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Founder Institute Mentors

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles program below.

Mentors

Aaron

Aaron Ross

Author, Predictable Revenue
Aaron

Aaron Abram

Entrepreneur with 1 exit & Advisor., Pricestack, Kangarootime, & Osurv
Adeo

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Aeolan

Aeolan Kelly

CEO & Founder, Benchmark Equine
Alan

Alan Cole

Alan Cole - CEO, GovX (San Diego FI), Gov X
Alex

Alex Lightman

Alex Lightman - Chairman, Witkit (Kuala Lumpur FI) , Witkit
Alex

Alex Deighton

FI Mentor
Alex

Alex Dang

FI Mentor
Alexey

Alexey Semeney

Founder & CEO, DevTeam.Space
Allison

Allison Silvers

Early-Stage Investor; Startup Advisor, Tech Coast Angels
Alphonzo

Alphonzo Terrell

Co-Founder and CEO, Spill
Amanda

Amanda Lettmann

CEO, COO & Co-Founder, Kardia Ventures/ SimpleDisability, Inc.
Amy

Amy Chang

CEO, Delta Nutrassentials
Andrea

Andrea Carafa

FI Mentor
Andrew

Andrew Beinbrink

CEO, SportsForce
Andy

Andy Abramson

CEO, Comunicano, Inc
Angela

Angela Lee

CEO & Co Founder, From Fat to Finish Line
Angelo

Angelo Di Leva

Founder & CEO , Simply I Do, Inc.
Anthony

Anthony Mazzarella

CEO, MyLife.com
Ariel

Ariel McNichol

CEO & Co Founder, SmartSpark
Arnaud

Arnaud Saint Paul

Founder, Give Labs
Ashtan

Ashtan Moore

Co-Founder, Model B
Atilio

Atilio Spaccarotella

FI Mentor
Ben

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk
Bennett

Bennett Batten

CEO, Lumpsucker Studios
Bernardo

Bernardo Herzer

CEO / Founder, LEHR Inc.
Brian

Brian Liu

Chairman & Co-Founder, LegalZoom.com
Bridgit

Bridgit Lombard

CEO & Founder, Marea Partners
Brock

Brock Pierce

Vice Chairman, Affinity Media
Bryan

Bryan Hall

Principal Architect (San Diego FI), Seismic
Charlie

Charlie Jackson

Founder, Silicon Beach Software
Chas

Chas Rampenthal

General Counsel, LegalZoom.com
Cheryl

Cheryl Yeoh

EIR, Silicon Valley Bank
Chris

Chris Studer

Founder & Former CEO, ScholarPoint Financial
Chris

Chris Snook

Managing Partner/Venture Catalyst in Residence, Launch Haus
Chris

Chris Bechtel

Managing Partner, Growth Engine Labs
Christopher

Christopher Harz

Vice President, VirtualAgility
Cliff

Cliff Boro

Managing Partner , The Team Group, LLC.
Cory

Cory Rosenberg

CEO & Co-Founder , Biista
Courtney

Courtney Nichols Gould

CEO & Co Founder, SmartyPants Inc.
Craig

Craig Hagopian

CEO & Founder, Chalk Media Holdings, Inc.
Dan

Dan Shapiro

Dan Shapiro - Founder, Sparkbuy (Seattle FI) , Stealth
David

David Johnson

Co Founder & Chairman of the Board, From Fat to Finish Line
David

David Parham

Director of Research - Projects, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Delilah

Delilah Panio

Vice President, Capital Formation, TMX Group
Derrick

Derrick Oien

FI Mentor
Dimitri

Dimitri Villard

CEO, Live Longer, Inc.
Dolly

Dolly Singh

CEO & Founder, Thesis Couture
Don

Don Di Pietro

Co-Founder/COO, XIRKL Networks
Don

Don Swan

Private Equity Associate, Skyview Capital
Donna

Donna Antebi

FI Mentor
Eddie

Eddie Hartman

co-Founder, LegalZoom
Edmond

Edmond Banayan

Entrepreneur / CEO / VP of Biz Development / Board Observer / Investor / Mentor, See LinkedIn
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Topp

