spark to Substance
- Brittany Whitmore: Founder/CEO, Exvera Communications Inc.
- Bruce Linton: Founder and Former Chairman, Canopy Growth (formerly)
- Bruce Croxon: Managing Partner, Round 13 Capital
- Bryan Trottier: Owner, Trotco Electric
- Bryan Duarte: Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Bryan Duarte: Co-Founding General Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Canon Bryan: CFO, Terrestrial Energy
- Carey Houston: Founder, CEO , 321Growth Academy
- Casey Lau: Head of Asia, RISE (Web Summit)
- Cassandra Hui: Founder , Heal Mary
- Chad Ford: Vice President Innovation, Communica and Partner, Pactech Ventures, Director, Western Canada Founder Institute
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Goward: Founder & CEO, WiderFunnel
- Chris Hobbs: President, TTT Studios
- Chris Marra: Partner, XY Ventures
- Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2Z Ventures
- Christian Gauthier: Partner , Bennet Jones
- Christine Somerville: Senior Account Manager, Technology Industry, Self employed
- Colin Weston: Founding Partner, Reviver Sport+Entertainment
- Colin Brown: Co-founder & CEO, RevTech.ai
- Connor Aylwin: District Manager- Startups, AWS
- Damarys Zampini: Chief Executive Officer, Sustrategy
- David Gardner: Head of Content Marketing, Harvest Builders
- Dinah Davis: Founder, Code Like A Girl
- Don Osborne: CEO, EarthDaily Analytics
- Dr. Delbar Niroushak: Director , Win Your Opportunity
- Drew Munro: Co-Founder & CEO, UpMeals
- Ean Jackson: President, Analytics Marketing Inc.
- Ed Levinson: Director, Ensibuuko
- Edward Fan: Partner
- Elaine Ann: Founder/CEO, Kaizor Innovation
- Eric Anderson: CEO and Co-Founder, Theta
- Erin Campbell: CEO, ECMB Capital Partners
- Evan Hu: Founding Partner and G7 Associate, Creative Destruction Lab
- George Kondopulos: Partner, XY Ventures
- George Tai: Partner, Dentons
- Gerry Li: Associate, Bennett Jones LLP
- Grandy Chu: Founder and Designer , Atelier Grandi
- Ha Nguyen: VP, McRock Capital
- Hartland Ross: Founder, eBridge Marketing Solutions
- Heiko Peters: CEO, TekEitri
- Henry Soo: Founder & CEO, Settlely | Startup Grind Director
- Hugh Evans: CEO, Cultural Dynamics Inc.
- Ian Gilbert: CRO, TickSmith
- Iida Cisecki: CEO and Founder, Quibbit
- Isabella Taba: CEO , Co-Founder, Blue Dot Motorworks
- Jack Gin: Corporate Director - Entrepreneur - Former CEO, Semios, Saltworks, Extreme CCTV
- Jaethan Reichel: CEO and Co-Founder, Lightship
- James Thangaraj: .GM, Pivot ED - BVC Venture
- James Reyes: Vice President Global Sales & Marketing, Aquatic Informatics
- Jason Wang: Lawyer, Securities & Capital Markets, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
- Jason Byrne: Founder & CEO, ICON-IQ
- Jayson Wyner: Co-Founder, Nutrabolics
- Jean Guy Faubert: CRO, SEDNA
- Jeff Swan: Founder & CEO, RevUp Sales
- Jeff Taylor: Corporate Lawyer , Bennett Jones
- Jennifer Henry: Founder & CEO, Perk Eco Inc.
- Joel Semeniuk: Vice President of Growth and Innovation, Communitech
- Joel Fairbrother: Partner and Co-Founder, Bow River Law
- John Chan: CEO, Managing Partner, 2x Growth Agency // 2x Ventures
- Jordan Jocius: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute
- Jordan Bettman: Partner, Radian Capital
- Jordan Gutierrez: Co founder - COO, Wishpond, Laleo
- Joseph King: Founder, Duck Labs
- Kal Malhi: Founder and CEO, BullRun Capital Inc
- Kamal Hassan: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
- Kelby Price: Chief Operations Officer, YAT Group Inc.
- Ken Charko: President , Dunbar Theatre/ Charko Investments
- Kevin Conabree: Consultant, Management Consulting
- Kevin Brent: Chief Investment Officer, Bluesky Equities
- Kevin Kerr: CEO, Highwood Global
- Kevin Kachidza: CEO, Sarafin AI
- Kevin Corkum: CMO, The Ground Effect Consultancy
- Kim Orlesky: President, KO Advantage Group
- Konata Lake: Partner
- Kookai Chaimahawong: VC Associate, Pangaea Ventures
- Kris Versteeg: Impact Venture Partner, Founder Institute, Western Canada
- Kristina Milke: Co-Founder, Self
- Kwang Lim: Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
- Lisa Payne: CFO, Mine Sense
- Lorraine Wiseman: Vistage Chair/ President and CEO , Vistage Worldwide, Inc./ Leading the Wise Way Inc.
