Build a Startup with Luanda's Top Investors and Advisors. FI Luanda Applications Open Now

Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Angola 2025 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Luanda's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Angola 2025 Founder Institute today.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the support network and structure needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 7,500 Graduates raise over $1.85BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, we will host several free startup events in Luanda, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 6:00pm, jun 02, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/370527
Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
How to Build Your MVP Using Artificial Intelligence : 6:00pm, jun 04, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/371316
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00am, jun 10, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/370882
FI Alumni Panel: Meet Portfolio Companies and Ask Questions: 6:00pm, jun 23, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/371726
Startup Finance & Banking Basics: AMA with Grasshopper Bank: 6:00pm, jun 25, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/371926
How to Get Investors to Notice Your Startup: AMA with Marta Marrucco: 1:00am, jun 27, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/373984
Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 6:00pm, jun 30, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/371568
Founder’s Guide to AI: Creating Effective Content with AI: 6:00pm, jul 02, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/373168
Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 6:00pm, jul 07, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/370300
Founder’s Guide to AI: Building an MVP with No Coding Skills : 6:00pm, jul 09, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/373296
Founder’s Guide to AI: Using AI to Increase Productivity: 6:00pm, jul 16, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/373433
Founder’s Guide to AI: Using Agentic Workflows to Automate Repetitive Tasks: 6:00pm, jul 23, 2025 (Africa/Algiers): https://FI.co/e/373552

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The Luanda program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Dimonekene Ditutala (Founder & Partner, Ecosysteo, Lda), Eloy Simoes, Haymee Perez Cogle (Local Leader , Founder Institute Luanda), and Silvio Almada (CEO, Angola ISP Association).

