The Founder Institute partners with Ashoka to help aspiring entrepreneurs in Legal Tech. The two organizations collaborate to empower a promising startup by awarding it a fellowship for the FI’s Core program.
Ashoka, a nonprofit organization that promotes social entrepreneurship, has an extensive history of empowering individual social entrepreneurs. At its core, Ashoka seeks to cultivate a worldwide culture in which each individual becomes an agent of positive change "fostering a global culture of everyone being a changemaker for the good of all."
The Founder Institute brings to the table a meticulously curated framework and a commitment to providing Legal Tech's aspiring ventures the tools to succeed.
Anybody from Ashoka’s network who is interested in applying to join the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator can use this link. This pro bono opportunity is available for a single founder, and the best applicant will receive a special fellowship to participate in the pre-seed accelerator program for free.
Guided by distinguished figures in the startup landscape, the Legal Tech program benefits from the leadership of accomplished individuals such as Amit Bhanot (Founding Partner, Runway 6 Ventures), Andrea Monti (Board member, Venture Partner, CEO, Fortuite Foundation), Andres Jara (Cofounder, Kea Technology Inc.), Firat Kavlak (Founding Partner, Kavlak Law Firm), Mesut Keskin (Founder & CEO, Microfon), and NUR HILAL GERCEK (Head of KONG, Kavlak Law Firm).
Additionally, the program is enriched by the involvement of prominent Legal Tech investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs. Their participation enhances the experience of the participants by providing invaluable insights, expert feedback, and thorough evaluation, contributing to the holistic development of each venture.
This exciting partnership between the Founder Institute and Ashoka is a step forward for helping Legal Tech entrepreneurs in their journey from concept to realization and shaping the future landscape of legal technology innovation.
About Founder Institute
The Founder Institute is the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.
Since 2009, our highly structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, build 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 95 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to empower communities of talented and motivated people to build impactful technology companies worldwide.
Apply for a Legal Tech fellowship here
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs—individuals with new ideas to systemically address the world’s biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to transform those ideas into national, regional, and global social impact. For more than 40 years, Ashoka has supported nearly 4,000 social entrepreneurs in more than 90 countries with solutions addressing society’s most pressing issues. Ashoka’s vision is a world in which Everyone is a Changemaker—a society that responds quickly and effectively to challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and societal support to address any social problem. www.ashoka.org
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/graduates.
