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Founder Institute Mentors

Western Canada - Toronto Spring 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 Western Canada program below.

Mentors

Aaron Baer

Partner, Renno & Co

Aaron Albert

CEO and Co-Founder, Mine'd

Abdel Ali

Investment Analyst, Relay Ventures and Alate Partners

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Adam Spector

CEO & Founder, levy

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Alan Trieu

Senior Director, Sales , Cinchy

Alexander Rink

CEO, Rink Ventures

Alexander Mc Isaac

Principal, Strategic Investments and Women in Tech, BDC Venture Capital

Alexander Jager

Founding Partner, Amplifier Advisors

Alexander Morsink

Managing Director, Equivesto

Ali Nawab

Founder and CEO, Kiwi Wearables

Ali Ghassemi

CEO, Weaver and Loom

Ali Abbas

Founder & CEO , SEO Button

Amber Mac

President, Konnekt

Ambles Kwok

Head of Engineering (Toronto) / Co-Founder, Thumbtack / Therapia

Amir Alikhanzadeh

CEO and Co-Founder, Madlipz

Andrei Poliakov

CEO, APX Lending

Andrew D'Souza

Founder and CEO, Sfoundation

Andrew Hendry

Co-Founder, REALQualified

Anes Rachid

Manager, Innovation , City of Brampton

Anik Ghosh

CPO, Phaze

Anna Hu

CEO and Co-Founder, Brizi

Aran Hamilton

President & Co-Founder, Vantage

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Ashley Martis

Co-Founder & CEO, StartupFuel

Ashley Hahn

Head of Startup Developer Ecosystem, Canada, Google

Ashok Prabhu Masilamani

CTO & Founder, Stratuscent

Aurelie Guerrieri

CMO, Open Systems

Aurélio Araújo

CEO, Leadfy

Axel Villamil

CEO, StageKeep

Ayhan K. Isaacs

Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute

Balaji Gopalan

Co-Founder and CEO, MedStack

Barnabe Geis

Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation, Climate Ventures

Barry Hillier

Founder & CEO, eQuo/ DOS

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Ben Sanders

CEO and Co-Founder, Davispier.ca

Ben Baldwin

Founder, Upteaming.com

Ben Zion Benkhin

CEO, WOMBO.ai

Bernie Li

Board Member and Investor, Antler

Bilal Tariq

Technical Talent Connoisseur , GuruLink

Bill Jouni

Partner, NGO

Bob Embleton

CEO, Perigee Convergent Solutions Inc

Bob Kyryliuk (CEO-P2P)

CEO & Founder, CEO-P2P.com

Brad Poulos

Mr., Ryerson University

Braedon Hinde

Co-Founder, Purpose Equities

Brett Reed

Director, Global Talent and People, Localised

Brice Scheschuk

CEO, Globalive Capital

Bruce Hodges

Founder & CEO, Parachute (White Hat Financial)

Bryan Gold

Co-Founder and CEO, #paid

Bryan Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, ThinkData Works Inc.

Bryan Duarte

Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital

Callum Travaglini

Strategy & Program Manager, Office of the CEO, Wealthsimple

Cameron Rowe

CEO, Hover

Caren Carrasco

Managing Partner, Benjamin David Group

Casey Lau

Co-Host, Rise Conference (Web Summit)

Cerys Goodall

COO, Vetster

Chad Ford

Vice President Innovation, Communica and Partner, Pactech Ventures, Director, Western Canada Founder Institute

Chevonae Walcott

Associate, Relay Ventures

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Ye

Co-Founder, Uken Games

Chris Hobbs

President, TTT Studios

Chris Adams

Founder and Managing Partner, Adams Hamilton

Chris Anderson

General Partner, A2Z Ventures

Christopher Leacock

Founder , Jillionaire LLC

Corey Gross

CEO, Sensibill

Cory York

CEO and co-Founder, PowerStores

Craig Asano

CEO, National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada

Craig Zingerline

Founder and CEO , Growth University

Dan De Mers

CEO and Co-Founder, Cinchy

Daniel Bishun

Economic Development Officer , City of Brampton

Danielle Brewin Graham

Co-Founder, The Firehood

David Winterstein

CEO, Velocia

David Jorjani

Founder, Qatalyst Labs

Denise Mc Clure

Senior Manage of Economic Development, City of Brampton

Derrick Fung

CEO, Drop

Devin Tu

Founder and CEO, Map Your Property

Devin Ramphal

Innovation and Technology Sector manager-City of Brampton, City of Brampton

Diana Goodwin

CEO and Founder, MarketBox & AquaMobile

Dickson Nsofor

Founder and CEO, Korapay (Techstars 2019)

Dinah Davis

Founder, Code Like A Girl

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Drew Lindsay

Co-Founder, GuruLink

Duncan Brown

Partner, Penrose Partners

Dustin Betz

Director of Operations, White Rose Ventures

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market

Edmundas Balčikonis

CEO and Co-Founder, Eddy Travels Inc.

