Since launching in 2012 in Madrid, as well as Barcelona, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 30 companies in Spain, and we are now excited to launch many more.
The Founder Institute, the world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, is now accepting applications for the Madrid Virtual 2021 Semester.
This reborn Founder Institute Madrid Program will feature closer links to Silicon Valley, as well as a new Director team in Victor Sanchez del Real and Enrique Hormigo.
In order to celebrate the relaunch, the Founder Institute will be hosting several free events in Madrid, including an official "kick-off" event on Thursday, September 4th, where prospective founders, mentors, and partners can meet and learn more about the program. See all of the upcoming events in Madrid at http://fi.co/curriculum/madrid.
In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs “learn by doing” and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
In only 17 years of operation, over 9,000 graduate companies across 200 cities have used the Founder Institute to validate their idea, develop their plans, refine their product, build an advisory board, prepare for seed funding, and more. Our efforts in Madrid have also been profiled by several high profile media channels, including Yorokobu Magazine, TICBeat, BBVA Innovation Center, and more.
A large number of prominent entrepreneurs have offered their support in previous semester to mentor founders in a Madrid Founder Institute program, including;
- Alberto Levy: CoFounder, Plentie
- Alexandre Bussutil: CEO, B-Scaled
- Alvaro Sendagorta: Experience Design & Optimization, Accenture Interactive
- Andrea Garcia: Madrid Managing Director, Kool Hub
- Antonio Cantalapiedra: CEO, mytaxi - The Taxi App (Daimler Group)
- Balvinder Singh Powar: CCO, Booster
- Beatriz Arredondo: HR Lead, Gamelearn
- Carmen Boronat Badia: CMO, Cloud District
- Christoph Sollich: Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor
- Claudia Cuevas Rodríguez: Product Development Team Conductor, Factorial HR
- Constantino De Zabala: Associate Director, IE
- Daniel Silva: Founder, YNN Ventures
- Enrique Fernández De La Puebla Otamendi: Co-founder and CFO, B de J
- Gabriel Campillo: Exponential Innovation Consultant, Graphite Growth
- Guillermo Soto: Managing Director, Core Angeles Madrid
- Henrique Jongh: CTO, PrintUp 3D
- Henrique Knorst: CEO, PrintUp 3D
- Idaira Gonzalez: Business Designer & Managing Innovation Consultant, IBM
- Iñigo Cavestany: Cloud Platform Solution Advisor, IBM
- Isabel Froes: Interaction, Service Designer & Researcher, Copenhagen Business School
- Iván Leider: Director of Engineering, L+R
- Jose Luis Valdivielso: CEO & Co-founder, Datmean
- Marino Uceda: Socio, Cysae - Law & Technologies
- Marta Urrutia: Senior Product Lead, FREE NOW
- Pablo Molina Candel: CTO, CoverWallet
- Pablo Fernandez Iglesias: Head of Business Development & Innovation, Mapfre Assistance
- Pedro Moneo: Founder and CEO, Opinno
- Rafael Salazar Novo: CEO, Gelt Giro
- Rebeca Perez: CEO, Inviertis
- Rosa Guirado: Legal Business Strategist & Advisor, Legal Sharing
- Santiago Raffo: CEO, AdFi
- Sugata Jain: Consultant, Graphite Growth
- Telmo Guell: CEO, THEBEEMINELAB
- Tommaso Prennushi: CEO, SAM321
- And many more to be announced.
