Founded 2014 Website www.ffwd.org | Owner Fast Forward | |
Founders Kevin Barenblat, Shannon Farley Key people Kevin Barenblat, Co-founder and President; Shannon Farley, Co-founder and Executive Director | ||
Fast Forward is the first startup accelerator to focus solely on nonprofit-based technology enterprises, it was founded by Shannon Farley and Kevin Barenblat in 2014. The accelerator provides support, mentorship, and access to financial capital for emerging companies that aim to improve the world, by focusing on poverty, education access, improving health, and environmental degradation.
Fast Forward is supported by nonprofit tech leaders like Sal Khan of Khan Academy, Premal Shah of Kiva, Charles Best of DonorsChoose, and Leila Janah of SamaSource, Andrew McCollum of Facebook, Josh Reeves of ZenPayroll, Joe Greenstein of Flixster, and others. Its corporate partners include Google.org and BlackRock.
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