Turn your startup vision into a real plan. Join a live, interactive online Q&A with Founder Institute alumni, founders who’ve collectively raised $2B+ and built some of the fastest-growing tech companies worldwide. Get practical advice on launching and scaling, hear what the FI pre-seed accelerator is actually like, and understand what you can realistically achieve through an accelerator. Save your spot and learn what it takes to succeed.

❯ What You’ll Learn:

• The various types of startups that join the Founder Institute
• What it’s like to be part of an accelerator program
• Key success metrics that investors look for
• Essential tactics for building a strong startup

❯❯ RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23171 to get your link and join us live!

❯ Featured Speakers:

• Liza Rodewald (FI Washington DC Alumni) – Founder & CEO @ Instant Teams: Liza brings 16+ years of technical experience as a software engineer and 4x entrepreneur, with a background building enterprise software for government and healthcare. A Computer Science graduate from the University of South Alabama and top 3% Founder Institute alumni, she launched Instant Teams to reshape how companies build remote teams through a talent funnel of military-connected professionals. She is a Forbes contributor, SheEO Top 25 honoree, and active mentor for female founders. Instant Teams is a remote talent marketplace connecting military families with flexible remote jobs. Raised $13M in a Series A led by Tiger Global, hit $19M in revenue in 2024, with CEO Liza Rodewald named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist.
• Johanna Behm (FI Silicon Valley Alumni) – Co-founder & CEO @ Envire: Johanna brings a decade of experience across live events, bioinformatics, enterprise software, and climate tech. A Finnish engineer raised on sustainability as a default, she built Envire to become the AI-native intelligence layer for the global events industry, helping venues cut emissions and eliminate 90%+ of manual reporting. She also co-founded Global Climate Solutions to accelerate capital to climate founders and scientists worldwide. Envire is an AI-powered platform helping event venues and organizers reduce their environmental footprint through consolidated data and sustainability insights…

Envire is an AI-powered platform helping event venues and organizers reduce their environmental footprint through consolidated data and sustainability insights, targeting the events industry’s contribution to global carbon emissions.

❯ Featured Host:

• Chris Foltz is a Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Founder Institute and Managing Director of Responsible Solutions, a Silicon Valley-based global strategy firm. He advises founders, executives, and policymakers across 6 continents on brand storytelling and go-to-market strategy. Named to the IRG100, an annual list of the world’s top 100 CMOs and change agents, Chris brings a rare, unfiltered perspective shaped by a career that has spanned partisan politics, personal adversity, and a remarkable reinvention.a seed-stage fintech fund backing embedded financial technologies that expand economic access for low- and moderate-income Americans and small businesses.

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❯❯ Don’t miss this live, interactive online event packed with valuable insights! RSVP now at https://fi.co/startupwebinar/23171 to get your link and join us live!