Eileen Brewer

Director, Takween Accelerator

Elaine Ann

Founder/CEO, Kaizor Innovation

Erich Ko

CEO, Hop In Technologies

Ernest Yap

Carbon Markets and Renewable Energy Lead, SWTCH Energy

Eropa Stein

CEO, Hyre

Evgeny Lazarenko

Senior Product Manager (L7 / Group PM level), Unity

Fatima Gould

Owner, Green Curtain

Favour Ori

Founder, CEO, Payday

Fion Lee-Madan

Technical Co-Founder, COO and Customer Success, Fairly AI Inc.

Francois Le Roux

CEO, Terrene Technologies Inc & BountyBoard

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

Frederic Voyer

Senior Strategy & Execution Advisor, Post-Exit Entrepreneur (multiple: SWAAAP, BVI & HR Inc.)

Gabriel Purificati Weedon

National Account Manager, Calculated Hire

Gabrielle Rudd

Senior Program/Ops Associate, Techstars Chicago

Garth Smith

FI Mentor

George Bordianu

Co-founder & CEO, Balance

Gilberto Gandra

Founder, Gandra & Co

Giovanni Gerbolini

Entrepreneur, Board Member, Startup Advisor, Djot, Loyal VC, MaRS Discovery District, Independent, Covenant House

Graeme Millen

Director, Technology Banking, Silicon Valley Bank

Gurjot Narwal

CEO and Co-Founder, Gini Health

Gurpartap Singh Toor

Council Member, City of Brampton

Hamid Akbari

CEO, BlancLink

Hamoun Karami

CEO and Co-Founder, Smartbin.io

Haoyang Liang

Director of Product Development, Orbiseed

Harnoor Singh

FI Mentor

Harsh Pujara

Co-Founder, Actuality

Helen Platis

Managing Director, A Poke in the Brain Consulting

Hooman Aksari

CTO and Co-Founder , Artboard Studio (Techstars 2020)

Hussam Ayyad

Chief Accelerator Officer , Highline Beta

Idowu Akinde

Founder, Impact Hub Lagos

Ignacio Castro

Managing Partner, 128vc

Ilya Brotzky

Founder and CEO, VanHack

Isabel Starck

Founder/Co-Founder, Starck Coaching, SportsCarBoutique

Jack Liu

CEO and Co-Founder, Orbiseed (Techstars 2020)

Jaden Pereira

FI Mentor

Jafar Owainati

Co-Founder, Loopio

James Meier

CTO, Synervoz Communications

Jason Atkins

General Partner, 360insights

Jay Krishnan

CEO, Accelerator Centre

Jeff Hohner

President, Tecumseh Capital Ltd.

Jeffery Potvin

Founder, Open People Network

Jelmer Stegink

Program Director, DMZ Innisfil

Jennifer Turliuk

CEO and Founder, MakerKids

Jeremy Potvin

Founder, World of Angus

Jeremy Glassenberg

Product Management, APIs, Developer Experiences, Marketplaces, API Strategist

Jeremy Bell

CEO and Co-Founder, Mayday (Techstars 2020)

Jeremy Potvin

FI Mentor

Jeremy Kuo

CEO, Ever

Jesse Shapins

Director of Public Realm, Sidewalk Labs

Joe Parenteau

CEO and Co-Founder, Fable (Techstars 2020)

