Founder Institute Mentors

Eastern Europe 2024

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 Eastern Europe program below.

Mentors

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform

Adam Matalon

Founder & CEO, Message HQ

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Aditi Singh

Chief Product Officer, WineChain

Adrian Stanica

FI Mentor

Adrian Zarnescu

CTO, SysWin

Adrian Stoica

Founder, Soft Galaxy

Adriana Iordan

VP Product Management, Microanalytics

Ajay Naqvi

Founder, The Blue Renaissance

Aleksandar Karaviloski

Founder, VE DOG FOOD LCC

Aleksandar Hinkov

Community Evangelist, BESCO - The Bulgarian Startup Association

Alex Dona

Founder , TimesNewRoman.ro

Alex Cernatescu

CEO, Co-Founder & Global Head of Strategy, Stefanini Infinit - US & EMEA

Alex Mincu

CEO, Safer Work

Alex Paduraru

Founder, Creative Tim

Alexander Ribbink

General Partner, Keen Venture Partners

Alexander Naydenov

Head of Sales, GraphCMS

Alexander Sumin

co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass

Alexander Swaab

Senior Program Manager, Btomorrow Ventures

Alexandra Karapidaki

Co-Founder, Bizrupt

Alexandru Gheorghiu

CCO@ABC Data Distributie, Founder@IBWT

Alex M. Dascalu

Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Alina Kornienko

COO, co-founder, Quppy

Alina Balan

Partner, designthinkingsociety.com

Ana Iorga

CEO, Buyer Brain

Ana Maria Udriste

Founder & CEO , Avocatoo

Ana Maria Manda

Global Innovation Managmenet Senior Consultant, SAP

Anastasia Angelova

CSO & Co-Founder, Noble Hire

Andon Simeonov

VP @ SoftServe | Bulgaria Country Manager, SoftServe

Andreea Suciu

Managing Partner, Suciu | The Employment Law Firm

Andrei Pitis

CEO, Simple Capital

Andrei Cretu

FI Mentor

Andrei Cretu

FI Mentor

Andrei Ostacie

Founder, Business Development Manager, OKAPI

Andrei Roth

Commercial Pricing Director, UiPath

Andrei Muscalu

CEO, SUNMARKET.IO

Andres Jordan

Founder, Factor6, LLC

Andrew Crawford

FI Mentor

Aneida Bajraktari Bicja

Co-Founder & Partner, Balkan Capital

Angel Angelov

Managing Partner, Innovation Capital

Anil Pillai Dr.

Founder and CEO, Buyer Brain

Anita Jovic

Founder, PurpleBlock and AI Serbia

Anna Radulovski

Partner , Tech Family Ventures

Antonio Eram

Founder & CEO, NETOPIA Payments

Ashli Weiss

Attorney, Weiss Law LLP

Assim Ishaque

Co-Director, Founder Institute Midlands, Director, The Entrepreneurs Trust

Atanas Atanasov

Agile Master, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Bartosz Drapikowski

CEO, Debonair Beast

Benjamin Rameau

Founder, Smile Research

Bilyana Dimitrova

Managing Partner, Dimitrova and Staykova Law office

Bogdan Iordache

Founder, How to Web, TechHub Bucharest, TechAngels

Bogdan Oprea

Founder, Aventurine

Boris Kolev

Founder and Managing Partner, DigiMark Ventures

Boris Hristov

Founder and CEO, 356labs

Borys Musielak

Partner, SMOK Ventures

Boyan Pavlov

Investor, ConnectedBin Ltd.

