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Founder Institute Mentores

Colombia Spring 2025

En las sesiones semanales del programa de Founder Institute, nos acompañan 2 a 4 mentores para dar feedback a los participantes, compartir su experiencia en el tema de la sesión y atender preguntas.

En cada programa participan más de 25 mentores distintos creando un feedback diverso y rico.

Además el Equity Pool incentiva a esos mentores a contribuir al éxito de los graduados tanto durante como después del programa.

Vea en esta lista mentoras y mentores actuales y de pasadas ediciones en Colombia.

Mentores

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 Vejarano Calderon

Socio, Abogado, Director, Invictum Capital, ANDI del Futuro, Kairos

Andres Hernandez

Strategist and Writer, Andreherca

Andres Cano

CEO, ACANOF SAS

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

Beatriz Dager

General Partner, ChiX Future Ventures

Berg Moe

Owner, Berg Moe Media

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 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

FI Mentor

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

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

FI Mentor

Edward Cullen

Founder & CEO, Crescite

Elena Dolinski

Founder, UKANDOITGLOBAL

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

FI Mentor

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

General Partner, Indio VC

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

Javier Castro

FI Mentor

Jean Bernier

CEO y Founder, AnniQ & SQT

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

FI Mentor

Jorge Quintero

VP of Growth , VECI

Jorge Alvarado

CEO, Abbitec

Jorge Hernan Nieto Botero

Founder & CEO, Expedit Capital

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

Founder & CEO, Workia, Inc

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

FI Mentor

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

FI Mentor

Marcela Lopez

Estratega de Marketing, Alexander Torrenegra

Marco De Biasi

Managing Partner, Latin American Angels Society

Margarita Martinez

FI Mentor

Maria Camila Gonzalez

CEO, Sarta SAS

Maria Camila Salazar Castro

CEO, Vivir a conciencia

Maria Camila Ortegon

Asesor Jurídico, Taller A Abogados

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

FI Mentor

Miguel Vanegas

FI Mentor

Nadia Stand

Co Founder, The SASI CO

Nelson Irias

CEO, DataLabs

Nicolai Eslava Barajas

CEO, Estratek Ventures

Nicolas Contreras

CEO, PappCorn

Nicolás Poveda

FI Mentor

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

FI Mentor

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 Rojas

FI Mentor

Santiago Aparicio

FI Mentor

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

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

Yasu Guerra

FI Mentor

Yatan Blumenthal Vargas

Co-founder, Berlin Hardware Accelerator

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

Zully De La Rosa

CTO, Finaktiva

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