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 Tunisia - GCC Fall 2024 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Tunis and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Tunis Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Sep 08, 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 Tunis in 2015, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Tunis have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Tunis Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- How to Launch your MVP with No-Code: A Bubble Workshop: 6:00pm, Jul 10, 2024 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/352197
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Innovation Series: Innovations In Startup Fundraising: 5:00pm, Jul 18, 2024 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/353059
- The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Fireside Chat with Rand Fishkin (Founder of Moz and SparkToro): 7:00pm, Jul 31, 2024 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/351981
- Venture Trailblazers, featuring Warren Packard (Operating Partner at AI Fund): 5:00pm, Aug 22, 2024 (Africa/Casablanca): https://FI.co/e/351790
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 Tunis are local startup leaders Emna Ghariani (Founder, Poindevster) and Soumaya Ben Beya (Program Manager).
In addition, some of Tunis's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Tunisia - GCC Fall 2024 includes:
- Abdallah Hajji: Product Offering Manager, Voice Revo
- Abdel Beldy: Co-founder, HomeSchool
- Abdelaziz Beldy, HomeSchool
- Abdellatif Najjar: CEO, Prodexo and Picstore.tn
- Achref Chafter: Managing Director, FOUNDUP
- Adam Chebbi: CEO, Vynd
- Adel Beznine: CEO, Boost Accelerator
- Adnen Ben Haj Yahia: Executive Director, EL SPACE
- Ahmed Hamouda: IT Innovation Manager, Promise Project
- Ahmed Ben Achballah: CEO & Founder, Lifeye.io
- Ahmed Hadhri: Program Manager, Betacube
- Ahmed Amine Azouzi: CEO, Pencils Consulting - Media & Entertainment / QLM Media
- Aida Robbana: Doctor, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat TUNISIA
- Ali Mnif: CEO, Mazam
- Ali Omar: Co-Founder & Board Member, Med Group Oy | Growth-Entrepreneur, Med Group Oy
- Ali Boulila: Co-Founder & CEO, KNSD
- Alia Mahmoud: Regional Citizenship Manager , Microsoft
- Alya Kebiri, Merck Group
- Amel Saidane: CEO & Co-Founder, Betacube
- Ameni Mansouri: Co-Founer & CEO, Dabchy
- Amine Ben Hamadou: General Manager, Management Business and Consulting
- Andrea Jackson: Vice President, Biopharma, Mitra Biotech
- Andrea Maiweg: Founder, MaiValueConsulting
- Andrea Monti: Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
- Andrey Gershfeld: Executive investment manager, ABRT Fund
- Anup Gosavi: CEO, Spext
- Ashmita Gupta: Global Head of Analytics, Linedata
- Asma Bouzaidi: Investment Manager, Flat6labs
- Awatef Adalet: Energy Industry professional, MBA candidate Warwick Business School UK
- Ayhan K. Isaacs: Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
- Aymen Mtimet: Senior Manager
- Aziza Inoubli: Project Manager , Expertise France
- Azzen Abidi: Growth Marketing Consultant, Self Employed
- Bahia Nar: Communication & social media expert & trainer , Fire works consultancy
- Bassem Bouguerra: CEO, Tunpixel
- Bechir Afifi: CEO & Co-founder, Fabskill
- Bechir Ennaifer: Market Coordinator, Taptap Send
- Besma Kraiem: Executive Board Member, ISQ
- Bilel Bouraoui: H, Atilla
- Bill Jackson: Co-founder and CEO, Sinovia Technologies
- Brandon Steelman: Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.
- Brandon Burke: Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, LegWorks
- Caroline Brummelhuis: Founder & CEO , TheNextWomen Tunisia
- Chad Van Vacas: investor, Angel Investor/ VC
- Chahira Mehouachi: PHD researcher , Paris Dauphine
- Chahrazed Remadi: CEO & Co-Founder, Wantotrip
- Chamsseddine Abdelhafidh: Senior Copywriter, Beautiful Destinations
- Charlie Jackson: Founder, Silicon Beach Software
- Chawki Gaddes: President, INPDP
- Chehir Dhawedi: co-founder , Reedz
- Chiheb Ghazouani: Managing Partner, CAG Law Firm
- Chiraz Ennaceur: CEO, CorrosionRADAR Ltd
- Chris Cheng (朝晖 程): CEO, 海丁网
- Chris Bechtel: Managing Partner, Growth Engine Labs
- Chris Barton: co-founder and board member, Shazam
- Chris Browning
- Chris Bouton: CEO, Vyasa
- Chris Clark: Co-Founder & CEO of BEERLOVE
- Chris Turnley: Chief Revenue Officer
- Chris Chediak: Corporate Finance Attorney , Weintraub Tobin
- Chris Rasmussen: CEO, Gajjitz, Inc.
