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The Founder Institute, the World's Largest Entrepreneur Training and Startup Launch Program, is proud to announce the graduation of New York's Summer 2016 semester.

The blog post, "Presenting Founder Institute New York 12", originally appeared at Siskar.co and was written by FI Director . It has been republished below with permission.

Tuesday of this week we had our Graduate Showcase event bringing together the graduating companies of Founder Institute New York 12 (Summer 16), our New York Founder X Alumni, and our monthly Startup Founder 101 Meetup.

The Founder Institute New York Summer 2016 cohort came to an end with 14 new companies graduating. The twelfth batch of the Founder Institute New York includes companies from across several industries such as virtual reality, international food, HR-tech, weddings, fashion, social media, and more.

I would like to thank the great mentors here in New York for the incredible lessons, experience, time, and wisdom brought to each semester's graduates. Without any further ado, I give you #FINY12.

Founder Institute New York 12

  • Bridal Playbook - Tell us your vision, sit back and relax while wedding vendors send you quotes.
  • Candogram - Job match technology using unique machine learning & big data.  
  • Factual VR - Capture and reproduce crime scenes using Virtual Reality technology. 
  • Happo - Simplifying your children's birthday planning.
  • Home Matcher -  Find your dream home before it's for sale.
  • Moro Labs - Bringing ethnic foods to their global diasporas with Baegopa.
  • Nekai Leon - A socially conscious & contemporary fashion brand with a personalized shopping experience.
  • ONYO - The power of choice is yours, always get the food you want.
  • Own Your Crisis - SaaS for pre-planning family emergencies
  • Paxi - Native tongue ride sharing for international visitors. 
  • SocioSpree - Geo-targeted deals worth sharing. 
  • Tagland Toys - Simple, organic, fun plush toys for babies. 
  • The Weekend SPIN - Automatically capture and share your weekend.

 

If you also want to launch a lasting tech startup, the Founder Institute is accepting applications in cities around the world. Apply today!

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