Last updated 2026-06-18
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About
The Founder Institute is a pre-seed accelerator program, that accepts solo-founders and founders with day jobs. This step by step program provides mentor support, exposure to it's global network and helps the participators raise funding. The program builds an equity collective within each program cohort to create aligned network incentives. The Founder Institute in-person program includes weekly sessions where participants receive expert training and feedback, and then a series of challenging business-building assignments, office hours, group meetings, and partner discounts to help them make progress each week.
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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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