Build a Great Startup in 2024 with the FI Bolivia Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Bolivia - Colombia Spring 2025 program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Bolivia's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Bolivia - Colombia Spring 2025 Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

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.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in Bolivia, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

Co-Founder Networking: Sales and Marketing Partner Matchmaking: 1:00pm, mar 12, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/364669
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Fondeo de Startups en Bolivia y Latinoamérica: 7:00pm, mar 13, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/368111
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 1:00pm, mar 19, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/364845
Fundraising in 2025: What Founders Must Know to Raise Capital: 1:00pm, mar 20, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/368200
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Christian Karrer : 8:00pm, mar 24, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/365212
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, mar 26, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/365017
How to Turn New Users Into Long-Term Customers with Better Adoption Strategies: 1:00pm, mar 31, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/368578
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Stavros Pavlidis: 1:00pm, abr 02, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/367956
Why Leveraging Your Unique Life Proposition Is Crucial for Startup Success: 1:00pm, abr 03, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/368437
Conoce el ecosistema de Startups de Colombia & LatAm : 7:00pm, abr 03, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/368719
Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Trasition to Startup Founder : 1:00pm, abr 07, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/365666
How to Choose the Right Fundraising Path for Your Startup: 1:00pm, abr 09, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/367481
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, abr 16, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366049
FI Alumni Panel: Meet Portfolio Companies and Ask Questions: 8:00pm, abr 23, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/367722
How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00pm, abr 28, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366122
What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 8:00pm, may 07, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366287
Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Nathan Beckord: 1:00pm, may 12, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366368

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The Bolivia program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Guillermo Guzman (.General Partner, Founder Institute Colombia), Jorge H Nieto (Founder & CEO, Expedit Capital).

In addition, some of Bolivia's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Bolivia Founder Institute includes:

Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Alan Colmenares: Cofounder and CEO, Tappsi / Tpaga / EthicalMe
Alberto Parra: CEO and Founder, BRIX (www.brix.net.br)
Alejandro Gutierrez: CFO y desarrollo de negocios, Puntopay
Alejandro Abdel Aziz: Founder & CEO, Nextonia
Alejandro Gutiérrez: Co-founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
América Castiblanco: Directora de Emprendimiento, Innpulsa Colombia
Ana Maria Ortegón: Socia Gerente, OMAS
Ana María Prieto: Asociada, Brazil Venture Capital
Andres Angel: CEO, Nominapp
Andres Hernandez: Strategist and Writer, Andreherca
Andres Vejarano Calderon: Socio, Abogado, Director, Invictum Capital, ANDI del Futuro, Kairos
Andres Cano: Angel Investor & Advisor, PYGMA
Andrés Veléz: Founding CEO, Tributi
Andrés Barreto: Managing Director , Techstars Boulder
Andrés Bello: Director de Emprendimiento, Fundación Bolívar Davivienda
Andrés Londoño: Head of performance, Platzi
Andrés Marcucci: Analista, Torrenegra Accelerator
Andrés Felipe Méndez: Cofounder, Génesis Holding
Andrés Felipe Pantoja Castrillón: CoFounder, Legal Mentors
Anfer Molina: CoFounder & CEO, Tuptip
Angel Celis Botto: Co-Founder, Liftit
Ángela Castillo Llinás: Co-Founder, HelloGuru
Beatriz Dager: General Partner, ChiX Future Ventures
Berg Moe: Owner, Berg Moe Media
Bernardt Vogel: Sr.Associate, VU Venture Partners
Bibiana Ardila: Co-Founder, Taller A
Byron Hernández: Head of IT Services, Instaleap
Camilo Gómez: CEO, Phylo Legal
Camilo Jimenez: CTO , InstaLeap.io
Carina Batz: Directora Área de Proyectos y Servicios, Cámara Colombo Alemana
Carlos Guayara: CEO, TRII
Carlos Ortegon: CTO, LOOPAY
Carlos Alberto Valderrama: CEO, Grupo Marco
Carlos Alberto Sánchez Retiz: Coordinador de Aceleración, Torrenegra Accelerator
Carlos Andres Valencia Nieto: Machine learning Project Leader | Product Manager, Mercadolibre
Carlos Felipe Gutierrez Camacho: Managing Partner & Co-Founder, INVX, SIMMA
Carlos Ivan Zubieta Leon: Cto & founder Agrapp, Agrapp
Catalina Quintana: Founder, Leancase
Caterine Castillo: CEO, NEIVOR
Cecilia Ezquerro: Associate, 500 Globals
Charlie Cliff: CTO
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christian Fresen: Partner, RAD. Estrategias Legales
Christian Daube: Co-Founder, Coach & COO, Torrenegra Accelerator
Conrad Egusa: CEO, Publicize
Daniel Restrepo: CEO, Taller A
Daniel Escobar: Team Manager , Wolox
Daniel Cardona: Mentor, Defence Academy Chennai
Daniel Toro: Co-Founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
Daniel Puentes: Associate Founder, Partners Academy
Daniel Otero: CEO and Founder , Muvo
Daniela Restrepo: VP, PUBLICIZE
Darío Lanchuske: CPO, Omni Bank
David Orrego: Ex Chief Growth Officer, Rocketfy.co
David Aponte: CEO & Cofounder, Financial Lab & Taxes
David Wilson: Principal, Franklin Advisory
David Diaz: CLC, Mesfix SAS
David Carvajal: Founder, Cannvest
David Camargo: CTO, Bright Financial
Diego Caicedo: CEO, OmniBNK
Diego Rodriguez Castillo: Founder - CEO, Linxe
Diego Alejandro Muñoz: Co founder y CMO , Tukarga.com
Eddie Arrieta: CEO, MultiLigual Media
Eduardo Maldonado: Co-founder and Board Member, GDX Travel
Eduardo Hernández, Magma Partners
Eduardo Rivera: CEO, LOOPAY
Edward Cullen: Founder & CEO, Crescite
Elena Dolinski: Philanthropreneur, Executive Board Member, BASE Capital
Elodie Senatore: CEO, Heraclea
Enrique Echavarria: CEO, WeAreDataLab
Enrique Pons: Founder, Talago & Fincruit
Erik Díaz: GP, Blackchiip VC
Fabian Esteban Lopez Morales: Emprendedor incansable, GraciaLab
Felipe Santamaria: Managing Director, Rockstart Colombia
Felipe Garzon: City Coordinator, Acámica
Felipe Alvarez: CEO , HOBBY CREATIVO
Felipe Cano: CoFounder, LinkU Ventures SAS
Felipe Rivera Reina: Head Entrepreneur
Fernando Núñez: VP, PUBLICIZE
Francisco Uriarte: Puerto Rico, ESP Group
Gabriel Calderón: CEO, Tu Orden
Gabriel Castillo Szpoganicz: Founder & CEO, Doc Doc
Gabriela Torres: Consultant in Tech, Innovation, Business Dev., Freelance
Gregorio Londoño: Director, Red de Ángeles Inversionistas
Guillermo Guzman: Local Leader, Founder Institute Colombia
Guillermo Ramirez: Managing partner, Oxbridge Capital Partners (VC)
Gustavo Marquez: CEO, Athena Inversion de Impacto
Hans Christian Boehlke: Commercial Director, Celumania.com
Iván Ariza: CEO, cargamos.com
Jacinto Cho: Project Manager, Grupo Cadelga
Javier Castro
Jean Bernier: CEO y Founder, AnniQ & SQT
Jehudi Castro Sierra: Asesor Presidencial, Tecnología
Jennifer Timm: Head of Consulting, Agora Partnerships
Jennifer Poole: CRO, Publizice
Jeremy Bruck: Managing Partner, Data Valuation & Monetization
Jeronimo Silva: Director Ejecutivo , BICTIA
Jessica Mercedes: Country Manager, Holberton School Colombia
Jorge Quintero: CEO, The Monkey Hat
Jorge Alvarado: CEO, Abbitec
Jorge Quiroga
