Below is a May 2021 milestone report featuring updates from Founder Institute portfolio companies across the globe. See the most recent grad news and top media features of the past month, new video founder and investor interviews and webinar video replays, as well as a list of the upcoming FI global events taking place the rest of this month in June, 2021.
Alumni Funding + News Highlights:
- Beonprice (FI Madrid) tops up Series A with €2M. A specialist in hotel revenue management technology, investment for the Spain-based company was led by Adara Ventures, with CDTI, a public organization focused on technology development in Spain, also involved.
- Subly (FI London) picks up $1M seed funding to automatically add subtitles to videos. The London-based tech startup makes content simple by automatically transcribing, translating, and adding subtitles.
- Genially (FI Andalusia), the startup that wanted to defeat Powerpoint, conquers the United States (Spanish-language article) La startup cordobesa está a punto de cerrar una nueva ronda de financiación internacional gracias a su presencia en Nueva York.
- Instant Teams (FI Washington, DC) Partners with Amazon to Offer Remote Work Opportunities for Military Spouses. New SaaS direct hire marketplace fuels Amazon's Future Workforce Project to tap into underserved communities
- Leasecake (FI Silicon Valley) Selected by Sola Salon Studios as a System-wide Location Management Platform. With more than 555 locations, Sola is the country’s largest, fastest-growing salon studio business.
- Resistomap (FI Helsinki) founder Windi Muziasari profiled in Forbes, “Meet The Startup CEO From Indonesia Racing Against Antibiotic Resistance”
- tForm's BubblePaper (FI Greenville) may not ‘pop,’ but it gets the job done. Williamston, South Carolina-based tForm is looking to make the goal of sustainable packaging a reality.
- GridRaster (FI Silicon Valley) Secures $2.5M in Additional Financing to Support its Cloud-Based XR Platform, Further Develop and Deploy Solutions for Enterprise-Level Clients
- Ellerca Health (FI Toronto) collaborates with Roche Diabetes Care Canada to launch Accu-Chek® + 360Care™ for diabetes
- KnowRx (FI Austin) featured in J&J + Village Capital's unveil of 12 startups building culturally competent care in new accelerator
- Oddbox, Pynk, Finverity, Curveblock, and CircaGene (FI London portfolio companies) featured in 150sec’s “Top 20 Impact Startups in the UK in 2021”
Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join the virtual Founder Institute accelerator program nearest you.
May 2021 Founder & Investor Interviews:
DotX CEO Charlie Chandra: Payroll FinTech Bringing Financial Inclusion to Unbanked Workers
VC Lab Alumni Spring Panel: Sameia Ventures, Untapped Capital, and XY Ventures
***If you're an impact startup founder, submit your elevator pitch video at PitchForProgress.com by June 11th for a chance to pitch live to impact investors in the July online Demo Day event + win prizes!
May 2021 Featured Webinar
The Future of Leadership: A Conversation with General Stanley McChrystal (McChrystal Group)
Join us at a June 2021 Free Online Startup Event:
- June 9th - Impact Founder Hotseat: Pitch Your SDG Startup Ideas to Experts, Online
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June 10th - Investing in Emerging Managers and Markets: A Fireside Chat with Paul Bragiel
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June 10th - AMA + Founder Institute Info Session with Co-Founder Jonathan Greechan (Live Event)
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June 16th - Founder Institute Alumni Q&A Panel: Meet Program Alumni and Ask Questions
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June 23rd - Mastering Startup Operations & Early-Stage HR with Adam Spector (Founder & COO of AbstractOps)
- June 30th - Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner, Online
Social & Environmental Impact Entrepreneurs: Submit your no-frills elevator pitch video at PitchForProgress.com by the extended & final June 11th deadline for a chance to present live to impact investors in the 'Pitch For Progress' online Demo Day event + win prizes!
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.
