Founder Institute Mentors

Sri Lanka 2024

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 Colombo program below.

Mentors

Aabith Sabeer

Founder/CEO, Simplebooks.com

Abdul Rahman

Venture Capital Analyst, InnMind

Abdulla Mamun

FI Mentor

Abdulla Musthafa

Co-founder and CTO , forloop coding academy

Abdullah Al Noman

Senior Product Manager, Pathao

Abu Naser Md. Shoaib

Chief Technology Officer, Sheba Platform Limited

Abu Safowan Mohammad Bakee

Country Manager, Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe e.V.

Adnan Khan

Head of Truck Operations, Ticket & Ride at Shohoz, Shohoz

Afshin Moayed

Partner, Razor Capital

Ahamed Nishadh

Subregional Digital Expert, UNDP in Asia and the Pacific

Ahamed Faheem

CEO, Adrotec

Ahmed Fahad

VP at Product, Pathao

Ahmed Irfan

Founder, Innovation Quotient

Ahmed Numan

Manager, Customer Experience, Ooredoo Maldives

Ahmed Azaan Hassan

Co-founder/CTO, Ewity, Inc

Ahmed Yaamin Mohamed

Co-Founder, Spark Hub

Aishath Adnan

Leader, FI Maldives

Akkie Okma

Founder, OkmaAdvies

Alagan Mahalingam

CEO, Rootcode Labs

Al Farooque Shubho

Founder & CEO , Zantrik Limited

Ali Haris

Product Manager, LottieFiles and Co-Founder & CEO, Payer

Allen Selima Hossain

Director, Panorama Management Advisory Services Ltd

Aloka Gunasekara

Director - Startup & Business Ecosystem Innovation, YouLead / IESC

Aminath Ali

Local Leader, FI Maldives & South Asia, HaliAli Coaching and Consultancy Services (H.A.C.C.S)

Aminath Shooza

Product Development and Innovation Manager, Dhiraagu

Amit Damani

Founder, Vista Rooms

Amit Saberwal

Founder and CEO, RedDoorz

Amithe Gamage

Co-Founder, Quantum Leap

Amun Thapa

Founder & CEO , sastodeal.com

Anayet Rashid

Founder & CEO, Truck Lagbe

Anayet Rashid

CEO, TruckLagbe

Andrew Crawford

Director of Finance & HR, Founder Institute

Anish Shrestha

CEO, Events Mo

Anisha Karn

CEO , SmartPaani

Anita Ghazi Rahman

Founder & Partner, The Legal Circle

Anjali Malhotra

Founder & CEO, C-Xcel

Anjana Somathilake

Founder, Nuclei Technologies & CTO, InsureMe

Anna Lindbäck

CEO & Founder, Startup Strats

Anup Dutta

UX Designer, GrameenPhone

Anurag Maloo

Regional Director - Asia Pacific & VP - Global Partnerships & Business Development, Seedstars

Aref Ali

CEO, Panorama Management Advisory Services Ltd

Armin Zaman Khan

Founder, Romoni.xyz

Arshad Uzair

Founder, BESolution

Arunoda Susiripala

Founder and CEO, Kadira.io

Arushad Ahmed

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Javaabu Pvt. Ltd.

Asanka De Mel

CEO, LOVI Ceylon

Ashok G

CEO & Co-founder, STARTUP360 India

Ashok Verma

Founding Partner/CEO, nVentures

Asif Mahmood

Managing Partner, SEAF

Ayami Wanasinghe

Regional Director - South Asia, Founder Institute

Ayesha Ratnayake

Co-Founder, Show & Tell

Ayman Sadiq

Founder & CEO, 10 Minute School

Azara Lantra

FI Mentor

Bernard Arulanandam

Consultant, Innovation/Entrepreneurship, PwC Sri Lanka

Bhanuka Harischandra

Founder/Chief Growth Officer, Surge Global

Bijon Islam

CEO and Co-Founder, LightCastle Partners Ltd

Biplob Ghosh Rahul

Founder & CEO, eCourier Ltd

Breity Sabrin

CEO, Just Storys Ltd.

