New Normal, New Opportunities: Applications Now Open to Founder Institute Barcelona 2022

Founder First, Founder Always. Join us in 2022: Founder Institute is the #1 place in the world to turn ideas into fundable startups, and startups into global businesses.

Today’s economic 'New Normal' is full of reshuffling industries, and new problems in need of solutions - now is a time for entrepreneurs to act.

Whether you need to test and validate early hypotheses before making a large financial commitment to your startup idea, or you are ready to push your startup to the next level through aggressive weekly growth sprints to refine your vision, improve key metrics, and prepare for investor diligence, Founder Institute has the proven processes and network to help you do it.

If you could use a structured process that tells you what to focus on when, and a lifetime of support from Barcelona's top investors and entrepreneurs, then apply to the Barcelona 2022 Founder Institute today.

We will be hosting several free startup events in Barcelona over the coming weeks, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs all from the comfort of home:

Startup Funding AMA & FI Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, FI / GP, Founder Capital): 7:00pm, dic 30, 2025 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386271
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Co-Founder Networking: Find Your Perfect Match in 2026: 5:00pm, ene 06, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386273
Validate Faster: A Practical AI Playbook for Founders: 7:00pm, ene 14, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386278
Brainstorm a Great Startup Idea for 2026: Online Workshop: 2:00am, ene 21, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386286
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 7:00pm, ene 26, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386287
Meet Global Alumni from Founder Institute: 7:00pm, feb 02, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386291
How to Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset: 2:00am, feb 10, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386300
Founder’s Guide to AI: Working with AI as Your Partner: 7:00pm, feb 17, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386304
Founder’s Guide to AI: Building a Marketing Engine with AI: 7:00pm, feb 24, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386309
Founder’s Guide to AI: Converting Data into Business Value with AI: 7:00pm, mar 03, 2026 (Europe/Madrid): https://FI.co/e/386314

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Make better, faster business decisions in 2022 by sharing your latest progress, challenges, and strategies for constant feedback and evaluation from our expert mentors and advisors, every step of the way–scale your team, develop new business opportunities, and recruit an amazing advisory board with the world's largest network of international startup founders, CEOs, advisors, and investors.

The Barcelona accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Alfredo Cottin (Managing Partner, Post Data), Andres Camacho, Barcelona Admin (., StartYou), Daniel Gonzalvez (Investment Manager | Chapter Director, Founder Institute), Federico Fernandez Dupouy (Entrepreneurship, Solar Energy, Finance & Investments, OTEPI & IESA), Raphael Jardim (Barcelona Program Director, Founder Institute). In addition, some of Barcelona's top entrepreneurs will be participating as mentors in the program, including:

