Founder Institute Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 Produces 26 New Tech Companies

The Silicon Valley Founder Institute, the local Palo Alto-based chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program.

Over 1,400 people applied to the program, and after an intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints and constant evaluation and feedback from investors and mentors, just 26 companies were able to make it through. 

Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and entrepreneurial creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of the Bay Area's top startup experts and investors.  

And now, without further ado, we present the newest Alumni of the Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program: 

• AI Edge Technology - adds value to publishers by enhancing their traditional content with Augmented Reality
• containerWORKS - leasing backyard space from homeowners in order to rent out shipping container rental homes - all at no cost to the homeowner
• DatumNexus - supplies corporate legal departments and major law firms with "iData" audits to analyze data pertinent to Mergers and Acquisitions
• DeskBazaar - an online marketplace provider of flexible work space serving the post-COVID suburban remote workforce
• Droplets - ID barcode reading enabled mobile apps and tablet holders for brick-and-mortar retailers to stay in compliance with regulations - paperless, faster, and inexpensive with inspection-ready compliance tools
• Emporium - a digital cross platform marketplace allowing recommerce sellers to showcase their products through videos
• EzuNile Industries - serving the global Industrial Water Treatment, Desalination, and Water Reuse industry with enhanced tech advancement in water treatment methods, efficiency and sustainability
• GreenShoot - a web-based public registry to help survivors of natural disasters recover faster by communicating on-the-ground needs with people who can help
• Heal Me Fit - a mobile application to put in place preventative health measures for transportation companies and their employees
• Hey Social Good -  social impact SaaS delivering research, data and tech for social responsibility, ESG, and health for private and public companies
• Inolitix - enabling SMBs to remove the risk of internal fraud, at a fraction of the median cost of $200k for internal fraud
• Instructiv - SaaS-based special education program management that is child, parent, and educator-centric
• Knowledge Satnav -  universal knowledge visualization and modeling products that are accessible to everyone 
• Krado - proprietary sensors and mobile app empowering even first-time plant owners to take dramatically better care of their plants
• LOVE MY CURLS - Custom Beauty and Wellness solutions to simplify wash day for women with curly, coily and kinky hair.
• Metric Mate - the cost effective way to track your reps, sets, and exercises for your strength training workout
• Modacity - helping musicians improve their practice with the science of mastery known as ‘spaced repetition’ and with easy tools to log a practice, track time, record and get feedback
• Padbanque - a new way to shop for all your favorite information on period care products
• PlaygroundIO - application dedicated to children aged 5-12 years, providing access to instructor-led fitness games in a first-person gaming environment
• PTcircle CO - web application helping Physical Therapists create their own personalized virtual clinic with the ability to track patients’ adherence to the plan of treatment
• Quoqo - contracting and negotiation services for growing businesses globally, initially targeting the Indian market of ~75M SMBs and ~13k+ SaaS startups
• The Skin Consult - a digital platform for virtual skincare consultations, helping consumers find skincare professionals and personalized regimens
• SpotSyt - a guided SaaS marketing platform for small businesses, including: strategy, content, micro site delivery, and analytics for solving the critical needs and problems that small businesses face 
• UBorro - a marketplace app that allows DIYers the ability to borrow & lend the tools they need to succeed
• University of Applied Research & Development - international qualifications for well-established industries that lack academic recognition 
• Xtampede - new generation smallsat (50-200kg) subsystems to fill the gap between low (CubeSat) and high-cost, highly reliable satellites (traditional space industry)

The new Alumni invited members of the public to join them on Wednesday, May 19th for a live online Graduation Event, featuring a keynote presentation by Charles Cathlin, Founder & CEO of Trugenomix, a successful FI portfolio company using genomic biomarkers to help diagnose PTSD - watch the video below:

The Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Silicon Valley Founder Institute: Mike Suprovici, Ryan Micheletti, and Scout Tweedie-Yates. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Silicon Valley that is conducive to building to great companies.

In addition, the Silicon Valley Virtual 2021 program was supported by some of Silicon Valley's top technology organizations, including:

Some of Silicon Valley’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:

In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN. 

After Graduation, the new Silicon Valley Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business. 

Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.

The next Silicon Valley Founder Institute program is enrolling applicants now. To learn more or apply to the Summer Virtual 2021 cohort, visit FI.co/apply/silicon_valley.

Alumni 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.

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