CEO & Co Founder, MOD - Meaningful Organizational Design
Eric

Eric Pulier

CEO and Founder, ServiceMesh, Inc
Evan

Evan Rifkin

CEO, Burstly.com
Fabian

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN
Fabrice

Fabrice Gould

Founder & CEO, Diggen
Frank

Frank Mastronuzzi

Founding Partner, Punch Financial
Fred

Fred Joyal

Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) , Futuredontics
Gabe

Gabe Zichermann

CEO, Failosophy
Gaurav

Gaurav Bhattacharya

CEO & Co-Founder , Involve.ai
George

George Bandarian Ii

Founder & Managing Partner, ValueScaler
Gioia

Gioia Messinger

Gioia Messinger - Founder and Chairman, Avaak, Inc. (San Diego/Orange County FI), LinkedObjects, Inc.
Greg

Greg Hallinan

Founder & CEO, ModMedia, Inc
Gregg

Gregg Spiridellis

CEO, JibJab
Hany

Hany Alhamidi

Founder, eMentoring
Henri

Henri Duong

Founder, Principal, Enclave Web Group (EWG)
Jad

Jad Meouchy

FI Mentor
Janet

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Jason

Jason Calacanis

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author, LAUNCH, All In, This Week in Startups
Jason

Jason Nazar

Jason Nazar - Co Founder & CEO, Crew32
Jason

Jason Pang

COO, Bodymatter, Inc.
Jay

Jay Samit

Former CEO, SocialVibe
Jay

Jay Tsao

CEO & Founder, GM Technologies
Jayla

Jayla Siciliano

Founder, Bon Affair
Jeff

Jeff Jackel

CEO, Chatter
Jesse

Jesse Dylan

CEO, Wondros
Jilliene

Jilliene Helman

Co-Founder & CEO, Realty Mogul
Jimmy

Jimmy Hendricks

Jimmy Hendricks - CEO & Co-Founder, , Light Post Digital & Deal Current Network
Joe