Alberto Levy: CoFounder, Plentie
Alberto Espinós: Founder & CEO, Tropicfeel
Alex Navarro: Co-founder & International Development Director, Groupalia
Alex Dantart: Co-Founder & CEO, Moonback
Alex Ferreiro: Business Development Manager, DayOne
Alfonso Riera: Director, Front Consulting Group
Alfredo H. Cottin: Pitch Fixer & Brand Shaper, Post Data
Ana Maiques: CEO, Neuroelectrics
Andres Varela Da Costa: Disruptive business development, Thebeemine.lab / Servantrip.com / Havas Media / Gameloft / Snapchat
Andrés Felipe Villegas: Estrategia, Independiente
Antoine Morin: Co-founder & Creative Director, LeanTeams
Anton Pinyol: Founding Partner, Firma
Aquiles Este: CSO, Taga Brand Consultants
Arvin Abarca: Founder & CEO, GrandVoyage
Axel Serena: Axel Serena, Alva House
Axel Serena: CEO, Vittalia
Bernardo Hernández: CEO & Executive Chairman, Verse Technologies Inc.
Carlos Esteban: Partner, Faber
Carlos Jimenez: CIO, AXS FUND
Carlos Muños: CEO , gestoriamunoz.es
Carlos Jimenez: Founder & CEO, Usefull Agency
Carlos Rivadulla Oliva: Manager IP & IT, ECIJA
Cédric Naintré: Founder, Range-Moi
Charles Ehredt: Founder & CEO, Currency Alliance
Christian Rodriguez: Chairman & CEO , Mutter Ventures
Clara Torrijos: CEO, GoKoan
Cristina Morenete: Founder & human CEO, HUMAN MADE BRANDS
Daniel Vecino: Founder, The Hero Plan
Daniel Puerta Diaz: Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up, Sunflower Labs
Daniel Gonzálvez: VC Investor, FI
DANIEL NIETO CORREDERA: Vice President, Mastercard
David Boronat: Founder and CEO, Multiplica
David Tomás: Founder and General Manager, Cyberclick
Didac Lee: Founder & CEO, Inspirit
Federico Fernandez Dupouy: Entrepreneurship, Solar Energy, Finance & Investments, OTEPI RENOVABLES
Ferran Jornet: Executive Director, Derecho.com & elAbogado.com
Francisco Arechaga: Managing Partner, Nubelo
Frederic Llordachs I Marques: Co-founder, partner, Doctoralia, Docplanner Group
Gemma Sorigué: CEO & Co-Founder, Deliberry.com
Giancarlo Vergine: Founder & Managing Partner, Over Ventures
Gil Belford: Director, Corporate and Business Development, City Storage Systems
Guifre Belloso Manera: Técnico Creación de Empresas, Barcelona Activa
Heiko Rauch: Heiko Rauch - Co-Founder of UFOstart (Berlin FI), UFOstart.com
Isabel Navarro Fernández De Caleya: Co-Fundadora, Fundación Créate
J Martin Cabiedes: Partner, Cabiedes & Partners SCR
Jaume Mayor I Agell: CEO & fundador, WeSmartPark
Jaume Portell: Co-Founder and CEO, Beabloo
Joan Marcos: Fundador & CEO, transForma
Joaquim López: COO, Dozen Investments
José Bermejo: FOUNDER, SCAPE VELOCITY
José Vilar: Coordinador red EEN SEIMED, IVACE
Josefa Marzo Pons: Portfolio Director, Kalonia Venture Partners
Jose Ramon Campos Castillo: CEO-Founder, Ozeanic Devices S.L.
Lavina Ramkissoon: AI Ethics and Technology Policy, African Union
Leticia Domínguez: Partner, Ecija Abogados
Luis Martín Cabiedes: Partner, Cabiedes & Partners
Luis Grau: CCO, Qultiva Capital
Marc Lladó: Founder & CEO, Ad-Pure
Marc Vallhonesta: Founder & CEO, Funos & Partyo
Maria Escarti Barcia: Director , Invest in Valencia
Marta Campillo: Entrepreneurship Manager, ESADE BAN
Marta Antúnez: Co-founder & Co-CEO, ChicPlace
Michael Clark: Michael Clark - Product and Engineering, Stealth
Miguel A. Tovar: Limited partner, Smartech Capital
Mohammed Kashif: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles
Nacho Giral: Owner and Travel General Manager, Atrapalo.com
Nektar Baziotis: Founder, ICARUS
Nico Bour: Founder & CEO, Verticomm Network (Uvinum, Sportivic, Babibum & Mascotic)
Onur Kutlu Gago: Serial Entrepreneur & Growth Advisor, Coimex
Oriol Vila Grifoll: Founder & CEO, HOLALUZ.com
Oriol Huesa Ripoll: CMO, TicketBureau
Oriol Bes: Innovation Partner, transForma Partnering
Oriol Vinzia: CEO, Peimi.co
Oscar Sánchez: Founder & CEO, Tech Sales Group
Oscar Macia: Founder & CEO, Forcemanager
Pablo Lombeida: CEO-Founder, Brandon Logan
Paula Arias López: Cofounder / People Strategy Mentor, Fresh People
Rafael García Escarré: CEO & Co Founder, 101 Ventures
Ricard Bonastre: Co-Founder & CEO, Lead Ratings
Ricardo Fernández Flores: Managing Director, Destinia
Ritika Mittal: Founder, Numakasé
Rosario B Casas: Co Founder, XR Americas, LLC / Business Creative Partners SAS
Rui Falcão: Founder and Gatekeeper, REDangels and COREangels Network
Taryn Andersen: President & Co-Founder , Impulse4Women
Timo Buetefisch: Founder & CEO, Cooltra
Urs Rothmayr: Founder & Managing Partner, Firstech Capital
Veronica Borrowdale: Partner, A23 Advisors
Víctor Gómez: CEO, 4Geeks Academy Europe

And many more to be announced.

Since 2009, Founder Institute’s highly-structured accelerator programs have helped over 8,100 entrepreneurs to grow quickly, know what to do next, and make key connections through the largest community of startup advisors in the world.

It all starts with our renowned ‘FI Core’ accelerator, which pushes founders at the idea and pre-seed stages to reach the milestones needed for investment and sustained growth. Alumni of FI Core then receive free access to our advanced ‘Founder Lab’ accelerators for years to come, and can get matched with prospective investors in the FI Venture Network - a collection of global funds actively investing in the earliest rounds of funding.

The results speak for themselves: FI Alumni have raised over 1.9BN in funding, and are building impactful businesses across 200+ cities and 100+ countries all across the globe. (see the FI 50 Report here).