Founder Institute Mentors

San Francisco Fall 2023

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 San Francisco program below.

Mentors

Abby Sugar

CEO, Play Out Apparel

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform

Abhishek Garg

Head of Growth, TheCapitalNet

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Alex Brough

Partner, Keneh

Alex Oakley

FI Mentor

Alexa Meyer

Co-Founder and CEO, Beam

Alexander Sumin

co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass

Ali Ahmed

CEO, Robomart

Allen Saakyan

Interviewing the Greatest Minds, Simulation

Allison Ayer

FI Mentor

Altif Brown

User Strategist, Constellation Network

Andy Van Valer

COO, Esaiyo, Inc.

Andy Billings

Profitable Creativity, Electronic Arts

Andy Marse

Director of Customer Success, Ecology Action

Angela Rastegar

Director, West Coast and Asia Pacific, Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation

Anna Lindbäck

CEO & Founder, Startup Strats

Anne Cocquyt

Founder & CEO, The GUILD

Anu Shultes

CEO, LendUp

Arun Nithyanandam

Co-founder and CEO, Cappius Technologies

Ashli Weiss

Attorney, Weiss Law LLP

Asya Bradley

VP | Channel Partnerships, Socure - Real Identity Verification

Atsuko Jenks

Founder & CEO, Japan Accelerator

Austin Stevenson

Managing Director, Thomas Green Holdings

Avery Lyford

Chief Customer Officer, Infostretch

Aviv Shalgi

CEO, Solar Simplified

Ayodeji Agboola

Founder, Akowe

Ayush Bharti

CoFounder/CTO, Our Health Mate

Bade Aluko

Managing Partner, White Hibiscus Capital

Barbara Timm Brock

CEO, eTrack Tech

Bastien Berthon

Sr. Director of Product, Head of Data, GM of Prism fund, Yieldstreet

Ben Larson

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Vertosa

Ben York

Director of Corporate Strategy, RampRate

Ben Larralde

Founder, Hackster.io

Bill Reichert

FI Mentor

Blair Mandell

Director of Talent Acquisition, Velodyne Lidar

Bow Rodgers

FI Mentor

Bradley Mora

CEO, Spacestation

Brandon Steelman

Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.

Brennan Woodruff

Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer, GoCharlie.ai

Brett Yokom

FI Mentor

Bryan Fields

Cofounder & CEO, Eighth Revolution

Bryan Talebi

CEO, Ahura A.I.

Carlos Ochoa

Founder & CEO, Alpha Impact 8

Caroline Yeh

Director of Procurement, Kiva Confections

Charles Warner

Editor in Chief, Cannabis and Tech Today

Charles Becker

Attorney, Hanson Bridgett

Chase Harmer

CEO, Wishes

Chinara Askerzade

Managing Partner at PocketVC early-stage VC, PocketVC Studio and PocketVC Technologies Inc

Chris Hawkins

Founder, SignNow

Chris Foltz

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

Chris Cromwell

UX Motion Designer, Indeed.com

Chris Miller

CEO, ScratchSpace Inc.

Chris Frost

Director of Technology and Infrastructure, Cruzio Internet

Ciaran Byrne

Product Marketing & Product Management Executive, CB Consulting

Cory Wang

CoDirector, Founder Institute SF

Dada Nabhaniilananda The Monk Dude

Mindfullness & Meditation Leader, Google

Dan Arkind

Founder & CEO, JobScore

Dan Rubins

Founder & CEO, Legal Robot

Daniel Takabayashi

CTO, Laguro.com

Daniel Idzkowski

Co-Founder & CEO, SkunkLock, Inc.

