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About
The Founder Institute is an American business incubator and startup launch program founded in Silicon Valley in 2009. It provides a structured program, mentorship, and a global network to help aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs develop their business ideas into fundable companies. The program emphasizes practical skill development and aims to create sustainable startup ecosystems worldwide. It has an active chapter in Israel, which started in 2019, and is led by local Israeli startup leaders and mentors. [3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13]
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Q&A
- What is the primary focus of Founder Institute?
- Founder Institute operates as a pre-seed accelerator program, specifically designed for solo-founders and founders who are also employed. It provides mentor support, global network exposure, and assistance with fundraising.
- When was Founder Institute established?
- Founder Institute was founded in January 2009.
- Where is Founder Institute headquartered?
- Founder Institute is headquartered in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
- Who is a key team member at Founder Institute?
- Nadav Kaidar serves as a Co-leader at Founder Institute.
- What kind of support does Founder Institute offer its participants?
- The program offers weekly in-person sessions with expert training and feedback, challenging business-building assignments, office hours, group meetings, and partner discounts. It also builds an equity collective within each cohort to align network incentives.
Full data — links, identifiers, deals & radar signals (jobs, patents, research, more)
External links
| Website | fi.co/ |
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| linkedin.com/school/1154695 | |
| X / Twitter | twitter.com/founding |
| facebook.com/FounderInstitute | |
| YouTube | youtube.com/c/founderinstitute |
| instagram.com/founding | |
| Wikipedia | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Founder_Institute |
| Wikidata | wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880475 |
Identifiers & details
| Founded | 2009-1 |
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| Wikidata QID | Q19880475 |
Radar intelligence
Open jobs — lever
| Total open | 7 |
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| Remote | 1 |
| By department | Product (1), Design (2), Finance (2), Hardware (1), Backend Engineering (1) |
| By location | New York, NY (5), Boston, MA OR New York, NY (1), Remote (1) |
| Title | Location | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Product Manager | New York, NY | Product |
| Copywriter | New York, NY | Design |
| Accounting Manager | New York, NY | Finance |
| Staff Antenna/ RF Systems Engineer | Boston, MA OR New York, NY | Hardware |
| Strategic Finance Associate | New York, NY | Finance |
| Senior Product Designer | New York, NY | Design |
| Senior Software Engineer | Remote | Backend Engineering |
Patents
| EPO | 183 |
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Web history (Wayback)
| Domain | fi.co |
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Wikidata
| QID | Q19880475 |
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Certificate / subdomain footprint
| Subdomains | 26 |
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