Founder Institute, Launching Companies All Over The World in 2017

I'm proud to be a part of the global Founder Institute startup accelerator ecosystem as the Managing Director of the Cincinnati chapter. Locally here in Cincinnati, we've launched 21 companies in two years, each with a pre-money valuation of $1 million. We're just getting rolling here at #StartupCincy.

At the Founder Institute, one of our core values is to not shy away from big challenges. After all, our mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and empower talented and motivated people to build impactful companies that create one million jobs.

While seemingly insurmountable (borderline "crazy"?), we achieved a lot of milestones towards this mission in 2017. More importantly, our amazing Graduates made a ton of progress last year, with many companies raising money, winning awards, and generating significant traction.

We could never fit all the news into a single post, but below we created a nifty "year in review" infographic with some of the highlights. Happy New Year!

P.S. - Our work will never be done, so if you are interested in getting involved in any way, feel free to email us directly at regional (at) fi (dot) co, or apply to launch a company in our program.