Founder Institute Mentors

Turkey 2025

Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.

See the list of current and past mentors for the Turkey program below.

Mentors

Abdulrahman Aljiffry

Partner, 500 Global

Adam Matalon

Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, ThermaGEL Innovations

Adam Berk

Manager, Lean Startup Co.

Adil Oran

Assoc. Prof. , Abdullah Gül University

Ahmet Batı

Co-founder, Innology

Ahmet Saraçoğlu

FI Mentor

Ahmet Bahadır Özdemir

Co-Founder, Airalo

Ali Halabi

CEO, Volt Lines

Ali Hilli

Head of CER, Zain Iraq

Ali Rıza Ersoy

Founder, ION Academy

Alperen Zeki Gokmen

Product Pioneer, The Brutally Honest

Altan Küçükçınar

Partner, Diffusion Capital Partners

Amal Dokhan

Partner MENA, 500 Startups

Amal Dokhan

CEO , Global Entrepreneurship Network GEN Saudi at GEN Global

Amin Shanaa

Founder, Startups

Amin Shanaa

FI Mentor

Aral Barkın Arak

General Secretary, TÜGİM - Tüm Girişimci ve İş Mentorları Derneği

Aras Bilgen

UX Consultant / Trainer, Aras Bilgen

Arda Askin

Managing Director, StartersHub

Arın Özkula

General Partner, 500 Startups

Artun Sukan

Investment Manager, IP Group

Ata Gür

Co-Founder, Frizbit

Atil Erken

General Partner, Collective Spark

Aurelie Guerrieri

CMO, Open Systems

Aydın Öztunalı

Cofounder, KFD Investment Consulting

Aykut Hocaoglu

Head of Entrepreneurship Programs and Ecosystem Development, Arcelik Garage

Aylin Şahin

CEO, Igniters Tech Consulting

Ayşe Şen

Entrepreneurship Expert, RTTP, Yaşar University

Ayşegül Özkavukcu

Business Development Manager, Migros Ticaret A.Ş.