Dave Tran

Co-Founder, Farechild

David Gibbons

Managing Director, ESA/ESTEC

David Gimpelevich

Venture Scout, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments

David Kuchar

CEO, Coral

David Carvajal

Founder & CEO, Cannavest

David Chung

Regional VP Sales, VirnetX

David Dennis

Co-Founder, Microsoft

Deborah Lindsay

VP of Sales and Business Development, SellHound

Derek Andersen

Co-Founder, Bevy / Startup Grind

Dianthe Skurko

Principal, GVC Partners

Diego Roman

Founder & CEO, Pelotea Inc

Diogo Ruiz

CEO and Founder, Bluezup

Dj Saul

CEO, Khalifa Kush

Dj Gregory

Project Manager, Skybridge Construction

Dominique Kim, MPH

Health and Healthcare Transformation Leader, InnovatorMD

Don Samoil

COO, Blacksite Solutions

Elio Asuncao

Founder, Venture Capital World Summit Inc

Elizabeth Di Gaetano Andrew

Senior Sales, HelloSign

Emna Ghariani

Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute

Eren Bali

Chairman & Co-founder, Udemy

Eric Anderson

President , And One Technologies

Erwin Hosono

Partner, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Faye Sahai

General Founding Partner, Telosity Ventures

Felipe Castro Quiles

CEO, Emerging Rule

Feron Mcgurrin

Creative Team Lead - Product Innovation Team, Samsung USA

Francisco Cruz Mendoza

Community Manager, Notion

Frank Mastronuzzi

Founding Partner, Punch Financial

Frank Hysa

Senior Innovation Manager , Volvo Group

Frederic Voyer

Senior Product Innovation Lead, Multiple (HR, BVI & SWAAAP)

Gabriela Covay

Agency Owner, Bright Valley Marketing

Gabriela Covay Moore

Founder of a Digital Marketing Company - I can Help Companies Leverage SEO and Digital Marketing to Grow, Bright Valley Marketing, LLC

Gagan Biyani

Co-Founder, Udemy, Spring, Maven

Gautam Tandon

CEO, Ellipsis Marketing

Genau L. Jr.

Founder & CEO, Yoobe.me

Gil Allouche

Founder & CEO, metadata.io

Gina Cavuoto

Media Specialist, Believe Agency

Giselle Bisson

Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR

Grace Robinson

Director of Business Development, Ello Capital

Gregory Rickman

Executive Coach, Greg Rickman Leadership Coaching, LLC

Haden Kirkpatrick

Head of Marketing Strategy and Innovation, Esurance

Harmony Oswald

Founder & CEO, Legalucy, Inc.

Helene Servillon

Founding Partner, JourneyOne Ventures

Henry Lin

Managing Director, Point B Capital

Ian Richards

CEO, Fitchburg Management

Ian Gordon

DevOps, Orcale

Ignacio Castro

Managing Director, Founder Institute Boston

Irina Berkon

Member, Golden Seeds

Isaac Bock

Managing Director, AlphaRoot

Ishwar Persad

Funder. Executive Coach, Insight Coaching

Ivan Goldensohn

CEO, Valis Bioscience

Jake Kuczeruk

Business Development, The Arcview Group

Jake Wall

Chief Innovation Officer, avec bloom

Jake Tital

Co-Founder, Sproutways

J. Allie Morse

Head of Expansion, Postmates

James Leaverton

Partner Marketing Manager, Startups, Equinix

Jason Jacobsohn

FI Mentor

Jason Jacobsohn

Managing Director, Propellant Ventures

Javid Jamae

Director of Growth, Postman

Jay Rooke

Executive Coach, Jay Rooke Coaching

Jean Garcia Periche

Co-Founder, GENIA Latinoamérica

Jean-Claude Junqua

CEO, CE2Innovate

Jeanne Sullivan

Investor, RampRate

Jed Katz

Managing Partner, Javelin Venture Partners

Jeffrey Mazer

Chief Financial Officer, WYLD

Jeffrey Finkle

CEO, Arcview Ventures

Jeni Chang

Founder | Investor | Mentor, .

Jeremy Glassenberg

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

Jimmy Ku

Head of Growth, Flutterwave

Joanna Hildebrand

Owner and Principal Designer, Joanna Hildebrand Design

Johannon Olson

Partner, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments

John Cleveland

Lead Advisor, SkyDeck Berkeley

John Avilla

Founder & CEO, Sound Union

John Frye

Founder, Finesse Media

John B Graham

CEO/Co-Founder, iObjx

Jon O'connell

Partner, Crowell & Moring

Jon Baer

Managing Partner, StoneHearth Ventures

Jon Mechan

Executive Coach and Leader, JM Coaching

Jonathan Lu

Managing Partner, Transformation Equity Partners

Jordan Crawford

Founder & CEO, Scout

Jordan Layman

Co-Founder, Idea Fabrication Labs, LLC.

