Now is the time to rebuild: the world needs entrepreneurs to lead the way in creating a better future, for everyone.
Whether you have already launched a startup or are still in the idea-phase, this is the time to act. 2020 brought havoc to our health, our society, and our economy, and what remains is a world filled with reshuffling industries and new problems that need to be solved. As we embark on 2021, we each have an opportunity to play a part in helping shape that better future.
That's why we are excited to announce applications are now open for the Bolivia - Colombia Spring 2025 program.
If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from Bolivia's top investors and entrepreneurs to build something meaningful, then apply to the Bolivia - Colombia Spring 2025 Founder Institute today.
We will be hosting several free startup online events in Bolivia over the coming weeks, where you can learn virtually from top entrepreneurs from the comfort of your home:
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 8:00pm, may 05, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/369956
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 8:00pm, may 07, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366287
- Corporate Innovation in Action: How to Overcome Roadblocks: 1:00pm, may 08, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/371058
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Nathan Beckord: 1:00pm, may 12, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/366368
- Lessons Learned Raising from Top Silicon Valley VCs: AMA with Rajeev Behera: 12:00pm, may 29, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/371192
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, jun 02, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/370538
- How to Build Your MVP Using Artificial Intelligence : 1:00pm, jun 04, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/371474
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, jun 09, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/370735
- FI Alumni Panel: Meet Portfolio Companies and Ask Questions: 1:00pm, jun 23, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/371735
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, jun 30, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/371577
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, jul 07, 2025 (America/Caracas): https://FI.co/e/370449
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute is designed to help you build an enduring business that can survive and thrive in this “new normal.” We do this by giving you a clear process combined with constant feedback from a devoted network of international entrepreneurs and investors. Participants in the 4-month core program also get access to a lifetime of support through the Founder Institute's industry-leading free post-programs.
The Bolivia accelerator is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Gonzalo Castellanos, Tito Ramos, and Walter Mendez. In addition, some of Santa Cruz de la Sierra's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating as mentors in the program, providing expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the Bolivia Founder Institute includes:
- 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 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, 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
- Andres Cano: Angel Investor & Advisor, PYGMA
- Andrés Veléz: Founding CEO, Tributi
- Andrés Barreto: Managing Director , Techstars Boulder
- Andrés Bello: Director de Emprendimiento, Fundación Bolívar Davivienda
- Andrés Londoño: Head of performance, Platzi
- Andrés Marcucci: Analista, Torrenegra Accelerator
- 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 Gómez: CEO, Phylo Legal
- Camilo Jimenez: CTO , InstaLeap.io
- Carina Batz: Directora Área de Proyectos y Servicios, Cámara Colombo Alemana
- Carlos Guayara: CEO, TRII
- Carlos Ortegon: CTO, LOOPAY
- 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 Fresen: Partner, RAD. Estrategias Legales
- Christian Daube: Co-Founder, Coach & COO, Torrenegra Accelerator
- Conrad Egusa: CEO, Publicize
- Daniel Restrepo: CEO, Taller A
- Daniel Escobar: Team Manager , Wolox
- Daniel Cardona: Mentor, Defence Academy Chennai
- Daniel Toro: Co-Founder, LinkU Ventures SAS
- Daniel Puentes: Associate Founder, Partners Academy
- Daniel Otero: CEO and Founder , Muvo
- Daniela Restrepo: VP, PUBLICIZE
- Darío Lanchuske: CPO, Omni Bank
- David Orrego: Ex Chief Growth Officer, Rocketfy.co
- David Aponte: CEO & Cofounder, Financial Lab & Taxes
- David Wilson: Principal, Franklin Advisory
- David Diaz: CLC, Mesfix SAS
- David Carvajal: Founder, Cannvest
- David Camargo: CTO, Bright Financial
- 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 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 Santamaria: Managing Director, Rockstart Colombia
- Felipe Garzon: City Coordinator, Acámica
- Felipe Alvarez: CEO , HOBBY CREATIVO
- Felipe Cano: CoFounder, LinkU Ventures SAS
- Felipe Rivera Reina: Head Entrepreneur
- Fernando Núñez: VP, PUBLICIZE
- Francisco Uriarte: Puerto Rico, ESP Group
- Gabriel Calderón: CEO, Tu Orden
- Gabriel Castillo Szpoganicz: Founder & CEO, Doc Doc
- Gabriela Torres: Consultant in Tech, Innovation, Business Dev., Freelance
- Gregorio Londoño: Director, Red de Ángeles Inversionistas
- Guillermo Guzman: Local Leader, Founder Institute Colombia
- Guillermo Ramirez: Managing partner, Oxbridge Capital Partners (VC)
- Gustavo Marquez: CEO, Athena Inversion de Impacto
- Hans Christian Boehlke: Commercial Director, Celumania.com
- Iván Ariza: CEO, cargamos.com
- Jacinto Cho: Project Manager, Grupo Cadelga
- 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 Quintero: CEO, The Monkey Hat
- Jorge Alvarado: CEO, Abbitec
- Jorge Quiroga
- Jorge Hernan Nieto Botero: Founder & CEO, Expedit & Elevat-X
- Jose Caparroso: Business reporter & cross-platform coordinator, Forbes
- Jose Betancur: Director, Nodo
- Jose Ovalle: Investor, StartOp
- José Miguel Velasco: Head of Startup Acceleration, Corporación Ventures
- Joseph DiTomaso: CEO, AllTheRooms
- Jose Rafael Donado Vallejo: CEO, S
- Juan Angarita: CRO, HoyTrabajas.com (YC W22)
- Juan Colmenares: Growth Lead, Graphite Growth
- Juan Camilo Vallejo: Co-founder, Co-CEO, & PM, Valienta
- Juan Carlos Suarez: CEO, Qenta
- Juan Carlos Monroy: Director área de Mercadeo Digital, Departamento de Mercadeo , EAFIT
- 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
- Luis Betancourt: Digital Marketing Advisor, Luisbetancourt.co
- Luis Barrios: CEO, ARKANGELES
- 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 Pineda
- 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
- Maryori Vivas: LatAm Director, Vermilion LLC
- Mateo Trujillo: Product Lead, RappiPay
- Michael Luzner: CEO
- Nadia Stand: Co Founder, The SASI CO
- Nelson Irias: CEO, DataLabs
- Nicolai Eslava Barajas: CEO, Estratek Ventures
- Nicolas Contreras: CEO, PappCorn
- Nicolás Poveda: CEO & CoFounder
- Oscar Andres Arango: CEO & Director, Yampi & Seniors Club
- Pablo Molina: CEO, Mirapaltecho
- Pablo Ramirez: CEO y Founder, Litmoi
- 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
- 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 Garzón: CTO, StartOp
- Santiago Quimbaya Barreto: Investment Analyst, Ventures Corporation
- Santiago Rojas: Managing Director, Cube Ventures
- Santiago Suarez: CEO & Partner, Addi & YCombinator
- Santiago Aparicio, FitPal
- Sebastian Leon: Founder, Facebook
- Sebastian Caro: CEO, Tocaro Capital
- Sebastián Gallo: Head of Operations, Torre
- Sebastián Jaramillo: LATAM Commercial Director, Rappi
- 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
- Walied Albasheer: Managing Partner, Intuitio Ventures
- William Duran: Investment Director, Enter Capital
- 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
- And many more to be announced.
Since 2009, the Founder Institute has helped over 7,500 Alumni raise over $1.85BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more (see the FI 10 Year Impact Report here).
Join us in Bolivia to help build the future.
Apply to the Bolivia - Colombia Spring 2025 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.
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