A look into Founder Institute Colombia’s 2019 graduating class

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By Sebastian Castro May 21, 2019

This week Founder Institute Colombia is announcing its second class under Director Mads Schmidt Petersen.

Founder Institute, the world’s largest accelerator program, has the mission to empower entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million jobs.

Said the Director Mr. Petersen, “I am proud to present the graduating founders from the second Founder Institute semester in Colombia. We will be following these entrepreneurs in the future with great anticipation”.

The 2019 class of Founder Institute Bogotá has 15 companies graduating, including:

COMUNTI: Changing the way users save and donate money in Latin America.

MAAYA: Transforming how suppliers and buyers connect in Colombia’s agriculture industry.

Portunus: Offering personalized medicine to optimize health treatments through the use of patient DNA.

Crearte: Helping companies of all sizes find promotional material quickly and effectively.

Litmoi: Enabling fans to buy and sell content creator shares. The startup aims to become the first stock exchange for creators of digital content.

Beecky: Helping to manage medical appointments via chatbots.

Nexhom: Enabling individuals to more effectively buy and sell real estate.

Linxe: Providing online credit to lower income employees. In Colombia only 40% of the population has access to credit.

Voice Feeling: Helping businesses increase sales via online support. For its current clients the company has increased NPS scores by up to 30 points and customer satisfaction by up to 98%.

Arpón: Helping financial institutions increase sales by alleviating concerns of clients. Arpón’s co-founder has spent five years developing and researching consumer psychology.

Finbox: Connecting users and companies with products and services in order to boost their finances.

Plani: Sending contraceptive medicines directly to homes each month via its subscription model.

Cannvest: Connecting investors with cannabis producers.

Docdoc: Facilitating access to general medical practitioners by either video call or home visits.

Questips: Networking for travelers.