# Grupo Guayacán

> Grupo Guayacán is a privately driven Puerto Rican nonprofit that combines business education, mentoring and connections with a fund-of-funds heritage. Its four core programs serve idea-stage teams, young businesses, scaling companies and established management teams; the organization reports supporting more than 1,400 companies and educating more than 3,500 entrepreneurs.

- **Founded:** 1996
- **Headquarters:** San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Founders:** Enrique “Ricky” Adsuar González (Founder)
- **Products:** I-Corps PR, EnterPRize, Scale Up Bootcamp, Guayacán Venture Accelerator, Guayacán family of funds of funds
- **Notable:** Reports $25M+ invested in entrepreneurial education and $4M+ awarded in seed capital., Reports 1,400+ companies supported and 3,500+ entrepreneurs educated., I-Corps PR reports 1,332 participants across 21 editions.

## Products & services

- **I-Corps PR** — Seven-week hybrid customer-discovery program for Puerto Rico-based teams of two to three. Uses 100 interviews and the Business Model Canvas; workshops are in English. No cash prizes. Developed with Georgia Tech VentureLab.
- **EnterPRize** — Six-month business-development competition with workshops, mentoring and cash and in-kind prizes for ventures with market traction. Applications are free; admitted teams pay a reservation fee whose amount is not published on the current page.
- **Scale Up Bootcamp** — Free, in-person program with Popular for selected Puerto Rican businesses operating for over two years with at least $500,000 annual sales. The strongest growth plan receives $50,000 in seed capital.
- **Guayacán Venture Accelerator** — Paid modular executive education for established Puerto Rican companies, typically operating for 10 years or more, with $1 million or more annual sales and management teams of at least three. Includes three-year growth planning, family-business and nonprofit modules.
- **Guayacán family of funds of funds** — Six historical fund launches through 2023 connect local investors to private equity funds. The organization reports over $350 million of local capital invested cumulatively; this is not startup funding raised by Grupo Guayacán.
- **Guayacán Endowment Fund** — Endowment established to sustain business education over the long term; the current history page reports more than $7 million in donations.
- **Enrique y el guayacán** — Bilingual illustrated children’s book by Laura Cantero and Gabriela Miranda, published by Ediciones Enserio. Listed at $24.95 plus shipping; purchases support the endowment.

## Achievements

- Reports $25M+ invested in entrepreneurial education and $4M+ awarded in seed capital.
- Reports 1,400+ companies supported and 3,500+ entrepreneurs educated.
- I-Corps PR reports 1,332 participants across 21 editions.
- GVA reports 675 executives from 202 companies whose businesses collectively impact more than 12,000 jobs; this is not a count of jobs created by the program.
- EnterPRize 2025 graduated 25 ventures and awarded more than $400,000 in seed capital and in-kind prizes, according to November 2025 coverage.
- Reports over $350M in cumulative local capital invested in private equity funds and over $7M in endowment donations.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Updated website presents the 30th anniversary, four-program portfolio and bilingual children’s book Enrique y el guayacán.
- **2026-08** — Laura Cantero appeared on La Maestría with Raúl Palacios to discuss Guayacán’s history, financing and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- **2026-07** — NUR Salud Comunitaria publicly announced selection for EnterPRize 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://guayacan.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grupo-guayac-n/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/grupoguayacan
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtvV1Sx56t03XvUDNPCojgw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grupoguayacanpr/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guayacanorg/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08