Founder Friendly Labs

Founder Friendly Labs founders include veterans from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, Netflix, HP, Cisco, Oracle, IBM, and Sequoia Capital. They are experts in AI, Machine Learning, Marketing, Productivity, Marketplaces, Deep Learning, IoT, NLP, VR, Financial Planning, Insurance, and more. As a member of FFL, startups can receive startup and cloud credits from partners including Amazon Web Services (AWS), First Republic Bank, HubSpot, and Carta. 

They are looking for startups that are developing technology products for external customers or users (B2B or B2C). They work with startups that are based around the world, at various stages of development. However, they don’t work with nonprofits (or for-profits on .org domains), subsidiaries, personal blogs, hedge funds, dev shops, consultancies, or agencies.

Through their application and interview process, they primarily consider:

-Experience and past accomplishments of team members,

-Team members’ drive, helpfulness, and product instinct,

-Startup’s ability to benefit from FFL's community and partners.

FFL does offer software credits from their partners like Amazon Web Services and others, but we do not take equity nor invest in startups.

Application process

It consists of a three-step process:

-Submit an application,

-If you already have a 1-pager or ppt presentation, please email it to [email protected],

-After the application deadline, we will invite some startups to join us for an interview via Zoom.

We begin reviewing applications after the application deadline and startups will hear back from us within 3 weeks after the application deadline. For startups invited to interview, we need to meet the CEO and all team members who would participate in FFL (meaning they would attend the class session, join the online community, etc.). In addition to the CEO, startups have the option to select up to 3 other key team members to participate. We notify startups of their acceptance soon after all the interviews are completed, and the date for the program session is selected a few weeks later.

Candidates willing to apply for this accelerator can do it by filling in the next form.

Portfolio: Carta, Moloco, Osmo, Qventus.

Last update: May 10, 2022.