FounderX is the Founder Institute's exclusive VIP gathering of alumni, mentors, local leaders, investors, and partners from our global network.

Over three days, the FI network will gather in Silicon Valley for a series of fun networking events, group workshops, and engaging talks from top Keynote Speakers. The goal of Founder X is to facilitate meaningful connections and learning between members of the Founder Institute and Decile Group networks, which span 100+ countries across 6 continents.

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* FounderX is strictly invite-only, reserved for FI and Decile Group Local Leaders, Alumni, Mentors, Investors, and Partners.

Event Partners

FounderX is honored to have the support of leading organizations in startups, venture capital, and technology.

NetSuite provides an integrated system that includes financials / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), inventory management, HR, professional services automation and omnichannel commerce, used by more than 36,000 customers in 217 countries and dependent territories.

Holland & Knight LLP is a global law firm that provides representation in litigation, business, real estate, healthcare and governmental law.

Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns.

GORA LLC is a corporate, securities, intellectual property, and litigation law firm based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Grasshopper Bank is a client-first digital bank built to serve the business and innovation economy.

Firstbase helps startups worldwide expand into the United States and confidently navigate ongoing compliance. Since YC in '21, we've helped 35,000 founders from over 175 countries to launch and grow their companies in the US.

Lighter Capital pioneered revenue-based financing 14 years ago. Leah brings deep experience as a serial co-founder and then VC to supporting startups, but now she can provide funding free of equity, restrictions or founder guarantees. Flexible funding so you maintain all of your options.

Decile Group

Previous Event Speakers

Each FounderX Conference features dozens of global leaders in startups and venture capital.

Jason Calacanis

Esther Dyson

Steve Jurvetson

Lauren Kolodny

Scott Painter

Christine Herron

Andrew Filev

Scott Heiferman

Cyan Banister

Eren Bali

Jenny Fielding

Dafina Toncheva

Phil Libin

James Joaquin

Kamal Hassan

Patrick Lee

Exclusively For the FI and Decile Group Network

FounderX is strictly invite-only, reserved for FI and Decile Group Local Leaders, Alumni, Mentors, Investors, and partners. For support, reach us at support (at) founderx (dot) com.

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