Bozhidar Georgiev

FI Mentor

Bozhidar Georgiev

Founder and CEO, Work & Share Coworking

Bozhidar Hristov

Founder, Streebl

Bülent Duagi

FI Mentor

Calin Lupsan

Founder, CEO, Intelligence

Catalin Grigorescu

Managing Partner, bpv GRIGORESCU STEFANICA

Charlotte Aschim

CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl

Charlotte Christensen

Executive Director, Fintocat

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Foltz

Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents

Christo Peev

Co- Founder & CEO, Motion Software

Claudia Falkinger

Co-Founder, Women in Mobility

Colin Howes

Founder, Series-A

Constantino Navarro

CFO, - Jumia / Taparo / World Bank

Corina Toma

Founder, Hub Eleven Advertising

Corneliu Manescu

Principal Software Development Engineer, Microsoft

Cosmin Pasnicu

Founder, KOFITI

Cosmin Curticapean

Founder, iFactor

Costin Baroiu

Founder, Heroo

Cristi Badea

Co-founder & CEO , MavenHut Games

Cristian Orasanu

Co-Founder, Paybilla

Cristian Negrutiu

Partner, Sparking Capital

Cristian Munteanu

Partner, Early Game Ventures

Cristian Onetiu

Entrepreneur, Life Care Corp

Cristina Daianu

Partner, Dentons

Cristina Bucur

Counsel, DLA Piper Global Law Firm

Daan Weddepohl

CEO & Founder, Peerby

Dan Mihaescu

Founding Partner , Gapminder Venture Partners

Dan Calugareanu

Partner, Early Game Ventures

Dan Huru

Co-Founder, Meetgeek

Danail Hadjiatanasov

Engineering Manager, MUI

Danail Koev

Co-Founder & CEO, VEDA

Daniel Lorer

Advisory Board Member, Quadrodynamics

Daniel Vaduva

Founder, Kalium Labs

Daniel Rogoz

Founder, Kinderpedia

Daniel Ratke

CTO, rhome

David Llorente

Founder and CEO, Narrativa (AI-Generated Content)

Diana Aladzhova

Founder , CFO Insights

Dilyan Dimitrov

Partner, Eleven Ventures

Dimitar Giulev

CEO, Antipodes

Dimitar Savov

Founder & Head of Marketing, Startup Masters

Dimitar Vouldjeff

Co-founder and CEO, Enhancv

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor

Diyan Mihaylov

Co-Founder, ProductTank

Dora Petrova

Founder, FemGems

Dragos Preda

Co-Founder & CEO, PrimeRenting

Elena Mlotok

General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon

Elena Nikolova

Community Manager, CEO Angels Club, Co-Founder, ESCREO

Elena Gramatova-Andreeva

Director of Product Development / Program Manager Generative AI, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Eli Zhabevska

Senior Associate, South Central Ventures

Elif Güngör Reis

Food Technology & Entrepreneur Expert, Istanbul Arel University

Elina Halatcheva

Managing Director, BrightCap Ventures

Elina Zheleva

Managing Partner, launchlabs Sofia

Elitza Stoilova

Founder & CEO, Umni.co

Emmett King

Co-Founder, Transylvania Angels Network (T.A.N.)

Eric Bartha

Head of Investment Management, Seedblink

Erik Barna

CEO and Founder, LIFE IS HARD SA

Erik Evrard

Partner Director EMEA and APAC, Platform.sh

Evelina Necula

Co-Founder, kinderpedia.co

Florian Zgunea

CEO, Remantec AG

Florin Cioaca

Founder, Traderion

Florin Grosu

Co -founder, Traderion

Frane Sesnic

CEO, Zagreb Innovation Centre

Frederik Bohn

Manager Venture Development, CreativeDock

Gabriel Paunescu

CEO, Naologic

Gabriel Barcaru

Managing Partner, BRIDCON Business and Management Consulting

Gabriela Milcev

Partner, MILCEV BURBEA Intellectual Property & Law Office

Gabriel Alin Zainescu

Founder & CEO, Zainescu Consulting

Galia Jordanova

CEO, Gaida.ai

Galina Markova

Angel Investor, Angel Investor

George Brashnarov

General Manager, Nemetschek OOD Bulgaria

George Dita

Founder, WiseUp

George Petrov

Founder, Trevor Labs ltd.

