FounderFuel

FounderFuel is a mentor-driven venture accelerator based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2011 by Real Ventures. The organization offers a three-month intensive program designed to support new startups in advancing along the venture path. During this program, participants benefit from the guidance of a network comprising veteran entrepreneurs, operators, and executives, which helps them refine their business visions, expand their professional networks, and accelerate their development. FounderFuel primarily focuses on seed funding opportunities, particularly in the technology sector, with a keen interest in startups leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Janet Bannister

Managing Partner and Board Member

Alan MacIntosh

Co-Founder and Board Member

John Stokes

Co-Founder, Investment Partner and Board Member

Past deals in Publishing

Pelcro

Seed Round in 2018
Pelcro Inc. is a Montreal-based company that operates a content subscription platform tailored for publishers, blogs, and websites looking to monetize digital content. Founded in 2016, Pelcro provides a comprehensive suite of tools, including a dynamic paywall that adjusts pricing and discounts based on user behavior, location, and device to optimize conversion rates. The platform also offers robust data analytics that allow businesses to track key performance indicators in real time, along with customer service software for managing subscribers and support. Additionally, Pelcro employs machine learning algorithms to help content creators enhance engagement and revenue, while also providing shipping solutions for subscription fulfillment.

Paper

Seed Round in 2016
Improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness with the leading Educational Support System. Leading school districts make Paper part of their strategic plan. Whether you need to support a high ELL population, improve math/English proficiency, reduce teacher turnover, or address opportunity gaps in a diverse socio-economic community, Paper helps you reach your district goals. Educational Equity Like Never Before Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) featuring live help and writing feedback for students paired with real-time feedback and intervention tools for teachers.

Unsplash

Seed Round in 2013
Unsplash, Inc. is a photography community platform founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada. It offers a collection of high-resolution photographs that are freely available for various uses, supported by a community of users who share their images under the Unsplash License. The platform allows users to upload their photos, which are then curated by a team of photo editors to ensure quality. Unsplash aims to create an open creative ecosystem, providing individuals and businesses with access to copyright-free images that can be utilized for purposes such as album art, advertisements, and product design.

Appifier

Seed Round in 2012
Appifier simplifies the process of building a native mobile application for Wordpress site owners. Through a WYSIWYG web app, an Appifier user can geneate an app for their brand using content hosted on their Wordpress site. Users can preview this app immediately on their iOS device and when they're happy with the results, users can choose to publish the app to the iTunes app store.
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