Recognition · The FounderScreen Initiative

FounderScreen Launch Team

Thank you for giving back to our shared global innovation ecosystem!

Financial Grants and Sponsorships

The sponsors keeping the screening free

Champions
$150,000 and above
  • Flourish Ventures
Angels
$50,000 and above
  • Ignite DeepTech
Accelerators
$25,000 and above
  • Business Development Bank of Canada
  • McCall Family Foundation
Get Involved

Join the Launch Team

Seed Round sponsorship and in-kind support both keep the screening free for entrepreneurs.

Sponsor entrepreneurs → Partner with us → Contact the FounderScreen team →
Frequently Asked Questions

The Launch Team, answered

How did the FounderScreen Initiative start?

FounderScreen is Econa’s initiative to bring free, validated wellbeing screening to entrepreneurs at population scale through ecosystem sponsorship. It grew out of the research field of entrepreneur mental health pioneered by Econa founder Michael A. Freeman, M.D. — former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF — and is built on peer-reviewed science.

How is universal free access funded?

Every $180 sponsors one entrepreneur’s screening; $10,000 sponsors free screening for 56 or more entrepreneurs. Universal free access to the Econa FounderScreen Initiative is a fiscally sponsored project of MarinArts, a California non-profit corporation exempt from federal tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service #47-2571336.

How can my organization join the Launch Team?

Seed Round Sponsors contribute $10,000 and above — sponsoring 56 or more entrepreneurs — and receive public recognition as a Launch Team Member plus other sponsor benefits.