Turkey 2025
Founder Institute Turkey Mentors
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.
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 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
Co-Founder @ The Brutally Honest Mentor
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
Andrew Ilingin
CEO & Founder @ dialog ai
Aras Bilgen
UX Consultant / Trainer @ Aras Bilgen
Arda Askin
Managing Director @ StartersHub
Ari Bencuya
Startup Consultant and Web Analytics Enthusiast @ Self Employed - Startup Consultant
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
Aykut Hocaoglu
Head of Entrepreneurship Programs and Ecosystem Development @ Arcelik Garage
Aylin Şahin
CEO @ Igniters Tech Consulting
Ayşegül Özkavukcu
Business Development Manager @ Migros Ticaret A.Ş.
Aziz Dostgül
Investment Associate @ TechONE VC
Barış Okur
Co-founder @ Quin
Başak Özcan
General Manager @ Garaj X TEKMER
Bastian Best
CEO @ BESTPATENT
Batuhan Baybali
Startup program leader @ FARK LABS
Beliz Bediz Sinan
Partner @ The Brutally Honest
Berc Cubukciyan
Senior Manager @ Maven Insights and Solutions
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
Brandy Old
Technology Development Advisor @ Hometown Startup
Bulent Yilmaz
Founder @ Liberro
Bulent Buyuksayar
Managing Director @ SmartStarts
Bülent Çaka
Vice President @ ScaleX
Burak Çevik
Co-Founder / UX Designer @ ITUX - Atölye
Buryan Turan
CEO @ SIMULARGE
Can Algül
Co-Founder & CEO @ Pubinno
Carla Tanas
Owner @ Industry Disruptors - Game Changers
Carlo Asta
Business Designer @ H-Farm
Cedric Tawil
@ Montreal International
Ceren Sungu Kalpaklıoğlu
Founder @ Pabbler
Craig Elias
Chief Catalyst @ Shift Selling
Demirhan Erim
Co-Founder & CEO @ ulouder
Deniz Satiroglu
VC Associate @ StartersHub
Dilan Aydin
Psychological Counselor & Founder @ Dag Consultancy
Dilek Dayinlarli
Founder @ Scale-x
Dogan Taskent
Innovation Manager @ Atabay Ilac
Don Samoil
Managing Partner @ Trusted Scale
Dr. Semih Kumluk
AI Leader @ PwC
Duran Cesur
Investor @ Vinci Venture Capital
Duygu Kutluoğlu Kılıç
Co-Founder, CEO @ FineDine
Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal
Director/Tecknogog @ MERSTRA Foundation / MITC
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
Erman Turan
@ 3dots VC
Evre Pestereli
@ SAGE Hq
Fatih Bildirici
Senior Subject Matter Expert @ ASELSAN
Ferdi Cildiz
Senior Product Designer @ Community Gaming
Ferhat Demir
QGroup @ QGroup
Fevzi Gökaliler
Export Marketing Manager @ Pınar
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop
Co-founder @ Vitamin C&S Coaching
Guc Ozenci
Program Director @ FI Washington DC
Gülce Horatacı
Investment Manager @ StartersHub
Gurol Uzenc
Manager @ Cube Incubation
Hakan Erten
Founder @ Nova Nora Danışmanlık A.Ş.
Hasan Basri Tosun
Cofounder @ Sensgreen
Hicham Lamrani
Founder @ You are in
Hisham Kassim
Managing Partner @ Kassim Legal
Hüseyin Güler
Innovation Orchestrator @ KEAS
Ibrahim Faza
GM @ JordanStart
İlker Köksal
Author @ Founder's FAQ
Jeffrey Paine
Founding Partner @ Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore
Jimmy J.P. Snoek
Co-Founder & CEO @ Tykn
Kaan Eren
Investment Manager @ 500 Startups
Kerem Erikçi
Kerem Gürbilek
Venture Capital Senior Analyst @ Logo Ventures
Khalid Maliki
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Tykn
Koray Bahar
Founder & CEO @ FigoPara
Kutlu Kazanci
@ Creative Destruction Lab
Leila Demir
Founder @ Partner UP
Leyla Taghizade
Founder @ Reseptron
Mark Searle
Lecturer and Industry Fellow @ University of California, Berkeley
Mehdi Drissi
Co-founder & Product Lead @ BRIDGR
Mehmet Akgün
Founder @ Mobixa
Mehmet Gulez
Innovation Leader - Associated Partner @ EY
Mehru Ozturk
General Manager @ Entrepreneurship Foundation
M. Erşad Zor
Head of Data @ StartupCentrum
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
Mine (Kocadag) Dedekoca
Founder @ Start-IST
Miraç Bal
CEO @ Talentmondo
Misa Nikolic
CEO @ Resonator – Creative Tech Hub
Mohammad Kilany
Co-founder @ MindRockets
Murat Tortopoğlu
Consultant @ yaraticiyikim.com
Mustafa Dalci
Founder @ Userspots
Mustafa Savaş
Founder @ Kimola
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
Oren Simanian
Founder and General Partner @ Colosseum Sport
Orkun Ozbatur
Director & Founder @ FI Benelux & Amazon
Osman Ertürk ÖZEL
Founder, Manager @ ÖZEL Attorney Consultancy
Ozan Sonmez
Partner @ The Brutally Honest
Özgür Mutlu Oz
Manager - UX/UI Design @ Arçelik Group
Rainer Ratnik
CEO @ Widen Legal Estonia
Reine Abbas
Founder & CEO @ Spica Tech S.A.L
Rosen Dimov
CEO @ Phasegrowth
Safak Tufekci
Principal @ ScaleX Ventures
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
Sarper Celenk
Managing Director @ Vegas Food Project
Sebastien Toupy
Founder @ Founders Academy
Selcuk Alimdar
General Manager, Founding Partner @ bindHR
Selma Bahcivanoglu
Managing Director @ Simya VC
Semi Hakim
CEO @ Kok Projekt
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
@ Picus Security
Yağmur Çubukçu
Venture Capital Analyst @ Maxis
Yashar Kardar
Business Development @ Quin
Yunus Uzel
Head of Sales @ Mükellef
Zafer Elcik
Co-founder @ Otsimo
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