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Accelerators

Founder Institute

Status

Status not published

Rolling. Chapters run in 100+ cities with staggered cohort start dates and their own application deadlines throughout the year.

Open now
Amount
Not published

GIVES NO CASH. The Founder Institute is a pre-seed idea-stage programme that founders pay to attend: there is a course fee, and graduates sign an equity warrant (historically around 4%) into a shared pool alongside mentors and local directors. In other words the flow of money and equity is from the founder outward. Its value is structure, deadlines and local mentor networks, not capital.

You must co-fund 100%.

Funder

Founder Institute

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling. Chapters run in 100+ cities with staggered cohort start dates and their own application deadlines throughout the year.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

You fund 100% yourself.

Who can apply

Explicitly open to people who have not yet quit their job or formed a company. Selection uses an aptitude test plus interviews.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://fi.co/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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