Jon Prentice

Investment Director (Canada) , Lighter Capital

Jonah Midanik

COO & General Partner, Forum Ventures

Jonathan Ip

Founder, Iterative Law

Jordan Jocius

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute

Joseph Dales

Co-Founder & Director, RHA Partners

Juanita Lee Garcia

Executive Director, The Upside Foundation of Canada

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Jyoti Singh

FI Mentor

Karanjot Jaswal

CTO and Co-Founder, Cinchy

Kayla Isabelle

Executive Director, Startup Canada

Kesem Frank

Founder, Mavennet and AION

Kevin Gervais

CTO @ Touchless, Co-Founder @ Auto Genius, Statflo, Touchless

Konata Lake

FI Mentor

Kristine Beese

FI Mentor

Kumar Abhishek

Head of Growth, Happay

Kweku Essien

FI Mentor

Kyle Collier

Co-founder and CEO, Phaze

Laith Shukri

Sr. Market Development Manager, Silicon Valley Bank

Lance Cottrell

Founder, Feel the Boot

Laura Bryce

Co-Founder & CMO, loopt

Leandro Faria

CEO, Starbem

Leena Dixit

Founder and Mentor, Nativ Chefs and InFED

Leonidas Papadopoulos

CEO, Viable

Lidia Bit Yunan

Co-founder, Set Scouter

Lorraine Wiseman

Vistage Chair/ President and CEO , Vistage Worldwide, Inc./ Leading the Wise Way Inc.

Lucas Porter-Bakker

Head of Product and Design, PDS

Luke Vigeant

CEO, Inkblot

Luke DeCoste

Entrepreneur in Residence, Davispier.ca

Maarij Rehman

CEO, Envoi

Majdi Alnabih

CEO, ZipLunch Inc

Manny Jassal

Founder, Defiant Regime & Extra Sauce Agency

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)

Marat Mukhamedyarov

Managing Partner, Good News Ventures

Marcello Tommasi

Co-Founder & COO, Envoi

Marina Tran Vu

Founder & CEO , EQUO

Mark Smith

Canada Startup Ecosystem Lead, Amazon AWS

Mark Evans

Principle, Marketing Spark

Marty Finestone

Lawyer in Residence, Goodlawyer

Maryam Nabavi

Founder and CEO, Babbly (Techstars 2020)

Matt O'Leary

CEO and Co-Founder, Treasure Financial

Matt Lee

Investor, Dr. Matt Lee Family Office

Matthew Thurston

Chief Arctictect, Arctic Wolf

Mercedes Bankston

Founder, Funderstar LTD

Michael Young

CTO, Reuters News and Media

Michael Katchen

Founder & CEO, WealthSimple

Michael Kosic

Founding Partner, Loyal VC

Michael Collins

Founder | CEO, Periculum

Michele Romanow

Co-Founder, Sfoundation

Michelle Pinchev

FI Mentor

Mike Suprovici

Head of Acceleration, VC Lab

Mike Hollinger

FI Mentor

Mike Apted

Principal Solutions Architect - Startups, AWS

Milad Zabihi

CEO & Cofounder, Peekage

Milanyila Vargas

AGI Integration in Economic Development, The World

Mitt Korot

President & CEO, Toronto Technologies Inc.

Mitul Shah

Senior Associate, Vertu Capital

Mohan Markandaier

Managing Partner, Good News Ventures

Mohd Shahnawaz

FI Mentor

Monish Sinthala

Mr, PYRAMIDIONS INC

Mucahit Gayiran

CEO and Co-Founder, Artboard Studio (Techstars 2020)

Muhammad Rashid

Director, Business Development, Finastra

Mustafa Saeed

Co-Founder, Luella

Mustansir Paliwala

Strategy & Business Development, EQUANS Services Inc.

Mykyta Ponomarenko

Sales, RealSage

Nabil Fahel

Head of Partnerships and Community, Terminal, Inc.

Nadia KANOUN

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

Nana Obeng

Fractional COO /Strategic Partner, Highpoint Consulting

Natalie Smith

Senior Associate, Whitecap Venture Partners

Neerav Sood

CEO, Simple AI

Neha Khera

Venture Partner, 500 Startups

Nicholas Sopuch

Talent Associate , Entrepreneur First

Nicole Verkindt

Founder and CEO, OMX

Niket Shah

Co-Founder, Acceler8 Labs

Noah Dolgoy

CEO, Tread

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Osamede Arhunmwunde

CEO, GIGX Technologies

Pako Tshiamala

Founder & CEO, Blink Equity

Pamela Draper

CEO, Bitvo

Pardeep Grewal

Fellow, OnDeck

Parvinder Shergill

CFO, Trust Bridge Consulting Inc.

