Founder Friendly Labs (FFL) is the equity-free startup accelerator for experienced professionals.
Peer Mentoring & Credits
As part of our equity-free startup accelerator, startups get access to valuable resources like peer mentoring, 100% discount off the first year of Carta's Build or Grow plan w/ 409A valuations and 83(b) electronic filing, and AWS credits. We understand founders are busy, so we offer a low-commitment experience.
200+ Startups
Since 2011, over 200 startups have been through FFL, including Carta (Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, USV), MasterClass (Fidelity, NEA, Bloomberg Beta), Moloco (Tiger Global, Samsung Ventures), ClipMine (acquired by Amazon), Aviate (acquired by Yahoo), and Pixelapse (acquired by Dropbox).
Experienced Professionals
Our 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.
Our founders are experienced professionals
Graduated from elite universities
What our founders have to say
“I owe FFL a lot. I’m not sure [Carta] would exist without you guys.”
“FFL is a great forum to meet a community of founders and share challenges and solutions in a group that has or is walking the walk.”
“The peer mentoring session with other founders was really useful, and the cloud credits are a major benefit for startups looking to scale fast.”
“I’ve met incredible fellow founders through FFL! The community is really supportive.”
“It’s exciting to be a part of this diverse group of experienced founders. Each one brings to the table a unique set of skills and varied levels of experiences in different markets. This sets the ground for a tremendous amount of sharing and learning!”
“We could not imagine a better place to start our company. We’ve gotten great product, design, and PR advice and learned from other first class start-ups.”
“FFL was an amazing way to kickstart Quettra.”
“The FFL teams have been so supportive and the experience has been very beneficial in our development. THANK YOU!”
“It was excellent, great training, networking opportunities and advice to accelerate success! Secured equity-free cloud credits!”
“Getting into FFL helped us focus our company and accelerate its growth.”
“FFL is a great community of entrepreneurs and business leaders. We thoroughly enjoyed our time as a part of their program.”
“If you are a first-time founder, Founder Friendly Labs is the BEST founders’ community that you want to be part of!”