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 Seattle 2024 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Seattle and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Seattle Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Jun 23, 2024) 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 Seattle in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Seattle have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Seattle Founder Institute will host several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
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 Seattle are local startup leaders Aswin Pranam (Senior Product Manager - New Ventures, McKinsey), Raghav Nair (Services Test Engineer, The Pokémon Company International), and Robert Le (Senior Analyst, Emerging Technology - PitchBook).
In addition, some of Seattle's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Seattle 2024 includes:
- Adam Mangone: CEO , Mangone Ventures
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Alain Raynaud: CEO, FairSoftware
- Alan Gonzalez: Founder & CEO, DevMatch
- Albert Lam: Partner, Dorm Room Fund
- Aleksandra Manuilova: Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Microsoft
- Amber Fehrenbacher: Growth Marketing Director & Venture Fellow at Material Change Institute , Condoit
- Amit Gupta: Sys Dev Manager, Amazon
- Amy Hutchins: Founder, Chief Product Officer, Unearth Technologies, Inc.
- Amy Swanson: CEO & Co-Founder, Ultropia
- Andrew Lee: CEO, Esper
- Andrew Klein: Founder, Zccounting
- Andy Herman: Founder, Signtag Corp.
- Anisha Vinjamuri: Founder & President , boza
- Aracelis Nass: Senior Business Program Manager, Microsoft
- Aswin Pranam: Sr. Product Manager, UVC Partners
- Audrea Fink: Sales Coach & Strategist, mConnexions
- Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
- BARRET NEWBERRY: CEO, Leasera
- Ben Rush: Business, Pioneer Square Labs
- Ben Hallen: Neal and Jan Dempsey Endowed Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
- Bill Bromfield: Partner, Fenwick & West
- Bill Bryant: General Partner, Threshold Ventures
- Bob Crimmins: General Partner, Startup Haven Ventures
- Brandon Zhang: Business Analyst II, Amazon.com Services Llc
- Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
- Bryan Rutberg: Partner, AG Consulting Partners
- Candice Dietz: Founder, Givespace
- Chandler Lewis: Founder, 360 Social Impact Studios
- Charles Kwon: Managing Partner, Concitor
- Cheale Villa: Founder, CEO + Visionary Rabbit, Visual Caffeine
- Chinara Askerzade: Managing Partner at PocketVC early-stage VC, PocketVC Studio and PocketVC Technologies Inc
- Chloe Feingold: Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
- Chris Kelley: Principal, DFJ
- Chris Haberle: Principal Product Marketing Manager, AWS
- Chris Bruno: Owner, X2Y Strategic Advisors
- Christina Lomasney: Director of Commercialization, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Christy Johnson: CEO, Artemis Connection, Inc
- Cindy Engstrom: CEO and Founder, Solomomo
- Claire Mc Taggart: Founder & CEO, Square Peg Hires
- Clare Gould: Founder & CEO, Your Vesa
- Claudius Mbemba: Venture Investment Director, Startup Haven
- Cody Birkland, Ultropia
- Colleen Hilton: CEO, Alli Connect
- Collin Dayley: Founder, Collin Dayley Coaching
- Connor Gray: CEO, Stealth
- Dan Fine: Managing Partner, Fine Solutions
- Dan Kihanya: Director, REI Path Ahead Ventures, REI
- Dan Moore: Cofounder, Tarka
- Dana Sather Robinson: Pitch Trainer, Pitch Coach, Angel Investor, Pitch 4 Impact Inc
- Danl Kasow: Principal, Sorted Solution
- Daria Boldyreva: Founder, Wunderdogs
- David Anderson: GM, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
- David Jorjani: Founder, Qatalyst Labs
- Diane Najm: CEO/Founder, PhotoPad
- Divyanshu Sharma: Software Engineer 3, Platform Security (Authentication & Authorization), CrowdStrike
- Edmond Sanctis: Partner, REASON Venture Partners
- Elisa La Cava: Investor, Madrona Venture Group
- Emeka Alozie: Director, IntuitiveX
- Evan Poncelet: evan@dreamward.vc, Dreamward Group
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fredrick Tsang: IP Attorney, Fenwick & West
- Garrett Gross: Director of Growth, Xemelgo
- Gary Gaessler: SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
- Gira Wieczorek: Managing Partner / Co-Founder, Aleberry
- Glenn Wisegarver: CEO, Sigma IQ
- Graciela Perez: Founder & Lean Start Up Coach, Lean Sigma Tech, LLC
- Hiroki Kudo: Founder, CEO, Easy Proposal
- Huba Rostonics: CEO, System & Soul
- Ian Lurie: EVP, Clearlink
- Irina Menn: CEO, Hopela
- Jake Hite: CTO, Compete to Create
- James Hu: CEO, Jobscan
- Jana Krystofova Mike: Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at University of California, San Francisco
- Janiece Jenkins: Associate, Fenwick & West
- Janis Machala: Corporate Director, Paladin Partners
- Jay Goyal: President, Actively Learn
- Jeff Croft: CRO, Kurvv
- Jeffrey McIntosh: Founder, McIntosh Tea
- Jen Haller: Chief of staff, Ascend VC.
