Founder Institute Mentors

Hyderabad - GCC Spring 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 Hyderabad program below.

Mentors

Amir Yazdanpanah

CEMEA GM, i2c Inc

Matt Mandell

Principal, PayNerd.com

Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot

Bill Ashlock

Founder, BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd.

Theodore Goede

Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center, Saudi Aramco

Christoph Sollich

Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor

Manak Singh

Managing Director, IkKa Ventures

Vivek Boray

General Counsel, Locus

Mukund Mohan

Director, Microsoft Ventures

Srikanth Acharya

CEO, OffiNeeds.com

Naveen Lakkur

Founder & Chief Innovation Coach, Institute of Inspiring Innovation

Niranjan Gupta

CEO, Koruko Solutions

Murali Vullaganti

CEO, RuralShores

Mahesh Baxi

FI Mentor

Rk Misra

Founder, SAHYOG - Indian Council for PPP

Shekhar Kirani

FI Mentor

Govindarajan VR

Director, Perfios

Sriram Srinivasan

Advisor, Reliance Retail

Girish Krishnamoorthy

Vice President, TCS

William Miller

Co-founder and CEO, Values Centered Innovation Enablement Services Pvt. Ltd.

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute

Girish Rowjee

CEO, Greytip Software

Kiran Nadkarni

Founder & Director, Kaati Zone

Varun Agarwal

Co-Founder, Alma Mater

Syed Shujauddin

FI Mentor

Saurabh Chandra

CEO, Neev Tech

Poornima Shenoy

Co-Founder & CEO, THE GAIN

Deepan Anand

Managing Director, Leisure Entertainment Pvt Ltd

Joshua Rozario

Principal Consultant, The Joshua Rozario Company

Anshuman Bapna

CEO, mygola.com

Srinivasan G

Co Founder, RuralShores Business Services & Dawn Consulting

Venkatachalam Krishnan

Director, Beyond Square Solutions Pvt Limited

Srikant Rao

CEO, Affordable Business Solutions

Suheim Sheikh

Founder President, The Yacht Club of Hyderabad

Sachin Tummala

Managing Director, Corpus Group

Prasanna Boni

Co-founder COO, Edutor Technologies

Ripul Kumar

CEO, Kern UX

Balaji Chakravarthi

Founder & Editor, FirstFewCustomers.com

Srinivas Varadarajan

CEO, Vigyanlabs Innovations Pvt Ltd

Ahimanikya Satapathy

Founder & CEO, DocEngage

Vijay Gummadi

Founder & CEO, CarZ

Ajay Goel

Managing Partner, Crestlight Venture Productions LLC

Safir Adeni

Managing Partner, Ineda Venture Group

Hersh Haladker

Founder, instillmotion consulting pvt. ltd.

Vijay Chandrasekaran

Product Architect, Zemoso Technologies Pvt Ltd

Bipin Pendyala

Founder & MD , SuVitas Holistic Healthcare

Murali Bukkapatnam

CEO & Managing Director, GetdomesticHelp.com

Pradeep Mittal

FI Mentor

Sri Peddu

Managing Director, Powerhouse Ventures

Rajiv Srivatsa

Founder, Urban Ladder

Rajeev Pathak

FI Mentor

Rimpal Chawla

FI Mentor

Sreedhar Peddineni

Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering, Gainsight

Srini Chandupatla

Co-Founder & COO, Manjeera Digital Systems

J Ramachandran

CEO , Gramener

Niranjan Gupta

CEO, Trip38.com

Subhabrata Ghosh

Founder & CEO, Celsius100 Consulting

Srikanth Bhagavat

Managing Director & Principal Advisor, Hexagon Capital Advisors Pvt., Ltd

Raviprasad Pisupati

FI Mentor

Shanti Mohan

Co-Founder, Lets Venture

Raju Vanapala

Founder & CEO, LearnSocial.com

Naidu Darapaneni

Founder & C.E.O, Versant Online Solutions (MeraEvents)

Murali Kakarla

Founder & CEO, Innobox

Abhishek Srivastava

Investment Professional, Ventureast Tenet

Syama Peela

Director & Partner , Evoke Technologies

Satish Madhira

CEO, ZeMoSo Labs

Santha John

Founder Director, CoachLife

Krishna Lakamsani

Chairman, Lakamsani Group

Madhu Avalur

Founder & CEO, Angaros Group

Percy Italia

Founder & Partner, Italia & Associates

Jasminder Gulati

Co-Founder & CEO, NowFloats

Jeetendra Joshi

CMO, martjack Enterprises

Naveen Gattu

Co-Founder & COO, Gramener

Sanjay Jesrani

Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures

Prasad Ikkurthy

Director, Navlok Ventures

Vineel Nalla

Vineel Nalla, NBOS Technologies

Ravikiran Annaswamy

Founder and CEO, Innohabit Technologies

Kshama Ravikumar

Partner, Avigna Law

Anjali Pillai

Head of Entrepreneurial Engagements, Microsoft Ventures India

Sairee Chahal

Founder & CEO, Sheroes

Arpit Chhabra

Co-Founder, MishTag

Prasad Vanga

Founder & Chief Accelerator, Anthill Ventures

Satyam Bansal

Strategic Alliances, Flipkart.com

Abhesh Verma

(Ex) Chief Growth Officer , Saavn

Pranay Gupta

Co-Founder, 91springboard

Shikha Suman

Founder, CEO, Medi Mojo, Sampling Research

Varun Chandra

FI Mentor

Benjamin Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Viiveck Verma

Cofounder, Anaptyxi People Consult Pvt. Ltd.

