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 Montreal Virtual 2021 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Montreal and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Montreal Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Jun 13, 2021) 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 Montreal in 2014, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Montreal have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Montreal 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 Montreal are local startup leaders Francois Poirier, Sergio Escobar, and Vanessa Cherenfant.
In addition, some of Montreal's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Montreal Virtual 2021 includes:
- Aaron Carr: CEO & Founder, Qarrot Performance
- Abdullah Snobar: Executive Director , DMZ
- Afsoon Soudi: Co Founder & VP R&D, IRYStec
- Alessia Talarico: Investment Analyst, BCF Ventures
- Alex Nemeroff: Co-Founder, Creative Director, Dynamo
- Alex Barrett: Investment Associate, iNovia Capital
- Alex Norman: Partner, N49P
- Alexandre Witkowicz: Analyst, WhiteStar Capital
- Alice Dinu: VP Student Success & Research, Ready Education
- Amélie Morency: CEO, The FoodRoom
- Amy Pollard: Startup Program Manager, OVHcloud
- Angelique Mannella: Strategic Global Alliances, Amazon
- Ashok Prabhu Masilamani: CTO & Founder, Stratuscent
- Balaji Gopalan: Independent Product Management Educator, Mentor, Consultant and Advisor, self
- Ben Yoskovitz: Founding Partner, HighlineBETA
- Ben Melchionno: Associate Partner, IBM
- Benjamin du Haÿs: Founder & CEO, Mobeewave
- Benjamin Tuff: Managing Partner, Benjamin David Group
- Beth Thouin: CMO-for-Hire, Beth Thouin Consulting
- Bonnie Chau: Portfolio Manager, BCF Ventures
- Brandon Waselnuk: Product Manager and Principle, CoVenture
- Brian Church: Country Manager, Canada
- Brian Zubert: Director, Thomson Reuters Labs
- Brice Scheschuk: CEO, Globalive Capital
- Caitlin Mac Gregor: CEO & Cofounder, Plum.io Inc.
- Caroline Pelletier: Vice President Screening and Investment Support, Anges Quebec
- Cesar L. Patricio: CEO & co-Founder, WorkMesh.co
- Chevonae Walcott: Associate, Relay Ventures
- Chris Arsenault: Managing Partner, iNovia Capital
- Chris Atkinson: CEO & co-Founder, FleetOps
- Claude Théoret: Founder, Nexalogy
- Clement Cazalot: Managing Director, Self
- Code Cubitt: Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners
- David Dufresne: Partner, Panache VC
- David Sciacca: COO, LIFT session
- Dax Da Silva: Founder/CEO, LightSpeed
- Deborah Hayek: Senior Product Owner (Manulife's Innovation Lab), Manulife
- Dennis Van Staalduinen: President & Executive Strategist, Brandvelope Consulting
- Diana Cheptene: Senior Product Manager, Shopify
- Diana Sciortino: Investment Analyst, BCF Ventures
- Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill: CEO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
- Eleonore Jarry Ferron: Investment Associate, BrightSpark
- Elizabeth Wasserman: Co-Founder & CEO, Mate1.com Inc.
- Ella Hilal: Director of Data, Shopify
- Eryk Warren: Co Founder & CTO, Unito
- Ethan Song: Co-Founder & CEO, Frank & Oak
- Francis Wenzel: Founder & CEO, TickSmith
- Francois Poirier: COO, Parcours entrepreneurial Rémi Marcoux
- François Arbour: CEO / VP Music & Video, Premiumbeat / Shutterstock
- Frantz Saintellemy: President & COO, Leddartech
- Frederic Scherer: CEO & co-Founder, Jitbase
- Frederick Townes: Co-Founder & CTO, Boundless Life
- Geoffrey Bernard: Senior Director, Growth, Analytics & Data Science, La Presse
- George Korkejian: Venture Manager, BCF Ventures
- Gian Carlo Di Tommaso: Chief Operating Officer
- Giselle Bisson: Managing Director, Chain Reaction Marketing
- Greg Isenberg: Digital Marketer and Angel Investor
- Ha Nguyen: VP, McRock Capital
- Hakim Merah: Senior Manager, Acceleration & AI Ecosystem
- Ian Jeffrey: VP Product Marketing Marketing, PasswordBox
- Isaac Souweine: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Real Ventures
- Isaac Adejuwon: CEO & Founder, Metricsflow
- James Slifierz: CEO, SkyWatch Space Applications
- Javier Gotschlich: Head of Partnerships - Hubspot for Startups, HubSpot
- Jay Ferst: Managing Partner, Ferst Capital Partners
- Jean Benoit Richard: COO, Alexsei
- Jean David Begin: Co-founder & CEO, Guestful
- Jeremy Geiger: CEO, Funding Lab LLC
- Jerome Soucy: People & Operations, Hykso FightCamp
- Jessica Korthuis: Founder & CEO, SOHUIS
- Joanne Wong: Partner, REDDS Capital
- Joel Yaffe: Founder, GuestDriven, iTechnique, Potcoin, Glace des Arts
- John Espinoza: Co-founder , Unito
- Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
- Jonathan Brun: Vice-President, White Star Capital
- Jonathan Druker: Director of commercialization and innovation, PME MTL
- Jonny Caron: Launch Specialist, Unbounce
- Jose Martins: Director , Founder Institute Boston
- Josette Renée Landry: CEO, Streamline Genomics
- Julien Denaes: Co-Founder , Alpin
