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Founder Institute
Accelerator · Silicon Valley, CA, United States · North America
The Founder Institute runs structured training, incubation and acceleration programs for aspiring entrepreneurs, and describes itself as the world's largest network of startup incubators, accelerators and investors. It also runs programs and funds of funds to help new managers launch venture funds, and offers an AI-native company-building platform.
Invests inFintechReal Estate & Construction
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Or find every investor that fitsFounder Institute lists 2 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (50%) and Real Estate & Construction (50%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Acumen America, Alpha Partners and Ben Jen Holdings.
No funding round on record names Founder Institute yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Acumen America | 1 |
| Alpha Partners | 1 |
| Ben Jen Holdings | 1 |
| Bling Capital | 1 |
| Blue Gentian Capital | 1 |
| Founders Circle Capital | 1 |
| Gaingels | 1 |
| Impact America Fund | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 50% | 12% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 50% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Founder Institute head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
2 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esusu provides financial services, including rent reporting, credit building, and identity verification, to help individuals and businesses manage their finances and prevent fraud. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- fi.co
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 8 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 2
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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