George Sidjimkov

General Partner , Sofia Angels Ventures

George Cretu

ALECHMIST, AXIOBIT LIMITED

George Rimpeff

CEO, Prudentia Sarl

Georgi Malchev

Managing Partner, XploraBG

Georgi Milenchev

CEO, Fonio

Georgi Ivanov

Founder & CEO, Noble Hire

Georgi Kadrev

Co-Founder & CEO, Imagga & Kelvin Health

Gergana Stoitchkova

Investment Associate, Eleven Ventures

Gold Hood

Founder, Ads4Earth

Gregoire Vigroux

Co-Founder & Vice-President, TELUS International

Grzegorz Grabowski

CEO, Maspex Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova

Hristo Hristov

CEO, Darik

Hristo Chernev

Founder and CEO, TaxiMe

Hristo Neychev

Founder & CEO, Tryad Games

Hristo Tenchev

Co-Founder, Softuni

Hristomir Hristov

CEO, Prikazkite.bg

Idowu Akinde

Founder, Boolean Labs

Idowu Akinde

Founder, Boolean Labs

Idris Revert

FI Mentor

Ihar Mahaniok

Managing Partner, Geek Ventures

Illia Kolomoiskyi

Founder, Boatscribe

Inga Driksne

Operations Lead & Advisor, Early stage SaaS startups

Ioan Cocan

Managing Partner, Tremend

Ioan Iacob

Founder & CEO, FLOWX.AI

Ionut Tata

President, Cluster for Innovation and Technology

Ionut Patrahau

Managing Partner, Corporate Development, SeedBlink

Irena Teneva

CEO, Space Pro Ltd.

Irina Obushtarova

Co-founder & CEO, The Recursive

Iskren Mitev

Co-Founder & Wizard of Light-bulb moments, Co-Founder, ESCREO

Iskren Krusteff

FI Mentor

Iulian Circiumaru

FI Mentor

Ivan Bjelajac

CEO, MVP Workshop

Ivan Dzheferov

Community Manager & GM for Bulgaria, Vereign AG

Ivan Ivanka

General Partner, i1x

Ivan Germanov

Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute

Ivan Ivanka

President & CEO, Ivanka Group

Ivan Draganov

Senior Innovation Analyst, Dealroom.co

Ivan Osmak

CEO & Co-Founder, Quantive (formerly Gtmhub)

Ivan Guberkov

VP & GM, Hybrid Work Division, OfficeRnD | Flex & Hybrid Work Software

Ivan Germanov

FI Mentor

Ivaylo Slavov

CEO, Bulpros

Ivaylo Hristov

Founder, DEV.BG

Ivaylo Simov

Founder, Eleven Ventures

Ivaylo Ivanov

Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Ivelin Ivanov

co-founder, FI Web 3

Ivo Vasilev

Founder and CEO, Reloyalty

Ivo Radulovski

Partner, Tech Family Ventures

Jaco Fok

Founder, equalifai

Jamal Maxey

FI Mentor

James Song

Co-Founder, HOTPOT NETWORK

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Jascha Willimek

Managing Partner, neusta group

Jeroen Bertrams

FI Mentor

Jeroen Maudens

Partner, ONEtoONE Corporate Finance

Jivko Ivanov

Managing Partner, Simbula Ltd.

Joel Walker

Chief Operations Officer, THE KNOWLEDGE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

Konstantinos Vassakis

Co-founder, Bizrupt

Konstantinos Karvounakis

Principal, Metavallon VC

Kostas Karolemeas

Founder, CEO, Allcancode

Krasimir Nikolov

CEO & Co-founder, Quark VR

Krasimir Kehayov

Investment Manager, DYNAX Invest

Kristijan Mileski

Program Director, Business Impact Lab

Lars Wiechen

Partner in Charge, Deloitte

Laura Bloomer

Founder, Backed Technologies / Redaim

Laurentiu Balasa

Founder, Founder at BookVitals

Lenard Adanov

CEO, Adan Media Ltd.