Balu Masti

Vice President - Global Biz Dev and Eng., Vigyanlabs Innovations

Anil Jwalanna

Founder & CEO, WittyParrot

Rajesh Kannan

CEO, Compassites Software Solutions Pvt., Ltd.,

Jamie Cid

FI Mentor

Vibhakar Bhushan

Governing Board, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India

Amit Grover

Co-Founder, AHAtaxis.com

Amit Agrawal

FI Mentor

Bharath Kumar

FI Mentor

Rachna Khanna

Founder, Hatchtact

Namit Pandey

Co-Founder, Autoflik

Ashish Tulsian

Co-Founder, Posist

Vishal Chandra

FI Mentor

Harpreet Singh Grover

Co-Founder & CEO, cocubes.com

Gagandeep Singh Sapra

Co-Founder, Sproutbox

Ramesh Bulchandani

Founder, Atlas Brands P Ltd

Rahul Chakraborti

Founder, Twyst.in

Parul Tongaria

FI Mentor

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Krishna Tammireddy

CSO ( Chief Sales Officer ), JunoTele

Ramanuj Mukherjee

Founder, Superlawyer.in

Rahul Dev

Director, Tech Corp International Consultants Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Ajay Jain

Chief Innovation Officer, Gray Matters India

Sharat Chandra K

CEO, Butterfly Fields

Dileep Mangsuli

CEO, GE Technology Center

Tom Thomas

COO, IIIT-H Foundation

Liz Alexander

Co-founder, Leading Thought

Abdul G Sait

Group CEO and venture catalyst, Basket Option

Geetha Ramamurthy

FI Mentor

Kunal Varma

Co-Founder, Consumer Startup

Kalpana Rao

CEO, Pari's Haute Couture

Shreyas Chandra

Director Deal Flow & Membership, Responsible Solutions Limited

Bhaskar Srivathsav

Founder, Furnish Mantra

Arjun G N

CEO, ArtPandora,Tudo Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Ranganath S

Founder, Algotricx Technologies Pvt Ltd

Anand Varadaraj

CEO, Yo2Yoga

Vanishree P Acharya

Founder, Kromaspects SciTec Solutions Pvt.Ltd.

Rishi Bhasin

Associate Director - Debt Capital Markets (Origination), Darashaw & Company Pvt. Ltd

Rohit Sobti

Co Founder, Collaborative Licensing Ventures LLP & BOTC 360

Alexandra Di Nella

Partner, Productwise Talent

Raja Sekhar Kommu

CEO, ApnaComplex.com

Chiranth Patil

FI Mentor

Karthik Kittu

Co-founder & CEO, Passion Connect Technologies LLP

Srinivas Njay

CEO, Payjo

K . Ramesh Kumar

Founder, Incubators Global

Arvind Lodaya

Co-Founder, Deccan Center for Innovation and Design

Murtuza Haryanawalla

Product/Business Dev., Partnerships and Startups/Venture professional, strtup.net

Ajay Kolla

Founder & CEO, Wisdomjobs.com

Tej Pochiraju

Director, Jaaga Startup

Sunil Bangalore

FI Mentor

Ramesh Rao

Partner, Aquila Partners LLC

Hemanth Satyanarayana

CEO, Imaginate Technologies

Rakesh Bhatia

FI Mentor

Chaitanya C

FI Mentor

Raj Gopal

CEO, Invenzo Labs

Brett Steve

Vice President, Jaarvis Accelerator

Anurag Batra

Chairman, Businessworld

Neeraj Mehta

FI Mentor

S M Raunaque Mustafa

Founder & CEO, StartupActivator.com

Vandana Seth

Co-Founder, R V Solutions

Prabhat Kumar

Co-Founder & CEO, DreamSol TeleSolutions Pvt. Ltd. & Over2Cloud

Mahendra Lalwani

CEO, TelExcell Information System Ltd.

Rajiv Thaper

Director - APAC, MongoDB

Suresh Kabra

Founder, PriceMap Ventures LPP

Arvind Jha

Director and Co-Founder, Pariksha Labs Private Limited

Sanjay Nadkarni

Founder, Babyoye

Safdhar Adoor

CEO, SteppinOut

Rajiv Raghunandan

Founder, SeedX

Riitu Chugh

Founder, Third Eye Catalyst

Manish Singh

CEO, WonderPoint Software Pvt Ltd

Samir Kazi

Founder, Rozhub Naturals

Sanchit Sethi

Founder StayUncle, StayUncle

Utpal Chakraborty

Enterprise Architect, Firmenich

Sameer Gupta

CFO, Grex

Kairav Joshi

Founder and President, ChessUniversity.com

Rishabh Sawansukha

Co-Founder, Cloudacar.org

Vaibhav Jain

FI Mentor

Harish Saini

Founder & CEO, Bharat Infotech

Saurabh Kaushik

Founder & CEO, Peopleist India

Gopal Shrivastava

VP - Patents, Glocon KPO Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Puneet Gupta

Investor & Entrepreneur, SimpliLend

Nandini Rathi

CMO, Betaout.com

Mani Agarwal

Founder, I Wear My Style

Supriya Paul

Co-Founder, Josh Talks

Purnima Anand

President, BRICS International Forum

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Pramod Joshi

Advisor, Organizational Strategy & HR, myKaarma

Hitendra Gosain

CEO, Create Value

Arjun Ahlawat

FI Mentor

Saumyajit Guha

Co-Principal, Jaarvis Accelerator

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Puneet Ahuja

Founder & CEO, Urja Unlimited

Ashok G

CEO & Co-founder, STARTUP360 India

Sudeendra Koushik

Chief Innovator, Prasu

Adarsh Rai

Founder & Principal Consultant - Recruitment Strategy, HR Brain HUB

Dhruv Khanna

CEO & Co-Founder, Data Resolve

Amira Boutouchent

CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgr.co

Girish Maiya

Co Founder, SnapCommute Labs (P) Ltd

Krishnakant Naik

Founder, Vayukrishi

KrishnaKanth Naik

Founder, VayuKrshi Private Liimiited

Geetha Ramamurthy

FI Mentor

Ganesh Shankar

CEO, Fluxgen Technologies

Karthikeyan Sundaram

Co Founder, Greendzine Technologies

Sonia Sharma

Co-Founder, Pantheon Inc

Pavan Soni

Founder, Inflexion Point Consulting.

