The Founder Institute, the World's Largest Early-Stage Accelerator, has been operating in NYC since 2009, graduating nearly 50 local technology companies in that time. On June 25th, we will gather graduates in the process of fundraising to demo their products to a small audience of investors, advisors, and press. Light dinner will be also be served.

Join us to see pitches from the early-stage technology startups you'll be hearing about tomorrow.

Who Should Attend?

Angel investors, early-stage venture capital firms, advisors, press, Founder Institute Mentors and Graduates are all invited to attend. 

What to Expect?

6:00 - 7:00 PM: Welcome and Meet the Graduates over Social Dinner

7:00 - 8:30 PM: Graduate Demos

8:30 - 9:00 PM: Closing Remarks and Networking 

Companies Presenting (More Info to Follow):

Activibe: Mobile solutions for patient-centered mental health

AirTo: Social seating and check ins for travel 

EnerKnol: Decision support for energy market trading

Fresh Fox: Social shopping for groups

Front Row Concerts: Kayak for secondary market ticket sales

Good-Good: Private sales for active, multi-sport playing consumers

Interconnecta: Unified marketplace for sales and marketing professionals

Miigo: Event planning for the Brazilian market

Playfitness: Outsourced, 1:1 personal fitness training via web & Microsoft Kinect

Questlr: A gamified mobile platform for guerilla marketing

Rapunzl: Find the perfect hairstyle and stylist

ShowOpp: Client and project management system for visual arts

Upswing: Community, discovery and commerce for the ethnic hair market

Wishbeans: Pinterest meets easy-to-use comparison shopping & wish list service

What is the Founder Institute?

The Founder Institute is an early-stage startup accelerator and global launch network that helps entrepreneurs create meaningful and enduring technology companies. Through a four month program, existing and prospective founders can launch their dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs - while not being required to quit their day job. Our unique Graduate Liquidity Pool also enables graduates and mentors to share in the equity upside of each class, creating local, teamwork-based ecosystems where great new businesses can flourish.

In just three years of operation, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 500 companies across 26 cities and five continents - making us the world's largest startup accelerator. To learn more, visit FI.co. 

There are only 45 spots available. Please be sure to RSVP.