Leo Mart

Founder, Sunrise VR Studio

Leona Aslanova

Founder and CEO, Innovation Starter Box

Liviu Dragan

Founder, DRUID

Luca Stirbat

Founder, Creative Motion

Lucas Jacquet

Chief of Staff, Umiami

Lucia Cerchlan

Co-Founder, Lumus Investment

Lukasz Owczarek

Head of Growth, MIT Enterprise Forum CEE

Lyubomir Yanchev

Founder and CEO, MClimate

Maciej Zawadzinski

General Partner, Hard2beat

Magdalena Jabłońska

CEO, MIT Enterprise Forum CEE

Maher Santarissy

Managing Director, moment

Maksym Moneta

CEO and Founder, Startupers Online

Malin Iulian Stefanescu

Vice President, TechAngels

Maria Mihes

Storyteller, FI EE Director, UiPath alumni

Marian Ignev

CEO, TeachableHub

Marian Dinu

Managing Partner, DLA Piper Dinu

Mariola Bitner

Director, Founder Institute Poland

Marius Ursache

CEO & Co-founder, MetaBeta

Marius Mitroi

CEO , Rise

Marius Dosinescu

CEO, AYSA.ai

Marius Deak

CEO, AVANDOR & Green Pixel

Marius Dosinescu

Founder, AYSA.ai

Marius Costin

CEO, PayU

Mark Rogers

CEO, Futurist Labs

Marvin Liao

Partner, GAMEGROOVE Capital & Diaspora Ventures

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Matteo Ressa

Founder & CEO, ChefPassport

Mattia Raffaelli

CEO & Co-Founder, RoomMate

Max Gurvits

Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Maya Zlatanova

Co-Founder & CEO, FindMeCure

Mester Catalin

Founder, Bookups & I Love Failure

Mihai Sfintescu

Managing Director, Abilito Capital

Mihai Darzan

Founder, RINGHEL

Mihai Rotaru

FOUNDER, CLEVER TAXI

Mihai Stefanescu

Senior Advisor at Innovation Norway, innovasjonnorge.no

Mike Suprovici

Head of Acceleration, VC Lab

Mike Hapoianu

CEO, Mindspace Romania and Poland

Mila Petrova

FI Mentor

Milen Ivanov

Managing Partner, Sofia Angels Ventures, Co-Founder, CEO Angels Club

Milena Kraeva

Founder & CEO, Nexus Impact Ventures

Mircea Vadan

Founder, Cluj Startups, MVP Academy

Mircea Capatina

Founder, smartbill.ro

Mirella Yordanova

Network & Community Manager, Seedcamp

Miroslav Nedyalkov

Co-founder & CTO, OfficeR&D

Miroslav Miroslavov

Co-Founder and CEO, OfficeRnD

Miroslav Nedyalkov

Software Architect & Co-founder, OfficeRnD

Monica Georgieff

CMO, School Space

Myrto Papathanou

Partner, Metavallon VC

Nadia KANOUN

CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups

Nancy Brito

Partner - Investor, Ground Capital

Natalya Bagrova

Co-Founder, Art Director, Brand Strategist , Suva Inc.