Vishy V

VP, Shruth and Smith Holdings

Arunabh Choudhary

Partner, Juris Corp

Mukesh Ghatiya

FI Mentor

Nivedha R.M.

Co-Founder, TrashCon

Ferdinand Mühlhäuser

Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Berlin

Vinay Kumar

Co-founder and Rainmaker, Verbinden Communication Pvt Ltd

Gaurav Maheshwari

Co-founder, GetLook

Sakshi Vij

Founder, Myles

Alex M. Dascalu

Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Mercedes Bankston

Founder, Funderstar LTD

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Megan Todd

Head of Admissions , Founder Institute

Aman Anand

CEO, Bibloskart

Bv Naidu

FI Mentor

Ravi Thakur

Co-Founding Partner, StartupXSeed

Madhusudhan Atre

CEO, VegaShakti Consulting

Srinivasa Raghavan

CTO, StartupXSeed

Sandesh Shetty

Partner, Rakchamps

Anjana Vivek

Founder Director, VentureBean Consulting

Shwetambari Rao

Senior Partner, KLaw

Natarajan S

COO, Derbi Foundation

Pinkesh Shah

Executive Board Member, Institute of Product Leadership

David Keynan

Vice-Chairman, Federation of Indo-Israeli Chambers of Commerce

Giri Krishna

CMD, Silvan Innovation Labs

Dr Manish Gupta

Co-Founder & CEO, Videoken

Muthukrishnan Chinnasamy

Director , Sonic Chips

Sanjay Srinivasmurthy

India Head & Director, Silicon RD Ideation Labs

Sridhar Turaga

Delivery Head(Technical & Innovation), Mu Sigma Inc

Vaibhav Tewari

Co-Founder, CEO, Portea Medical

Sandeep Raizada

VP Operations, Stelae Technologies

Shobha Shankar

Co-Founder & COO, WWStay

Ajit Veerappan

Founder & MD, ABI-Health

Vijaya Verma

Founder & Managing Director , Yos Technologies

Pradip R Subramaniam

CEO, Growwtech

Ajay Vasudeva

Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Verifylabs, FIICC

Apul Nahata

Co-Founder, Kalpnik

Hetal Sonpal

Angel Investor, Multiple (BabyChakra, Vahdam, Explara etc.)

Amarendra Sahu

Co-Founder, Nestaway Technologies Pvt Ltd

Suman Prasad

Co-Founder & COO, Trisys

Nikhil Jois

Co-founder & CEO, Eventosaur

Vipul Singh

Co-Founder & CEO, Aarav Unmanned Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Hari Shashank

Head Sales, Entersoft Security

Malavika Harita

CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Focus

Sathya Prasad

Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Dr Sujitha Karnad

Founder & CEO, LeadNOW

Uday Ramachandran

Vice President-India Business Development, Sankalp Semiconductor

Ashutosh Wakankar

Co-Founder, Cracker & Rush

Jei Narayanan

COO, Black Pepper Technologies Pvt Ltd

Kishore Kumar

Sr Investment Analyst, StartupXSeed

Ashish Kole

Chief Sales Officer, THE GAIN

Bharath Haridas

Lead Design and Marketing, Insurtech and Enterprise 2.0, Plug and Play Tech Center

Aditya Kathpalia

Program Manager, YourStory Media

Saravana Mani

Serial Entrepreneur, BIGZING Capital Private Limited

Dr Lakshmi Jaganathan

COO, Derbi Foundation

Aakarsh Naidu

Founder, The Startupreneur

Kunal Kashyap

FI Mentor

Ashok Pammidi

FI Mentor

Vishal Ramaswamy

Vice President - Venture Building & Strategic Initiatives, Alteria Capital Advisors LLP