Aysun Demirdogen

Managing Partner, Technology Transfer Professional, Cevelyn

Aziz Dostgül

Investment Associate, TechONE VC

Baldan Colak

Founder, Miel PR

Barış Okur

Co-founder, Quin

Başak Özcan

General Manager, Garaj X TEKMER

Bastian Best

CEO, BESTPATENT

Batuhan Baybali

Startup program leader , FARK LABS

Beliz Sinan

FI Mentor

Beliz Bediz Sinan

Partner, The Brutally Honest

Berc Cubukciyan

Senior Manager, Maven Insights and Solutions

Beril Karabulut

Design Lead, Quin

Berkay Mollamustafaoglu

General Partner, ScaleX Ventures

Berna Aksoy

Growth Lead, Talentmelon

Beybin Esen

COO, Kimola

Billur Buse Elmas

Partner, Elmas Consulting

Birce Ciravoğlu

CEO Office Director, Papara

Bora Yılmaz

FI Mentor

Bora Sürmeli

Senior Agricultural Finance Specialist, The World Bank

Bulent Yilmaz

Founder, Liberro

Bulent Buyuksayar

Managing Director , SmartStarts

Bülent Çaka

Vice President, ScaleX

Burak Çevik

Co-Founder / UX Designer, ITUX - Atölye

Burak Keskik

Technology Transfer Office Manager, Teknopark Istanbul

Burak Dayioglu

FI Mentor

Burcu Coşkun Şengül

Co-founder, Kuixo

Buryan Turan

CEO, SIMULARGE

Çağrı Yüzbaşıoğlü

Founder, ISSD

Can Algül

Co-Founder & CEO, Pubinno

Carla Tanas

Owner, Industry Disruptors - Game Changers

Carlo Asta

Business Designer, H-Farm

Cedric Tawil

FI Mentor

Celal Vatansever

Head of Open Innovation, Arcelik Garage

Ceren Sungu Kalpaklıoğlu

Founder, Pabbler

Demirhan Buyukozcu

Co-Founder, V-count

Demirhan Erim

Co-Founder & CEO, ulouder

Denis Oakley

Director, Denis Oakley & Co

Deniz Satiroglu

VC Associate, StartersHub

Dilek Dayinlarli

Founder, Scale-x

Dinçer Sözütok

Cofounder, Onlock

Dogan Taskent

Innovation Manager, Atabay Ilac

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Dr. Semih Kumluk

AI Leader, PwC

Dr. Ismail Arı

Director of TTO and Entrepreneurship Center, Özyegin University

Duran Cesur

Investor, Vinci Venture Capital

Duygu Kutluoğlu Kılıç

Co-Founder, CEO, FineDine

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market

Elena Pallotta

Strategy and Innovation Culture , H-Farm

Elif Gedikli

Portfolio Manager, Teknoloji Yatırım

Emin Okutan

Co-Founder and CEO, Viveka

Emir Uzunoglu

Manager, Responsible Solutions Limited

Emre Fadıllıoğlu

Co-founder and CEO, App Samurai

Emre Taş

CEO, Alictus

Enad Kanaan

Co-Founder, The BrainChain

Erdem Lafçı

Cofounder , Apps

Eren Bali

Chairman & Co-founder, Udemy

Eren Bali

Founder, Udemy, Carbon Health

Eren Merzeci

Business Development Manager, Çalık Enerji A.Ş.

Erhan Ertan

Cofounder, Neurocess

Evren Bükülmez

Manager, TTGV

Ferdi Cildiz

Senior Product Designer, Community Gaming

Ferhat Demir

QGroup, QGroup

Fevzi Gökaliler

Export Marketing Manager, Pınar

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

Gonca Gulser

Co-founder, Quin AI

Gülcan Ergün

Co-founder, GESPRO

Gülce Horatacı

Investment Manager, StartersHub

GULSAH CAKIR

Founder, X Mind Studio

Gülşah Gulser

Co-Founder, Quin AI

Gunce Onur

Founder, The New Rising

Gurol Uzenc

Manager, Cube Incubation

Hakan Boğazpınar

Co-founder, VENN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CONSULTANCY

Hakan Erten

Founder, Nova Nora Danışmanlık A.Ş.

Hakan Cetinkaya

Founder, 112 Company

Halime Dilan Akbaş

Chief Innovation & Culture Officer, Viveka

Hasan Basri Tosun

Cofounder, Sensgreen

Hicham Lamrani

Founder, You are in

Hilal Kara

Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT

Hüseyin Aslan

Co-founder, Kapsam Denetim

Hüseyin Güler

Innovation Orchestrator, KEAS

Ibrahim Faza

GM, JordanStart

İffet İyigün Meydanlı

FOUNDER, M2I CONSULTANCY

İlker Köksal

Author, Founder's FAQ

İlknur İlkyaz Gül

General Manager, Driventure

Jimmy J.P. Snoek

Co-Founder & CEO, Tykn

Kaan Eren

Investment Manager, 500 Startups

Kadir Ceran

Founder & Managing Director, KiRi Advanced Research & Consultancy

Kamer Kemerkaya

FI Mentor

Kemal Apaydın

FI Mentor

Kemal Aygör

Senior Licensing Manager, VESTEL

Kerem Erikçi

FI Mentor

Kerem Çalışkan

FI Mentor

Kerem Gürbilek

Venture Capital Senior Analyst, Logo Ventures

Khalid Maliki

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Tykn

Koray Bahar

Founder & CEO, FigoPara

Kuntay Aktaş

CEO, BTech

Kutlu Kazanci

FI Mentor

Kutluhan Hakan

Founder, TicketO Mobility

Leyla Taghizade

Founder, Reseptron

Mark Searle

Lecturer and Industry Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Mehmet Akgün