Natanail Stefanov

FI Mentor

Nathan Evans

Co-Founder, fulfin - financing ecommerce

Nick Todorov

Founder & CEO, LimeChain

Nicolas Boitout

Co-Founder, Beyond Business School

Nikita Kharchenko

Startup Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Nikolai Nedelchev

CEO, Publicis Groupe Bulgaria

Nikolas Samios

Managing Partner, PropTech1 Ventures

Nikolay Yarmov

Founder and CEO, CEED

Nina Nikolikj

SwissEP Program Officer, Swisscontact

Oana Petrescu

CEO, Blueair

Olivia Marcu-Iordanescu

Founder, Chief Legal Strategist, https://spotlegal.io

Orkun Ozbatur

Director & Founder, FI Benelux & Concio

Ovi Negrean

Chief Executive Bee, SocialBee.io

Ozana Giusca

CEO & Founder, Tooliers

Paloma Lecheta

LatAm Regional Director, Founder institute founder institute

Patrick O'Connor-Read

AI || Blockchain || Product, Architect & CTO

Paul Kikano

Head of Product, B2B Marketplace Europe, Amazon

Paul Putz

Managing Partner, Danube Angels

Pavel Kaminsky

Founder & CEO, 7Security GmbH

Pavlina Dzhartova

COO, HyperAspect

Pedro Conceição

Director of Growth, Kencko

Petar Zaharinov

CTO, DiFOLD

Petar Tsachev

Investor, LAUNCHub Ventures

Petar Petrov

Chief AI Officer, Eleven Ventures

Peter Barta

CEO, FPP

Peter Lozanov

Co-founder and CEO, BattlePass Studio

Petko Karamotchev

FI Mentor

Petya Angelova

Strategic Sourcing Lead, EnduroSat

Philip Grother

CEO & Founder, Stepping-Stone / Test my App

Piotr Boulangé

Director, Founder Institute Poland

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Radoslav Nikolov

Managing Director, SAP Labs Bulgaria

Radoslav Stankov

Head of engineering, Product Hunt

Radostina Tsenova

Lead Manager of Tech Tour Investors Club, Tech Tour

Radoy Stoyanov

FSI Leader, DIGITALL

Radu Savopol

CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL MANAGER, 5-To-Go

Radu Ionicioiu

National Quantum Coordinator, Romanian Quantum Network

Radu Ticiu

Co-Founder, Growceanu Angel Investment

Radu Balaceanu

Co FOunder, LifeBox

Radu Sebastian Amarie

CTO, Findie.me

Rali Ivanova

CPO, Appolica

Razvan Dinu

Founder, RoboSelf

Razvan Tapu

Chief Digital Officer, Stefanini

Regine Harr

Investor , Regine Investements

Remi Saint-Jean

Founder, delighting.io

Ricardo Monagas

CTO, TotalCtrl

Rina Onur

General Partner, 500 Istanbul

Rita Vilas Boas

Investor & Advisor, Ground Capital

Robert Wijers

Founding Partner, Value & PurposeValue

Robin Teurlings

Founder / CEO, The Startup Buddy

Rodrig Naska

Founder, Revido

Roland Van Kralingen

Founder, Marketing Fund

Ruben Seoane

CEO, Damocles Analytics

Rumen Iliev

Partner, LAUNCHub

Ruslan Bocancea

Owner, Bocancea Law Group

Ruslan Leteyski

Founder & CEO, Vanga AI

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Ryan Riegg

Senior Associate, Adams Corporate Law, Inc

Salim Virani

Founder, Source Institute

Sam Olawale

Founder, DGL

Sasha Bezuhanova

Founder and Chairperson, MoveBG

Serban Alexandrescu

CEO, Headvertising

Sergiu Petre

Senior PR Consultant, Graffiti Public Relations

Sergiu Gîdei

Founder, Boanță, Gîdei și Asociații

Sergiu Maier

Founder, Plaeto

Shahar Hillel

Software Solutions Specialist, Innovation-Hill

Silvia Axinescu

Managing Associate, Reff & Associates SCA

Silyana Bojilova

FI Mentor

Simona Bali

Head of Investor Program, GoingVC

Simona Irmova

Eastern Europe Program Manager & HQ Operations Associate, Founder Institute

Sinisha Djukic

General Manager, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Sorina Conea

Co-Founder, EduMagic

Stanislav Sirakov

Partner, LAUNCHub

Stefan Jørgensen

CEO, itembase.com

Stefan Vladimirov

Creative Director, monolig.

Stefano Glauser

Founder, Startup Jam

Stephane Gantchev

Co-Founder, Mobile Monday Sofia

Stéphane Ambrosini

European & Chartered Patent Attorney, Marks and Clerk

Stoyan Nedin

Venture Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Svetla Simidchieva

Founder and CEO, Placement Feed

Svetlin Nakov

Co-founder, Software University Ltd.

Svetoslava Georgieva

Founder, Talent Hub

Svetozar Georgiev

Co-Founder, Telerik, Telerik Academy, Campus X

Tatjana Kalezic

Founder, Serbia Start Up

Tatyana Mitkova

Co-Founder and CEO, ClaimCompass

Teodor Panayotov

CEO, CourseDot

Thibaut Taittinger

Founder & CEO, Puzl CowOrKing

Till Kaestner

Founder, Managing Director, BrightSide Holding UG

Timo Kugler

Co-Founder, NASH + BANKS

Todor Kolev

Founder and CEO, Farstar

Tomasz Kolodziejak

FI Mentor

Torrey Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx

Valentin Mihov

CTO, Santiment

Valentina Zaharia

Actor & Coach, The National Theater In Bucharest

Vasile Tamas

CEO, Beez

Vassil Popovski

CEO & Co-founder, Connecto.ai (Acquired by Leanplum)

Veroniek Vermeulen

Founder, Silatha

Victor Schiller

President, R Cubed Group

Viktor Bilyanski

Chief Technology Officer, ScaleFocus

Viktor Petrov

Co-Founder & COO, Crypto APIs

Viktor Minchev

VC Investor, Eleven Ventures

Vittoria Casanova

Investment Manager, The Index Project

Vlad Sarca

Partner, Sparking Capital

Vlad Tudorie

Founder, Fuse Press

Vladimir Sijakovic

Founder, Cvik & Partners

Vladimir Rusev

Regional Manager Eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel, Leanplum

Volen Vulkov

Co-Founder, Enhancv

Xenia Muntean

Founder, Planable

Yasen Rusev

Co- Founder & CEO, Escreo

Yavor Gochev

Investment Manager, Innovation Capital

Zbigniew Barwicz

Managing Partner, Freya Capital

Zoya Todorova

Partner, Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm

Zsofi Toth

Co-founder and Navigator, Puzl CowOrKing Budapest

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