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Eli Becerril

Program Manager at Techstars

Mexico City

Overview 

Eli Becerril is a seasoned professional with a background in entrepreneurship and innovation, currently leading initiatives to support aspiring founders in Latin America. With experience at Techstars as a Program Manager and Regional Manager for the Americas, Eli has successfully built and managed community programs to foster entrepreneurship in the region, showcasing expertise in strategic planning and fostering diverse investor relationships. Eli's career highlights include co-founding seedembassy and serving as the Director of Vinculación de Comunidades at Catapulta, Centro de Emprendimiento, demonstrating a strong commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and driving innovation in the Latin American startup ecosystem.

Work Experience 

  • Program Manager

    2024 - Current

  • Regional Manager for Americas - Community

    2022 - 2024

  • Regional Manager Latam - Community Programs

    2017 - 2022

    Planned and executed regional strategy in Latam for Techstars Community Programs Coordinated 400+ volunteers to run Techstars Startup Weekend and Techstars Startup Week events in the region. Supervised the execution of 300+ activities in the region. Coordinated regional and global initiatives to boost community participation. Customized the company programs to the regional needs.

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Co-founder

    2020

    Seed Embassy is the platform that helps early-stage founders find the right investors wherever they are in the world. visit: https://seedembassy.com/

  • Director

    2017 - 2017

    Directed the operation and strategy for Catapulta Entrepreneurial Center. Supervised a team of three people to plan and execute activities in 7+ cities. Succeeded by impacting 45X the targeted community in a 3 year period

  • Vinculación de Comunidades

    2015 - 2016

    Apoyar en la generación de cultura emprendedora dentro y hacia afuera de la institución. Diseño e implementación de programas formativos de emprendimiento. Organización e implementación de eventos relacionados con emprendimiento y tecnología. Gestión de relaciones con aliados estratégicos.

  • Coordinador - Incubadora de Empresas

    2012 - 2015

  • Gerente Operativo

    2010 - 2012

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