Since launching in 2009, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 1,310 new technology companies across 85 cities, 40 countries, and six continents.
These companies have gone on to do great things, and create over 10,000+ new jobs.
Over the past week, Nexercise receives follow-on investment, MakerBloks launches four new games, and more Grad News.
Below is a roundup of recent Founder Institute Graduates in the news:
- Follow-on Investment in Nexercise Made By Militello Capital: Militello Capital Makes Follow-on Investment (PRWeb.com): Nexercise, a Washington DC Graduate, is building Sworkit (derived from Simply WORK IT) - The leading platform on mobile, web, and smart TV for instructional exercise for both fitness and rehabilitative needs. For more information read their complete story!
- MakerBloks launches four new games: MakerBloks launches four new games, including IOS App (Digital Journal): MakerBloks, a Montreal Graduate, are small, reactive building blocks that allow anyone to learn and build electronic circuits without any technical background.
- Entryless listed as one of the top accounting softwares: Your Accounting Costs Are Too High And You Can Fix That (Forbes): Entryless, a Bay Area Graduate,is an Accounts Payable as a Service platform, that enable companies to manage & pay all their AP online.
- FI Grad Thesis, a startup reinventing the heel using technology: The Rocket Scientists Making a More Comfortable High Heel (BloombergBusiness): Thesis, a Los Angeles Graduate, is a technology driven, high fashion, women’s footwear design house.
- Maren Kate Donovan, CEO of Zirtual shares how she got started in Silicon Valley: How this CEO got her start in Silicon Valley (Fortune Insider): Zirtual, a Bay Area Graduate, connects busy people with quality, long-term virtual assistants.
