Build a Startup with Saint Petersburg's Top Entrepreneurs. Founder Institute Applications Open Now

Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Saint Petersburg Fall 2015 program!

If you could use a structured process and support from Saint Petersburg's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Saint Petersburg Fall 2015 Founder Institute today.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the devoted support network and structured growth process needed to get to traction and funding. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,000 Alumni raise over $1.75BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, we will host several free startup events in Saint Petersburg, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession

See all upcoming events

The Saint Petersburg program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Arcady Khotin, Jane Smorodnikova, Pavel Pravdin (CoffeeLab).

In addition, some of Saint Petersburg's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Saint Petersburg Founder Institute includes:

Alexey Stepanenkov: ТОП-менеджер, Embria
Alfiya Muhametova: CEO , IdealMachine
Andrei Maiboroda: CEO , GreenBusiness
Andrey Mima: Co-founder, Qbaka
Andrey Jeglov: CMO, CoffeeLab
Anna Kuchuganova: Сhief product officer, MailBurn
Anton Gladkov: Founder, feasy.me
Arkadiy Hotin: Founder, Arcadia
Diana Sorina: Co-founder, Piligrimxxi
Dmitry Platonov: Vice President Intellectual Property, Yota Devices
Dmitry Dubograev: Managing Partner, Femida.us
Ilya Chernetski: Product Executive, Fotostrana.ru
Ilya Antipov: Co-Founder, Biomedical Modeling LLC
Ilya Kurilin: CEO, Octopod, Inc
Ivan Kuts: CEO , VIRTUAL FITNESS
Jane Smorodnikova: CEO, CoffeeLab.vc
Jan Erik Nyrövaara: Jan Erik Nyrövaara (Saint Petersburg FI)
Konstantin Gladyshev: Business development manager
Konstantin Kalinov: Founder, Aviasales.ru
Kristina Stoyanova: Head of User Experience, Yandex.Money
Luiza Alexandrova: CEO, Saint-Petersburg Business Angels Organization
Lyubov Simonova: investment manager, RVC SeedFund
Mark Martemianov: Creative Director, PLUS8
Max Malyy: Analyst, IdealMachine
Maxim Rydlev: Sales Director, Segmento.ru
Maxim Smirnov: CEO, Aglaya.net
Mike Fedorov: Founder, Plan B media
Mikhail Belyaev: Regional Manager , 1C-Bitrix
Nikolay Strakh: Трекер, ФРИИ
Nikolay Vyatkin: Deputy CIO, Lenta
Oleg Shchegolev: CEO, SemRush
Olga Pavlova: Founder, Pavlova.cc
Pavel Pravdin: Partner, CoffeeLab.vc
Pavel Timofeev: Co-Founder & CTO, Cooper Pet Care B.V.
Roman Polyak: BizDev, VP, Engageya
Sasha Andreev: Founder and CEO, SoftJoys
Sergey Galeev: CEO, AddReality
Sergey Suchkov: СEO, Radario
Tatyana Savelieva: General manager of the Russian branch, Wrike
Yaroslav Pankov: CEO, Cup.Li
Yulia Poslavskaya: PR Director, Veeam Software
Zoya Nikitina: CEO & Founder, E-Contenta
Валентин Домбровский: Head of Market Relations, Excursiopedia
Григорий Петров: Технический Евангелист, Voximplant
Даниил Павлючков: CEO, MailBurn
Евгения Барченко: Consultant, Ingria
Любовь Симонова: Principal , RVC SeedFund
Михаил Зельдин: Со-основатель, Crowdhunters
Наташа Гермогентова: UX-copywriter, Yandex.Money
Ник Филатов: Director, Go2See.ru
Николай Тихвинский: CPO & co-founder, Go+
Сергей Дулин: CEO, Teslawatch

And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute focuses on helping tech or tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage, including both solo-founders and teams. This includes established businesses that are pre-funding and traction, MVP and prototype-stage projects, and even part-time founders with just ideas. FI's mission is to create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.