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Founder Institute Waterloo celebrated the launch of 10 startups from their Spring 2019 cohort during True North conference and festival in the modern Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
The third Founder Institute cohort to launch in Waterloo received hundreds of applications from around the world attracted to launch in the fastest growing tech-talent ecosystem in Canada. The program enrolled 32 startups and 10 survived the grueling 4-month program, that started in March, to pitch during the Launch Party event during True North this June.
While completing the program many of the founders worked a full-time job or attended school and many have now quit their jobs and are dedicating themselves full-time to their new ventures.
Founder Institute is the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator with chapters across 65 countries and with over 3,500 startups having launched through the program worldwide.
The volunteer program is made possible from the contributions of hundreds of local tech ecosystem mentors, venue partners, alumni, and generous sponsors.
Program Sponsors
Gowling WLG
BDO
Workhaus
Communitech
Google Developers
Terminal
Rebels of Design
Venue Partners
BRCH
CIGI
Communitech
EDC at Catalyst 137
Focus21
Google
Gowling WLG
Shopify
Terminal
Vidyard
Wilfrid Laurier University
Workhaus
The cohort companies include:
Suzanne Bond, Zen Caters
Alois Monger, Ziliz
Emad Ali, MediMate
Raghad Alkhatib, Lomi
Marcus Gaughan, IIN
Ahmad Naji, Sparkle
Nick Coutu, Engager
Justin Mels, Skydeploy
Jane Sun, SolverGen
Lucas Porter-Bakker, GOJI
Founder Institute Waterloo Team
Sunil Sharma, Managing Director
Madusha Cooray, Co-Director
Jordan Jocius, Co-Director
Udesh Cooray, Associate Director
Hana H, Program Manager
Amit Mehta, Program Manager
Konrad Borowski, Intern
Cohort Mentors
Isaac Adejuwon
Morteza Ahmadi
Russ Armstrong
Kaleah Baker
Grace Bartz
Robert Bruski
Bardish Chagger PC MP
Jessica Chalk
Joe Dales
Viona Duncan
Bob Embleton
Jim Estill
Nabil Fahel
Bryan Fedorak
Sean Gomes
Will Greenblatt
Alexandra Hardy
Ella Hilal
Amanie Ismail
Cole Jones
Erik Kalviainen
Fakhri Karray
Marylin Ma
Caitlin MacGregor
Alexander Marshall
Adam Mawer
Ryan McCartney
Ryan Micheletti
Charles Mire
Riley O-Hagan
Kim Parnell
Sandy Pell
Ilya Peskov
Joseph Puopolo
Komal Singh
James Slifierz
Rick Spence
Geoff Valeriote
Robert Whiteside
Lori Wilson
Jeffrey Wong
Brian Zubert
Join us in Waterloo to build a great company in Fall 2019. Apply to FI Waterloo starting next month, or to the Toronto 2019 Founder Institute program today - you can learn more at FI.co/overview.
Media Contact
Jordan Jocius, Co-Director
Founder Institute Waterloo
E: jordan.jocius@fichapter.com
T: 1-833-467-3235
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