Australia Spring 2027
Australia 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 Australia program below.
Adam Long
CEO @ TheEthicalCEO.com
Adrian Whitehead
Leadership Coach @ Adrian Whitehead Coaching
Alejandro Patterson
Managing Director @ Treble Strategic
Alex Samson
Head of Tech @ Finagra
Alex Sy
Managing Director @ ATLAS Business Consulting and Mentoring Services
Alex Xu
Co-Founder & Idea Builder @ 100 Bad Ideas
Allan Lalic
Founder @ Kebloom
Amit Verma
Senior Manager, Listings @ ASX
Anne Marie Elias
chief disrupter, Founder @ PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Ant Moorehouse
CEO and Co-Founder @ EarthTech
Arcui Usoara
Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder @ Iaculus
Ash Ma
Product Manager @ Zip Co.
Ashton Bishop
CEO @ Step Change hellostepchange.com
Ati Aziz
Growth Marketer @ ClearCalcs
Barney Chunn
Director @ Mutu https://mutu.co.nz
Ben Pecotich
Design & Innovation Director/Founder @ Dynamic4
Ben Richards
Founder & CEO @ Pooltrackr acquired by Fluidra
Benjamin Ranck
Principal @ MacroReactor
Benjamin Chong
Partner @ Right Click Capital
Bill Trestrail
Venture Partner @ Black Nova Venture Capital
Bjorn Halfmann
Experience Design Director, Co-Founder @ australiancoffeeculture.com
Brenda Nguyen
Head of ESG and Sustainable Development @ Jardine Cycle & Carriage
Brendan Yell
Former Director @ Twilio Startups
Brinley Bradley (Meagher)
Associate, Venture Capital @ HWL Ebsworth Lawyers (HWLE)
Carl Maiorana
Founder, Business Growth & Change Consultant @ 5Y
Caroline Lepron
CEO & Founder @ Skoutli
Chris Clark
Serial Entrepreneur @ Teem
Chris Clark
Chris Clark @ Teem / GeoSnapShot
Christopher Krainer
Co-founder @ rk-collective.com
Claudia Capelo
Head of Product Marketing @ CMC Markets ANZ
Dane Eldridge
Founder & CEO @ StackUp www.stackup.tech
David Kenney
Founder @ Epic Execution Pty Ltd
Dennis Kibirev
Marketing Exec | Venture Growth Strategist @ Top 1% Rated Startup Mentor
Dmitri Voronenko
Technology Leader | Advisor | Mentor @ virtualintegrity.com.au
Dylan Mc Donnell
CEO @ Foodini
Elizabeth Kaelin
Principal, Partnerships @ Mums & Co. Formerly UTS Business School
Erwin Van Der Koogh
Founder/CEO @ Linc
Franziska Iseli
Founder @ Basic Bananas
Garry Visontay
General Partner @ Right Click Capital
Gerry Tucker
Director of Sales Large Entreprise @ Sprinklr
Giang Trinh
Country Director @ Founder Institute Vietnam
GRAEME OGILVIE
Independent Advisor, Fractional Executive, Angel Investor @ Who says I can't - Senior Partner
Graham Christie
Driving venture growth&ecosystem impact across ANZ/Asia/UK&EU @ Founder|NED|Investor|Award-winning Wiley Author
Greg Campbell
entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist @ Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance
Hendrik Remigereau
Venture Partner @ NZVC
Hugh Treseder
Founder @ Floatspace
Jack Qi
Director @ William Buck
Jakomi Mathews
CEO @ goto.health
James Moody
CPO Chief Product Officer, FAST Group @ CEO of Sendle until Aug-2025
Jason Atkins
Building TORUS & Co-Founder @ Cake cakeequity.com
Jason Tan
Fractional Chief AI Officer @ Ascendnce
Jeffrey Ling
Ex-Programme Director @ Ministry of Awesome
Jo Ann Suchard
Angel investor @ Sydney Angels
Joanne Jacobs
Co-CEO @ Disruptor's Handbook
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CIO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Jonathon Wilkinson
Co-founder @ Equitise
Josh Ayscough
