
The Monterrey Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Monterrey Virtual 2021 program.
Over 140 founders applied to the program, and after an intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints and constant evaluation and feedback from investors and mentors, just 12 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 Monterrey's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the new Alumni of the Monterrey program:
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Activo
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ALIS
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Al Perriatra
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Aplícate
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FarmaGO
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Medsani
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MEDI
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Mis Ingredientes
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OneCarNow!
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Smarket Mx
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Sorprice
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Wertek
The Monterrey Virtual 2021 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup. We would first like to thank the Local Leaders of the Monterrey Founder Institute: Astrid Chedid, Mario Garcia Davila, Rogelio De los Santos, and Sofia Machuca. Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Monterrey that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Monterrey Virtual 2021 program was supported by some of Monterrey's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Monterrey’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
- 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)
- Alejandra Perdomo: Head of People, Moons
- 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, B Venture Capital
- Andreea Marinescu: CEO, Tech Add-Venture
- Andres Vejarano Calderon: Socio, Abogado, Director, Invictum Capital, ANDI del Futuro, Kairos
- Andres Hernandez: Strategist and Writer, Andreherca
- Andres Angel: CEO, Nominapp
- Andrés Marcucci: Analista, Torrenegra Accelerator
- Andrés Barreto: Managing Director , Techstars Boulder
- Andrés Veléz: Founding CEO, Tributi
- Andrés Londoño: Head of performance, Platzi
- Andrés Bello: Director de Emprendimiento, Fundación Bolívar Davivienda
- 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
- Antoine Morin: Co-founder & Creative Director, LeanTeams
- Beatriz Dager: General Partner, ChiX Future Ventures
- Berg Moe: Chairman, Gründervekst AS
- Bernardt Vogel: Sr.Associate, VU Venture Partners
- Bibiana Ardila: Co-Founder, Taller A
- Byron Hernández: Head of IT Services, Instaleap
- Camilo Jimenez: CTO , InstaLeap.io
- Camilo Gómez: CEO, Phylo Legal
- Carina Batz: Directora Área de Proyectos y Servicios, Cámara Colombo Alemana
- Carlos Ortegon: CTO, LOOPAY
- Carlos Guayara: Cofounder, trii
- Carlos Alberto Sánchez Retiz: Coordinador de Aceleración, Torrenegra Accelerator
- Carlos Alberto Valderrama: CEO, Grupo Marco
- 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
- Chris Lascor: Owner, Global Pecunia
- Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
- Christian Fresen: Partner, RAD. Estrategias Legales
- Christian Daube: Co-Founder, Coach & COO, Torrenegra Accelerator
- Conrad Egusa: CEO, Publicize
- Daniel Puentes: Associate Founder, Partners Academy
- Daniel Otero: CEO and Founder , Muvo
- Daniel Escobar: Team Manager , Wolox
- Daniel Restrepo: CEO, Taller A
- Daniel Cardona: Mentor, Defence Academy Chennai
- Daniel Toro: Co-Founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
- Daniela Restrepo: VP, PUBLICIZE
- Darío Lanchuske: CPO, Omni Bank
- David Diaz: CLC, Mesfix SAS
- David Camargo: CTO, Bright Financial
- David Aponte: CEO & Cofounder, Financial Lab & Taxes
- David Wilson: Principal, Franklin Advisory
- David Orrego: Ex Chief Growth Officer, Rocketfy.co
- David Carvajal: Founder, Cannvest
- 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 Rivera: CEO, LOOPAY
- Eduardo Hernández, Magma Partners
- Edward Cullen: Founder & CEO, Crescite
- Elena Dolinski: Philanthropreneur, Executive Board Member, BASE Capital
- Elodie Senatore: CEO, Heraclea
- Enrique Pons: Founder, Talago & Fincruit
- Enrique Echavarria: CEO, WeAreDataLab
- Erik Díaz: GP, Blackchiip VC
- Fabian Esteban Lopez Morales: Emprendedor incansable, GraciaLab
- Felipe Santamaria: Managing Director, Rockstart Colombia
