Founder Institute Silicon Valley Partners with Startup Lisboa
The Founder Institute (FI) and Startup Lisboa are partnering again.
As a valuable partner in FI network, Startup Lisboa has been awarded the Most Valuable Communication Partner Fellowship Award.
The Startup Lisboa Fellowship is awarded to the most extraordinary applicant from the Startup Lisboa Community, giving them the opportunity to enroll in the Lisbon Founder Institute for free.
The recipient will be recognized as somebody with the utmost potential to become a successful technology entrepreneur. All applicants coming from the Startup Lisboa network using the link bellow will be able to apply for the program for free ($50 USD value).
Click here to Apply for the Startup Lisboa Fellowship.
Besides helping the Founder Institute (FI) recruit top candidates during the crucial recruiting season, Startup Lisboa also supports FI alumnis. In last year alone, our alumnis Climber and Bridge Robotics have been incubated in Startup Lisboa facilities.
“I'm glad once I've passed by Startup Lisboa to hear a presentation about the Founder Institute. That day changed my startup journey. Climber, which was just an idea at that time, became a solid business as a result of the Founder Institute Program training.” – Mario Mouraz, CEO at Climber
“Startup Lisboa was a great follow-up to the Founder Institute. At the Founder Institute Bridge Robotics was born, at Startup Lisboa Bridge Robotics is developing with its amazing network”. – Tiago Costa, CEO at Bridge Robotics.
About Startup Lisboa:
Lisbon’s startup scene is growing frenetically as the Web Summit is about to land in the Portuguese capital this year. After a six straight years in Dublin, Web Summit has touched down in Lisbon for the next three years. This fall, thousands of entrepreneurs, investors and influencers will land on the Portuguese capital of Lisbon for the week-long tech event.
Many attribute the coming of the event and foundations of the Lisbon’s startup scene to one of our most valuable partners in the capital: Startup Lisboa. Startup Lisboa is Lisbon`s top incubator and has greatly contributed towards the transformation of the Portuguese Capital into a tech and entrepreneurial hub. Startup Lisboa was born from the will of citizens, by being one of the most voted ideas in Lisbon participative budget, an initiative of the Lisbon Municipality. Founded in 2012, it is a private nonprofit association, which counts on three founding entities: Lisbon Municipality, IAPMEI and the Montepio bank.
It has supported some of the most iconic startups from Portugal including Hole19, Uniplaces and Luis Martins from Zaask who regularly mentors at our program.
About The Founder Institute:
The Founder Institute is an idea-stage training program that identifies high-potential founders using predictive social science testing, and then guides them through company-building exercises. Upon completing the part-time, four month program, every graduate has a fully formed company that is building interesting technology. In a little over 6 years in business, we have launched 1,850+ companies across 100+ cities and 6 continents.