- Justin Sherratt: Founder, Sortbox
- Justin Evans: Co-Founder, LANDR Audio
- Kevin Swersky: Research Scientist @ Google Brain, Google Austria
- Khalil Zahar: Founder & CEO, FightCamp
- Kookai Chaimahawong: VC Associate, Pangaea Ventures
- Kyell Vyncke: VP Sales & Marketing, TrackTik
- Laviva Mazhar: Investment Analyst, Luge Capital
- Leah Mazur: CEO & Founder, Loop Digital Marketing
- Lee Silverstone: Co founder/ EVP strategic partnerships, Mystral Venture Partners
- Leo Lax: Managing Director, L-Spark/Wesley Clover
- Lisa Cashmore: Vice President, Start and Scale, Communitech
- Lloyed Lobo: Co-founder, Boast.AI
- Lorne Lieberman: Managing Partner, Jant Ventures
- Louis François Hogue: Strategic, Advisor
- Louis Philippe Maurice: Louis Philippe Maurice - Founder/CEO, Busbud (Montreal FI), Busbud
- Luc Filiatreault: Luc Filiatreault - VP Venture Development, OpenText (Barcelona FI), OpenText
- Lucas Francioli: Founder & CEO, MoveMate
- Madusha Cooray: Manager, Developer Relations, Google Canada
- Magaly Charbonneau: Principal, iNovia Capital
- Mano Kulasingam: Venture Partner, Good News Ventures
- Marc Alloul: Managing Partner W2/W3, W Investments
- Marc Boscher: Founder & CEO, Unito
- Marc Chriqui: Angel Investor & Former CEO, Raymark (acquired by Mi9 Retail)
- Marc Antoine Ross: Angel Investor & Chief Innovation Officer, Diagram Ventures
- Marcos Carvalho: Co-Founder & Head of Demand Generation, Boundless Life
- Marcus Daniels: Co-Founder & CEO, Highline VC
- Mariah Lichtenstern: Founder-CEO, DiverseCity Ventures
- Martin Sendyk: President & CEO, Lytica
- Matt Smith: C-Level Tech Startup Expert, Consulting
- Matthias Bedard: Co-Founder & CTO
- Matthieu Houle: VP Digital Media, Yellow Pages Canada
- Mauro Repacci: Co-Founder & CEO, Boundless Life
- Mazen Elbawab: Project Lead Programmer - Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft
- Mehdi Mehni: Co-Founder & Head of AI Engineering, INTO AI
- Mehdi Merai Merai: CEO, Dataperformers
- Melissa Belbeck: Senior Associate, Whitecap Venture Partners
- Mercedes Bankston: Venture Partner, Loyal VC
- Meryeme Lahmami: Associate, Strategic Investments & Women in Tech, BDC Capital
- Michael Katchen: Founder & CEO, WealthSimple
- Michel Jamati: CTO, Lexop
- Mike Silagadze: CEO, Top Hat
- Mike Kirkup: CTO, enCircle
- Mike Cegelski: Managing Partner & Angel Investor, Panache Ventures
- Mike Apted: Principal Solutions Architect - Startups, AWS
- Mohan Markandaier: Managing Partner, Good News Ventures
- Mohannad El Barachi: Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SweetIQ Analytics Corp.
- Nadeem Ghafoor: VP, Canadensys Aerospace Corporation
- Nancy Eperjesy: CEO & co-Founder, Mettle (acquired by Adobe Systems)
- Naomi Goldapple: Head of AlayaLabs, AlayaCare
- Narjes Boufaden: CEO & co-Founder, Keatext
- Neha Khera: Venture Partner, 500 Startups
- Pablo Srugo: Principal, Mistral Venture Partners
- Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
- Paul Ortchanian: Vice-President, Product Development, WatchMojo.com
- Peggy Van De Plassche: Managing Partner & Board Member, Roar Growth & Invest Canada
- Phil Rivard: Director of Ventures, NEXT Canada
- Philip Cutler: President & CEO, GradeSlam
- Pierre Luc Laparé: Co-Founder, Golf Avenue
- Prathna Ramesh: Managing Director & Chief Compliance Officer, Maple Leaf Angels
- Przemyslaw (Marco) Janeczek: Managing Partner, Infinite Venture Partners
- Raff Paquin: Director, Data, LightSpeed
- Raffi Tchakmakjian: CEO, LIFT session
- Raymond Luk: CEO, Hockeystick
- Rob Attwell: Founder, COO/CFO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
- Russ Armstrong: Head of Business Development, Boast.AI (Boast Capital)
- Sanjay Singhal: Co-Founder and CEO, 500 Startups
- Sanjay Zimmermann: Investment Associate, White Star Capital
- Sebastien Roy: Director, Data Science, Wheels Up
- Sergio Escobar: CEO & Partner, BCF Ventures, Managing Director, Lalotte Ventures
- Shahab Samimi: Senior Associate, 7 Gate Ventures
- Shahzad Khan: CTO, Gnowit Inc
- Shiva Bhardwaj: Founder, CEO, Pitstop
- Siddharth Srivastava: Vice-President, McRock Capital
- Sophie Boulanger: CEO, BonLook
- Steven Abrams: Partner, IT Venture Fund, BDC Capital
- Suzanne Grant: cofounder and ceo, iBIONICS
- Taylor Sicard: Co-Founder, BVGrowth
- Thomas Punch: VP Business Development, WatchMojo.com
- Tim Jodoin: Founder - President, Edispin Inc.
- Tom Lowden: Head of Labs, US East and Canada, WeWork Labs
- Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
- Udit Bhatnagar: Investment Associate, McRock Capital
- Ulrich Soeffing: Data Science Manager, MarketMuse
- Vanessa Cherenfant: Managing Director, Sadax Technologies
- Vaughn DiMarco: Director, INVEST-AI
- Vicken Kanadjian: Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cesium Inc.
- Yishel Khan: CEO & Founder, DOT Mind Unlocked
- Yona Shtern: Founder/CEO, Beyond The Rack
- 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.
