The Future Founders Fellowship is a year-long, selected cohort operated by Future Founders. It is intended for founders who can demonstrate business traction,…
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The Future Founders Fellowship is a year-long, selected cohort operated by Future Founders. It is intended for founders who can demonstrate business traction, such as revenue, customers, partnerships, or evidence that an idea works.
Fellows are expected to participate virtually for one to two hours each week and attend two retreats in Chicago. The program offers cohort-wide mastermind sessions, founder-led peer groups, and access to a mentor network.
Future Founders says its programs are free and take no equity. It covers lodging, meals, and programming for the retreats; Fellows cover travel to and from Chicago.
Plan for one to two hours of virtual participation each week and attendance at two retreats in Chicago. Budget for your own travel to and from Chicago; Future Founders says it covers retreat lodging, meals, and programming.
Applicants should be 18 to 30 years old, with a stated exception for some first-time founders in their early 30s who are fully committed to their first venture. Applicants must be based in the United States, and their company headquarters must also be in the United States. Future Founders looks for primary company decision-makers who hold equity and can demonstrate business traction, such as revenue, customers, partnerships, or evidence that the idea works.
The Fellowship offers cohort-wide mastermind sessions, founder-led peer groups, and access to a mentor network. Future Founders says it covers lodging, meals, and programming at the two Chicago retreats; Fellows cover their own travel to and from Chicago.
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Future Founders says its programs are free and take no equity. It covers lodging, meals, and programming at the Chicago retreats, while Fellows cover travel to and from Chicago.
Applicants should be 18 to 30 years old, with an exception for some first-time founders in their early 30s who are fully committed to their first venture. Applicants and their company headquarters must be in the United States. Future Founders looks for primary decision-makers who hold company equity and can demonstrate business traction.
Future Founders says its programs are free and take no equity.
Future Founders says it covers lodging, meals, and programming; Fellows cover travel to and from Chicago.
Fellows are expected to participate virtually for one to two hours each week and attend two retreats in Chicago.
The linked application page said the 2026 application had closed and directed visitors to waitlists for the next cycle. Future Founders displayed an interest form, but submission was not tested and a new application opening has not been established.
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From public sources
Future Founders lists March 1 to November 30 for the 2026 Fellowship.
Source: Fellowship 3 | Future FoundersThe listed 2026 Fellowship deadline was February 4.
Source: Fellowship 3 | Future FoundersFuture Founders displays a Fellowship interest form.
Source: Fellowship Interest | Future FoundersThe closed application page points visitors to waitlists for the next cycle.
Source: 2026 Future Founders Startup Programs ApplicationFuture Founders announced its 12th Fellowship cohort in March 2026.
Source: Meet the Future Founders Fellowship Cohort 12Future Founders lists mentor-network access.
Source: Fellowship 3 | Future Founders
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