Tonight's Virtual Happy Hour: Funding Veteran Run Startups

With Special Guest, Ryan Micheletti, Head of Global Operations for the Founder Institute

For tonight's virtual happy hour, we are happy to have special guest, Ryan Micheletti, Head of Global Operations for the Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, FI has launched over 4,000 startup companies across 200 cities. Ryan works extensively with startup ecosystem leaders around the world to help them launch great companies and build the startup ecosystem in their city. Ryan is also the Managing Director of FI's flagship Silicon Valley Advanced Technology Accelerator, in partnership with NASA Ames. The program helps founders from around the world build companies using Advanced Technologies in Space, AI, Quantum Computing, and other industries. Since 2012, Ryan has helped build the national military veteran entrepreneurship ecosystem, starting in Silicon Valley by cofounding Vet-Tech, the nation’s leading startup accelerator for military veterans. Vet-Tech has a portfolio of veteran-led startup companies and use's its unprecedented access to Silicon Valley resources to help them secure funding and scale. Ryan launched the Veteran Founder Initiative which aims to help launch and support 100 Veteran-led Tech companies each year.