- Chris Bolman: Founder, Brightest
- Christian Abi Nader: Managing Partner, AdCom Agency
- Cyril Grislain: Angel Investor, DouboDoor Property Technologies LLC
- Dale David: Founder, MYCURE
- Dali Chabaane: Talent Acquisition Partner, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
- Dali Lakhoua: Partner, AfricInvest group
- Damon Hernandez: co-founder , IDEAbuilder
- David Teten: Founder, Versatile VC
- David Weekly: Product Manager, Medcorder
- David Jacobson: CEO and co-founder, Synaq
- David Silverstein: Founder & CEO, Amaze PBC
- David Johnson: Co Founder & Chairman of the Board, From Fat to Finish Line
- David Pan: COO Startups and Innovation, KPMG in Taiwan
- David Giannini: Chairman and CEO, Cirrusworks, Inc.
- David Fisher: President, RockStar Consulting
- David Fonseca: VP of Global Development, VelocityTX
- David Wohde: Manager WeWork Labs, WeWork
- David Salt: HR Director, LOGIVAN
- David Bchiri: General Manager , Fabernovel US
- Dhekra Khelifi: Partner, Managing owner, Senior Management advisor, 216 Capital Ventures, Good Ventures Consulting, Galactech LLC
- Dhia Soussi: Co-Founder & CTO, Daycation
- Diane Najm: CEO/Founder, PhotoPad
- Diane Bailey: Head of Accelerator Growth, Founder Institute
- Dr. Hanan El Basha: Founder & CEO, The Business Doctor
- Elyes Chafter: Attorney at Law, Chafter Raouadi | Cabinet d’avocats
- Emily Forbes: Co-Founder, Seenit
- Emily Sit: Head of Partnerships, Phaze
- Emna Ghariani: Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute
- Evgeny Frolov: Founder, Growth coaching for startups and companies
- Fares Ben Souilah: Business Coach
- Fares Belghith: Founder & CEO, Kamioun
- Farez Zekri: Principal Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Tunisia
- Farouk Rezgui: Senior Consultant, RRC
- Faten Ghriss: ML Software Engineer , InstaDeep
- Fatene Ben Hamza: COO, Cogite Coworking Space
- Fatma Mehiri: CEO, OST Pre-incubator
- Felipe Novak: Sócio, Negromonte & Prado
- Feras Mousilli: Managing Partner, Lloyd & Mousilli
- Ghazi Ben Othman: Managing Partner, UNIQ Ventures
- Ghazi Saddem: CEO, Ghazi Saddem Consulting
- Haifa Ourir: Senior Manager - Software Development - Asset Management , Linedata
- Hakim Ben Ayed: CCO, Aymax
- Hamdi Ksiaa: Development Director, BFPME
- Hamza Guizani: Incubation & Acceleration Director, TECHNORIAT
- Hana Besbes: Investment Professional , Heal Capital
- Hasna Kourda
- Hassine Labaied: Managing Partner, SKILA Tendance
- Hatem Haddad: Dr., iCompass
- Haythem Mehouachi: Entrepreneur/Investor, Entrepreneur / Digital Transformation
- Hedi Zaher: CEO, Datavora
- Hela Fourati: Private Equity Manager, AfricInvest Group
- Heythem Ben Salem: Expert, Digital Transformation, business development, Go To Market, marketing and strategy, AlTecDev
- Hichem Radoine: Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Connect Innov
- Hidayet Ayadi: CEO, SgharToon
- Houcem Maiza: CEO, Galactech LLC
- Houda Ghozzi: CEO, Open Start-up Tunisia
- Houda Bakir, Historiar
- Houeida Anouar: CEO, COGITE
- Ichraf Jarray, Beezit
- Iheb Beji: CEO, MEDIANET
- Iheb Triki: Director - Private Equity, Swicorp
- Indhran Indhrasegha: Growth Strategist | Brand Strategist | Fractional CRO, Former HSBC, Electrolux, AstraZeneca
- Irina Baskova: Growth coach for B2B sales and go-to-market., independent consultant.
