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Founder Institute Mentors

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong program below.

Mentors

Aaron Everhart

Country Manager, Draper Startup House

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Alex Samson

Founder & CEO, dvhb

Alison Massey

Digital Marketing Consultant , GLG

Amit Chatterjee

Founder & Group Chairman, Shadow Factory

Andre Lin

Associate Director , Speedpixel Ventures

Andrea Livotto

Partner, TenX2

Andrea Springmann

Co-Founder/ Director, Don't Throw Me Limited

Andrew Chen

Managing Partner , Arion Ventures

Andrew Stotz

Founder & CEO, A. Stotz Investment Research

Andrii Moroz

Partner, Network VC

Andy Ann

CEO, NDN GROUP

Anna Fedorova

CEO, Unicorn Events

Arnaud Touati

Lawyers in new technologies, HASHTAG AVOCATS

Arnold Cheung

Founder, Profind

Ashok Jaiswal

Founder / CMO, Lecker Labs Ltd

Austin Keung

Chief Financierge, Financierge

Avishek Majumder

FI Mentor

Belinda Pham

VC Investor & Scout | Web3 & Blockchain, Brinc

Ben Chien

Managing Director, Greater China , AnyMind Group

Ben Stein

Co-founder & CEO, Staple

Bill Laboon

Director of Education and Governance Initiatives, Web3 Foundation

Bowie Lau

Director, MaGE Group

Brian Chen

Founder, Board Click

Brian Tsui

Partner , Catallyze

Bruno Škvorc

Web3 Idealist, Caimeo

Burtujin Dashnyam

FI Mentor

Caroline York

Director of Marketing, Gusto Collective

Carolyn Li

Deputy Secretary, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)

Catherine Sofia Somi

Founder, Co-Founder, DZF Ventures, SEEDEFY

Cesar Jung Harada

Founder , Makerbay Limited and Foundation

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christian Ng

Manager, Swire Properties

Christina Tang

Director, Blue Sky Energy Technology

Christine Yu

Co-Founder, Sophia

Claudio Trucco

Strategy & innovation manager, AECOM

Clay Sen

Head of SEO/Ecomm/Content+ , Client Lead Partnership, Mindshare

Crystal Pang

Co-founder, Pickupp

Daniel Szuc

Founder, Make Meaningful Work

Daniel Cruickshanks

CTO, Profind

Danny Yeung

Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor, Astronaut, uBuyiBuy (acquired by Groupon)

David Brabbins

Associate Partner , Prophet

David Rosa

CEO, Neat

David Liu

Executive Vice President & Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Clarivate

Derek Kwik

Managing Partner, BraveSoldier Venture Capital

Derrick Cramer

Global Head of Marketing, Hawk:AI

Doug Glen

Principal, Hong Kong Tech Incubator

Dr Francois Fong

Founder & CEO, Neo-Health Group

DrWarren Linger

CEO, exmersive.ai

Edmund Chan

FI Mentor

Elaine Ng

Founder and Designer, The Fabrick Lab

Elton Xu

First Vice President, East West Bank

Enric Danieletto

Partner, Pairstech Capital Management LLP

Erdinç Ekinci

Managing Director, Founder Institute Korea & Japan & Taiwan

Eric Yeung

FI Mentor

Eric Yang

Managing Partner, Fundamental Labs

Eric Woo

Investment Analyst, Alibaba

Esme Pau

Senior Director, China Tonghai Securities

Frank Lee

Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk

Frank Yam

CEO & Founder, Focus Strategic Group Inc.

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

Gaetan Gosset

FI Mentor

Gary To

Founder & General Manager, Koziness (acquired by Food Panda)

Gerard Escaler

Chief Marketing Officer, Lyrium Venture Partners Limited

Giang Trịnh

Managing Partner, VMCG Capital

Gilbert Ng

Founder, Mura Capital

Gregor Borosa

Co-Founder & Security Principal, Boson Protocol

Gregory Yuen

Associate Director, AsiaPay

Guy Facey

Partner, Facey & Associates LLP

Helen Kwok

Business Development Representative, Amazon Web Services

Henry Fung

Investment Analyst, Ion Pacific

Howard Kwong

Chief Digital Officer, Prudential Hong Kong

Ho Yin Cheung

Founder, Remo

Humphrey Wrey

Mr, QuickBus

Idris Gbaja Biamila

Global Head of Partnerships, Geniusto

Ingo Rübe

Founder , KILT Protocol

Ivan Hui

FI Mentor

Jacey Paik

Executive Vice Chairman, Association of Family Offices in Asia

Jack Cai

Secretary General-AIIA, International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance (AIIA)

Jaclyn Tsui

Managing Partner, Altitude Labs

James Kwan

Executive Chairman, Jumpstart

James Kwan

Managing Partner, Soapbox Capital

Janet Tse

Director and Principal Trainer, Life Habits Consulting Ltd.