Jorge Hernan Nieto Botero: Founder & CEO, Expedit & Elevat-X
Jose Caparroso: Business reporter & cross-platform coordinator, Forbes
Jose Betancur: Director, Nodo
Jose Ovalle: Investor, StartOp
José Miguel Velasco: Head of Startup Acceleration, Corporación Ventures
Joseph DiTomaso: CEO, AllTheRooms
Jose Rafael Donado Vallejo: CEO, S
Juan Angarita: CRO, HoyTrabajas.com (YC W22)
Juan Colmenares: Growth Lead, Graphite Growth
Juan Camilo Vallejo: Co-founder, Co-CEO, & PM, Valienta
Juan Carlos Suarez: CEO, Qenta
Juan Carlos Monroy: Director área de Mercadeo Digital, Departamento de Mercadeo , EAFIT
Juanita Esguerra: Abogada Senior, Sodexo
Juan Manuel Lopera: CEO, TOMi Digital
Juan Pablo Alvarez: Country Managing Director, EnvíoClick
Juan Sebastian Muñoz: Head of Sales, Simetrik Inc
Juan Sebastián Castrillon: Founder, Estratek
Julia Figueiredo: Director Latam, Silicon Valley Bank
Julián Arango: Managing Director, El Hub Ventures Studio, LLC
Julián Vergara Albán: Digital Talent Acquisition , Lulo Bank
Karen Mesa: Entrepreneurship & Innovation consultant, Independent
Khaliq Yar Haidary: CEO, Netzone, Ltd.
Laura Lopera: Coordinadora I+D, Sura
Laura Jimenez Tatis: Financial Mentor, Leancase
Laura Rudd: CEO, BabyTopia
León Papu: Founding Partner, Marathon Lab
Leonardo Gaitan: CEO & co-founder, Autoparti
Lorena Sanchez Garcia: Erudit AI, COO & Board Member
Luis Betancourt: Digital Marketing Advisor, Luisbetancourt.co
Luis Barrios: CEO, ARKANGELES
Luis Felipe Giraldo: Gerente de Expansión, Sociedad Operadora de Franquicias Colombia
Luis Naranjo Duplat: CMO - Growth Hacker, Kairos
Mads Schmidt Petersen: CEO , HippoBuild (Y Combinator W22)
Maika Hoekman: Director, Torre Social
Maira Betancur: Jefe de Investigación y Patentes, Grupo Bolivar
Manuel Bardales: Co-Founder, Movitext
Manuela Sánchez Villamarín: Co-founder & Growth, Laika
Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
Marc C Lange
Marcela Pineda
Marcela Lopez: Estratega de Marketing, Alexander Torrenegra
Marco De Biasi: Managing Partner, Latin American Angels Society
Margarita Martinez, Blackshiip VC
Maria Camila Gonzalez: CEO, Sarta SAS
Maria Camila Salazar Castro: CEO, Vivir a conciencia
Maria Camila Ortegon: Coordinadora Legal, RapiCredit
Maria Isabela Muñoz: Partner, MAS Equity Partners
Marian Villa: Co-Founder & President, PionerasDev
Mariana Velásquez: Founder - CEO, BRANDDU
Mariano Doncel M.: Business Accelerator Leader and Professor of EAN University , Universidad EAN
Maria Paula Murcia: Directora, TopCruiters
Maribel Corrales: Regional Manager , Holberton School - Colombia
Marlowe Mackenzie: Goal Operations Partner, Canva
Maryori Vivas: LatAm Director, Vermilion LLC
Mateo Trujillo: Product Lead, RappiPay
Michael Luzner: CEO
Nadia Stand: Co Founder, The SASI CO
Nelson Irias: CEO, DataLabs
Nicolai Eslava Barajas: CEO, Estratek Ventures
Nicolas Contreras: CEO, PappCorn
Nicolás Poveda: CEO & CoFounder
Oscar Andres Arango: CEO & Director, Yampi & Seniors Club
Pablo Molina: CEO, Mirapaltecho
Pablo Ramirez: CEO y Founder, Litmoi
Pablo Molina Candel: CTO, CoverWallet
Pedro Lopez Sela, FrissOn Capital
Pilar Fernandez Hermida: Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand
Rafael Tihanyi: Director of Revenue, Graphite Growth
Raíssa De Mello João: Cofounder & CEO, Vaki
Ramón Rodríguez: Co-Founder and Chief Investors Relations, RIDERY LLC
René Lomelí: Partner, 500
Ricardo Mejia B.: Co-Founder, PappCorn
Rodrigo Alfonso: Co-founder, Sekure
Rosario B Casas: Co Founder, XR Americas, LLC / Business Creative Partners SAS
Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Samuel Grossman: Partner, IRIE VC
Sandra Rubio: CEO, IMIX
Sandy Gómez: Director, FI Caracas
Santiago Garzón: CTO, StartOp
Santiago Quimbaya Barreto: Investment Analyst, Ventures Corporation
Santiago Rojas: Managing Director, Cube Ventures
Santiago Suarez: CEO & Partner, Addi & YCombinator
Santiago Aparicio, FitPal
Sebastian Leon: Founder, Facebook
Sebastian Caro: CEO, Tocaro Capital
Sebastián Gallo: Head of Operations, Torre
Sebastián Jaramillo: LATAM Commercial Director, Rappi
Sergio Pachón: Co Founder, Kiwi Campus
Sergio Espinosa Rivera: CTIO, Akadia Life
Shirlhey Sánchez: CEO & Co-Founder, Colombia Proptech
Simon Chamorro: CEO-CoFounder, Valiu
Sjoerd Martens: Head Of Account Management at Publicize , Publicize
Talha Bin Shuja: Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International
Tomás Ríos: CEO, Starter
Uri Melamed: Managing Director , EyP S.A.S. / Irie VC
Valentina Giraldo Henao: Founder, LaValentina Design
Walied Albasheer: Managing Partner, Intuitio Ventures
William Duran: Investment Director, Enter Capital
Yasu Guerra, Sky Ride Group, S.A
Yatan Blumenthal Vargas: Co-founder, Berlin Hardware Accelerator
Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
Zully De La Rosa: CTO, Finaktiva