- Isaac Victoria: Legal Director, Webach
- Ismail Ben Sassi: CEO, ilboursa.com
- Issam Essefi: CEO, BIGDeal
- Issam Smaali: Founder , wattNow
- Issam Bellaj: CEO, Med.tn
- Jaafar Saied: Co Founder, Dar Blockchain
- Jack McGowan: Director, Buffalo Angels
- Jack Greco: Principal, Cupule Ventures
- James Shomar, Startfast
- Jazem Halioui: CEO, Innova Tunisia
- Jeff Jackel: CEO, Chatter
- Jesus Cagide: Senior product manager, Paypal
- Jihed Othmani: CTO, Expensya
- Jihed Hannachi: Co-Founder, MajestEYE
- John Jang: ceo cofounder, Pengguin
- Jon Nordmark: CEO , Iterate.ai
- Jon Cifuentes: Co-founder, All Turtles
- Joseph Shair: Co Founder, Drivr
- Joseph Benjamin Ilagan: Co-Founder and CEO, Seer Technologies
- Karim Sehnaoui: Founder and Managing Director, Elham Group Tunisia
- Karim Koundi: Partner - TMT Industry Leader Afrique Francophone
- Karim Jouini: CEO, Expensya
- Karim Bahi: Management Consultant, Inceptio
- Karim Chabrak, Coinsence Services
- Katja Gaesing: Employer Branding Manager, Novartis
- Kenji Sadamoto: Founder, CEO, Heart Forever Co. Ltd.
- Khadija Jallouli: CEO & Founder, HawKar
- Khaled Jilani: Senior Partner , Tuninvest-Africinvest
- Khaled Dridi: Fund Manager, United Golf Financial Services North Africa
- Khaled Helioui: CEO, Bigpoint
- Khaled Bendriss: CTO, Wevioo
- Khalil Ben Hamouda: CTO, Vynd
- Khalil Talbi: Search Fund Entrepreneur, Tunisian Amercian Enterprise Fund
- Khalil Ben Hamouda: Co-Founder & CTO, Vynd
- Khoubaib Ayari: Program Manager, Wiki Start Up
- Khouldoun Bouraoui: CEO, Agile 4UX
- Lamine Amine: Founder & Creative Director, Brand & Bear
- Lance Loveday: CEO, Closed Loop
- Lance Pormarejo: Garage Academy Director, Launchgarage
- Lance Cottrell: Founder, Feel the Boot
- Leila Charfi: Country Director, Tunisia, Yunus Social Business
- Leyth Zniber: Co-Founder, Impact Lab
- Mada Seghete: co-founder , Branch Metrics
- Maha Khannoussi: Senior Program Officer, Flat6labs
- Maha Essoussi: Business Development Manager, Axio
- Maher Hanafi: CEO and Founder, Diginium Graphics
- Maher Hammami: Accountant , Cabinet Maher Hammami
- Mahmoud Hachicha: Director Product Strategy , FLEETCOR
- Mahmoud Ibrahim: Founder , Mimos Cube
- Makrem Hermassi: COO & Co-Founder, Wantotrip
- Malik Nouira: CEO / Founder, Prefabulous
- Mariem Sellami: Co-Founder and Managing Director, WeMove
- Mark Organ: Cofounder & CEO, Influitive
- Mark Lawrence: Co-Founder & CEO, SpotHero
- Mark Reinstra: Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
- Mark Gonzales: co-founders, The new medina
- Mark Hellinger: Chief Marketing Officer, InvolveSoft
- Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
- Mark Peterson: Partner, Diepenbrock Elkin Gleason LLP
- Mark DeSantis: CEO, Bloomfield
- Mark Wald: Managing Director, Supporting Strategies
- Marko Kovac: CEO/Co-founder, Repsly
- Marko Moračić: Manager
- Markus Rupprecht: CEO , Traxpay AG
- Marouan Amamou, Paymee
- Mary Baker Anderson: CEO, Calipa Partners
- Mary Glazkova: VP of PR and Communications, Wheely
- Mary Koes: Product Manager, Google Cloud, Google Austria
- Mary Poppen: President and Managing Partner, HRIZONS EX
- Mary Beth Green: Chief Innovation Officer, Sheetz
- Mayssa Mrabet: Incubation Director, Njano