Founder, Mobixa

Mehmet Gulez

Innovation Leader - Associated Partner, EY

Mehmet Memecan

Founder & CEO, Tarfin

Mehru Ozturk

General Manager, Entrepreneurship Foundation

Melda Polat

Co-Founder, M2I Danışmanlık

Merih Alphan Karadeniz

FI Mentor

M. Erşad Zor

Head of Data, StartupCentrum

Merthan Öztürk

FI Mentor

Mert Hilmi Iseri

Board Member, Academy for Global Citizenship

Merve Akgün

Vice President, Diffusion Capital Partners

Mike Vladimer

Mentor, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business & Alchemist Accelerator

Miraç Bal

CEO, Talentmondo

Misa Nikolic

CEO, Resonator – Creative Tech Hub

Mohammad Kilany

Co-founder, MindRockets

Murat Tortopoğlu

Consultant, yaraticiyikim.com

Murat Topçu

FI Mentor

Mustafa Dalci

Founder, Userspots

Mustafa Üşenmez

FI Mentor

Mustafa Savaş

Founder, Kimola

Mustafa Cakir

Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT

Mustafa Tamer

Manager, Treet Buba

Mustafa Tamer

CEO, BUBA Treet

Nadine Badreddine

Program Business Advisor, Modus Capital

Neslihan Burgaz

Head of Business Development, Trendyol

Nicat Manafov

E-Commerce Professional and Consultant, Etib.org.az

Nidal Qanadilo

Managing Partner, ARC Capital

Okan Arıcan

Senior Counsel, BTS&Partners

Omer Dogan Dincer

Head of Finance, KolayIK

Onur Yurtsever

Founder & CEO, Smart Advice

Oren Simanian

Founder and General Partner, Colosseum Sport

Orkhan Rzayev

Founder & CEO, Eleven Kings Game

Orkun Ozbatur

Director & Founder, FI Benelux & Amazon

Osman Ertürk ÖZEL

Founder, Manager, ÖZEL Attorney Consultancy

Ozan Sonmez

Partner, The Brutally Honest

Özge Görür Orbay

Founder, Ideacoaching

Özgür Deniz Önür

Founder, Invidyo

Özgür Mutlu Oz

Manager - UX/UI Design, Arçelik Group

Prof. Dr. Ayhan Olcay

Co-founder, InnowayRG

Prof. Dr. Zehra Çataltepe

CEO, TAZI AI

Reine Abbas

Founder & CEO, Spica Tech S.A.L

Rosen Dimov

CEO, Phasegrowth

Sahar El Zaloua

Consultant in Entrepreneurship , Founder Institute - Turkey

Sahin Boydas

Sahin Boydas - CEO, MovieLaLa (Istanbul FI), Gusto

Sahin Caglayan

CEO, Reengen

Samican Tandoğdu

Co-Founder, Synnada

Sarp Bilecen

FI Mentor

Sarp UZER

Founder, Sarp

Sarper Celenk

Managing Director, Vegas Food Project

Selcuk Alimdar

General Manager, Founding Partner , bindHR

Selen Senturk

Studio Manager, SHERPA

Selim Satıcı

FI Mentor

Selim Cenkel

Founder, Marsel Delights

Selin Orçunsel

FI Mentor

Selma Bahcivanoglu

Managing Director, Simya VC

Semi Hakim

CEO, Kok Projekt

Serdal Temel

Co-founder, SORANUS

Sertaç Yakın

Investor, Connected2.me

Shashank Aiisvari

Founder, Aiisvari

Shirley Kaston

Co-Founder & CFO, Kok Projekt

Sure Köse Ulutaş

Founder, Talentmelon

Tarkan Anlar

Founder, CEO, Scotty

Tuğçe Akbulut

Conscious Designer & Curator, Cross Change

Tuna Orbay

Cofounder, BarakaTech

Ufuk Polat

Founder, Deplike

Umutcan Duman

Co-founder, Evreka

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Volkan Erturk

FI Mentor

Yağmur Çubukçu

Venture Capital Analyst, Maxis

Yashar Kardar

Business Development, Quin

Yilmaz Odaci

Project Manager , Habitat

Zafer Elcik

Co-founder, Otsimo

Zeynep Derece

Founder, DRC Company

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