Founded in 2009, Founder Institute is a pre-seed and early-stage accelerator programme operating across more than 200 cities in over 100 countries, including Silicon Valley and Palo Alto. The organisation provides highly structured accelerator programmes that combine growth sprints with continuous feedback from a network of more than 40,000 mentors and investors, designed to move ventures from initial concept through to exit.
The programme's alumni base comprises over 8,900 companies that have collectively raised more than $2 billion in funding. The estimated aggregate portfolio value stands at $20 billion. The institute's stated mission is to activate entrepreneurial potential worldwide, with a target of empowering 30 million people by 2040 to build ventures intended to deliver positive economic and societal impact.