Chalinda Abeykoon

Managing Partner, nVentures

Chamara Peiris

Founder and CEO, Next Digital Innovations (Pvt) Ltd - Leeg.live

Chamira Jayasinghe

Founder & CEO, Arimac Digital

Chandika Jayasundara

Co-Founder & CEO, Cinergix

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Foltz

Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents

Damitha Ginigaddarage

FI Mentor

Daoud Ghannam

Founder & CEO, uMake

Daoud Ghannam

Founder & CEO, uMake

Dewdrop Shaheena

CEO , Meticulous Consultancy

Dhanika Perera

Founder/CEO, Bhasha & PayHere

Dhanish Athif

Co-Founder and COO, MyBump Media

Didar Islam

FI Mentor

Dinusha Kornkaduwa

FI Mentor

Dinushka Medagoda

Founder/Managing Partner/CEO, eLawyers

Dr. Faisal Rahman

Medical Director, PraavaHealth

Dr. Pallavi Singh

IP and Technology Lawyer and Consultant, Founder, Episteme Legal

Dulith Herath

Founder & Chairman, Kapruka Holdings

Dulitha Wijewantha

CTO/Co-Founder, Aristotle, Co-Founder, Cabbage Apps

Eedham Rasheed

CEO, Hologo World Inc

Enosh Praveen

Founder, Arteculate

Erad Kawsar

Country Director at YGAP | Impact entrepreneurship + Investment + Policy | Recruiting for BI, BA & HR, YGAP

Eranda Ginige

Founder/Director, Social Enterprise Lanka

Ershad Hossain

CEO, 2 Attachments

Fahim Mashroor

CEO, Bdjobs.com Ltd.

Fahim Ahmed

CFO, Pathao

Fareeha Shareef

Co-founder and Managing Partner, FJS Associates LLP

Farhana Khan

Partner, AS & Associates

Fathhi Mohamed

Co-Founder, PickMe

Fathmath Neesha

Leader, FI Maldives

Fayaz Hudah

Consultant, Business Coach, Founder of Spiralation & Board Member (Sri Lanka), Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)

Gabriel Yohendran

Director - Sri Lankan , Founder Institute

Gajan Vinothan

Founder CEO, Stripes & Checks Inc.

Gayantha De Zoysa

Founder, Strive & CTO, Healthnet

Guns (P. R.) Ganapathy

Regional Director - South Asia, Stanford Seed

Hanah Tran

Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Fyber V, FHH Ventures

Hariharan Padmanaban

Director SE Asia / Africa , Hyla Mobiles ( An Assurant Company ) USA

Harinda Fonseka

Founder & CEO, Gudppl

Harsha Purasinghe

Founder and CEO, Microimage

Hasanga Abeyaratne

Founder & CEO, Amplifyn

Heminda Jayaweera

COO, SLINTEC & Co-Founder, Venture Frontier Lanka

Hempal Shrestha

Co-Founder , Nepal Entrepreneurs Hub

Heshan Fernando

Founder & CEO, oDoc

Hifnaz Jiffrey

CEO/Co-Founder, Yoho

Hiraash Thawfeek

CTO, Multiplier

Hussain M. Elius

Founder & CEO, Pathao

Hussain Elius

Founder, Pathao

Hussain Jinan

CEO, SparkHub

Hussain Shafiu

Managing Director, Arcils

Ibrahim Inaz

Owner and Co-Founder of Kalhu Odi, CEO of Jobsicle

Imran Raja

Head of Core Operations, Pathao

Imran Zahir

Director, AI Think Lab

Imthiyaaz Hassim

CEO/Co-Founder, SIXER Tech Private Limited

Indika De Zoysa

Vice President, Huawei Technologies Lanka

Indu Nanayakkara

Co-Founder & Social Media Strategist, Consultant & Speaker, IN Consulting | Impactr

Iraj Islam

Co-founder and CTO, NewsCred Ltd.

Iranthi Gomes

Co-founder and CEO, Serviceform

Ish Anand

Founder CEO, Business Doctors India

Ishraq Dhaly

Director, Magnito Digital

Ismadi Ismail

Senior Manager - Corporate Finance and Valuations, PwC Sri Lanka

Ismail Kaleem

Co-Founder, OXIQA

Ivdad Ahmed Khan Majlish

FI Mentor

Ivy Huq Russell

CEO, Maya.com.bd

Iyaz Waheed

President, Universal Foundation

Jan-Cayo Fiebig

Co-Founder, CodersTrust

Janeeth Rodrigo

General Manager, IdeaHell & Derana Macroentertainment

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Jatin Kataria

Founder & CEO, InMeSta

Jayomi Lokuliyana

Co-Founder & CEO, zMessenger

Jehan Wijesinghe

FI Mentor

Joe Lenora

CTO, Vudoir Hub & Founder, We Are Designers

Jonathan Abeywickrema

Director, Lanka Impact Investing Network (LIIN)