Joe Betts Lacroix

CTO, Vium
Joe

Joe Bezdek

Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
Joe

Joe Bayen

CEO, Credit Plus
John

John Girard

CEO, CIENCE
Jon

Jon Carder

CoFounder and CEO , Empyr
Jon

Jon Funk

Founder & President, Ocean Road Partners
Jordan

Jordan Greenhall

Co-Founder & Former CEO, DivX
Joshua

Joshua Azran

Founder, Azran Financial APC
Joshua

Joshua Lee

FI Mentor
Justin

Justin Wu

Founder, Growth.ly
Kelly

Kelly Perdew

Cofounder, Moonshots Capital
Ken

Ken Rutkowski

CEO / Founder, METal
Ken

Ken Ong

Senior Vice President, Salesforce.com
Kevin

Kevin Yamazaki

CEO & Founder, Sidebench
Kim

Kim Walpole

CEO & Co Founder, Trials.ai
Liz

Liz Gasser

Managing Partner, High Camp Ventures
Lucy

Lucy Beard

Lucy Beard - CEO & Founder, feetZ
Madeline

Madeline Fraser

CEO & Founder, Gemist
Manoj

Manoj Khani

CEO & Founder, Memorita
Mara

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
Marcos

Marcos Polanco

CTO, Flowent
Margot

Margot Bushnaq

Founder & CEO, BrandBucket.com
Mark

Mark Landay

Managing Director, Dynamic Synergy
Mark

Mark Hellinger

Chief Marketing Officer, InvolveSoft
Mark

Mark Wald

Managing Director, Supporting Strategies
Matt

Matt Walker

Founder, DayPoint
Michael

Michael Stemple

Mike Stemple - Founder, Inspirer , Inspirer
Michael

Michael Green

President , Tech Coast Angels
Michael

Michael Mc Clune

FI Mentor
Mike

Mike Fleck

Vice President, Security, CipherPoint (a Covata Ltd. company)
Mike

Mike Sherbakov

General Partner, The Veteran Fund
Nadav

Nadav Wilf

Founder & CEO, ENLTND
Nick

Nick Cates

Founder & CEO, Showpads.com
Nitsan

Nitsan Tucker

COO & Co-Founder, Truemance, Inc.
Noah

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS
Nolan

Nolan Bushnell

CEO and Founder, uWink
Oded

Oded Noy

Founder & CEO, Social Approach
Oren

Oren Klaff

Director of Capital Markets, Intersection Capital
Patrick

Patrick Dillon

Co-Founder & President, Deal Current Network, Inc.
Patrick

Patrick Barry

Founder and CEO, Kinduce
Penny

Penny Bauder

CEO & Founder, Green Kids Craft
Peter

Peter Guber

CEO, Mandalay Entertainment
Philip

Philip Lieberman

Founder/CEO, Analog Informatics Corporation
Ralph

Ralph Simon

Chairman Emeritus & Founder, MEF
Rebecca

Rebecca Sadwick

Founder & Managing Partner, Strategica Partners
Reichart

Reichart Von Wolfsheild

Chief Software Architect, CTO & Co-Founder, Qtask
Renee

Renee Zau

Co-Founder & CEO, DonationMatch
Richard

Richard Gibbs

CEO, Invisible Arts
Richard

Richard Koffler

CEO, Greenwings Biomedical
Rick

Rick Hernandez

Founder - Board of Directors, I DRIVE SAFELY
Rishi

Rishi Sharma

West Coast Lead , Newlin VC
Robert

Robert Tercek

President, General Creativity Consulting
Robin

Robin Lee

Investment Screening Director, Tech Coast Angels
Ronen

Ronen Olshansky

Co Founder , CrossCampus
Ruslan

Ruslan Nazarenko

Head of Growth, Scale AI
Ryan

Ryan Kaltman

CEO, Brevity Inc
Ryan

Ryan Bettencourt

Ryan Bettencourt - Co-Founder, Cursive Labs , Cursive Labs
Sam

Sam Saddigh

CEO / Founder, Knightsbridge Branding
Sam

Sam Strasser

Founder & CEO, Treasure
Sameer

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Sarah

Sarah Song

Startup Advisor, Los Angeles, CA
Saumya

Saumya Bhatnagar

CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai
Scott

Scott Painter

Co Founder, BrightHouse
Scott

Scott Tilton

Co Founder & CEO, Hookit.com
Scott

Scott Wayman

Founder & CEO, Kangarootime
Sean

Sean Markin

CEO & Co Founder, Myvana
Serephina

Serephina Ha

Managing Director, Founder Institute - Los Angeles
Sergey

Sergey Sundukovskiy

Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
Seth

Seth Shapiro

FI Mentor
Shaahin

Shaahin Cheyene

FI Mentor
Shahab

Shahab Kaviani

Co-Founder, Chief Entrepreneurs Office, CoFoundersLab
Shar

Shar Ghoudsifar

Founder & CEO, Helpkin
Shuki

Shuki Lehavi

CEO & Co-Founder, Gumiyo
Simon

Simon Mainwaring

CEO, Mainwaring Creative
Siobhan

Siobhan Oldham

CEO & Founder , Azestfor, Inc.
Snow

Snow Lee

Co-Founder & CEO, Runbear
Steen

Steen Strand

Director, Snap
Stephane

Stephane Fymat

Founder & CEO, Smartplane Inc.
Stephen

Stephen Meade

Founder & CEO, MonetaPro
Steve

Steve Hansen

CEO, WePlay
Steve

Steve Lehman

Co-Founder, "C" Student Entertainment
Steven

Steven Morley

Business Advisor, Success4Execs
Stuart

Stuart Oden

CEO, JLink
Susy

Susy Pang

Director of Customer Operations, InvolveSoft
Taryn

Taryn Rose

FI Mentor
Taylor

Taylor Milsal

Managing Director, Cotor Inc
Taylor

Taylor Cavanah

CEO & CO-Founder, Locai, Inc.
Thom

Thom Kozik

Chief Commercial Officer, Loyyal
Tim

Tim Norris

Co-Founder, J!NX
Tim

Tim Drees

FI Mentor
Tim

Tim Suski

Co Founder, Rush Cycle
Tom

Tom Marchesello

Investor Trend & Strategy Director, United States Fund
Tom

Tom Andrus

FI Mentor
Tom

Tom Walpole

CTO, TrialsAi
Tony

Tony Karrer

Tony Karrer - CEO/CTO, TechEmpower (Los Angeles FI), TechEmpower
Tony

Tony Greenberg

Chairman and Founder, RampRate
Travis

Travis Schmidt

Founder, WorldFare
Trevor

Trevor Jensen

CEO, Bullibone
Tyler

Tyler Turner

Founder & CEO, Beauy Fox
Vidya

Vidya Dinamani

Co Founder & Principal, Product Rebels
Walter

Walter O'brien

CEO, Scorpion Computer Services
Wayne

Wayne Bos

Chairman, Minergy
Wesley

Wesley St. Louis

Founder, CEO, HecTech
William

William Quigley

CEO, OPSkins and WAX Token
Yemi

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
Yunus

Yunus Sevimli

Co-Founder & CTO, Almond Fintech

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