- Felipe Rivera Reina: Head Entrepreneur
- Felipe Garzon: City Coordinator, Acámica
- Felipe Alvarez: CEO , HOBBY CREATIVO
- Felipe Cano: CoFounder, LinkU Ventures SAS
- Fernando Núñez: VP, PUBLICIZE
- Francisco Uriarte: Puerto Rico, ESP Group
- Gabriel Castillo Szpoganicz: Founder & CEO, Doc Doc
- Gabriel Calderón: CEO, Tu Orden
- Gregorio Londoño: Director, Red de Ángeles Inversionistas
- Guillermo Guzman: Local Leader, Guzman Ventures
- Guillermo Ramirez: Managing partner, Oxbridge Capital Partners (VC)
- Gustavo Marquez: CEO, Athena Inversion de Impacto
- Hans Christian Boehlke: Commercial Director, Celumania.com
- Hernando Trinidad Mendoza: FOUNDER, CARLOTA
- Iván Ariza: CEO, cargamos.com
- Javier Castro: CGO, OLIMPIA
- Jean Bernier: CEO y Founder
- Jehudi Castro Sierra: Asesor Presidencial, Tecnología
- Jeni Chang: Founder | Investor | Advisor
- 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 Quiroga
- Jorge Quintero: CEO, The Monkey Hat
- Jorge Alvarado: CEO, Abbitec
- Jorge Rubio: CEO, Foodiverso
- Jorge Hernan Nieto Botero: Latam Leader Founder Institute, Founder & CEO Expedit & Elevat-X
- Jose Betancur: Director, Nodo
- Jose Ovalle: Investor, StartOp
- Jose Caparroso: Business reporter & cross-platform coordinator, Forbes
- José Miguel Velasco: Head of Startup Acceleration, Corporación Ventures
- Joseph DiTomaso: CEO, AllTheRooms
- Jose Rafael Donado Vallejo: CEO, S
- Juan Colmenares: Growth Lead, Graphite Growth
- Juan Angarita: CRO, HoyTrabajas.com (YC W22)
- Juan Camilo Vallejo: Co-founder, Co-CEO, & PM, Valienta
- Juan Carlos Monroy: Director área de Mercadeo Digital, Departamento de Mercadeo , EAFIT
- Juan Carlos Suarez: CEO, Qenta
- 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
- Luca Albertinazzi: Global Evangelist , Startup Grind
- Luis Betancourt: Digital Marketing Advisor, Luisbetancourt.co
- Luis Barrios: CEO, ARKANGELES
- Luisa Navarro: Co-Founder &CMO, PROCONTAR
- 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 Lopez: Estratega de Marketing, Alexander Torrenegra
- Marco De Biasi: Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director, FI/LGA /LAAS
- 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
- Martin Morelli
- Maryori Vivas: LatAm Director, Vermilion LLC
- Mateo Trujillo: Director, Tektana
- Michael Zaytsev: Founder, High NY
- Michael Luzner: CEO
- Miguel Vanegas, Salamandra Ventures
- Nadia Stand: Co Founder, The SASI CO
- Natalia Guerrero: Psicóloga Especialista, Salud Ocupacional
- Nelson Irias: CEO, DataLabs
- Nicolai Eslava Barajas: CEO, Estratek Ventures
- Nicolas Contreras: CEO, PappCorn
- Nicolas Becerra: Founder & CEO, Due Legal
- Nicolás Poveda: CEO & CoFounder
- Oscar Andres Arango: CEO & Director, Yampi & Seniors Club
- Pablo Molina Candel: CTO, CoverWallet
- Pablo Ramirez: CEO y Founder, Litmoi
- Pablo Molina: CEO, Mirapaltecho
- 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
- Ricardo Peña Ruiz: Founder, Binnstart e Innfluence
- 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 Rojas: Managing Director, Cube Ventures
- Santiago Aparicio, FitPal
- Santiago Garzón: CTO, StartOp
- Santiago Suarez: CEO & Partner, Addi & YCombinator
- Santiago Quimbaya Barreto: Investment Analyst, Ventures Corporation
- Sebastian Caro: CEO, Tocaro Capital
- Sebastian Leon: Founder, Facebook
- Sebastián Jaramillo: LATAM Commercial Director, Rappi
- Sebastián Gallo: Head of Operations, Torre
- Sergio Espinosa Rivera: CTIO, Akadia Life
- Sergio Pachón: Co Founder, Kiwi Campus
- 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
- Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
- Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
- Uri Melamed: Managing Director , EyP S.A.S. / Irie VC
- Valentina Giraldo Henao: Founder, LaValentina Design
- Victor Dey: Mentor - Enterprise Media at Oxford Entrepreneurs, University of Oxford
- Walied Albasheer: founder and managing partner, Intuitio Ventures
- William Duran: Investment Director, Enter Capital
- Ximena Villalobos: Co-Founder & CGO, PROCONTAR
- 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
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 1.9BN.
After Graduation, the new Monterrey 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 Monterrey Summer Virtual 2022 Founder Institute program is enrolling now. If you are a pre-seed stage entrepreneur interested in learning more or applying, visit FI.co/apply/monterrey.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over 1.9BN 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/journey.