- Lucas Tomei: Partner, Dentons
- Luke Krueger: Co-Founder & President, Valhalla Private Capital/ Valhalla Angels
- Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
- Maria Yoma: Founder and CEO, ELEVATOR ventures
- Maria Osipova: VP Marketing, Traction Guest
- Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
- Mary Ryan: COO, PKI Capital [Private Family Office]
- Mauricio Cardoso: Corporate Venture Manager, O POVO Communication Group
- Mercedes Bankston: Venture Partner, Loyal VC
- Meredith J. Powell: Venture Parnter, Voyager Capital
- Michael Bosdet: President, TSGI
- Michael Sousa: CTO, Screenfluence
- Mike Winterfield: CEO, Founder, Active Impact Investments
- Mike De Boer: CEO, Founder, Levelling Up
- Miranda Lievers: COO, Thinkific
- Naresh Ravula: Founder , Home Kuisines
- Neil Patel: CEO / Founder, Kabuni
- Nicole Donnelly
- Nicole Gallop: VP, Cultivate Advisors
- Nicole Sanchez: Co-Founder, Ruth
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Oksana Irwin: Business & Executive Coach, Mars Venus Executive Coaching
- Pankaj Bagga: Co-Founder and Director 👨🏻🏫, YES POS & Digital Fogg
- Paul Austin: Partner, Fort Capital Partners
- Peggy Van De Plassche: Managing Partner & Board Member, Roar Growth & Invest Canada
- Pete Duggan: Executive Vice President Operations, UrtheCast Corp.
- Pete Berdusco: President, Guyana Goldstrike
- Peter Reek: Founder, Savvy + Associate
- Phani Nagarjuna: President, HBSANC
- Pouria Kay: Founding Partner, Atlan
- Praveen Varshney: Director, Varshney Capital Corp.
- Ray Torresan: CEO, /Archive Digital
- Reina Mistry: Associate , Fasken
- Richard Roseboom: Co-Founder & CEO, MicroMech Inc
- Rob Attwell: Founder, COO/CFO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
- Robert Stone: President, MrTaxes.ca Inc.
- Robert Delamar: Co-Founder , KanataClean.com/Kamu.dev
- Robert Foxall: Director of Business Development, Timia Capital
- Robert E Purdy: Chairman and Founder, Purdy & Partners Inc.
- Roberto Erario: Business and Leadership, Coach
- Roger Hull: Business Development, Carbon Upcycling
- Rohan Sampath: Cofounder & CEO, Copilot
- Rohit Joshi: CEO, Founder, BrightSquid
- Roman Karachinsky: CEO & Co-founder, News360
- Ryan Smith: CEO, FTSY
- Sam Sullivan: MLA of British Columbia and Former Mayor, Vancouver
- Samarth Chandola: Founder and CEO, Founder First Fund
- Sandi Gilbert: CEO & Board Member, Intergen & National Angel Capital Organization
- Scott Larson: CEO, SpaceAlpha Insights
- Scott Wallace: Founder, Wallace Wallace and Edward Properties
- Sean Eikerman: Busniess Advisor, Cultivate Advisors
- Shahrooz Nabavi: Partner
- Stacey Wallin: Head of Growth, BC Tech
- Stacey Wallin: Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Numinus
- Stefan Chiasson: Associate Director, BDC Capital
- Stefan Kruse: Lawyer, Segev LLP
- Stephanie Wetterwald: Marketing Manager, Entreflow Consulting Group
- Stephanie Blais: Principal , H&S Advisory
- Steve Oldham: CEO, Carbon Engineering Ltd.
- Steve Wandler: Founder, Metabridge
- Sunil Sharma: Managing Director, Founder Institute Toronto
- Tara Collins (McLaughlin): Founder, Paper Crane
- Terry Sydoryk: CEO, Chaordix
- Thealzel Lee: Founder, President & Director, e-Fund
- Todd Embley: Senior Startup Advocate, Agora
- Tom Petryshen: VP, Growth & Analytics, Rubberdesk
- Tony Clement: The Hon. Tony Clement, Privy Council
- Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & Engineering Fellow, Endiatx
- Trent Johnsen: ., Pivot ED - BVC Venture
- Tyler Douglas: Former Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, Vision Critical
- Vaclav Vincalek: Technology entrepreneur, CTO and technology advisor for startups and enterprise, 555vCTO.com
- Valerie Song: CEO, AVA
- Van Doren Chan: President, Ugly Dumplings
- Viviana Matheus: Director of Digital Strategy and Brand, Comm100
- W. Brett Wilson: The one and only!, -
- Yasmine Roulleau: Director, Ignite Fund
- Yvonne Gruenthaler: Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.
We hope you will join us in Vancouver and launch a company in 2017.