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

Adalberto Cawaia: Sócio Administrador, CVM - Sociedade de Advogados RL
Adilson Vieira: Senior Program Manager and Startup Analyst, Heleno
Airton Lucas: Co-Founder & Investor, Kamba - Sua carteira digital
Ana Quintas: Founder & CEO, AngoWaste
Andersia Ferreira: Project Manager | Strategic Consultant, Independent
Armando Mualumene: Founder and Project Developer & Team Leader, The iDEASLab
Armando Teixeira: Southern Africa Investment Manager, Talisman Holding & Investment Funds
Aronildo Neto: CIO , Standard Bank Angola
Claudia Viana: Head Consumer and High Net Worth Clients, Standard Bank Angola
Claudio Lima: Founder & Managing Director, Farmácias de Coimbra, Lda
Claudio C Silva: Founder, Managing Partner, LNL, Lda.
Daniela Simão: Audit Committee Member, BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA
Darwin Da Costa: Senior Business Development , DE-CIX (SEurope, Africa & LATAM)
David Cascais Gonçalves: Analista de Negócios , David M.C.Gonçalves(SU) Consultora
Decio Silva: Founder & CEO, NARISREC, Lda
Dimonekene Ditutala: Founder & Partner, Renascença Digital, Lda
Diogo Saraiva de Ponte: CIO, STAG Fund Management
Edmar Lopes: CEO, Data Cloud - Contabilidade Digital, Lda
Eduardo Sebastiao: Product Manager, Opto Investments
Eduardo Clemente: Executive Board Member, Standard Bank Angola
Eduardo Nogueira: CEO , Cyklone Aceleradora
Elcio Morelli: Founder, Health Angels Br
Erica Tavares: Co-founder & Counselor, EcoAngola
Eva Rosa Santos: Founder, Liderança Feminina em Angola
Fatima Almeida: CEO, BayQi
Fátima Sobral Fernandes: Founder , Transcenderte Desenvolvimento Humano e Organizacional
Filipa Oliveira: Senior Partner - Managing Director, MIRA-Market Research Angola
Gilchrist Adolfo: CEO, Dígitos & Números Lda
Gualter César: CEO, GVA Profile
Haymee I. Perez Cogle: Managing Director, Founder Institute Luanda
Henriques Ngolome: Líder , Centro de Inovação Social e Incubação da Universidade Católica de Angola
Horácio Pedro: Project & Product developer, Ahoura - Consultoria & Software
Igor Chaves: Business Development Manager, Portão Agencia Criativa & IP
Inene Dos Santos: Business Consultant and Mentor, Ndalauso
Itweva Nogueira: Founding Partner, IN - Sociedade de Advogados, R.L
JOAO INACIO: CTO Chief Technical Office, GEM-TELCO LIMITED
João Pedro Rodrigues: Managing & Commercial Director, Novagrolider
Jocelino Malulo: Lawyer, Legis Veritas & Associados
Jofre Karymba: General Manager, KAINVEST - Karymba Investimentos, Lda
Jose Silva: CEO, Multipla
Jose Ricardo Muñoz: CEO, Usina de Startup Chile
Juceline Paquete: Deputy Director, Comissão do Mercado de Capitais (CMC)
Juelson Bartolomeu: Innovation & Ecosystems Lead, Standard Bank Angola
Katie Mapondera: Founder and Managing Partner, Q L and D LLC
Kenneth Hogrefe: CEO and Founder, Tech Africa Pte. Ltd.
Leonardo Neto: CEO, Usina de Startup
Leonardo Brasil: CEO & Co-founder, StartupHero
Lilhan Barbosa: Lecturer & Researcher, ISPTEC
Lisa Videira: President, AASED-Association of Startups and Digital Entrepreneurship
Lourdes Caposso Fernandes: CEO , LCF -Legal Counsel Firm
Lucia Fernandes Stanislas: Social Entrepreneur, Mwika Social Innovation Hub
Manuel Pinto de Andrade: Founder & CEO, Business Developer
Marco Romero: Carbon Credits Department Coordinator, Otchiva_Mangais_Angola
Marco Paulo Carlos: Reservoir Geologist, Total Energies
Maria Imaculada Cardoso: IP expert, Instituto Angolano de Propriedade Industrial (IAPI)
Maria Nakuayela Capapelo: Mentora de Negócios , Instituto de Gestão de Pessoas - MRG/IGP
Marlene José: Founder & CEO, FoodCare Lda
Matias Perazoli: Revenue and Growth Director, ETIC - Soluções & Tecnologias
Mauricio Cardoso: Corporate Venture Manager, O POVO Communication Group
Morato Custodio: Managing Partner, LPE
Nadia Catraio: Manager, Katraio Services Lda
Paula Almeida: Sustainable Business Development, Independent Consultant
Paula Bartolomeu: Founder & CEO, Pitanga & Loengo Lda
Paulo Pizarro: Executive Director, Sonangol Sinopec International
Paulo Araújo: Co-founder, WiConnect Lda
Pedro José Mendes Simões: Desenvolvimento de Negócios Empreendedorismo e Inovação , Economista
Renata Pereira: Oil & Gas Executive, Angel Investor, Mentor, Founder Institute
Rui Oliveira: CEO at BFA Asset Management, Banco de Fomento de Angola
Rui Gouveia: CEO, Build Up Labs
Rui Alves: Invited Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal
Santiago Castillo: Founder & General manager, Clinica San Miguel ORTOCENTRO
Sérgio Ingles: Managing Partner, GP - Gestão Profissional
Silvio Costa: Consultor Estratégico, Silco Company
Stephan Santos Silveira: Founder & CEO, PRO-VEST Lda
Suzana Da Rosa: Founder and CEO, CRHESCER Consultoria
Tiago Cardoso: Executive Director, Nguzu Project
Vanda Oliveira: Co-founder & Managing Partner, Bantu Makers
Vanusa Gomes: Co-Founder & Partner, Inconsulting Lda
Vilma Rossana Costa: CEO, Emptor, Lda
Vivaldo Zacarias: CEO, VD Zacarias, lda
Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
Zedilson Almeida: CEO, Simpluz Tecnologias

And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute focuses on helping tech or tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage, including both solo-founders and teams. This includes established businesses that are pre-funding and traction, MVP and prototype-stage projects, and even part-time founders with just ideas. FI's mission is to create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.