Jonathan Clarke

Director of Engineering, Houzz.com

Josh Hinkle

FI Mentor

Kanchana Senanayake

Founder/Managing Partner, JK Chambers

Kanishka Weeramunda

Founder, PayMedia & DirectPay

Karolis Pranckevicius

CEO, Blue Orange

Karolis Panckevicius

Analyst, Blue Orange Agency

Kavi Raj Joshi

Founder & Managing Director, Next Venture Corp

Kazi M Hassan

CSTO, GrameenPhone

Keerthi Kodithuwakku

CEO, Jendo Innovations

Keith De Alwis

CTO, PraavaHealth

Kesang Wangchuk

Country Manager, Secure Link Services Bhutan Pvt. Ltd

Kesang Om

CEO, Institute for Learning Solutions

Keshni Morar

Managing Director, Founder Institute South Africa + Investable

Kevin Tan

Managing Partner, Upsilon Family

Khobaib Chowdhury

Founder, StylineCollection

Kirthisri Wijeweera

Head of Knowledge & Research/Senior Economic Advisor, UNDP SDG Innovative Finance

Kishan Nadarajah

Principal, BOV Capital

Kokularajah Sundararajah

Former COO, The Serendipity Collection & CEO, Genesis Hospitality & Tech

Lahiru Pathmalal

Co-Founder & CEO, Takas.lk

Lamia Hafiz

Community Manager, Seedstars

Lavina Ramkissoon

Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute

Lien Keerthisinghe

Founder/CEO, LienKay Coaching

Love Yadav

General Partner, Lion Ventures

Luna Shrestha Thakuri

Founding Director, Change Fusion Nepal

Mafaz Ishaq

CEO, Innovation Quotient

Mahmud Alam

Director- Operations, DHL Worldwide Express

Maksudul Islam

Chief Financial Officer, Shohoz

Maliha Quadir

Founder and Managing Director, Shohoz

Mangala Karunaratne

Founder and CEO, Calcey Technologies (calcey.com)

Mangala Yapa

Former Chairman , Board of Investments Sri Lanka

Marco De Biasi

Managing Partner, Latin American Angels Society

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Md Karim

Senior Investment Manager, Aavishkaar Capital

Md. Ashequr Rahman

Managing Director, Midway Securities

Md. Naimuzzaman Zaman

Head Of HR, PraavaHealth

Md. Nazmul Haque Sarker

Co-founder & CEO, Tech Hive Limited

Md. Shazzad Hosain

Director & Professor , North South University

Mehedi Reza

Founder, Jobike

Miikke Abaysinghe

CEO, Townchic Global Ventures (Pvt) Ltd.

Mike Soertsz

Founder, Drifter

Minhaz Anwar

Founder and Chief StoryTeller, BetterStories Limited

Misha Ali

Dhaka Lead, Uber Eats

Mohamed Shamheel

CEO, Loopcraft

Mohamed Saameen

IT Director, Fenaka Corporation

Mohamed Afzal

Engineering Manager, Mindvalley

Mohamed Jailam

CEO and Managing Director, Javaabu Pvt Ltd

Mohamed Thoyyib

CTO, WOLFCOM Enterprise

Mohammad Abdullah Ibney Anwar

Director - Data Engineering & Machine Learning, Pathao

Mohammed Mafaz Ifharm

Co-founder/Chief Story Teller, Show & Tell

Muhammad Nazimuddaula

Co-Founder & CEO, G&R

Murad Hassan

Regional Director Key Accounts, APAC, Agoda

Murtaza Tajbhoy

Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Burnett Solutions Inc.

Mustafizur Khan

Chief Executive Office, UpSkill

Naail Abdul Rahman

Managing Partner, Intellea Partnership

Nadit Khatri

CEO, Pankh

Nahid Hossain

Managing Associate, Old Bailey Chambers

Najiba Wajiha Mahboob

CEO, Toureela

Naresh Abeyesekera

Founder and CEO, SECQUORO

Nasheet Islam

CEO, G&R Technologies Ltd.

