FounderFuel

Company

Investment-firm

Last deal

$6M

Amount

Convertible Note

Stage

24.04.2012

Date

2

all rounds

$6M

Total amount

Financing round

General

About Company
FounderFuel is a mentor-driven venture accelerator that helps new startups make progress on the venture path.

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founded date

01.01.2010

Number of employees

Last funding type

Convertible Note

IPO status

Private

Description

Based in Montreal, Canada, FounderFuel is a 3-month mentor-driven startup accelerator program that provides seed funding and access to a network of investors, experienced entrepreneurs, and top executives. The program offers mentorship, demo day to launch fundraising, 4 months of office space at Norman House, and specifically looks for companies that use technology as a core part of their value creation, especially those leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning. FounderFuel is supported by Real Ventures, the most active seed-stage venture capital firm in Canada, and helps technology-powered companies reach escape velocity by refining their vision, expanding their network, and rapidly accelerating their output.
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People

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4
John Stokes
John Stokes

John Stokes

John is a Founding Partner at Real Ventures and is also the co-founder and Managing Partner of Montreal Start Up, two early stage VC funds. He co-founded or established regional operations for a number of software, internet and media companies in New Zealand (Bulletin.net) , South Africa (Brightpoint SA / MTN PAYG), Malaysia (Aethos Asia Pacific) and Japan (Livedoor & Vogue Planet). John also founded Piermont Ventures, a Hong Kong based boutique investment and advisory business which advised entrepreneurs and invested in their startups. John is a citizen of the UK, New Zealand and Canada and lives in Montreal, Canada.

current job

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John Stokes

Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer
Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer

Jean-Sebastian Cournoyer

JS is a husband and father of five wonderful children. He co-founded Montreal Start Up and Real Ventures, two seed funds based in Montreal. JS loves working with entrepreneurs and startups. He is an entrepreneur as well, having co-founded and operated a few startups along the way. He tries to live life by giving more than he takes and looks for people who share this principle. JS' life is a constant (good) struggle to find balance between spending time with his wife and kids, with the entrepreneurs he works with, his friends and taking care of himself, which usually means playing hockey, swimming, running or biking. As such, he tends to work with people he enjoys spending time with.

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Ian Jeffrey
Ian Jeffrey

Ian Jeffrey

Ian is a native Montrealer, foodie, die hards Habs fan and Vice President of Product Marketing at PasswordBox, the most trusted online identity manager. A seasoned entrepreneur, Ian has built businesses both in Silicon Valley and Montreal, and has venture capitalist experience as the founding General Manager of FounderFuel, the first Canadian mentor-driven startup accelerator. In 2006 he helped launch Radar, the first mobile photo-sharing social network, later acquired by Shutterfly. At Shutterfly Ian was Director of Marketing of the mobile and social team and launched Wink, a mobile app that lets users create photobooth-style prints directly from their iPhone. Ian started his career in 2002 as half of the two-man team behind Nomad, Canada’s first Street Intelligence Agency and was also Co-Founder and CEO of Tistik, a Montreal-based events company.

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Alan MacIntosh
Alan MacIntosh

Alan MacIntosh

Alan MacIntosh has extensive international experience in innovative technology businesses beginning in Europe in oil exploration with Schlumberger, data networking with Hewlett Packard and entering mobile in 1990 with Canada’s Telesystem group. At TIW, he established mobile operations in eight countries and in 1997 co-founded GSM Capital, the first global wireless venture fund with offices in Boston, London and Hong Kong. In 2004, Alan co-founded Acta Wireless and, in 2008, Real Ventures which is Canada's most active venture fund with more than 100 investments in mobile and web tech start-ups.

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FounderFuel

count Of Investments

1

Alan MacIntosh

Employee Profiles
43

Katy Yam

General Manager

Guillaume Roy

Mentor

Mikael Lefebvre

Mentor

Sarah Bezeau Gervais

Sarah Bezeau Gervais

Program Manager

Oshri Cohen

Mentor

Robert Roseberry

Mentor- start-ups

Benjamin Tuff

Benjamin Tuff

Startup Advisor & Mentor

Julie Lacasse

Julie Lacasse

Business Mentor

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