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The entrepreneurial program promoted by the Founder Institute in Spain is fully operational. Founder Institute, the world's largest startup incubator, decided locate its launch program for technology companies in Madrid after have received a record number of requests.The global network of startups, created by the Serial Entrepreneur American Adeo Ressi, will be closer to reaching your goal of launching a thousand startups a year with the launch of the program in Spain. The projects are led by

• Miguel Galera: the CEO of the Integralcom Group, with an extensive background in business and technology entrepreneurship. His enterprise includes companies like LotoJuegos.com, TicBeat.com, and Integralcom.net.
• Eduardo Vilar: a serial entrepreneur, actuary, and the Founder and CEO of äctucast, a Big Data startup based in the U.S.
• Gonzalo Ortiz: the Founder & CEO of a company specialized in seed capital investments for technology startups, has launched more than a dozen successful companies across 17 years.

Confirmed Mentors for the program include;

• Albert Knapp Bjeren, CEO of The Cocktail;
• Ana Maria Llopis Rivas, Founder & CEO of Ideas4all;
• Andres Garcia Carranza, Board Member of McCann WorldGroup, Future Space, Borderstylo;
• Antonio Nunez Lopez, Founding Parter at Story and Strategy;
• Carlos Blanco Vazquez, Executive Chairman at Akamon Entertainment;
• Emilio Plana Hidalgo, CEO of QDQ Media;
• Eric Bergasa, Operations Partner at Tagua Capital;
• Gonzalo del Pozo, CEO of Mitula.com;
• Gonzalo Ortiz, Founder Ediciones Globaliza;
• Ignacio Soto Perez, Managing Director at Vertice 360;
• Jaime Garcia Cantero, Experienced Research Analyst;
• Javier Ortiz, Business Development at Mitula.com;
• Joaquín Vázquez, Partner at Inicia Corporate;
• José Luis Tamargo, Human Capital Manager;
• José María Castillejo, Chairman & CEO of Zinkia Entertainment;
• Mario Alonso, Founder & President of Auren;
• Miguel Olivares, Founder & CEO at La Despensa;
• Miguel Lasso, Co-Founder & Partner at Iceland;
• Pedro Moneo, Founder & CEO at Opinno;
• Raul Jimenez Algobia, Founder at Minutube;
• Victor Sanchez, CEO at Elocuent;
• And many more.

Women's applications to the program account for only 18% of the total, a very obvious minority that shows a great disparity. To encourage women entrepreneurs to join the program, The Founder Institute has created a new initiative, the Female Founder Fellowship, which will offer a scholarship to female entrepreneurs with the greatest potential that covers all the training expenses of the program.Last year, 16% of the Founder Institute's graduates were women and the goal is to double that number by promoting 175 women-led companies every year.