Jose Ostolaza

Co-Founder, Red Rock Rebels

Josh Jacques

COO, Mautto Handbags

Joshua Krammes

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuakrammes/, Equinix

Juan Polanco

Founder & CEO, Optimo Capital

Julia Selander

Vice President S.F, Essen International

Julio Casado

Founder, Full Funnel Growth

Justine Reichman

Founder, NextGenChef

Karl Shaikh

Founder , Interpreters-On-Call

Kate Bunina

Managing Director of Bay Area, U+

Katrin Jakob

Managing Partner, California Business Associates, LLC

Kelli Peterson

Principal, Managing Director, The Change Project

Ken Kruszka

CEO, SnapCheck

Kerry Jones

Former Co-Founder / CTO, HubHaus

Kevin Noble

Co-Founder, Red Rock Rebels

Kimberly Wiefling

Founding Member, Silicon Valley Alliances

Kirill Satanovsky

Co-Lead, FI Santa Cruz

Lavinia Herbei

MD, MBA, InnovatorMD, JMMG

Lesa Hammond

CEO, ProfHire

Liz Wald

Executive, Board Director, Good Earth Organics

Liz Skalla

Co-Founder & EVP, GIVN Goods

Lizette De Arkos

Chief Strategy Officer, Phenotopia

Luba Lesiva

Partner, Palumni VC

Madeline Duva

Board Member, Fluxx.io and Wishes.inc

Madeline Ulivieri

Chapter Lead: Europe, North America, & LATAM, Startup Grind

Maha Baimyrzaeva

Associate Professor of Organizational Development, Change, and Leadership, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Mahad Ahmad Sheikh

Co-founder & CEO, remoty.dev

Maia Bittner

Hustler, Serial Entrepreneur

Mara Rada

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

Marc Gelfo

Founder & CEO, Modacity

Marcos Polanco

CTO, Bellwether Coffee

Marius Ursache

CEO & Co-founder, MetaBeta

Mark Montalban

Founder & CEO, MindfulText

Mark Busch

Director of Corporate Development, Unity Rd.

Mark Ciotola

CEO, SustainSpace

Maryam Salehijam

Business Expert, MS Consulting

Matt Martin

Co-Founder, Startup Oasis

Matt Mc Ginn

CEO, Fly Beverage

Matthew Bradley

VP Machine Learning, SynapseFI

Matthew Pelnar

VC & Startup Attourney, Crowell & Moring

Matthew Coombs

VP of Business Development, Cidi Labs

Matt.M.Hill@Gmail.Com Hill

Founder & CEO, Elegen

Maurits Werdmuller Von Elgg

CMO, Blacksite Solutions

Melonee Hawkins

Certified Public Accountant, Hawkins CPA, Inc.

Mercedes Bankston

Founder, Funderstar LTD

Michael Gorback

Partner, Corporate Group Chair, Hanson Bridgett LLP

Michael Zaytsev

Founder, High NY

Michael Sidgmore

Partner, Broadhaven Ventures

Mike Suprovici

Head of Acceleration, VC Lab

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Mike Siebold

Advisor, FlowerHire

Mike Simpson

CEO, Omura

Mikhail Holst

Program Manager, CITRIS Foundry

Molly Pyle

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Lead, Center on Rural Innovation

