About

The FoundersPress is an online media platform dedicated to covering early-stage startup stories. There are so many founders’ stories that go untold, and we aim to bring the spotlight to these incredible entrepreneurs.

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Eric Rafa is the Managing Director at FoundersPress. He is also the founder of FoundersBeta.com, which is an online community for startups to connect with talent and resources to build startups with tractions. He’s a top tennis player, loves to play chess, hike, and explore side projects. Eric has previously spoken at Harvard University, University of Toronto, and Waterloo on building ventures.

Eric Rafat

Managing Director

Massih Medi is the founder of D&C Innovation, where he leads software engineering teams in building and maintaining applications for tech startups. He’s a physicist-turned-entrepreneur, passionate about education and technology, leveraging his scientific background to design and architect complex digital solutions.

Massih Medi

Lead AI Editor

Nima Olumi is a writer and CEO. He covers topics such as software, business, and economics. In his free time he mentors inner city youth at Squash Busters.

Nima Olumi

Contributing Author

Mayuran heads up IX Labs, the venture capital arm of Index Exchange. Launched in 2019, IX Labs invests in early stage startups that use technology to solve everyday problems. As Index’s first distinguished engineer, Mayuran is responsible for driving the creation of emerging technologies and innovative business lines, while exploring and broadening the long-term vision of our company.

Mayuran Yogarajah

Advisor

Frank Huang is a product leader with an extensive background in engineering. A critical optimist, Frank served as Technical Evangelist at Index Exchange. As a core member of Engineering for over 10 years, Frank created new divisions, designed and deployed facilities across Canada, and scaled an engineering team from seven to 100+ to keep up with the company’s hyper-growth.

Frank Huang

Advisor

Stories of builders in the trenches, early traction wins, pivots, lessons learned, and the quiet momentum that rarely makes headlines. FoundersPress exists to surface those stories, the ones shaping the startup ecosystem beyond the usual narratives.

What is The FoundersPress?

The FoundersPress is a global media platform dedicated to covering startup and tech news.

How can I support The FoundersPress?

The best way to support our publication is by becoming a subscriber as it helps us cover more stories.

What stories do you cover?

From bootstrapping to scaling or raising, we got it covered. We also have a technology council to contribute to the publication.

Do you have content partnerships?

Yes we offer sponsored posts and content collaboration with brands and organizations. Please reach out to us here.