A mentor-driven seed accelerator founded in 2011 by Real Ventures, with alumni including BenchSci, Mejuri, and Unsplash.
- The offer:
- $120k per company
- Location:
- Montreal, QC, Canada
- Duration:
- 16 weeks
What you need to qualify
- Open to early-stage founding teams of diverse backgrounds and experiences building a tech-based solution to a problem in any industry.
- FounderFuel is a mentor-driven, venture-backed accelerator founded in 2011 by Real Ventures, run with the Real Ventures operations team and partners from Panache Ventures and Inovia Capital.
- Participation runs across the full 16 week schedule and ends in a Demo Day.
- The 2023 intake targeted a cohort size of 8 companies.
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- All stages
- Countries
- Global, subject to the provider’s eligibility and approval
How to apply
- 1
Attend an information session
FounderFuel ran information sessions ahead of its most recent intake, from February 20 to March 10, 2023, and points applicants to founderfuel.com for the full list of session dates, application requirements and deadlines.
- 2
Submit the online application before the cohort deadline
For the 2023 cohort applications opened on February 14, 2023, and the last date to submit an application was Sunday, March 12th, 2023.
- 3
Go through selection
Final offers for the 2023 cohort were presented the week of April 3, 2023.
- 4
Run the program and pitch at Demo Day
The 2023 program ran April 17 to August 4, 2023, with Demo Day on Tuesday, July 11th, 2023.