J.D. Salbego

COO & Co-founder, Etheros Labs

Jeffrey Broer

Investor, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Kohpy Ventures

Jennifer Che

Managing Director, Eagle IP Limited

Jervis Chua

Designer, Build Republic Limited

Jina Zhu

Manager, Corporate Relations, SEIML Ventures

Jin Hui Wong

Partner, Ivest Capital

John D. Evans, CFA

Partner, Orytiv Ventures

Jon Pedersen

Co-Founder, Chairman & Director, Foundation for Shared Impact (FSI)

Jonah Lau

Head of Portfolio, Animoca Brands

Jonathan Nguyen

Founder & CEO, Unsensible

Jonathan Ma

Investment Director , isBIM Capital

Joseph Chow

Partner, Maurice WM Lee Solicitors

Jude O'kelly

General Partner, Mount Parker Ventures

Justin Wong

Manager - New Ventures, PwC

Kapil Dhiman

Co-founder and CEO, Quranium

Kelvin Kwong

Founder, Managing Director, XGD Media

Ken Cheung

Co-Founder & President, Our Happy Company

Kevin Leung

CEO, Muku Labs

Kevin Brockland

Founder & Managing Partner, Indelible Ventures:

Koen Munneke

CEO, Intrinsik

Koen Vanderhoydonk

Founder & CEO, The Connector

Lai Kiu Chan

Founder, atTTempspace

Laurent Koehler

Co-Founder and CBO, HK-Dtech Limited

Laurent Koehler

Co-founder & Chief Business Development Officer, HK-Dtech Limited

Lavina Ramkissoon

Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute

Leo Ku

Managing Director, PlayNetwork

Leon Eisen

Venture Partner, Network.VC

Lewis Cerne

CEO, Spacebox

Loong Ling

Ventures, Standard Chartered Ventures

Luca Von Wyttenbach

Co-Founder, Polimec

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Maeva Slotine

Founder , Slotine

Mani Hagh Sefat

Chief Technology Officer, Energy Web Foundation

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)

Mark Munoz

Founder & Executive Director, Vectr Ventures

Mason Anh Bui

Venture Capitalist, Venturra Capital

Matthew Southern

Founder and CEO, Southern Straps

Max Song

Investor, Data Scientist, Schwarzman Scholar, Pacific Century Group

Max Zheng

Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group

Michelangiolo Mazzeschi

Founder, choicy.co

Michelle Lam

Founder & Managing Director, The Spoilt Experiences Group

Mikaal Abdulla

Co Founder and CEO, SoFi

Mike Mastroyiannis

Ex CEO, COO, now Founder and Managing Partner , TenX2

Mike Grundy

Founder & CEO, Amazon Papyrus Chemicals Ltd

Oleksii Chepelyk

Co-founder & CEO, Startup.Inc

Olivia Lee

Co-Founder, LIVVIUM

Oscar Venhuis

CEO, EQ Lab

Padraig Walsh

Partner, Tanner De Witt

Patric Vogel

CEO & Co-Founder, SBC Suisse Blockchain AG

Patrick Collins

Founder, Prospect Labs

Pauli Wong

Principal / Chinese Patent Attorney, Eagle IP Limited

Peter Chan

Global Growth Lead, Seafair

Peter Lau

FI Mentor

Phil Ingram

FI Mentor

Plei Mou

FI Mentor

Polly Chan

Co-Founder , Thrive Limited

Povilas Steikunas

Head of Partnerships, Ondato

Quinn Lai

CEO, Eoniq

Raj Sahu

Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc

Raymond Yip

Venture Partner , Mount Parker Ventures

Reisa Matsuda

Community Manager, Google Japan

Renee Paik

FI Mentor

Rex Ng

FI Mentor

Robert Chiu

FI Mentor

Roger Do

Co-Founder, QSearch

Rudi Leung

FI Mentor

Ryan Dinh

Head of Business Development, SubWallet

Sam Gellman

FI Mentor

Sam Dash

General Manager, Bimeda

Scarlett Chen

FI Mentor

Sean Greenhalgh

FI Mentor

Sebastien Borget

Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox

Shashank Aiisvari

Founder, Aiisvari

Simon Loong

Founder & CEO, WeLab

Simona Irmova

Operations Manager, Founder Institute

Simona Irmova

Eastern Europe Program Manager & HQ Operations Associate, Founder Institute

Steven Fung

Patent Attorney, Real & Complex IP Services

Sue Kim

Founding Partner, Libbler

Suresh Balaji

Chief Marketing Officer- Asia , HSBC | Web3 Marketing Association | HH Global

Thiago Garcia

CEO & General Partner, 10X Venture Partners SPA

Thomas Pun

Founder, https://fairengine.com

TL Lee

Founder, EggLogics

Tommie Lo

CEO, Preface

Tommy Shek

Manager, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park

Tracy Ho

Founder and Director, Frame & Fame Personal Branding

Tristram Miners Jones

Head of Digital Assets, AngelHub

Victor Lin, Ph D

Partner, QiGoal

Vincent Vaucelle

Founder & Member, Ocean Vega

Vitaly Gnatenko

Chief Analytics Officer, Network VC

Wilson Santoso

Co-Founder at Dabble, Director at Founder Institute Jakarta

Winnie Tan

FI Mentor

Winson Tay

Principal of UX, Google Maps

Winston Tse

Founder, Tokalent

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

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