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor

Arvind Vasu

Senior Vice President, Asia Investments, ABB Technology Ventures

Govind Nallur

Advisor and Startup Mentor, Ruminatee

Veena Sujay

Founder & CEO, Konektup

Gaurav Punjabi

Founder, Rs Financial Services

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Founder Institute

Brian Proffitt

Partner, Disruptive Capital Finance

Vasuki Upadhya

Mr, Wipro technologies

Mohd Siraj

Founder, Creator's Gurukul

Saarthak Bakshi

CEO, RISAA IVF

Nitin Sethi

Vice President Digital, Indigo

Deepak Sharma

Head Of Operations, Housr

Abhinav Tandon

Founder, Creator's Gurukul

Nitin Bajaj

Founder, EasyLeadz

Gaurav Luthra

Founder, Whats Up Life

Pankaj Judge

Founder, Chai Thela

Satyaprem Upadhyay

CEO, Nojoto

Sameer Gupta

Director, Innovitas

Abhijeet Sinha

Director, Ease of Doing Business

Ankit Mehrotra

CoFounder, Dineout

Sahil Jain

CoFounder, Dineout

Vivek Kapoor

CoFounder, Dineout

Nakul Kumar

CoFounder, Cashify

Dhianu Das

Founder, Alfa Ventures

Luisa Baltazar

Founder & CEO, HER Venture HUB

Vikas Lakhani

CoFounder, Insta Office

Neerav Jain

Co-Founder, CityFurnish

Tamanna Dhamija

Co-Founder, BabyDestination

Nishant Jain

Co-Founder, Toffee Insurance

Ashwini Anand

Founder, Monsoon CreditTech

Vikas Bagaria

Founder, Pee Safe

Pawan Gupta

CoFounder, Curofy

Hemant Dua

Promoter Inspiranti and Ex CEO Delhi Daredevils, Inspiranti

Subhrangshu Neogi

Mentor, YourNest Venture Capital

Vivek Agarwal

CoFounder, Square Yards

Ankur Shrivastava

Founding Partner, Globevestor

Anshu Srivastav

Founder, Multiple Startups

Neeraj Shah

Owner & Director, Silver Bright

Sahil Baweja

Co Founder & Partner, Now Capital Group

Shuchin Bajaj

Founding Director, Cygnus Medicare

Annu Grover

Green Evangelist - MD, Nurturing Green

Sunil Goyal

Managing Director, YourNest Venture Capital

Kabir Kochhar

Founding Partner, The Glitch

Sunil Thakur

Managing Director, Quadria Capital

Neeraj Tyagi

Managing Partner, Venture Catalysts

Subhajit Bhattacharya

Senior Program Manager - Innovation & Intelligent Automation, Accenture

Vibhore Sharma

CTO, Naukri.com

Akshay Chhugani

FI Mentor

Mahmud K

CEO, Doers & Others

Nadia Alexander

FI Mentor

Cristian Onetiu

Entrepreneur, Life Care Corp

Amal Dokhan

Partner MENA, 500 Startups

Dharmil Sheth

Cofounder, Pharmeasy

Uday Wankawala

CEO, Atal Incubation Centre RMP

Pradeep N V K

CEO & Founder, Beingtheparent.com

Shruti Singhal

National Head, Indian Angel Network

An Rag

Chief People Office, Flipkart

Ujjwal Jain

Founder, Wealth desk

Devendra Agarwal

Co-Founder, Dexter Capital

Sandeep Kochhar

CEO, BlewMinds Consulting

Krishna Raghavan

Chief People Officer, Flipkart

Ronnie Screwvala

Founder, UTV/Unilazer/UpGrad/Swades

Kushal Shah

Strategy, PayU

Bhaskar Ramesh

Director, Google Austria

Pratik Murarka

Founder, Forever Land

Chandrakanth B N

CEO, Pairee Digital

Meeta Verma

CEO and Founder , Worksera

Vijetha Shastry

Executive Director, TIE

Neelesh Salgaonkar

VP Engineering, ZS Associates

Ramachandra Padmanabhan

Vice President, Wipro Digital

P K Gopalkrishnan

Angel Investor, Ex-CEO , WeP Solutions

Subash C V

Executive Coach, Regal Unlimited

Manoj Kumar Agarwal

Managing Partner & Co-founder, SEAFUND

Akram El Youssi

Founder & CEO, INSTAVAL

Prasantha Biswal

CEO, International Biotech Park Ltd

Saumick Pal

Innovation head, Dr Reddy

Devang Dave

cofounder, Social Central

Kimberly Ofori

Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio

Azhar Kurdi

Marketing and Business Development Strategist, SME Support Center |Saudi SMEs General Authority (Monsha'at)

Ebrahim Alsafi

Financial control manager, visual ads, visual arts, azaam alarab, giant vision

Sathish Jeyakumar

Founder , Veehive.ai

José Francisco Fernandez Serna

Angel Investor & Expert, European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EU

Aman Merchant

FI Mentor

Hassan Qadi

Co-founder, Beemkan

Ahmed Mushtaq

Founder, Sohody

Dr. Fatmah Baothman

Founder, Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain Research

Naguib Chowdhury

Founder, CoCreate

Louisa De Beer

Head of Strategy & Partnership, Blossom Accelerator

Bahar Alharbi

Founding managing partner, Startups House

Areej Alarifi

Trainer, Freelancer

Dr. Neeraj Sheth

Director, Ocare

Shailesh Jain

Cofounder, Mirraw

Kartik Raichura

Cofounder, Websites.co.in

Chinmay Gheewala

cofounder, Healthcare organisation

Kaustubh Dhargalkar

Founder, Potentials & Possibilities

Sandeep Saxena

Founder, HapyIndia

Jeetu Khubchandani

Director, Tacto

Scott Gillespie

Founder & Director, Jigsaw Group

Othman Wael Elsharif

CEO, SmartGroup

Abdulrahman Al Saati

Founder & CEO, Saati Adventures

Salil Maladkar

Founder & CEO, Idea Communications

Mara Rada

CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)

Ketki Tewary

Founder, Ktizo, Faculty @ ISDI/Miami Ad School/NMIMS

Debamita Chatterjee

Dr., ...not yet launched - "in my mind" stage...

Roberto Croci

Regional Startups Enabler, .

Niteen Khemka

Co-founder & CEO, Startup Spine

Elodie Robin Guillerm

defence start up accelerator , Hub 71

Lavina Ramkissoon

AI Ethics and Technology Policy, African Union

Dr. Douha Attiah

Designer and Colour specialist, Founder of The sketchiniZer tools

Ayami Wanasinghe

Regional Director - South Asia, Founder Institute

Sayed Ahmad Sayed

Co-Founder, Asehaa

Jon Edward Santillan

Founder, Denarii Cash

Vadiraj Aralappanavar

Vice President of Product Management, Acko

Renjit Philip

Parner MENA, Start2Scale Consulting

Arun Palatty

Director, Product, Exponential Machines

Rahul Chowdhri

Investor, Stellaris Venture Partners

Manikandan Ps

Founder & Chief Architect, Devopstrio

Saiba Singh

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

Guillermo Guzman

General Partner, Indio VC

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Vera Futorjanski

Founder & CEO, Veritas Ventures

Lavina Ramkissoon

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

Madhur Malik

Founder & CEO, StartupNews.fyi

Sewu Steve Tawia

African Angel, Accra Angels

Shailendra Marathe

Virtual CFO, CFOAxis

Debamita Chatterjee

Dr, ...not yet launched - "in my mind" stage...

