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, Spikes Security Wins MVP Award From Leading IT News Publisher, Realty Mogul launches commercial lending division, CEO of Zirtual featured in Fortune Insider, and more Grad News.
Below is a roundup of recent Founder Institute Graduates in the news:
- Spikes Security Wins MVP Award From Leading IT News Publisher: Spikes Security Wins MVP Award From Computer Technology Review (Computer Technology Review): Spikes Security, a Bay Area Graduate, is a security company to virtualizes the browser to provide corporate IT managers with a secure infrastructure. For more information read their complete story!
- Realty Mogul Launches Commercial Lending Division: Realty Mogul Expands, Launches Commercial Lending Division (MarketWatch): Realty Mogul, a Los Angeles graduate, is an online marketplace for accredited investors to pool money and buy shares of pre-vetted investment properties. For more information read their complete story!
- CEO of Zirtual discusses how failure helped her start her own business: How failure helped me start my own business (Fortune Insider): Zirtual, a Bay Area graduate, connects busy people with quality, long-term virtual assistants.
- Rationale Behind Soaring App Development Prices by FI Singapore Grad: The Rationale Behind Soaring App Development Prices (TechCrunch): ContractIQ, a Singapore graduate, is a hand-curated marketplace for world class engineering studios that build mobile products for startups and enterprises.
- Enhanced Compliance Solutions quoted about marijuana industry: Some Banks Serve Marijuana Businesses As Others Axe Them (WallStreet Journal): Enhanced Compliance Solutions, a Chicago graduate, has developed a DaaS platform to help financial institutions proactively identify unknown exposure to the marijuana industry, similar and complementary to current OFAC/PEP/SDN screening tools.