- Mehdi Khaled: Managing Director / Co-founder, EmKay Consulting (Singapore) / PExMedia (Austria)
- Mehdi Rhaiem: Mr , MTI Consulting
- Mehdi Cherif: Business Developper , IOHK Cardano Project
- Meriem Kebiri: Strategy and Turnaround Advisor, Mkonsult
- Moahmed Bouattour: Software Engineer, Foundation Medicine
- Moez Ghanmi: Venture Capitalist, AfricInvest Group
- Mohamed Bridaa: Country Manager, Microsoft
- Mohamed Ben Rhouma: CEO, Evertek
- Mohamed Khalloufi: CEO, MINTIT
- Mohamed Ali Elloumi: Executive Director and Board member, accesstoebusiness.com
- Mohamed Ali Belajouza: Chief Business Officer & Co-founder, Sqoin
- Mohamed Amine Ouni: CEO, Trust it
- Mohamed Khaled Mezghani: Program Manager , Green4Youth
- Mohamed Salah Frad: CEO , United Gulf Financial Services- North Africa
- Mohamed Salah Mbarek: CEO, TAWA DIGITAL
- Mohd Santarissy, Relatively Fund
- Monaem Ben Lellahom: Founding Partner - Head of Advisory Services, Sustainable Square
- Mondher Khanfir: Head , Tunisia Africa Business Incubator
- Mondher Merai: Head of Centers Of Excellence, Liendata Tunisia, Morocco, Latvia
- Mongi Bhouri: Strategic Planner, McCann Worldgroup Tunisia
- Monica Phillips: President, Spark Plug Labs
- Moritz Blees: Founder & CMO, Kerbholz
- Moritz Spangenberg: CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn
- Mostafa El Bermawy: CEO, NOgood
- Mouna Ayari: Ecosystem Lead, INTILAQ
- Mouna Fridhi: Junior Technical Expert in Digital Transformation, GIZ
- Mustafa Dalci: CEO, Userspots
- Mustafa Kopuk: Managing Partner , DOMiNO Ventures
- Mustapha Kaddour: Strategy and Transformation Officer, MENINX Holding
- Nadine Zerrini: Director, Founder Institute Boston
- Nassir Rahman: Regional Business Director , Global Solutions Middle East Management Group
- Nathalie Rahout: Director
- Nick Huzar: CEO, OfferUp
- Nick Saunders: Chairman, Golden Media OOD
- Nickolas Zeni Kretzmann: Strategy expert and business development, Sebrae PR
- Nicole Gallop: VP, Cultivate Advisors
- Nicole Zevola Benvenuti: CEO, 1984
- Noam Tamari-Wekser: Growth Investor, TheCircle
- Noha Jaafar, UXers
- Noomane Fehri: CEO, Our Digital Future
- Noomen Lahimer: CEO, Every Technologies
- Omar Nacif: VP, Proteak Renewable Forestry
- Omar Mohout: Growth Engineer, Sirris
- Omar Saryah: Managing Partner, Sayarh & Menjra Law Firm
- Omar Valle: Startup Business Development, Innovation Bay
- Omar Branquinho: President at Campinas Tech, CEO at Deskflows
- Omar Triki: Director Program Management Office, Fondation Tunisie pour le Development
- Omar Mansoor Ansari: President , TechNation
- Ons Ben Abdelkarim: President, Al Bawsala
- Oumaima M'barki: Lead design, LINEDATA
- Oussama Messaoud: Chairman, Datavora
- Patrick Birault: Founder & CEO, PBRH Consulting
- Pedro Telleria: Professor, Tunis Business School
- Phil Libin: Founder & CEO, All Turtles
- Phillip Merrick: Chairman & Co-founder, VisualCV
- Pratik Gauri: Founder and CEO, 5ireChain
- Rahma Abid: Founder , Shape
- Ramez Mohamed El Serafy: CEO, Flat6labs
- Ramzi El Fekih: CEO, CREOVA
- Rania Reda: CEO, Augmania
- Rania Khedhir: Senior Consultant , Morgan Philips Group
- Rebecca Clyde: CEO & Co-Founder, Botco.ai
- Remi Christoffer Dramstad, Selmer Law Firm
- Richard Finke: Country Manager, Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII)