Swethal Kumar

Founder & CEO , Startupscale360

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform

Simran Kaur

Founder, Power Women Corp

Muna Alamer

Managing Partner , Naqaa Sustainability Solutions

Aigerim Zhangozina

CEO, SkillZ

Smeetha Ghosh

Founder CEO, Periscope FZCO

Maria Paula Oliveira

SVP Business Excellence , Mastercard

Bianca Gracias

Partner, Suits & Advisors

Idowu Akinde

Founder, Boolean Labs

Amit Raj Gogia

Consultant , Shark Tank

Yusra Ali Khan

Digital Marketing Manager, SDC App

Dr. Rahaf Almarzouki

Lecturer , King Abdulaziz University

Briar Prestidge

Founder and CEO, Prestidge Group

Dr. Nebila Dhieb

CEO, Transformative Education

Ahmad Addas

Technology Consultant, PwC Middle East

Joy Prabhakaran

FI Mentor

Heba Attiah

FI Mentor

Raj Sahu

Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc

Nadia Mannell

Co-Founder & General Partner, Seed South Capital

Hormazd Charna

Founder, MergerDomo

Anand Kadakol

Partner, Springup capital

Natalie Sleiman

Partner - Technology, Professional Services and D&I, Stanton Chase Executive Search

Nadine Zerrini

Corporate Innovation Leader, Harvard University

Padmini Gupta

CEO , rise and Xare

Naiyer Khanom

FI Mentor

Laxminarayan Kakade

FI Mentor

Mikhil Innani

MD , Apollo Finvest

Hussein A. Attar

Co Founder, Sawerly

Jeff Bennett

General Manager, Husqvarna Construction

Charles Shaban

Consultant, Self

Gaurav Dubey

Founder, Home Of Marketing

Krastina Zhivkova

Sustainable Business Development Expert, Various

Tushar Agrawal

Seed Investor, TrueTribe VC

Neeti Virmani

Venture Partner, Loyal VC

Shahira Hemeda

FI Mentor

Sidra Aziz

Owner , Harding Cap

Chris Foltz

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

Jonathan Steingiesser

Head Of Design , Property Finder

Jose L Lopez Villen

Director of Open Innovation & Partnerships Ecosystem, Etisalat

Victor Madueño

Experience Consulting Director | Business & Digital Transformation | Startup Mentor & Angel Investor, Epam Middle East

Stephanie Nour Prince

Partner, Network and Operations, Nuwa Capital

Aman Merchant

General Partner, ReImaginED Capital

Nader Sabry

Growth Hacker 🚀 Strategist 🎯 Bestselling Author 📚 - Keynote Speaker🎙, Get2Space.com

Shaima Ghafoor

Cofounder, Genbu.ai

Sandy Gómez

Director, FI Caracas

Walied Elamien

Platform Partnerships, Facebook

Krishnanand Gaur

FI Mentor

Gary Hoff

Creative Partner , GROUP OF HUMANS®

Bhaskar B

Consultant, IBM

Yousef Khatib

Founder, MNJM, Ykhatib Studio

Katie Mapondera

Founder and Managing Partner, Q L and D LLC

Guv Dhaliwal

Advisor, Fuel Ventures

Astrid Chedid

Regional Director for LAC and Spain, Annual Investment Meeting

Devesh Rajadhyax

Founder & CEO, Cere Labs

Seemant Shrivastav

Co-Founder, Mool Innovation Labs Pvt Ltd

George Papanikolaou

CEO, WINE ART SA

Mustafa Cakir

Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT

Prof RSS Mani

Vice President - Institutional Development , ITM Group

Kadir Ceran

Founder & Managing Director, KiRi Advanced Research & Consultancy

Zaheer Nasser

Co-Founder | Managing Partner, Doctoori Connect

Bhaskar Bulusu

Associate Partner, IBM India

Piyush Chowhan

Group Chief Information Officer, Lulu Group International

Rajneesh Akhoury

Advisor & Mentor, Tardid Technologies

Dr. Adv. Harshul Savla (MRICS)

Managing Partner, M Realty (Suvidha Lifespaces)

Sandip Shah

Partner, Mazars

Shamim Chowdhury

Co-founder & Chief Empowerment Officer, LETSRISE

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Wes Schwalje

Co-Founder & COO, Rise of the New Frontier Fund

Pratik Poddar

FI Mentor

Sridhar M

Finance Professional, Advisor

Poonam Khandelwal

Venture Partner / Angel Investor, Venture Catalysts

Shomiron DAS GUPTA

Founder & CEO, DNIF HyperScale SIEM

Muamar Magam

Managing Partner , Quintus LTC

Parvez Kudrolli

Principal Associate, Khurana & Khurana

Dr. Saurabh Mehta

Founder, Sun Wireless Technologies

Rahil Patel

Co-Founder, Easy Pay

Paras Jain

CEO, Indo Wings Private Limited

Vidyadhar Prabhudesai

Co-Founder, LeadCap Ventures

Mudassar Nazir

Technical Team Lead, Freelancer

Jyothis Ks

Co-Founder and Head of Sales, Zappy Hire

Arvind Patel

Managing Director, SLTL

Dr. Jubilant Kizhakkethottam

President, Pala Management Association

Ojas Oza

Head, Service Innovation, Connectivity Solutions pvt ltd

Dr. Sanjay Pawar

Principal and Independent Consultant, UMIT SNDT/ Dr Sanjay S Pawar Consultancy Services

Jagmohan Rishi

Vice President- Digital Strategy, Head of Training & Development, Wockhardt Ltd

Pritam Onsker

Founder & CEO, Tailorsmart.in & Brunchbites.in

Aman Sanduja

Co-Founder, Moving.so

Krishnakumar Devnally

Founder & Director, mPower Solutions

Jayant Tiwari

FI Mentor

Pratik Thakker

CEO, Webzoly

Ravi Namburi

Co-Founder, oneglint Media Solutions Private Limited

Alister DSilva

Co-Founder, Absolute Motion Pvt Ltd

Krishnamohan Chebrolu

Co-Founder, oneglint Media Solutions Private Limited

Narasimhan Elangovan

Partner, KEN & Co.

Keyur Bhalavat

Co-Founder & CEO, Plutomen Technologies Pvt Ltd

Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata

Regional Director, FI Africa

Mohammed Zaid Shaikh

Innovation Lead , Amity Education Group

Carey Brown

Solutions Architect, AKKB Solutions

Karmjitsinh Bihola

Founder, Innodesk Designovation Services

Vasukumar Nair

Founder & CEO, Vridhi Techno Farms Private Limited

Jitendra Singh

President and CDO, JK Cement Ltd.