Nashid Ali

CEO, Cloud Creative

Nasif Nm

Evangelist & Community Lead, FI Kochi

Nasima Aktar Nisha

CEO , Women and e-commerce Trust (WE)

Nasrat Ahmed Khan

Director , BetterStories Limited

Nathan Sivagananathan

Co-Founder, Hatch

Nattu Adnan

Co-Founder & CTO, Lottiefiles

Navid Khan

Product Manager , Pathao

Nazim Farhan Chowdhury

Managing Director, Adcomm Limited

Nazmin Nesa

FI Mentor

Neeraj Saxena

Managing Partner, XScale

Nelly Yusupova

Founder, TechSpeak.co

Nevindaree Premarathne

Founder & CEO, The Makers

Nevindee Amarasinghe

Founder, Good PR

Niki Gomez

Founder, Maximise Me

Nilendra Weerasinghe

Chief Corporate Advisory Officer, NDB Investment Bank Limited

Nilushi Thenuwara

Deputy General Manager - Business Development, DIMO

Nio Liyanage

Co-founder, Launchr

Nirjhor Rahman

CEO, Bangladesh Angels Network

Nisha Kotecha

CoFounder & CEO, GloCal CoWorking & InkDiVo

Nishan De Silva

Founder, Jumpbook.lk

Nuzha Naashidh

Manager, Business Center Corporation

Ondrej Lang

FI Mentor

Ovi Kazi

Managing Director, Kazi Equities

Paloma Lecheta

Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute

Parveen S. Huda

CEO, Consulting & Research Gateway

Prakat Khati

Attorney and Managing Partner, Artemis Law

Prassanna Pathmanathan

Founder & CEO, Ultimma Consulting

Pravin Jayasinghe

CEO, SkyEye

Pravin Raj Joshi

Co-founder, CTO , Rooster Logic

Preeti Adhikari

Senior Manager, Policy and Implementation, Innovations for Poverty Action

Priscilla Alexander

Co-founder, ArthurAI

Rahat Afroze

Head Organization Development, Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited

Rahath Ahmed

Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Paperfly

Rahmathullah Abdulfaththah

Co-Founder & CTO, Solid Tree Private Limited

Raisul Amin

Senior VP - Strategy & Corporate Finance, Pathao

Ram B Gurung

Chief Advisor & Master Trainer, CEFE International & Chief Entrepreneur, Startup First

Ramesh Shanmuganathan

Executive Vice President / Group CIO, John Keells Holdings

Randhula De Silva

Founder/CEO, GoodLife X & Director - Programs and Partnerships, Hatch

Ranjit Acharya

CEO, Prisma Advertising

Rashed Mujib Noman

Country Director, Augmedix

Ravi Phuyal

Director , ING group

Ravihans Wetakkepotha

Founder, HypeHash

Revan Weerasinghe

Legal Consultant, SLINTEC (Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology)

Reyasat Chowdhury

Co-founder and CEO, Shuttle

Ridwan Hafiz

Founder & CEO, Go Zayaan

Rikesh Gurung

Founder/Chairman, The Green Road

Rishabh Singhi

Founder/CEO, Dishserve

Riyad Husain

CEO, Magnito Digital Ltd.

Rohan Jayaweera

Assistant Vice President, John Keells Holdings & Co-Founder, Antyra

Rohantha Athukorala

CEO, Clootrack

Roshaan Ranasinghe

Founder at Tribefunds, Director, Gradient Alliance

Rupak Mainali

Proprietor, R. Mainali and Associates

Russell Ahmed

FI Mentor

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Ruwindhu Peris

Managing Director, Stax

Ryan Mendonca

Legal Consultant & Founder, Your Virtual Legal Counsel

Sabbir Mahbub

Founder and Chairman, Devnet Ltd.

Saiba Singh

Manager, Accenture, Ex- KFC, Ex-Google & Founder, Sugar Rush

Sajid Amit

Director, Center for Enterprise & Society (CES), ULAB

Sajid Rahman

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Healthcare Solutions

Sajini Jayawardena

Expert-in-Residence: Growth Strategy & Design Thinking, Imperial College London

Sam De Silva

Co-Founder, Common Edge & Advisor, Loki Network

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Samira Himika

Dreamer (Founder & Managing Director), team engine - a social good company

Sanjiv Ahangama

Founding Partner, Third Lane Ventures

Sanju Peramuna Arachchi

Co-founder / CEO, Aenigm3 Labs

Sarinda Unamboowe

CEO/Managing Director, MAS Kreeda

Sayeda Nabila Mahabub

Director of Marketing, Pathao

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

CEO, Change Mechanic

Semal Luthra

Co-Founder & CEO, HomeTree Coworking

Senela Jayasuriya

Global CEO, Women Empowered Global

Shafqat Asif

Vice President - Engineering, Pathao

Shah Paran

Founder & CEO, HandyMama

Shah Sufian

Co-founder & CTPO, Shuttle

Shahnaz Sultana

Chief Consultant & CEO FINSALLIANCE, Risk Advisory I Founder WE Global, Women's Career Advancement I Former Country Manager Bangladesh and Regional Risk Officer, APAC in Wells Fargo Bank, N.A