- Rihab Jlassi: Project Manager , Fondation Tunisie pour le Development
- Rodolphe Buis: Innovation & Transformation Director, Linedata
- Roger Do: Co-Founder, QSearch
- Roger Heaston: President & CEO, Refinition
- Rudolph Cerqueira: COO International & CEO , AOS - Appels d'offres simplifiés
- Ryadh Bouslama: CEO, LEVEL 1
- Rym Baouendi: Founder & Managing Director, Cogite Coworking Space
- Rym Jarou: CEO, Smart Tunisia
- Sabeeha Banubhai: Founder and Experience Director, Jack Studios
- Sabrine Chenaoui: CEO & Founder, Monsapo
- Sabrine Jelassi: Software Developer, Zimmer Biomet
- Sacha Alanoca: Senior AI Policy Researcher & Head of Community Development, The future Society
- Salma Belhassine, SafeNess
- Salmine Sassi: Entrepreneur in Residence, Seedstars
- Sami Jaidane: Business Consultant / Entrepreneur @, SJDN Consulting / Pack-tory / Valomnia
- Sami Ben Romdhane: Vice President, Technical Fellow at eBay Inc, eBay inc
- Sami Tounsi: CEO, MonResto.tn
- Saoussen Ayari: CEO
- Sarah Jane Maxted: Executive Director, MIT
- Sarah Toumi: Founder , Acacias for all
- Sarra Ben Younes: Project Manager, Startup Act
- Scott Leatherman: Chief Marketing Officer, Veritone
- Selma Ben Kraiem: HR consultant, BK
- Shady Achouri: CTO, Chantier
- Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
- Simran Kaur: Founder, Power Women Corp
- Sola Adekanye: Founder, Open Innovation Access
- Sophia Hasnain: Founder & CEO, Linked Things
- Soumaya Ben Beya
- Soumaya Ben Beya: Operations Manager, Veamly
- Taher Mestiri: CEO, I.T Grapes
- Taher Gayes: Head of Technology Transformation and Innovation, Saudi Awwal Bank
- Tarek Ben Abdallah: COO, Afrikwity
- Tarek Chelaifa: Senior Manager, GSMA
- Taylor Davidson: President, Neil Benton Arts and Entertainment
- Timothée Raymond: Head of Innovation & Technology, Voice Revo
- Tom Sichel: Co-founder, Nova Finance
- Victor Chapela: Founder & CEO, Suggestic
- Victor Madueño: Experience Consulting Director | Business & Digital Transformation | Startup Mentor & Angel Investor, Epam Middle East
- Wael Ben Romdhane: Brand Manager, Philip Morris
- Wafa Gabsi: CEO, ARCHIVART
- Wala Kasmi: CEO, Youth Decides GROUP
- Waleed Helal: Head of Growth Marketing, Xpence
- Walid Qazizada: Investment Manager, InFrontier
- Walid Bellagha: Managing Director, Endeavor
- Walid Daas: Co-fondateur et Directeur des programmes, Teamlink
- Walid Sultan Midani: CEO, DigitalMania
- Wassel Berrayana: CEO, Proxym-IT
- Wassim Ben Larbi
- Wassim Jouini: Co-Founder, FivePoints Talent Pool
- Yahya Bouhlel: CEO & Co-Founder, Go My Code
- Yassine Oussaifi: Manager, Africinvest
- Yassine Younsi: Senior Partner , Younsi & Younsi Law Firm
- Yassir El Ismaili El Idriss: CEO, Tayara.tn
- Yehia Houry: Managing Director, Tunisia, Flat6labs
- Youssef Said: CEO & Co-Founder, Travaris
- Yssem Saadi: Owner & Communciation strategist, Better Ask Y
- Zaheer Nasser: Co-Founder | Managing Partner, Doctoori Connect
- Zakaria Belkhodja: Head of Strategy, MENINX Holding
- Zeineb Fakhfakh: Managing Director , Impact Partner
- Zhaira Bennani: Dirigeante , Well-Com International
- Zied Guiga: CEO, Wallyscar
- 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 Tunis and launch a company in 2018.