Shashank Aiisvari

Founder, Aiisvari

Waleed Helal

Head of Growth Marketing, Xpence

Rasha Hisham

Senior Associate - Fintech and Financial Regulation , PwC Legal Middle East

Nikita Krasnov

FI Mentor

Agha Khan

FI Mentor

Christopher Omoregie

FI Mentor

Alaa Ahmed

CEO & Co-founder, Kotob Factory FZC

Misbah Uddin

Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group, LLC

Tariq Riaz

FI Mentor

Donald Thomas

Head Of Partnerships, Network International

Sultan Al Haji

President , Alliance Française

Jay Masri

Sales Director, PiLog Group

Daniel Mathon

FI Mentor

Ahmed Hegazy

Innovation Strategy Advisor, Oracle

Moaz Hamid

founding partner, mvmt ventures

Ahmad Jamous

Leadership & Business Strategy Advisor, Flow

Ahmed Elmowalad

Senior Program Manager , Amazon Web Services

Paurush Kumar

Partner, Head of International Practice, Trinaya Legal

Amit Kumar

Partner, ahVentures

Ajay Batra

FI Mentor

Rafeek Samaan

Sales Director - Power Generation(Renewable)/Energy Efficiency/Digital AI&ML/Oil&Gas, GE Power

Carolin Carmen Neubauer

COO, Fero.Ai

Laila Kabab

FI Mentor

Bala Bhaskaran

FI Mentor

Amro Zakaria

CEO, Madarik Capital

Nisary Mahesh

Founder, Her Money Talks

Smith Gonsalves

Director & Principal Consultant, CyberSmithSECURE

Pawan Desai

Co-Founder & CEO, MitKat Advisory Services Pvt Ltd

Manpreet Singh Nagi

President, Indian Chamber of International Business

Chetan Mehta

FI Mentor

Yaschin Mohabir

Chief of Staff and Head of Special Projects, Qatar Freezone Authority

Jen Kruidbos

Founder & CEO, Blawesome

Basil Moftah

General Partner, Global Ventures

Suvranil Majumdar

Senior Advisor, World Bank

Sachin Sandhir

Founder & CEO, GenLeap

Raj Saxena

Founder & CEO, Cygnet Infotech

Raam Anand

Founder, Stardom Alliance

Satya Sinha

Founder, Chisel Fitness LLP

Mark Taylor

FI Mentor

Priyanka Row

Founder & Mind Coach, Priyanka Row LLP

Mohamed Azman

Director and CEO, Aufenbach Private Limited

Roman Kovalenko

Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia

Arian Hashemi

Founder, Brand Husl

Costantino Spagnoletti

CEO & Co-Founder , Smartender

Steve Carlin

CEO, Kebek Ventures

Anjali Malhotra

Founder & CEO, C-Xcel

Anupam Saronwala

Advisor, Mentor & Investor, .

Anirudh Agarwal

Managing Director, PappaRoti India

Rahul Agarwalla

Managing Partner, SenseAI ventures

Trevor Bull

Ex CEO, Aviva India

Rachna Nath

Executive Director, Microsoft

Ajay Rajgarhia

Managing Director, APM Finvest

Ivan Ivanka

President & CEO, Ivanka Group

Mahesh Jaishankar

CEO , Arc Solutions

Awdesh Chetal

CEO, HyperThink Systems

Monika Agarwal

Private Wealth Manager, Bank of America Merill Lynch

Milind Singh

Co-Founder , Xare

Ibrahim Seksek

COO MENA and Russia , Rainmaking Innovation MENA

Walied Albasheer

Managing Partner, Intuitio Ventures

Gaurav Goel

FI Mentor

Arun Kapoor

FI Mentor

Punit Thakkar

CEO & MD, Shivaami Cloud Services Pvt. Ltd.

Vk Gupta

CTO & Head of OTT Business - DishTV, Director - Founder Institute

Abdelrahman Bannora

Founder, Customer Experience, Glass Insight

Ish Anand

Founder CEO, Business Doctors India

Nidhi Goyal

VP programs, Tata IIS

Chetan D'souza

Founder & CEO, KidzByte MediaTech

Sumit Garg

Founder CEO, Encriss Technologies

Sunil Cherian

SR VP, Wells Fargo Bank

Kaselin Naidoo

Advisor, TEMAMII South Africa

Kishore Reddy

Founder CEO, KK Corp

Janhvi Pradhan Deshmukh

Partner , Helios Legal

Abhinav Mathur

Founder, Million Sparks Foundation

Digvijay Singh

FI Mentor

Bikky Khosla

Chairman, Trade India

Vidushi Kamani

Angel Investor, Wysa

Gauri Malik

Founder, Sirohi

Murali Sathyanarayana

Advisor, Loyal VC

Harshvardhan Bhatkuly

Founder-CEO, Savoir Faire Media Group

Ajay Hiraskar

CEO & Chief Alchemist, Success Alchemists

Sairee Chahal

Founder & CEO, Sheroes

Nirav Choksi

Co-Founder & CEO, CredAble

Amit Rai

Managing Director & Partner , BCG Digital Ventures

Meghna Saraogi

Founder & CEO, Styledotme

Uzair Rashid

Senior Director, New Product Development, Cardinal Health

Shaswati Saradar

Dy CEO, SayeNvest Caps Advisory

Victoria Odimba

Founder, C Insights Africa

Alan Lwetabe

Co-Director , Founder Institute Kampala

Keshni Morar

Managing Director, Founder Institute South Africa + Investable

Jassem Osseiran

Chief Operations Officer, Semper Fortis Esports PLC

Himanshu Sukhwani

FI Mentor

Aniruddh Vaidyanathan

FI Mentor

Dr. Hanan El Basha

Founder, The Business Doctor & The Global Businesswomen

Peko Wan

Chief Ecosystem Officer, Pundi X Labs

Poonam Ekwade Shirsat

Founder Director , Amonra Training solutions LLP

Mehkar Sheikh

Regional Manager, Venture Cup Sweden

Arvind Sahay

FI Mentor

Sanjay Soni

Chief Visionary & Venture Architect, Jozi Angels

Harshdeep Singh Mendiratta

Product Lead, Cashew Payments

Anna Lindbäck

CEO & Founder, Startup Strats

Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal

General Manager, BITS BIRAC BioNEST (BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus)

Ashwin Krishna

Global Marketing Director, Tact.AI

Lloyd Mathias

Business Strategist, Angel Investor & Ind Director, Self employed

Filip Karwala

Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures

Angelin Indira

FI Mentor

Sara Abu Zahra

Head of Media Partnerships and Programming, MENA, Snap Inc.

