Located in the heart of San Francisco, Founders Embassy is the world’s first equity-free immersive accelerator designed exclusively to help international entrepreneurs gain access to Silicon Valley.
Unlike typical accelerators and incubators, Founders Embassy focuses on elevating, inspiring, and educating international and immigrant founders by offering them unprecedented access to Silicon Valley through its immersive acceleration programs, impactful events, and thought leadership - all without any exchange of equity.
Founders Embassy is designed to be a "home away from home" for global entrepreneurs whether they are visiting founders from another country or immigrant founders living in the U.S.
THE MISSION
Founders Embassy's mission is to democratize access to Silicon Valley for the most talented international startups that lack the privilege of insider connections and resources needed in order to leverage the skills they already have in order to build world-class companies.
We believe that radical inclusiveness will drive far greater outcomes than ever before and it starts with bringing people together from diverse backgrounds to solve the world's most consequential problems.
Why Choose Founders Embassy?
BORDERLESS BY DESIGN: We are industry agnostic and welcome founders from all over the world. We have applicants from over 50 countries and growing!
0% EQUITY: We don't take any equity from our companies! Don't take ~$100K for ~10% of your company for an accelerator - that's expensive cash!
BESPOKE CURRICULUM: Content for each individual program is curated based on the needs and objectives of the companies in the class. No two companies are alike so why should curriculum be?
MENTORSHIP: Founders meet and work with 100+ Founders Embassy Thought Leaders who are Silicon Valley-based executives, technical, and business leaders committed to helping international startups succeed. The Valley trades on Social Capital - you should start building it now!
SMALL CLASS SIZES: Classes are kept intentionally small to allow intimate and relevant discussions. You'll be surprised to find that founders all over the world often face similar challenges in building their companies.
THE PROGRAMS
Founders Embassy Acceleration Program
Multiple times a year, Founders Embassy brings small classes of founders from diverse backgrounds to Silicon Valley for a rigorous two-week bootcamp-style acceleration program.
Representing different countries and living together under one roof in the heart of San Francisco, participating founders receive coaching from Silicon Valley-based Thought Leaders while connecting with fellow entrepreneurs and offering feedback to one another.
UPCOMING PROGRAM: October 5 - 14, 2022
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
Borderless Series
Borderless Series is a new one-week-long immersive virtual course for early-stage founders interested in taking an in-depth look into Silicon Valley.
The program is held in conjunction with Founders Embassy’s Borderless Summit, where graduating founders will have an opportunity to meet participating mentors, investors, and Thought Leaders in person in San Francisco.
THE THOUGHT LEADERS
Our speakers, mentors, advisors, and coaches represent some of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs, VCs, and experts in their respective industries. They offer their expertise to founders as a way to "pay it forward", or give back to the entrepreneurial ecosystem of their home country or simply because they believe that an understanding of the Silicon Valley mindset is essential in the advancement of global entrepreneurship.
PARTNERS AND RESOURCES
There are countless organizations worldwide hoping to understand, leverage and connect with Silicon Valley. Our global network of Ambassadors around the world are our eyes and ears in their respective startup ecosystems, providing insight into the best global companies to participate in our acceleration programs. In addition to our Ambassadors, our local and global partners offer invaluable resources to entrepreneurs including legal and immigration advice, financial support, and other tools to help them succeed.