Featured Innovator
Meet Rawle Annandsingh
Director of Founder Institute Caribbean, Venture Capital Resident, entrepreneur. From family auto shop to Web3 FinTech – discover his journey and insights.
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Rawle Annandsingh wears many hats. He’s a Venture Capital Resident, a startup entrepreneur, and Director of Founder Institute Caribbean. He’s led a wide range of initiatives from his family auto shop to startups in food tourism, adtech, and now Web3 FinTech.
At Founder Institute Caribbean, Rawle helps founders take their ideas from sketch to seed round. He runs hour-long workshops, matches founders with mentors, and gives hands-on feedback to sharpen startup pitches.
"Raising money isn't just about the funds. It's about showing you're ready and building something investors can believe in."
Rawle says investing is a vote of confidence. Before you ask for a check, prove your idea works—through customer chats, a simple MVP, or early sales.
Rawle's advice for first-time founders
Talk to 20–30 potential customers.
Build a basic product to test your idea.
Track small wins, like sign-ups or pilot orders.
These steps build trust. They give you real data to show investors.
Rawle heads Founder Institute Caribbean’s accelerator, where he pairs a step-by-step curriculum with hands-on mentor support so startups can move confidently from concept to capital. He’s learned that investors back demonstrated progress—early customer wins, a working MVP and clear go-to-market plans—far more than promise alone. His advice to every pre-seed founder is simple: validate your market, build repeatable processes and prove real traction before you ever sit down with an investor.
If you’re a pre-seed or seed-stage founder looking for guided support, mentor matching, and introductions to global investors, reach out to Rawle Annandsingh to learn about the next Founder Institute Caribbean cohort