Michael Jay

President, Educational Systemics, Inc.

Guillaume Chabot

Senior Investment Associate, Reech Corporations Group (Family Office)

Aaron Fernandez

Founder & Board Member , Kilowott

Anoop Hingorani

Seed Investor & Mentor, Arcatron Mobility

Ahmad Usman

Founder & CEO, Blue Trajectory

Ahmed Fawzi

Founder and CEO, MICEtribe

Santosh Talaghatti

President, Global Innovation Hub (Heal the World)

Angad Singh Bilochpura

CEO & Promoter, Estrela Inc Group

Mayur Virkar

Chief Technology Officer, MoneyNetInt Ltd

Shreyasi Singh

FI Mentor

Prashant D S

CEO, FiiRE - Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship

Amey Karmali

CEO, CIBA - Centre for Incubation and Business

Abrar Shaikh

Founder & CEO, Biz Nest & MeWo

Kshitij Naik

Partner , Sigma Ventures

Neeraj Saxena

Managing Partner, XScale

Dinesh Jain

Founder, IndianMaze Advisory

Carmen Mateos

Innovation Senior Manager, GELLIFY Middle East

Shyam Sundar Nagarajan

FI Mentor

Mac Goswami

CEO and Startup Advisor, Infosys and Macgen Ventures

Tao Xiao

Managing Partner, NH MANAGEMENT

Milena Kraeva

Founder & CEO, Nexus Impact Ventures

Chirag Warty

Executive Director, Quanical

Muhammed Shabreen

CTO, RIZEK LTD

Arun Natesh

Consultant, Brand Edge Consultancy

Sudarshan Ramakrishna Chetlur

Founder & MD, SCDS Global Branding Private Limited, BrandTRIGGR!

Preeti Chaudhary

Founder Director , PC Advisory

Anay Mashruwala

Partner, Venus Engineering Works

Garima Seth

Founder, Boon Capital Advisors

Rajesh Joshi

CEO, AIC-GIM Foundation

Ahmed Bakr

Principal , Boston Consulting Group

Ajay Kelkar

FI Mentor

Shrijay Sheth

Founder, LegalWiz.in

Adrian Cernautan

Digital Transformation Director Eurasia & Middle East, The Coca-Cola Company

Safwan Youseph

VP of Product, Bayzat

Mandeep M S

Mentor, Angel Investor & M&A Advisor

Lalit Mishra

Angel Investor, Lalit Mishra Angel Investor

Sara Daniel

CEO, Doha Tech Angels

Pol Creus Vila

Investment Manager, Emirates Investment Authority

Dr. Pallavi Singh

IP and Technology Lawyer and Consultant, Founder, Episteme Legal

Vinod Madhok

Chairman , Council SME

Deepanjali Shanmugam

Start-up Ecosystem Lead, Jio Business

Vivek Yadav

Founder CEO, Entecres Lab

Aditi Khurana

Head of Business Development, SoftBank KK

Kevin Chetty

Founder CEO, Macrocomm Financial Services / Xtenda Housing Finance

Ibrahim Kamalmaz

Founder and Chief Executive , Titanium Escrow

Jitender Ahlawat

Managing Partner, HJA & Associates LLP

Rachel Ndungu

CEO, Biashara Africa

Ryan Mendonca

Legal Consultant & Founder, Your Virtual Legal Counsel

Giriraj Vengurlekar

Director, Smana Technologies

Mihai Sava

Co-Founder, Cardea

Balu Masti

Co-Founder, HUM Consulting Services

Deepanshu Manchanda

FI Mentor

Madhu Kiran

FI Mentor

Amruta Patankar

FI Mentor

Purushottaman Dwarakanathan

FI Mentor

Michele Tarnow

Chief Executive Officer , Alliance Care Technologies

Rajiv Nair

FI Mentor

Dip Sengupta

Chief Growth Officer , Creative Land Asia

Sush Bapna

GP, Ventures

Diala J. Daoud

Co-Founder & Partner | Accelerator Program Specialist, Launch DXB | TASMU Accelerator

Sumit Maloo

Founder CEO, BuySupplies.in

Shankar Nanivadekar

Founder CEO, Gyany Customer Solutions

Narendra Arora

Partner, Arora Associates

Feryal Nass

Chairwoman & Founder, Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organization

Radhika Iyengar-Emens

Founding Partner, StarChain Ventures

Dojo Jose

Founder CEO, Aspire Media Pvt. Ltd.

Lakshmi Narasimha Moorthy K

Co-Founder and CEO, NicheBrains

Moritz Gripp

Co-Founder, Futurize

Tarun Gulati

Founder & CEO, Adios

Dhiraj J

Founder CEO, Verve Talent

Sameer Karulkar

Founder and Partner, Coverpage Ventures Advisory LLP

Stephania Fincatti

Head of Marketing & Growth , Mellow Consulting

Prateek Nijhawan

Founder , (In Stealth Mode)

Manoj Bhalla

Founder , (In Stealth Mode)

Dr. Rakesh Bhatia

Founder & CEO , TheCapitalNet

Osama Al Salloum

Founder & Managing Partner, 8020 Capital

Enad Kanaan

Programs Manager, Digital Incubation Center

Sapna Mongia

Vice President - Business Development India & Global Account Management, Consumer Devices Group WW, Flex

Manissh Kkumaar

CEO & Founder, Digi Osmosis

Deeksha Ahuja

FI Mentor

Ashwin Chawwla

Founder & MD , Escrowpay NeoBank

CS Ventures

Business Analyst, CS Ventures

Chet Jainn

Founder & CEO, Crowdera

Amit Jain

Managing Partner & Co Founder , StartupBay Pte Ltd

Varun Chawla

Co Founder & Founder, 91 springboard and Build3

Rashmi Deshpande

Founder , Crafting Capability

Anuj Kanwar

Co Founder , School Sharks

Ayhan K. Isaacs

Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute

Ashish Goel

AVP, Khetal Advisors

Saikiran Chandha

CEO, SciSpace (Formerly Typeset.io)

Atul Yadav

Founder, Reclayu

Girish Rao

CEO , Innovecture Pvt. Ltd.