Partner @ Utiliti Group - Ventures, Advisory, Global Expansion
Julian Luca
Founder @ Founders Edge
Katherine Gokavi Whaley
Founder @ SheLeads Coaching
Keith Forbes
Executive Leadership & Advisory @ from Streem to Cision
Kevin Whitmore
CEO & Founder @ www.getcashbucket.com
Leila Alem
Chief Innovation Officer @ ArcSense
Lisa Askwith
CEO @ Apex BRS
Lisa Cotton
Founder and Principal @ Human in the Loop Leadership
Magdalena Reith
Startup&Business Consultant magdalena-reith.de @ Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks pitchbird.de
Mark Glikson
CEO @ Methodbridge / Genascent
Matthew Browne
Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com @ @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
Maxine Lee
COO & Investment Director @ Skalata Ventures
Michael Taus
Founder / CMO / TechStars Mentor @ Rent.com, CrowdStreet, Rentable, ApartmentIQ, Amplion, FoundersPad
Michelle Gilmore
CEO @ heyjuno.co
Milka Wenas
Director @ Kudo Innov8
Nathan Evans
Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor @ AURIS Investment
Neil Smith DUPLICATE PROFILE
CTO @ Simple KYC
Neil Smith
Co-founder, CSO @ Simple KYC
Nhat Nguyen
CEO @ Otrafy
Oliver Ranck
Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director @ Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck
Chair @ Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes
CTO & Founder @ OK200
Pete Cooper
Former CIO @ KBZ Bank
Peter Browne
Owner @ Intangible Communications
Peter Mc William
Fractional CFO, Former CFO @ jayride.com
Prashant Gami
CEO & Founder @ x•enabler
Rachel White
CFO @ Part time CFO / fractional CFO
Rae Wang
Head of Product, Enterprise @ Atlassian
Rajeev Gupta
Managing Partner @ Alium Capital
Rebecca Dooley
Partner @ Addisons
Roger Do
CEO, Co-Founder @ Watchdog Cyber Defense
Romain Bonjean
Founder, CEO @ RoseRx
Roman Kovalenko
Chief Data Officer @ Reserve Bank of Australia
Romane Delvallee
Business Development Associate @ Gandel Invest
Ron Hill
Managing Director @ sunramp.co
Ryan Cross
Sr Prototyping Engagement Manager, ANZ @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ryan Ahamer
Founder @ LokaLingo
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Scott Crowe
Fractional Recruitment, People Operations, Startup Advisor, Mentor, Board Member & Investor @ Ex- Canva & Atlassian. Head of Growth, Empathix
Scott Dommett
Former Investor @ Rampersand
Sean Geoghegan
Cofounder and former-CTO @ Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Shaun Edlin
CEO @ Dotterel Technologies
Shreya Gupta
Co-Founder @ Australian Coffee Culture. Growth, GTM, Vision australiancoffeeculture.com
Simon Litchfield
CTO @ and serial Founder
Sorrel Kesby
Founder/Co-CEO @ EvenBetter.ai
Stella Xu
Founder @ Lucky Lock
Tal Rotbart
Former Chief Technology Officer @ Marketplacer (until Oct-‘23)
Tim Freestone
Founder @ Alooba
Tomaj Bayat
Non-Executive Director: Documentary Australia @ Previous founder. Previous Growth beforepay.com.au
Trinity Woolnough
Director @ Hall Chadwick accounting group hallchadwick.com.au
Vanessa Ronan Pearce
Founder & Growth Strategist @ Artikulait & Sound Voices
Will Davies
CEO @ Car Next Door
Will Ericksson
Director, Trainer/Mentor @ Momentum Academy / Momentumgroup.tech
William Wang
Exited Founder/CEO @ Scale Tribe
William Mc Cahey
Partner @ Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor
Yash Varma
Founder & General Partner @ Empress Capital
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