The Founder Institute is the world's leading pre-seed startup accelerator, helping entrepreneurs turn their ideas into fundable startups and grow them into global businesses. Since 2009, we have provided highly-structured accelerator programs that offer direction and a global network to founders, guiding them toward building a meaningful business.
Our flagship accelerator, FI Core, is designed for founders at the idea and pre-seed stages. It helps them achieve the milestones necessary for investment and sustained growth. Graduates of FI Core gain free access to our advanced Founder Lab accelerators and can connect with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network, a group of global funds actively investing in early-stage funding rounds. The results speak for themselves, with FI alumni raising over $1.5 billion in funding and building meaningful businesses across 200+ cities and six continents.
As part of the Silicon Valley-based Founder Institute network of +10,000 CEOs, founders, investors, and experts, we operate chapters in over 180 cities worldwide, with graduates that have built companies exceeding $20B in estimated value. Our after-work program, now available in Luxembourg, provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the support and structured process needed to build an enduring company. Since our inception, we have launched over 3,300 companies and helped graduates raise over $700M in funding, enter seed accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Many leaders of the world's fastest-growing companies have used our program to test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and transition from employee to entrepreneur.