Tarek Ghobar

cofounder, Paymennt.com

Marcel Ionescu

CTO Venture Partner, TRAC Expert Consulting

Greg Ignarowicz

Founder, DemGen Machine

Marcel Dridje

Member of the Supervisory Board, Sophia Business Angels

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Anshul Saxena

Partner, XScale

Akhilesh Srivastava

National Board Member, IPMA: International Project Management Association

Arvind Garg

President, Garg Consulting

Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA

Senior Director, Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science

Sonali Goila

Head - Venture Capital & Private Equity, Panthera Capital Investments

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director, Riyadh , Techstars

Jean Luc Scherer

Managing Director , Scality (by DAFZA)

Dheeraj Sood

FI Mentor

Aneesha Jyoti

FI Mentor

Subhradeep Bhowmik

FI Mentor

Sana Keshtkaran

Executive Caoch, Sana Keshtkaran Coaching

Suzy Engwall

CEO and President, HealthTech Strategies, LLC

Rahul Aulakh

Sales Partner, Target G

Abhishek Gupta

VP - IT , DishTV India Limited

Praful Nikam

President, Y4D Foundation

Rabeth Khan

Founder & CEO , Maccom, Bangladesh

Firas Sleiman

Founder & CEO, TEN

Amit Grover

Founding Partner & CEO, Grover & Company

Ashish Sarawagi

Investor & Growth Partner. , Gangupp

Sudhir Garg

Director Marketing, Tata Communications Ltd

Ankur Sarin

Co-Founder and CEO, Entrepreneurs Media

Balu Nayar

Co-Founder, Multinational Sports Venture

Rakesh Sinha

Senior Engineering Manager, Google

Malak Trabelsi Loeb

Founder & MD, Vernewell Management Consultancies

Visa Ray

Investment Team Leader, Speciale Invest

Omar Zaki

Founder, Qima Ventures

RATNA RANJAN

Strategic Advisor, Micro Center Group

Yemi Oluseun

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

ThankGod Egbe

Technical Director/CEO, CypherCrescent Ltd.

Ranendra Datta

Advisor, CACHATTO

Aditya Malik

Founder, Value Matrix

Anika Raja

Program Manager, IBM

Utkarsh Nanda

TechnicalSenior Product Manager, Amazon

Kshitij Puri

Founder & CEO, Ziploan

Gopal Kedia

Managing Partner , GK Kedia & Firm

Vikas Vikram

Vice President Portfolio, Niva Bupa

Neeraj Pratap Sangani

CEO, Hansa Cequity

Meher Gaurav

HR Consultant, EVENTZFORCE

Seema Jhingan

Partner and Co-Founder , LexCounsel, Law Offices

Shivam Tandon

Co Founder, Xander Law

Bhavesh Kothari

Co-Founder and Director, Billennium Divas Fund

Felix Schlenther

Managing Director, realworld one

Ihab Tabbara

Managing Partner, Spectrum Retail Advisory LLC

Uday Krishna

Venture Capitalist , Angel Investor

Dr Sadaf Hashmi

Managing Director, Crest Asia

Nadia KANOUN

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

Varun Puri

CPO, InFeedo

Guido Mercati

Sustainability Entrepreneur | Strategy and Innovation Advisor | Board Member and Mentor, Ex leadership Accenture, Publicis, WPP

Sahil Sapru

Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

Patrick O'Connor-Read

AI || Blockchain || Product, Architect & CTO

Anirudh Garg

Partner, BEENEXT

Manish Johari

Senior Vice President & Partner - Investor Relations, Agility

Arjun Mahadevan

CEO, Doola

Sunil Shekhawat

Cofounder & CEO, Sanchi Connect

Medea Nocentini

Senior Partner, Global Ventures

Priya M Nair

Founder & CEO, zwag Ai Solutions

Nicola Bettio

Executive Director - Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Higher Colleges of Technology

Rodrig Naska

Founder, Revido

Rohan Vaidya

General Manager, Elluminati Inc

Vishal Reddy

The Entrepreneur-ologist , entrepreneurology.network

Devashish Belsare

Devashish, IMGC

Izzu Pk

COO, Xena Intelligence

Moshe Mikanovsky

Product Director, Rootquotient

Alan Babakhani

Mr., Synergy International Systems

Rama Alsheikh

Miss, Hiro Health

Lee McMahon

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Clara Technologies Limited

Rachna Rangarajan

Ms, Self Employed

Nikash Patade

Co-founder and CEO, xpitchdeck.com

Halyna Kitor

Chief People Officer, Tabby.ai

Jane Khedair

Executive Director - Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (‘IEPC’) , London Business School

Jeremy Shorter

Asst. Vice President - Innovation, Aldar

Ahmad Al Khalil

Partner, Crimson Legal

Jordan Bray

UAE Director, Plug and Play Tech Center

Hussam Mohsineh

Serial Entrepreneur , Tech Communities Leader

Fahed Bizzari

Founder, Bellamy Alden

Mohammad Rasouli

Founder & CEO , AIx2.ai

Ali Abbas

FI Mentor

Catherine Mandungu

Founder & Chief RevOps Strategist, Think RevOps

Brenda Kamoto

Executive Director, Titan Capital

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