Switzerland Spring 2027
Switzerland 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 Switzerland program below.
Alain Nydegger
Founding Partner @ 21Celsius Ventures
Aleksandar Bradic
Chief Technology Officer @ Supplyframe
Aleksandrina Ikonomova
Startup Advisor & Angel Investor @ Pisana Labs
Alexander Schmitt
CTO @ FYTA GmbH
Amit Grinvald
Communication Strategist & Pitch Coach @ Amit Grinvald Consulting
Ana Veremyova
Founder & PR Advisor @ Trust
Andrew Ive
Founder / Managing General Partner @ Big Idea Ventures
Annu Gmeiner
Principal @ Xista Science Ventures
Antoine Mallard
VP @ Causality Link
Arcui Usoara
Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder @ Iaculus
Ari Veltman
Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@ @ Sparko.TV
Ari Aaltonen
CEO @ Efides.io
Aron Braun
Founder / Co-Founder @ Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH
Barak Peled
Managing Partner @ DR Ventures
Barbara Van Lodensteijn
Founder & Business Psychologist MSC @ Vision Aligns
Benjamin Elad Rubin
CEO, Advisor & Angel Investor @ Sirenum, Insectika, Pro-Active,
Bob De Wilde
Founder @ ADELANTUM Services
Bogdan Krinitchko
CEO & Founder @ BRU
Carl P-Conquilla
Director / Design Engineer @ Torson Injex AG
Carolin Schneider
Founder & CEO @ 4di2 GmbH
Charlotte Christensen
Executive Director @ Fintocat
Christian Zeidler
Co-Founder and CEO @ Adaptive
Christof Tremp
Founder and CEO @ REBELS 0.0%
Christoph Sollich
Freelancer @ The Pitch Doctor
Daan Weddepohl
CEO & Founder @ Sellster.ai
Daniel Puerta Diaz
Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up @ Sunflower Labs
Daniel Neder
Venture Partner @ Flashpoint Venture Capital
Daniel Michael Böhi
Executive Coach, Founder & Investor @ Founder Institute
David Lunsford
David Minkovski
David Minkovski @ Microsoft
Dominika Wojtanek
Founder & Technical Recruiter @ placementist
Dominique Dufour
CEO @ Blue Wave Consulting
Eddie Laventman
Founder & CEO @ Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters
Edgar Kussberg
AI Group Product Manager @ Snyk
Elena Walder Schiavone
Managing Partner @ Übermorgen Ventures
Eleni Lialiamou
Founder @ Kimolian Academy
Elisa Chiarelli
CEO and Founder @ Yoordi
Eliza Sophia
CEO @ Aleonz Consultancy Sdn Bhd
Enrico Dal Re
Head of Finance @ Born
Erika Darmstaedter
Co-Founder @ Collective63
Ethan Aiem
Founder & CEO @ Klendify
Fabian De Vos
User Journey Manager @ MoneyPark
Felix Kernbichler
Attorney at Law @ Kernbichler Law
Ferdinand Dietrich
Co- Founder @ Storebox
Fiorella Erni
CEO and Founder @ Cheetah Stories SA
Florian Kandler
Pitch & Fundraising Expert @ Der Perfekte Pitch
Frank Mertens
Founder & CEO @ FM Consulting GmbH
Gal Nachum
Active Chairman @ xFind / Cognishape
Galit Farkash
Corporate Counsel & Strategic Advisor @ Galit Farkash
Georg Molzer
CEO & Founder @ Shadowmap
Gregor Zehetner
Founder @ GZE Advisory
Guillaume Balas
Angel Investor | Mentor | Entrepreneur @ 3scale / Meta Pool / The Inbound Labs / Tings
Guy Zurawel
Helena Frumson
Systemic Growth Architect, Co-Founder at NeoClear, Founder at infinita Club @ Infinita Club & NeoClear
Henrietta Hearth
Investment Principal @ Big Idea Ventures
Huang Chen
DigiDream Solutions e.U. || CEO & Founder || Product Owner & Manager @ DigiDream Solutions e.U
Ingeborg Gasser Kriss
Board Member, Advisor @ Agent21
Ivo Ronner
VC & Advisor @ Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.
Janne Saarikko
Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator @ Founder Institute
Jay Marathe
Fundraising adviser and investment banker for growth companies in energy technologies @ Bryan, Garnier & Co.