Shahriar Shahid

Director Product Management & Head Of Product, Shohoz

Shahwar Nizam

Partner & Managing Director , DFDL Bangladesh

Sharanyan Sharma

Founder, Prime One Global (P) LTD

Sharmilan Somasundaram

Co-Founder & CEO, Niftron

Shashi Bhattarai

FI Mentor

Shazif Adam

Co-Founder — Designer & Illustrator, Encreare

Sheikh Shourav

CEO, Apploye Ltd

Shifat Adnan

Chief Technology Officer, Pathao

Shihan Anwer

CEO, Ortus Capital (Pvt) Ltd

Shuaib Yusoof

Founder, Likuid Ventures

Shyikh Mahdi

Advocate, Vertex Chambers

Siffat Sarwar

Co-founder, ShopUp

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana

Sk. Tanvir Ahmed

Vice President, Head of Operations, Sheba.xyz

Snehasish Barua

Partner, Snehasish Mahmud & Co.

Sonam Choden

Consultant, GiANT Bhutan

Sonia Bashir Kabir

FI Mentor

Srishti Jain

Co-Convenor, Startup Jalsa

Suhartha Weragoda

Chemist | Executive - Technology Transfer, SLINTEC (Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology)

Sumaiyah Mousinin

Co-founder, Deshifarmer

Syed Taj

Founder & CEO, LegalSeba

Syed Almas Kabir

President, BASIS

Sylvana Sinha

Founder , Praava Health

Tamasha Fernando

Senior Manager - Startup Ecosystem Development, ICTA

Tamzid Siddiq Spondon

Managing Director, ZANALA Bangladesh Ltd.

Tanveer Ali

CIO, Constellation Asset Management

Tanvir Sourov

Co-founder & CEO, Socian Ltd.

Tanvir Sourov

Co-Founder & CEO, Socian Ltd.

Tanvir Hossain Khan

Founder & CEO, Dreamerz Lab

Tasvir Faheem

Founder & CEO, InsureCow

Teesha Wickramatunga

Founder/CEO, Workout.lk

Thanuja Ranasinghe

Co-Founder / CEO, Company NameBetterBiz Global (Private) Limited

Tharindu Dassanayake

Founder & CEO, ShoutOUT Labs

Thariq Hamad

Co-Founder & CEO, FieldR - Match Analyzing Tool

Tina Jabeen

Managing Director, StartUp Bangladesh

Trevor Longino

Chief Marketing Officer, Unito

Tshering Namgyay Wangchuk

FI Mentor

Tshewang Dorji

FI Mentor

Uday Krishna

Venture Capitalist , Angel Investor

Umair Sheikh

CEO, mKhata

Uthpalie Thilakaratna

Co-Founder, Tracified

Vadiraj Aralappanavar

Vice President of Product Management, Acko

Vidushan Cherneka

Founder, Elon Venture Catalysts

Vinav Bhanawat

Founder, Build From Zero

Waliullah Bhuiyan

CEO, Light of Hope

Waseem Alim

Founder & CEO, Chaldal

Wasik Mursalin

CTO, Styline Collection

Wishanth Wijesinha

Assistant Vice President - Head of John Keells X, John Keells Holdings

Yasisurie Kiribandara

CEO/Head of Creative, Yasisurie Kiribandara Couture

Yatan Blumenthal Vargas

Co-founder, Berlin Hardware Accelerator

Yemi Oluseun

Founder/ CEO - Fintech, SaaS Business Growth, Automation & Change Management, The Change Hive

Yusra Aziz

Founder & CEO, SecondTeam/Podi Jobs

Zaki Omar

Director and Head of Legal & Compliance , GrameenPhone

Zareen Mahmud Hosein

Founder, HerStory

Zia Ashraf

Founder & COO, Chaldal

Zunaid Ahmed Palak

State Minister, ICT Division, Ministry of Post, Telecom and ICT

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