The Venezuela Founder Institute, the local chapter of the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is proud to announce the newest Alumni from the Venezuela 2025 program.
After meticulous selection process and intense four months of aggressive business-building sprints, constant evaluation, and feedback from investors and mentors, just 6 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 Venezuela's top startup experts and investors.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Venezuela program:
- KnowFi - A mobile-first fintech edtech platform that delivers personalized, engaging, and culturally relevant financial literacy to young adults in Latin America and beyond.
- ROOMERS - Connecting senior citizens with students for affordable housing, fostering intergenerational bonds, financial resilience for the elderly, reduced student dropout rates, and stronger communities through a circular economy model.
- Xmotics - A tech platform enhancing the quality of life for older adults through accident prevention, real-time health monitoring, and smart home solutions—promoting longer, healthier lives while providing peace of mind to their families.
- Thorplay Marketing C.A - Empowers startups, especially in emerging markets like Venezuela, with scalable marketing tools and high-impact team building through its CAOT methodology, driving global competitiveness, job creation, and innovation.
- SilverWay, marca perteneciente legalmente a: Flying Planner, INC. - Delivering ultra-personalized premium travel and leisure experiences for the Silver Economy (ages 55–75), combining 24/7 human support with authentic, relationship-driven service.
- ePhylos.com - Transforming quality of life for over 80 million older adults in Latin America, ePhylos is a digital marketplace that connects seniors with trusted products and services, while boosting economic growth and digital inclusion in the Silver Economy.
The Venezuela 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
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Venezuela Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Venezuela Founder Institute: Gabriel Reyes (CEO, GNOSIS CONSULTORES LLC), José David Acuña Monsalve (Local Leader, Founder Institute Caracas), Marco Villegas (Director, FI Caracas), Sandy Gómez (Valuation Specialist, Arca Análisis Económico). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Venezuela that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Venezuela 2025 program was supported by some of Venezuela's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Venezuela’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 $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Venezuela 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 Venezuela Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/venezuela.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN 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.
