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Founder Gym is the leading online program training underrepresented founders on how to raise money to scale their tech startups.
The inaugural FG Fundraising Cohort debuted in January 2018, and since then, 613 founders spanning 26 countries and 6 continents have graduated and gone on to raise over $130 million in startup capital. FG Graduates reside in Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, The Philippines, Palestinian Territories, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
The Founder Gym leadership team is comprised of founders, startup advisors, professional educators, and seasoned tech ecosystem builders.
Meet Our Team
Mandela SH Dixon
Founder
Mandela is a 2x founder, startup ecosystem leader, and angel investor. Previously at Kapor Capital and Startup Weekend, Mandela has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 Awardee, Top 100 Powerful Women by Entrepreneur magazine, and LinkedIn's Top 10 Voices in Venture Capital and Startups.
Paige Hendrix Buckner
Interim CEO
Paige has worked for Apple, Teach for America, the Urban League, and TiE Oregon. She has founded two companies, and has a Master’s Degree in Education. As the facilitator of the FG Fundraising Cohort experience, Paige excels at helping founders succeed in the Gym and in the real world.
Casie Little
VP, Strategic Initiatives
Casie is an innovative systems-builder who spent over a decade in public education and led enterprise-level strategic initiatives at one of the largest charter school networks in the country, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, before serving as Senior Director of State and District Partnerships at The College Board.
Anastasia Simon
Program Director
Anastasia is is an experienced operator who has spent the past decade developing marketing strategies for early-stage startups. Most recently, she was a Senior Associate at Shadow Ventures where she developed programming for the first fully virtual incubator for built environment startups.
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