Founder Institute

Overview

• Industrybusiness incubator¹
• HeadquartersPalo Alto¹
• Websitefi.co
• Legal formbusiness incubator¹

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The Founder Institute is an American business incubator, entrepreneur training and startup launch program that was founded in Palo Alto, California in 2009. Based in Silicon Valley, The Founder Institute has chapters in over 200 cities in more than 100 countries.²

The story

Founded by Adeo Ressi in 2009.¹

Leadership

Who has led Founder Institute, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderAdeo Ressi¹
• Chief executive officerAdeo Ressi¹

Timeline

1. 2009Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA⁴. Matched to this company by name and state.

1. Apr 8, 2020$234.0K PPP loan (first draw) from Mortgage Capital Development Corporation⁴To FOUNDER INSTITUTE, INC, Palo Alto CA; $235.6K forgiven Dec 17, 2020
2. Jan 28, 2021$233.9K PPP loan (second draw) from Mortgage Capital Development Corporation⁴To FOUNDER INSTITUTE INCORPORATED, Palo Alto CA; $235.2K forgiven Aug 30, 2021

Links

• Websitefi.co¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/founding¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/FounderInstitute¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/founding¹
• WikipediaThe Founder Institute
• WikidataQ19880475