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Startup accelerator with four-month programmes for pre-seed founders, with an equity arrangement for graduates

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About Founder Institute

Founder Institute is a startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley. It describes itself as an AI-native company builder that takes people with an idea through to a fundable business. Its programmes use sprints, AI agents and feedback from entrepreneurs and investors. The programme itself does not invest cash in participants.

What Founder Institute offers

  • Four-month core programme: monthly objectives for teams across a four-month programme.
  • Equity Collective: a 2.5% equity arrangement for graduates, enforced by a warrant that activates only if the company raises a threshold of outside capital.
  • FI Venture Network: access to first-check investors, with alumni able to be funded by Founder Capital, FI's global venture fund.
  • Global reach: applications accepted in more than 70 cities and verticals worldwide.

Who it works with

Aspiring, first-time and solo founders who are ready to build a business from an idea.

Key facts

  • Based in: Silicon Valley
  • Stages: Pre-seed, Seed

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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18/100 · 20%
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