Paul Parsons

Partner, Metaii

Peter Ma

Co-Founder, MixPose

Philippe LeBlanc

CEO, Flixel Photos Inc

Phillip Gales

CEO, inate.ai

Pooja Viswanathan

CEO, Braze Mobility

Preet Singh

Founder, Designx

Rahul George

Director Delivery, mDrift Technologies

Rain Takahashi

Founder and CEO, Jauntin

Ramya Pingali

Founder + CEO, The Email Studio Inc

Ravin Shah

Co-CEO & Founder, QuickTapSurvey

Raymond Luk

CEO, Hockeystick

Reuven Cohen

Managing Director, Alystic Holdings

Reza Farhani

CEO, Katalyze AI

Richard Hyatt

Co-founder, BlueCat Networks

Richard Cristina

FI Mentor

Richard Findlay

Cleantech Specialist Advisor, RFCL Innovations Inc.

Robert Whiteside

Director, Founding Partner, Treemark Capital

Robin Lindner

Co-Founder, KWFamous

Rokham Sadeghnezhadfard

Founder, TheRedPin.com

Ron Gentile

Founder, Moodfit

Ron Benegbi

CEO, Uplinq Financial Technologies

Roy Pereira

CEO and Founder, Zoom.ai

Russ Armstrong

Head of Business Development, Boast.AI (Boast Capital)

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Ryan Perera

FI Mentor

Samarth Chandola

Founder and CEO, Founder First Fund

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sameer Khan

Sameer Ahmed Khan, Social Champ, Inc

Sami Dalati

Cofounder, Brizi

Sanjay Nediyara

FI Mentor

Sanjit Singh

COO, Various Companies

Sara Bentham

Director, Georgian College Entrepreneurship Centre

Sara Bingham

Associate Director, Laurier Women Entrepreneurship Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University

Sarah Stockdale

CEO, Valkerie

Saroop Bharwani

CEO and Co-Founder, Senso (Techstars 2018)

Sean Yo

Product Management Fellow, ISPMA

Sergey Kalnish

CEO, SmartHire

Seun Sanni

COO, PayFi

Seymur Rasulov

CEO and Co-Founder, Whelp

Sharf Zafar

Director, RBC Royal Bank of Canada

Sharoon Thomas

CEO and Founder, Fulfil.io

Sheetal Jaitly

CEO, TribalScale

Sheikh Masud Iftekher

Key Account Controller, Ericsson Indonesia

Shibin Muhammed

Portfolio Manager, Techstars Canada

Shiju Radhakrishnan

Founder, CEO, Unremot

Shiva Bhardwaj

Founder, CEO, Pitstop

Slawek Potasz

CEO, CarScanner

Sodruldeen Mustapha

Co-founder and CTO, Raenest

Steve Dixon

SMB Leader (Canada), Apple

Steve Brovchenko

Growth Lead, Amazon

Stjepan Zelic

CEO, Hypefy

Suhas Ghante

Entrepreneur, SVEthos

Sunil Sharma

Managing Director, Founder Institute Toronto

Tarun Sachdeva

GM, Wattpad

Tasti Zakarie

Head of Engineering, Social Capital

Tauseef Riaz

Cofounder ConsidraCare, Stock Target Advisor and Mashkraft, ConsidraCare.com

Test Test

FI Mentor

Thomas Park

Partner, BDC Deep Tech Fund

Todd Finch

FI Mentor

Tom Lowden

Head of Labs, US East and Canada, WeWork Labs

Tony Sabeta

Partner / Patent Agent, Aird & McBurney LP

Torrey Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx

Tovit Neizer

Chief Storyteller, Yellow Bricks

Tracy Leparulo

Founder, Untraceable

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Tugi Günes

Programs Lead, DMZ

Tyler Bryden

FI Mentor

Uchi Uchibeke

FI Mentor

Vasily Nikonov

Founder & CEO, Velvet.Capital

Vatsal Shah

Co-founder, CTO , Speak Ai

Victor Wong

Managing Director, Operations, Flipp

Vikas Gupta

CEO, AVARA

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Wade Larson

CEO and Co-Founder, EarthDaily Analytics

Will Greenblatt

Co-Founder & Managing Director, OutLoud Speakers School

Will Moore

Senior Manager, PR and Communications, 1Password

William Johnson

Writer and Publisher, Canadian Tech Journal

Yang Yu

CEO and Founder, KitchenMate

Yatin Jain

Founder & Consulting Partner, Jivaso Technologies

Yehia Elkhouly

Founder, Parachute | Director Partnerships and Business Solutions, StackAdapt

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

Zainab Williams

FI Mentor

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