Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Lima Founder Institute

In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs participate in weekly training and feedback sessions that are led by Founder Institute Mentors.

Our Mentors provide the passion, experience, and support that helps our Founders launch meaningful and enduring companies.

Rather than bringing in consultants and academics who teach theory, we bring in experienced Founders and CEOs to give our companies the most relevant and valuable advice. In a confidential setting, they share horror stories, best practices, and realistic feedback to help our Founders avoid "rookie mistakes" and be successful.

In the upcoming Peru - Colombia Spring 2025 Semester, we have secured a truly exceptional roster of Founder Institute Mentors, including many from out of town.

See the full list below;

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)
Alejandro Abdel Aziz: Founder & CEO, Nextonia
Alejandro Gutierrez: CFO y desarrollo de negocios, Puntopay
Alejandro Gutiérrez: Co-founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
América Castiblanco: Directora de Emprendimiento, Innpulsa Colombia
Ana Maria Ortegón: Socia Gerente, OMAS
Ana María Prieto: Asociada, Brazil Venture Capital
Andres Angel: CEO, Nominapp
Andres Hernandez: Strategist and Writer, Andreherca
Andres Vejarano Calderon: Socio, Abogado, Director, Invictum Capital, ANDI del Futuro, Kairos
Andrés Londoño: Head of performance, Platzi
Andrés Veléz: Founding CEO, Tributi
Andrés Marcucci: Analista, Torrenegra Accelerator
Andrés Bello: Director de Emprendimiento, Fundación Bolívar Davivienda
Andrés Barreto: Managing Director , Techstars Boulder
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
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: CEO, TRII
Carlos Alberto Valderrama: CEO, Grupo Marco
Carlos Alberto Sánchez Retiz: Coordinador de Aceleración, Torrenegra Accelerator
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
Christian Daube: Co-Founder, Coach & COO, Torrenegra Accelerator
Christian Fresen: Partner, RAD. Estrategias Legales
Conrad Egusa: CEO, Publicize
Daniel Restrepo: CEO, Taller A
Daniel Escobar: Team Manager , Wolox
Daniel Cardona: Mentor, Defence Academy Chennai
Daniel Otero: CEO and Founder , Muvo
Daniel Toro: Co-Founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
Daniel Puentes: Associate Founder, Partners Academy
Daniela Restrepo: VP, PUBLICIZE
Darío Lanchuske: CPO, Omni Bank
David Diaz: CLC, Mesfix SAS
David Aponte: CEO & Cofounder, Financial Lab & Taxes
David Camargo: CTO, Bright Financial
David Orrego: Ex Chief Growth Officer, Rocketfy.co
David Carvajal: Founder, Cannvest
David Wilson: Principal, Franklin Advisory
Diego Rodriguez Castillo: Founder - CEO, Linxe
Diego Caicedo: CEO, OmniBNK
Diego Alejandro Muñoz: Co founder y CMO , Tukarga.com
Eddie Arrieta: CEO, MultiLigual Media
Eduardo Maldonado: Co-founder and Board Member, GDX Travel
Eduardo Hernández, Magma Partners
Eduardo Rivera: CEO, LOOPAY
Edward Cullen: Founder & CEO, Crescite
Elena Dolinski: Philanthropreneur, Executive Board Member, BASE Capital
Elodie Senatore: CEO, Heraclea
Enrique Echavarria: CEO, WeAreDataLab
Enrique Pons: Founder, Talago & Fincruit
Erik Díaz: GP, Blackchiip VC
Fabian Esteban Lopez Morales: Emprendedor incansable, GraciaLab
Felipe Cano: CoFounder, LinkU Ventures SAS
Felipe Alvarez: CEO , HOBBY CREATIVO
Felipe Santamaria: Managing Director, Rockstart Colombia
Felipe Garzon: City Coordinator, Acámica
Felipe Rivera Reina: Head Entrepreneur
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 Ramirez: Managing partner, Oxbridge Capital Partners (VC)
Guillermo Guzman: Local Leader, Founder Institute Colombia
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
Jean Bernier: CEO y Founder
Jehudi Castro Sierra: Asesor Presidencial, Tecnología
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 Alvarado: CEO, Abbitec
Jorge Quintero: CEO, The Monkey Hat
Jorge Rubio: CEO, Foodiverso
Jorge Hernan Nieto Botero: Founder & CEO, Expedit & Elevat-X
Jose Caparroso: Business reporter & cross-platform coordinator, Forbes
Jose Ovalle: Investor, StartOp
Jose Betancur: Director, Nodo
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 Vergara Albán: Digital Talent Acquisition , Lulo Bank
Julián Arango: Managing Director, El Hub Ventures Studio, LLC
Karen Mesa: Entrepreneurship & Innovation consultant, Independent
Khaliq Yar Haidary: CEO, Netzone, Ltd.
Laura Jimenez Tatis: Financial Mentor, Leancase
Laura Rudd: CEO, BabyTopia
Laura Lopera: Coordinadora I+D, Sura
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 Barrios: CEO, ARKANGELES
Luis Betancourt: Digital Marketing Advisor, Luisbetancourt.co
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 Ortegon: Coordinadora Legal, RapiCredit
Maria Camila Gonzalez: CEO, Sarta SAS
Maria Camila Salazar Castro: CEO, Vivir a conciencia
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
Maryori Vivas: LatAm Director, Vermilion LLC
Mateo Trujillo: Product Lead, RappiPay
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 Becerra: Founder & CEO, Due Legal
Nicolas Contreras: CEO, PappCorn
Nicolás Poveda: CEO & CoFounder
Oscar Andres Arango: CEO & Director, Yampi & Seniors Club
Pablo Ramirez: CEO y Founder, Litmoi
Pablo Molina: CEO, Mirapaltecho
Pablo Molina Candel: CTO, CoverWallet
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, Korporativa 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 Quimbaya Barreto: Investment Analyst, Ventures Corporation
Santiago Suarez: CEO & Partner, Addi & YCombinator
Sebastian Caro: CEO, Tocaro Capital
Sebastian Leon: Founder, Facebook
Sebastián Jaramillo: LATAM Commercial Director, Rappi
Sebastián Gallo: Head of Operations, Torre
Sergio Pachón: Co Founder, Kiwi Campus
Sergio Espinosa Rivera: CTIO, Akadia Life
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
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: 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