Jeff Shapiro
Partner @ Bounty M&R
Jeroen Maudens
Managing Partner @ ONEtoONE Corporate Finance
Jiaran Wang
CEO @ Expand Future GmbH
Jimmy Jaspers
Founder, CEO @ Vincitori Technologies
Julia Devecchi
Mentor/Entrepreneur/Student @ Venturelab
Julien Lepetit
Director Europe @ The Business of Trust
Kamran Houshang Pour
Patent Expert @ Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Kasia Sadowska
Founder @ FutureHabits.Tech
Ksenia Sukhova
Co-Founder @ ob.session
Laurentiu Christian Nat
Co-Founder @ Easyplan Hospitality
Lea Von Bidder
Co-Founder and CEO @ Ava Science
Lilla Peczely
co-director @ Founder Institute Switzerland
Liran Akavia
Serial entrepreneur (2 exits) | Executive Chairman | @ CallMarker / Seebo / Sogomatic / Intelichain
Lukas Wieser
Co-Founder @ myflexbox
Magdalena Tarasinska
Investor @ SICTIC
Malgorzata Goraczek
Founder @ Funding Coach
Manpreet Kohli
Senior Principal @ Adobe
Mara Rada
Chief Operations and Strategy @ Loon (loonbio.com)
Marita Price
Founder & Director @ Hello
Mark Leinemann
Founder & President @ Crowdfoods.com - the 1st AgriFood/-Tech Startup Association in DACHLI
Markus Haas
Regional Director, Asia & Oceania @ ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
Martin Frühwirt
@ enablico
Martin Habfast
Martina Frick
Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M. @ Eversheds Sutherland
Martina Vitezova
Managing Director @ NextPlay
Matthias Käch
Senior IP Trainer @ Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Max Itskovich
Director of Global Markets Development @ Apriorit
Michael Striligás
Founder @ Vertliner
Michael Mosimann
Partner @ Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.
Michael Dudli
CEO and Founder @ Xelon
Mike Suprovici
Head of Acceleration @ VC Lab
Mike Lingle
Entrepreneur / Mentor @ Rocket Pro Forma
Mohammad Hossein Tavangar
Director @ Founder Institute Germany
Moshe Mikanovsky
Product Director @ Rootquotient
Naomi Swalve
Head of Legal Product @ Centari
Natasha Drapeau
Founder @ Augeous Advisory
Nik Zechner
Founder & Managing Director @ Grauberg
Noah Pickholtz
Founder & VC Investor | +$100M Raised for Startups & VC Funds @ Champel Capital
Olena Bochulia
Co-Founder @ Severus
Orel Yamin
Managing Director | Investor | Mentor | Founder @ Miller Capital Partners
Pamela Wolf
Operating Partner / Advisor @ ex-Coty / ex-Salesforce
Patricia Kastner
Angel Investor @ Strategic Advisor
Patrick Blumenthal
Investment Manager @ Ecosystem Ventures
Pierre Gaubil
Pouria Kay
Founding Partner @ Atlan
Réginald Bien Aimé
Founder & Managing Director @ Veelab
Rene Lehmann
Co-Founder @ Kanbii Solutions AG
Ricardo Perez Font
Head of Marketing @ BOBST
Rolf Van De Velde
@ Undagrid
Ryan Micheletti
Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute
Sebastian Kirsch
CTO & Co-founder @ MambaHR
Sharon Tal
Author & Facilitator @ Where to Play
Shira Teger
Attorney @ Arnon, Tadmor - Levy
Simon Gerstler
Helped over 200 companies increase sales | 2 tech exits | Founder UAE-Israel Business Council | Angel investor @ Pipe Global
S.K. Lee
Angel/LP + Coach @ Launch Lab
Stavros Pavlidis
operator, risk-taker, venture builder, and capital allocator | direct investments, venture capital, multi-asset, derivatives | family office | zero-to-IPO @ independent advisor
Stephan Kreiger
Director @ FI Austria
Sush Bapna
General Partner @ 10Ten Ventures
Suzanne Van der Maarel
Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program @ Kickstart Innovation
Tal Tuchman
Global Director @ Deel
Thomas Ackermann
Co-Director @ Founder Institute Switzerland
Thomas Walbert
Ecosystem Leader @ DEEP Ecosystems
Tim Delhaes
CEO @ Restacked.ai
Unnat Bak
CEO @ Revscale
U Shin Kim
@ U-Shin Group Agency (UGA)
Valentina Podda
@ Radical Value
Vincent Irrling
Co-Founder | CEO @ KAPSLY
Yael Daniely
A start-up psychologist, coach and Co founders therapist @ YD- Scale Up your Business
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