The Caribbean Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Caribbean Spring 2026 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 16 companies were able to make it through.
Each of these Founders have demonstrated a high level of perseverance and creativity, and their businesses have been thoroughly vetted and supported by a panel of Caribbean's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Caribbean program:
- CEAL Green - Design and construction firm building resilient, low-carbon infrastructure for the Caribbean and Latin America.
- Counselflow Inc - Legal tech company automating paralegal work with AI-powered robots and human quality checks for law firms.
- Studucate Inc (Spark) - AI platform helping secondary students turn understanding into full-mark exam answers through structured, syllabus-aligned learning.
- Cogniscent Learning - AI-driven adaptive education platform that identifies individual learning styles and delivers personalized lessons for better retention.
- Smart Mountain - Automates industrial services to make developing-country energy exporters' decarbonization projects EU-compliant and investable.
- MK Care - Platform helping families coordinate senior home care through smart caregiver matching, reporting, and AI care recommendations.
- Moms New Face - Maternal-infant tracking platform helping clinics improve postpartum care, reduce complications, and ensure HIPAA-compliant documentation.
- Explore Career Academy - Complete K-12 career literacy ecosystem helping students develop clear pathways to life after high school.
- Givvest - Platform connecting diaspora resources with local opportunities to drive economic and social impact.
- MINDO - AI agents that automate sales and support channels for e-commerce businesses.
- Borikén Futuro - Decentralized solar microgrids keeping Puerto Rican small businesses powered during blackouts with shared community income.
- Rivver - Wealth management app automating personal finances for younger earners and investors.
- Casa JAMEX - Jamaican-led tequila startup launching Blanco tequila crafted in Mexico for Caribbean hospitality markets.
- Access 11 - Building compliance, sustainability, and inclusion through digital accessibility services in the Caribbean.
- ZARI Mobility Inc - Converts rideshare behavioral data into risk intelligence for banks, insurers, and urban planners.
- Up2Speed Marketing Systems - Customized AI-driven marketing and sales automation systems for lead tracking and follow-up.
The Caribbean Spring 2026 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at the Caribbean Founder Institute Graduation Event on Feb 04, 2026 - join here.
Caribbean Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Caribbean Founder Institute: Caribbean Associate (NA, NA), Micaela DiJulio (Program Manager, Founder Institute Caribbean), Rawle Annandsingh (Director, Founder Institute Caribbean). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Caribbean that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Caribbean Spring 2026 program was supported by some of Caribbean's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Caribbean’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over 2BN.
After Graduation, the new Caribbean Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Caribbean Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/caribbean.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 2BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
