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Founder Institute

https://fi.co/
Last activity: 26.08.2026
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The Founder Institute is the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator. We help you get to traction and funding with a support network of startup experts that are invested in your success, and through a structured business-building process that has helped our alumni raise over $800M. Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing companies have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, 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 180+ cities and 60+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to empower talented and motivated people to build impactful technology-enabled companies worldwide.
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Location: United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees: 11-50
Phone:+1 650-494-4252
Founded date: 2009
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed

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26.08.2026Founder Institute Egypt opens applications for Fall 2026 cohortThe largest AI-native startup builder in the world, Founder Institute, has begun accepting applications for its Egypt Fall 2026 cohort. The most successful network in the world for transforming concepts into financially viable startups and ...
12.07.2026Inside Out: Founder Assessment Tools ComparisonShare Share Share Share Email Why the Startup Ecosystem Is Looking Beyond the Business Plan For decades, startup ecosystems have been remarkably consistent in how they evaluate entrepreneurial potential. Investors scrutinize market size, ac...
24.06.2026Coaade launching Local, Privacy-First AI Coding tools with no token limits; Announces Upcoming Launch of Code 2.0 modela pioneer in deep-tech model optimization, today officially announced its mission to democratize the AI coding revolution by introducing a 100% private, fully offline AI development ecosystem. By engineering deeply compressed local AI model...
24.04.2026ViennaUP’s PeaceTech Conference 2026 to Explore Ethical AI, Sustainability, and Digital PeacePeaceTech Conference 2026 will explore ethical AI, sustainability, and digital governance at ViennaUP The event gathers policymakers, technologists, and investors addressing AI’s environmental and societal impacts The Conference’s programme...
08.04.2026CloudOffix Partners with Founder Institute to Bring Enterprise-Grade AI Infrastructure to Global StartupsCloudOffix Partners with Founder Institute to Bring Enterprise-Grade AI Infrastructure to Global Startups Our mission at CloudOffix is to help organizations replace fragmented tools with a unified system where data, workflows, and teams wor...
02.12.2025Futureproof Secures Strategic Investment from Founder Capital and Triangle Tweener FundLeading Pre-Seed Accelerator and Serial Entrepreneur Back AI-Powered Finance Platform for Startup Founders RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Futureproof, an AI-powered financial intelligence platform helping founders run the...
21.10.2025Founder Institute Opens Applications for Cameroon–Lagos Fall 2025 AcceleratorThe Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is now accepting applications for its Cameroon–Lagos Fall 2025 programme. This initiative aims to support aspiring entrepreneurs in Cameroon and Lagos by providing a s...
12.10.2025Stricter visa rules have Colorado employers that rely on foreign workers scramblingIterate.ai has relied heavily on highly trained tech workers from around the globe to meet demand for its customized artificial intelligence agent systems, bringing some of them to the U.S. under the H-1B program when the company can obtain...
10.10.2025After losing a $50,000 Upwork contract, this Nigerian founder built a startup to fix global hiring biasThe systemic bias in global hiring did not dawn on Obinna Umeh until he’d lost 17 freelance contracts on Upwork after clients learned he was based in Nigeria. The final blow came in 2020 when he lost a $50,000 contract from Washington becau...
11.08.2025Emerge and Rise Launches Citywide Digital Literacy Program to Close Technology Gap for Small BusinessesEmerge and Rise - Together We Can Bridging the digital divide through workshops, mentorship, and access to automation, AI, and e-commerce tools. SAN ANTONIO, TX, UNITED STATES, August 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Emerge and Rise, a San An...
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