Silicon Valley Fall 2026
Silicon Valley Mentors
Program Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Silicon Valley program below.
Aaron Abram
Entrepreneur with 1 exit & Advisor. @ Pricestack, Kangarootime, & Osurv
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Adam Matalon
Chief Revenue Officer @ ThermaGel Innovations. Inc.
Adeo Ressi
CEO @ Decile Group / VC Lab
Aditya Kumar
Director @ Founder Institute Silicon Valley
Aki Ohashi
Vice President @ Evolution Ventures
Aleksandar Bradic
Chief Technology Officer @ Supplyframe
Alex Sok
Co-Founder/CEO @ Endurance AI
Alexey Semeney
Founder & CEO @ DevTeam.Space
Alex M. Dascalu
Lead Director @ Founder Institute Central Eastern Europe
Aline Hemmo
Consultant @ Pilsoft
Allen Martinez
Founder @ Noble Digital
Amit Bhanot
Venture Partner @ Loyal VC
Andrea Ramoino
Transformational Leader @ Fintech, Payments, Digital Assets, SaaS
Andrea Monti
Managing Director Impact and Sustainability @ Founder Institute
Andrew Lockley
Investor and Strategy Consultant @ Andrew Lockley
Andrew Miller
Andrew Lee Miller @ Consultant
Andy Park
Consulting CFO @ Escalon Services
Ankush Bagotra
Product Management Leader @ Meta
Anmol Verma
Co-founder @ Finvest
Anthony Rose
Founder & CEO @ SeedLegals
Asa Goldstein
Founder & CEO @ BrandShine Creative Services
Ashutosh Zade
Founder, Inventor / Sr. Principal @ Stealth Mode
Avery Lyford
VP Commercial Partnerships @ RapidFort
Aviv Shalgi
CEO @ Solar Simplified
Ayhan K. Isaacs
Head of Global Growth @ Founder Institute
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Bob Rosin
Investor and Advisor @ Bob Rosin
Bradley Riel
IP / Legal Strategist @ DeepMind
Brandon Steelman
Founder @ Clear Gene, Inc.
Brian Proffitt
Partner @ Disruptive Capital Finance
Caroline Arzoo
Partnerships @ TurboSBIR
Chang Chen
Founder @ Hockey Stick
Charlini De Almeida
Non-Executive Director & Trustee @ CISI Future Foundation
Chase Harmer
CEO @ Wishes
Chris Foltz
Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence @ Founder Institute
Christina Trampota
Managing Director @ Innovate Grow Scale
Christina Reddick
Founder & CEO @ Racedu
Chuck Gitkin
Founder @ Marketing Road
Ciaran Byrne
Founder @ NOVARA
Cindy Mallory
Emerging Tech Strategist @ Worldwide TechServices
Dan Arkind
Founder & CEO @ JobScore
Daniyal Ashraf
Social Media Lead @ Founder Institute
Daoud Ghannam
Managing Director @ Ghamir Ventures
Dat Le
Growth Lead @ caffeine.ai | ex-Uber, Afterpay, Amazon
David Yeng
Managing Director, Hong Kong IEC (Singapore), Managing Partner @ Founders Venture Capital
Diane Bailey
Head of Accelerator Growth @ Founder Institute
Diraj Goel
CEO, Managing Partner @ GetFresh Ventures
Dominique Kim, MPH
Health and Healthcare Transformation Leader @ InnovatorMD
Dr. Hanan El Basha
Strategic AI & Growth Advisor to SMEs & Scale-Ready Businesses @ The Business Doctor
DrWarren Linger
CEO @ Certified Innovation
Dustin Betz
Director of Operations @ White Rose Ventures
Eleni Lialiamou
Founder @ Kimolian Academy
Eli Schwartz
Director of Marketing, APAC @ SurveyMonkey
Enrico Dal Re
Head of Finance @ Born
Eravi Gopan
Eric Hsu
Fabian Geyrhalter
Founder and Principal @ FINIEN
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop
Co-Founder @ Vitamin CS Coaching
Freddy Atangana
Founder and Chief Executive Director @ Ekamou
Frederic Voyer
Senior Strategy & Execution Advisor @ Post-Exit Entrepreneur (multiple: SWAAAP, BVI & HR Inc.)
Gabe Zichermann
CEO @ Failosophy
Gabriel Isserlis
Founder @ Tutti
Gary Gaessler
SaaS Community Builder @ Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
Guillermo Guzman
General Partner @ AIDA Ventures
Harsh Rajnikant Patel
CEO @ Evolve8 Studio
Ignacio Castro
Managing Partner @ 128vc
Ivelin Ivanov
Venture Advisor @ Founder Institute
Janne Saarikko
Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator @ Founder Institute
Jason Jacobsohn
Jason Randolph
Head of Marketing @ JuiceX
Jeni Chang
Managing Director @ Founder Institute San Francisco
Jennifer Love
CEO @ LivWeal Institute
Jiaxi Zhu
Head of Analytics @ Google
Joaquin Ayuso De Paul
CEO @ Rayo
Johanna Behm
@ Envire
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Jonathan Zaremski
Executive : Product and Product Marketing @ Stealth Startup
Jonathan Okanlawon
Co-Founder/Board Executive @ Global Croft Ltd
Judith Sanon
Founder & Digital Transformation Consultant @ J0D8
Junada Sulillari
Lecturer/Start-up mentor @ "Fan S. Noli" University
June W Choi
Managing Partner @ Serval Ventures
Karan Mangat
CEO @ Skill Beyond Boundaries
Karin Wellbrock
Executive Leadership Coach and Co-Founder. @ Kay Group K.K.
