Nordics Fall 2026
Nordics 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 Nordics program below.
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Adeo Ressi
CEO @ Decile Group / VC Lab
Adrian Arnsvik Bjurefalk
Investor I early-stage venture capital in nordics and baltics @ Inventure
Almir Krso
Founder I CEO @ Venturab AB
Amanda Evans
Chief Growth Officer @ Enigio
Andreas Svendsen
Senior Consultant / Engagement Manager @ Rouse AB
Andrew Hennigan
Lecturer, Coach, Writer @ Andrew Hennigan Consulting
Anette Nordvall
Venture Partner @ Butterfly Ventures
Annika Vangstad
Head of Group Creative @ Nordea
Arcui Usoara
Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder @ Iaculus
Aviv Shalgi
CEO @ Solar Simplified
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Bilal Zahoor
Bilal Zahoor @ scalecraft
Charlotte Christensen
Executive Director @ Fintocat
Charlotte Ekelund
Investor & External Relations Director @ Sting
Chris Foltz
Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence @ Founder Institute
Dennis Kibirev
Marketing Exec | Venture Growth Strategist @ Top 1% Rated Startup Mentor
Dennis Surendra
CEO & Founder @ IdeaBits AB
Donnie Sc Lygonis
Innovation Strategist & Business Coach @ KTH Innovation
Dr. Hanan El Basha
Strategic AI & Growth Advisor to SMEs & Scale-Ready Businesses @ The Business Doctor
Elena Mlotok
General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand @ Amazon
Elena Bunel
Project Manager @ Zero Carbon Forum
Elsa Hyland
Angel Investor @ Startup Advisor
Elsa Giolito
Senior Program Manager @ SSE Business Lab
Emil Jerndal
Head of M&A @ Effektify
Erik Afzelius
COO @ UnTap!
Filip Veli Gultekin
Angel Investor @ Startup Advisor
Fredrik Rosengren
Accelerator Manager & Business Coach @ Sting
Gabriele Garavini
New Business Development Manager @ Telia
Gemma Whitehouse
Founder & Director @ Ingeniva
Ida Herbertsson
Head of Fast Track Capital @ Minc
Isabel Keulen
Investment Manager @ Spintop Ventures
Jasper Nordling
Head of Berghs Studio @ Early & Growth Stage Brand Builder
Jenny Gizard
Innovation Advisor @ Almi Stockholm
Jens Wernborg
Director @ Startup Grind Hong Kong
Joachim Rittfeldt Hofvenschiöld
Co-Founder @ uBIT
Johan Johansson
John Drakenberg Renander
CEO & Co-founder @ Alex Therapeutics
Jonas Åström
Founder & Partner @ Recuro
Jonatan Håkansson
Growth Consultant @ Hawkeye Invest
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Lisa Tengbom
Strategy @ Pause Studio
Malcolm Larri
Founder @ Brave Personal Development
Manish Mishra
Mara Rada
Chief Operations and Strategy @ Loon (loonbio.com)
Marie-Louise Dahl
Principal Innovation & Strategy | Program Manager @ Stellar | Mastercard Lighthouse
Matti Lindberg
Associate, Legal Counsel @ Rouse Sweden
Mikael Angesjo
Startup Advisor & Investor @ Crowdcube
Mikaela Larsell Ayesa
COO @ uBIT.vc
Milena Kraeva
Founder & CEO @ Nexus Impact Ventures
Moaz Hamid
founding partner @ mvmt ventures
Naimul Abd
CEO @ Connect Öst & SweBAN - Swedish Business Angel Networks
Nathan Evans
Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor @ AURIS Investment
Niklas Rudemo
Chief Product Officer @ StartupTools
Ola Wassvik
Co-Founder & CTO @ Flatfrog Laboratories AB
Olena Rogozina
Olena Bochulia
Co-Founder @ Severus
Olga Padulosi
Marketing & Partnerships @ AppFollow
Oskars Jepsis
Per Björklund
Partner @ Further Than Capital l Angel Investor
Per Ström
@ First Gate Invest
Peter Ingman
Pouria Kay
Founding Partner @ Atlan
Preben Fjellaker Mathisen
Senior Advisor - Startups @ Innovation Norway
Remi Saint-Jean
Founder @ delighting.io
Resad Zacina
Chief Growth Officer @ Ministry of Programming
Richard Cristina
Principle Director & Founder @ Bloom for Start Ups / Innovate U / Founder Institute.
Rita Anson
Co-Founder Nordic Ignite @ Secretary General NorBAN Norwegian Business Angels Network
Russell Brand
CEO & Founder @ Responsible Solutions Limited
Sameer Sortur
Founding Partner @ SquareCircle Ventures
Sameh Katr
Chairman of the Advisory Board @ Boost Turku
Sandra Jona
Legal Counsel @ LW Advisory
Sara Hjortmar
Senior Associate @ Seedrs | Republic Nordics
Sarita Runeberg
CEO @ Maria 01
Simon Olson
Founding Partner @ XY Ventures
Sofie Marin
Founder & CEO @ Arts Dynamics
Steph Thommen
Founder @ purposeful.tech
Stéphane Nasser
Co-Founder @ OpenVC
Svetlana Stotskaya
Mentor @ Techstars Sustainability Paris
Taylor Ryan
6x Start-up Founder, Investor, and Web3 Expert @ Layer Three Ventures
Trevor Longino
Founder & CEO @ CrowdTamers
Ulf Linden
Founder and COO @ LegalWorks Nordic
Zen Holmgren
Agency Leader @ My Own Marketing Team, Angel Investor
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