Below is a September 2021 alumni milestone report, featuring updates from Founder Institute portfolio companies across the globe. See the most recent funding news and top media features of the past month, videos of founder interviews and insightful webinar replays, as well as a list of the upcoming FI global events taking place the rest of this month in October, 2021.
Alumni Funding + News Highlights:
- Oddbox (FI London) lands £16m investment from BurdaPrincipal Investments to enhance customer experience, expand UK footprint
- Genially (FI Andalusia) raises $20M Series B led by 645 Ventures and Owl Ventures, to make interactive content a global standard
- Caylent (FI Orange County) Announces $16M Growth Equity Investment to Fuel Cloud Native Solutions on AWS
- JITbase (FI Montreal) raises $650k in seed funding to accelerate smart manufacturing software
- Contraktor (FI Curitiba) raises R$ 2 million from KPTL for document scanning technology
- GameStake (FI London) Levels Up With Angel Investment of £340k to fuel growth in the mobile esports space
- Gameface.AI (FI Sydney) acquired by US brand Slinger, adding the sports data and analytics software company ahead of its upcoming NASDAQ listing
- Airblock (FI Boston) Pre-Seed Fundraising Round joined by Starta VC for smart aircraft industry marketplace
- Moduly (FI Montreal) smart energy storage platform joins Techstars Alabama EnergyTech 2021 class
- GridRaster (FI Silicon Valley) Awarded USAF SBIR Phase II Contract to Improve Aircraft Maintenance with AR
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.
September 2021 Featured Alumni Videos:
Global Alumni Panel featuring Marly Lake of Curled (FI New York), Eric Lo of Krado (FI Silicon Valley), and Bre Cruickshank of Radical Girl Gang (FI Austin)
Interview with Flyte AI Co-Founder & CEO Shilpa Sharma (FI Seattle)
September 2021 Featured Webinar Replays:
Startup Best Practices with Phil Libin of Mmhmm, Evernote
'Getting to Wow!' on Your Pitch, with Bill Reichert of Pegasus Tech Ventures
Co-Founder Networking Best Practices: How to Find a Business Partner
Join us at an October 2021 Online Startup Event:
- Wednesday, October 6th - Seed Funding & Financial Planning: A Guide to Raising Your First Funding, with Finmark Co-Founder & CEO Rami Essaid
- Thursday, October 7th - VIP Networking Summit + Product Storytelling AMA, with Connie Kwan (*Exclusively for Alumni and currently Enrolled founders)
- Thursday, October 7th - Building an Enduring VC Firm in Asia & Developing Markets, with Andy Zain of Kejora Capital
- Tuesday, October 12th - How to Raise Funding in Eastern Europe from the Region's Top Organizations
- Wednesday, October 20th - How They Did It: Success Stories & Advice from Top Entrepreneurs in Tech, with Mercedes Bankston, Paloma Lecheta, and Elisa Sepulveda
- Thursday, October 21st - VIP Networking Summit + Security Token AMA, with Mike Lingle (*Exclusively for Alumni and currently Enrolled founders)
- Wednesday, October 27th - Global Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner, Online
Are you a pre-seed stage entrepreneur working to achieve startup traction or funding? Apply here to join the 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.