- Jennifer Azapian: Former Venture Partner and Advisor , Loyal VC | Mighty Capital
- Jeremy Zaretzky: Managing Director, Founder Institute Seattle
- Jeremy Bruck: Managing Partner, Data Valuation & Monetization, Gulp Data
- Jesse Posey: Co-Founder, COO, Managing Partner, Dreamward Group
- Jim Poss: CEO, Modifi
- Joe Bezdek: Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
- John Borofka: Founder, Walnut+Oak
- John Kinsella: VP Engineering, Not applicable
- John Robinson: Founder and Owner, Resolution Photomatching
- Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
- Jordan Hopson: Venture GM and Principle, BCG X
- Jordan Syms: Group Account Director, Prophet
- Joseph Horsman: Investor, Madrona
- Josh Trujillo: Entrepreneurship Consultant, Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. / Center on Rural Innovation
- Josh Dougherty: Co-Founder & CEO, A Brave New
- Julian Fung: Solutions Architect, Real Estate Investor, Qualtrics, Avalanche Assets
- Julie Pham: CEO, CuriosityBased
- Karin Kidder: Executive Director, E8 Angels
- Kate Loose: Investment Director, Capria Ventures
- Kate Edwards: AWS Startup BD/Co-Founder at Heartbeat , Heartbeat
- Kathleen Baxley: Interim CFO / Strategic Venture Advisor
- Kelly Lawton Abbott: Partner, SSM Law
- Ken Kranseler: Managing Director, Kabuki Strategy
- Ken Horenstein: Founder, GP, Pack Ventures
- Kevin Yu: Co-founder & CTO, Socedo Inc.
- Khurram Agha: Founder, Aghaz Investments
- Kristopher Alford: Venture Capital, Cercano Management
- Laura Malcolm: Founder/CEO, Give InKind
- Lewis Lin: CEO, ManageBetter
- Lindsay Randall: Sr. Program Manager, Moonbeam
- Lisa Fernow: President, Fernow Consulting
- Loren Kosloske: Head of New Verticals - Mobility, Uber
- Madhu Singh: Chief Legal Officer, Foundry Law Group
- Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
- Mark Landay: Managing Director, Dynamic Synergy
- Matt Mandell: Principal, PayNerd.com
- Matt Paulin: Founder , zCrowd
- Matt Rubright: VP of Early and Growth Stage Tech, Silicon Valley Bank
- Matthew Lickwar: Co-Founder | Growth | Operations | Product, Ynomia
- Maureen Ezekwugo: Chief Customer Officer, RealSelf
- Maximilian Von Poelnitz: Investment Director, DSM Venturing
- Melissa Li: Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund
- Melissa Reaves, Story Fruition
- Meredith Felton: Senior Product Marketing Manager, Enable
- Michael Goldman: CFO, EN 360 Holdings
- Michael Avent: Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- Mikaela Kiner: CEO & Founder, Reverb
- Mike Vandenbos
- Mike Cozart: Angel Investor and Startup Advisor, Relumin
- Milkana Brace: CEO, Jargon
- Minda Brusse: Founding Partner, First Row Partners
- My Le Goel: Founder & CEO, Flight Live, Inc.
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Oleksandr Pukhalskyi: Mr, SMG
- Omi Iyamu: Product Manager, Google Austria
- Pablo Casilimas, OneSixOne Ventures
- Pascha Scott: Partner and Co-founder, VERTETUDE
- Paul Watt: Global Business Manager, Google
- Paul Adams: CEO & Founder, Sound Financial Group
- Peter Leonard: CEO, Meddle
- Pilar Fernandez Hermida: Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand
- Pradeep UN: Founder, CEO, Seerflix Inc
- Puneet Kohli: CEO, Careerflow.ai
- Rachel Kroft: Fractional CPO, Happy Warriors
- Raja Mawad: Founder, Thrv.health
- Rebecca Lovell: Director, Create33
- Rich Minice: Corporate Associate, Fenwick & West
- Richard Shaw: Senior Lead Product Manager, Shopify
- Rick Graham, Radd Studio Inc.
- Rob Hillas: Founder, PlainVanilla
- Robert Le: Director, FI Seattle
- Rohre Titcomb: COO, Female Founders Alliance
- Ron Gentile: Founder, Moodfit
- Ruth Becke: Founder & CEO, Plantmatch
- Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
- Saikiran Chandha: CEO, SciSpace (Formerly Typeset.io)
- Sanjit Singh: COO, Various Companies
- Santosh Khare: Founder & CEO, Touchbase, Inc.
- Scott Weller: President, Radian Labs
- Shaahin Cheyene: President
- Shama Keskar: Cofounder & CEO, VoxAI
- Shilpa Sharma: Co-founder & CEO, Flyte (flyteai.com)
- Sneha Lundia Agrawal: Founder & CEO, Step2Growth
- Sri Kasam: Director of Engineering, Nfinity
- Stacy Saal: Managing Director, Jelly Collective
- Steve Cherewaty: Founder & Creative Director, Abacus
- Steve Carver
- Suzanne Mills: Biz Dev & GTM - Retail & Fintech, Stealth Startup
- Symon Perriman: CEO & Founder, FanWide
- Tai Rattigan: Global Head of Partnerships & Alliances, Deel
- Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Contemplate
- Taylor Black: Principal Program Manager, Office of the CTO Incubator , Microsoft
- Terri Richardson: CEO, Accelerate Consulting Group, LLC
- Thibaut Labarre: Founding Engineer, SingleFile.io
- Travis Murdock: Executive Vice President, Ruder Finn
- Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
- Vince Bianco: CEO, Advanced Medical Reviews
- Yoko Okano: Co-founder, First Row Partners
- 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.
