Below is a March 2021 highlight report featuring updates from Founder Institute portfolio companies across the globe - see the most recent grad news and top media stories of the month, new video founder interviews and webinar replays, and a list of the upcoming FI global events taking place in April, 2021.
Alumni Funding + News Highlights:
- Andalin (FI Jakarta), an Indonesian digital cross-border shipping platform, Raises Series A Funding led by Sembrani Nusantara Fund (SNF), a fund operated by the corporate venture capital firm BRI Ventures
- Sound Sustainability (FI Seattle) won the WRF Capital Grand Prize at the 2021 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge for its approach to improving access for hearing impaired or challenged individuals through the creation of high-quality, yet affordable hearing aids
- knowRX (FI Austin), a mobile application for prescriptions management, selected for Village Capital & Johnson & Johnson's 'Building a Culturally Competent Healthcare System' program
- Braze Mobility (FI Toronto), a maker of wheelchair blindspot sensors, featured in ‘Wheelchair Technology is Racing Forward Into the Future’
- Curveblock (FI London), a centralized token exchange for green real estate investment, unveiled its first Net Zero Prototype Home
- HOHM (FI San Diego), a maker of engineered on-demand sleeping pods, featured in ‘Montefiore hospital implementing new technology for mental health treatment’
- Kinnd (FI Toronto), a platform for making meaningful online friendships, featured in the Toronto Star, ‘Seeking a friend for the pandemic: Lonely souls find socially distanced connections’
- Fanalyze (FI Sacramento), a sports analysis and data app for fantasy sports and betting, profiled in ‘Making Sports Fantasies a Reality’
- Artcryption (FI Toronto), a platform to manage art IP and digital assets on the ethereum blockchain, featured in ‘NFTs upending art world, poised to grow in scope’
- Mavette (FI San Francisco), a designer women’s shoe brand for all-day comfort, joined forces with nonprofit Soles4Souls in philanthropic partnership to drive shopper donations
- Paqt (FI Toronto), a digital contracts and agreements management platform, joins as featured guest on BX Disruptors Podcast with Ravi Ravindran
Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join a 100% virtual Founder Institute accelerator nearest you.
March Featured Webinar: HubSpot SVP Kieran Flanagan
Kieran Flanagan, Senior Vice President of Marketing at HubSpot, joined FI Co-Founder Jonathan Greechan for a webinar event on Growth Essentials for Startups - watch the full video replay below:
March 2021 Founder & Investor Interviews:
Juan Monge of Zunify (FI Los Angeles):
FI Alumni Abby Sugar, Laura Sniderman, and Mariana Valesquez:
Charles F. Milton of Bursity (FI Toronto):
Mercedes Bankston of FunderStar, Director of FI London:
Robert White of Sound Sustainability (FI Seattle):
Join us at an April 2021 Free Online Startup Event:
- April 7th - Investing in a Future for Everyone: AMA with Startup Experts from ICA
- April 14th - Making Impact Work For Startups: How Founders Can Make Progress on the SDGs
- April 21st - Online Startup Office Hours: Get Feedback from Experienced Entrepreneurs
And RSVP here to join us live for the next international Founder Showcase event: a pre-seed startup pitch & networking digital conference (April 28th)
Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join a 100% 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.