Karl Shaikh
Founder @ Interpreters-On-Call
Kevin Siskar
CEO & Cofounder @ Finta
Kimberly Minafra
Division Chief - Partnerships Development and Agreements @ NASA Ames Research Center
Kristin Miller
Founder @ InMotion Albums
Lance Cottrell
Founder @ Feel the Boot
Leena Palav
Board Member, Strategy Advisor, Interim COO/CFO @ -med devices, health tech, consumer products, robotics
Linda Carlberg
CEO/Founder/CCO @ SpotSyt Inc.
Logan Grizzel
Partner @ MUUS Climate Partners
Lubna Forzley
Founder & CEO @ Stories
Luke Willoughby
Account Executive @ Prolific
Maaike Doyer
Founder @ Epic Angels
Madeline Duva
Board Member @ Fluxx.io
Mahati Kumar
Senior Staff Software Engineer @ Meta
Malte Krohn
Consultant, Faciltator & Coach @ mindfulstartup.school
Manpreet Kohli
Senior Principal @ Adobe
Mara Rada
Chief Operations and Strategy @ Loon (loonbio.com)
Marcos Polanco
CEO @ Prelatent
Mark Frohnmayer
Founder @ Arcimoto
Martín Martinez
Founding & Executive Director @ Founder Institute Texas
Matthew Willis
CRO @ MedTechnologies
Matthew Schwab
Founder @ Omnitecht
Mercedes Bankston
Venture Partner @ Loyal VC
Michael Zaytsev
Founder @ High NY
Mike Sherbakov
General Partner @ The Veteran Fund
Mohammed Kashif
Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer @ Department of Motor Vehicles
Mona Defrawi
CEO & Founder @ Radivision
Monica Phillips
President @ Spark Plug Labs
Monika Bleszynski
CEO @ Greenshoot Materials
Mu Zhou, PhD
Head of Pathology AI @ SenseTime
Naeem Zafar
Nicholas Johnson
Founder @ Orange Charger
Nilay Jayswal
5+ Years in B2B Growth Marketing (APAC, EMEA, LATAM) | Experienced in Advertising, Analytics and Automation | Mentor at GrowthMentor | TEDx Speaker @ GrowthMentor
Nishanth Bharadwaj Sankaran
Sr Mechanical Design Engineer @ Tesla
Niyati Gupta
Product Design Lead @ Netflix
Noah Wallach
Founder @ Hope OS
Oleh Shkinder
Senior Product Manager @ Stockpile
Olga Padulosi
Marketing & Partnerships @ AppFollow
Patricia O'Donnell
Former VP Strategy and Partnerships @ Deserve
Patricia Picco
Business Impact Lead @ Aily Labs
Paul D'souza
President and CEO @ The D'Souza Group
Paul O'Brien
Author @ Startup Ecosystems
Pete Biggam
Director / Mentor / Advisor @ Founder Institute
Peter Ma
Co-Founder @ MixPose
Prashanthi Ramamurthy
Engineering Leader @ Adobe
Preeti Tikekar
Founder/CEO @ Membition
Priyanka Sanghvi
Product Leader @ Zoom
Rafael Kartaszynski
CEO @ TechEdge Dynamics
Rahul Dey
Product Lead @ Glean
Raikirat Sohi
Senior Manager Software Engineering @ Walmart Global Tech
Raj Sahu
Founder and CEO at @ Utobo Inc
Rajesh Setty
Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author @ WittyParrot
Raluca Bujoreanu
Rawle Annandsingh
Managing Director @ Founder Institute Caribbean
Resad Zacina
Chief Growth Officer @ Ministry of Programming
Rich Maloy
Managing Partner @ SpringTime Ventures
Ron Gentile
Founder @ Moodfit
Russell Brand
CEO & Founder @ Responsible Solutions Limited
Ryan Micheletti
Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute
Ryan Kelley
Shareholder, Corporate & Securities @ Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Sameer Sortur
Founding Partner @ SquareCircle Ventures
Sandy Gómez
Director @ FI Caracas
Sanjai Marimadaiah
Managing Director @ Spinnovation LLC
Scott Ford
Co-Founder & CEO @ SparkRockets
Scout Tweedie Yates
Regional Manager @ The Founder Institute HQ
Shruthi Lakshmi Saravanan
Founder @ Izome Learning
Sneha Lundia Agrawal
Founder & CEO @ Step2Growth
Srdjan Kovacevic
Vice President @ Sizmek, Inc.
Sree Lekshmi
CEO @ Stealth Mode Startup
Stefano Tresca
Chairman @ Sixth Society
Stéphane Nasser
Co-Founder @ OpenVC
Steve Bennet
Managing Director @ Bodega Partners
Steven Morley
Business Advisor @ Success4Execs
Steven Rooney
CEO @ Intelligent Vehicle Briefs
Sush Bapna
General Partner @ 10Ten Ventures
Tanvi Shah
Principal Product Manager @ Upwork
Tim Seears
Angel Investor @ Fourth State Ventures
Tom Charman
Co-Founder/CEO @ Rassa
Torrey Smith
Co-Founder & Engineering Fellow @ Endiatx
Trevor Longino
Founder & CEO @ CrowdTamers
Tyler Durman
CEO & Founder @ Ignition Growth Consulting
Victor Chapela
Founder & CEO @ Contextful
Vincent Mao
Managing Partner/Global Tech Strategist @ Bouken Capital/VC firms/Google/Meta
Vishal Reddy
The Entrepreneurologist @ entrepreneurology.network
Vladimir Pletyukhin
Founder and Creative Director @ Launch Deck
Waqar Hashim
Founder @ Smartware Advisors
Will Hunter
CEO @ Thred
Yemi Oluseun
Growth & GTM For FinTechs @ The Change Hive
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