Monica Phillips

President, Spark Plug Labs

Munjal Shah

CEO, Like.com

Nada Miljkovic

Entrepreneurship Instructor, University of California, Santa Cruz

Nancy Wang

CEO, Advancing Women in Product

Nancy Birnbaum

Founding Publisher, Market Director, Sensi Media Group

Natalie Wilson

Senior Counsel, Hanson Bridgett

Nathan Yagoda

VP of Marketing, PLUS Products

Neil Gehani

Principal Founder, Katen.AI

Neil Cohen

Marketing Therapist, Brand, Marketing & Sales Consulting

Newton Paskin

President & CEO, Explorer Technologies

Nicholas Larkins Perez

Innovation Manager, Samsung America

Nicole De Meo

Founder, Outfront Solutions

Nitin Pachisia

Founding Partner, Unshackled

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS

Olga Mack

CEO | Startup Advisor | Author | Speaker | Women's Advocate, Parley Pro

Omar Valle

Startup Business Development, Innovation Bay

Pascale Diaine

Principal, Storm Ventures

Patrick McCullough

Impact Coach, Patrick McCullough

Patrick Reilly

CEO, Intellectual Property Society

Paul D'souza

President and CEO, The D'Souza Group

Paul Rosen

Executive Chairman, Global Go

Pete Biggam

Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute

Peter Cardilla

Web Developer, Bay Photo

Phil Libin

Founder & CEO, All Turtles

Phnam Bagley

Partner and Creative Director, Nonfiction Design

Pilar Fernandez Hermida

Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand

Pranay Suresh

Engineering Leader, Rivian Automotive

Qasim Salam

CEO, CreativeMorph

Rachele Keech

Training Coordinator, CrowdStrike

Rafael Viana

Co-Founder, Bee Family

Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot

Renata George

Managing Director, Zenmen VC

Renee Niemi

Venture Partner, Mighty Capital

Reza Taheri

Helping Founders Create the Future |Founder | Mentor | Executive Coach, Higher Potential

Richard Cristina

Co-founder (MentorLabs), Founder (Bloom), Principal Director (Founder Institute)

Rishi Mallik

FI Mentor

Robb Maddox

COO, Startup Oasis

Rohan Sampath

Cofounder & CEO, Copilot

Roman Martynenko

Co-Founder, Astound Commerce Corporation

Ron Gentile

Founder, Moodfit

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Rustam Hashimov

Engineering Manager, Google

Ryan Vinyard

Hardware Startup Consultant, Vinyard Product Development

Ryan Mendoza

Partner, Scrum Ventures

Ryan Coonerty

3rd District Supervisor, County of Santa Cruz

Sam Gichuru

CEO/founder, Kidato

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sana Keshtkaran

Executive Caoch, Sana Keshtkaran Coaching

SANDRO TUZZO

Consultant, Sandro Tuzzo Mediation and Professional Consulting

Sarah Falvo

Director of Community, Arcview

Sascha Karstädt

FI Mentor

Sc Moatti

Managing Partner, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments

Scout Tweedie Yates

Regional Manager , The Founder Institute HQ

Sean Casey

Managing Director, Silicon Valley Space Center

Shahar Matorin

CEO, Crumbiz

Shubhi Nigam

Product, Carta Inc.

Sidd Gavirneni

CEO and Co-Founder, Zeguro

Simone Bertolone

Managing Director and Partner , Orka Ventures

Stephen Meade

Founder & CEO, MonetaPro

Stephen Pieraldi

Founder, Pieraldi, LLC.

Steven Morley

Business Advisor, Success4Execs

Subramaniam Eassuwaren

Co-Founder, The Carbon Consulting Company

Sumit Mehta

CEO, MAZAKALI

Sven Eenmaa

Director, Investment and Economic Analysis, ISS U.S. National Laboratory

Tarun Gulati

Founder & CEO, Adios

Ted Holladay

CEO, Studio Holladay

Theodore Moskovitz

Founder, AMMA

Theron Mc Collough

CEO, fiifi

Tiago Gavassi

Founder, PANIC LOBSTER

Tiarne Hawkins

Vice President, Playable

Tijan Watt

Managing Director, African Tech Leaders

Tom Charman

Co-Founder/CEO, Rassa

Torrey Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx

Travis Scadron

VP Business Development, Surfside

Uli Chettipally, MD

Founder, InnovatorMD

Usama Abid

Founder & CEO, Inventhub

Veronica Guzman

Founder | Innovation Catalyst, WAMVentures

Vic Kapur

Founder & Managing Member, VisionPassage

Vincent Diallo

Partner, Interlace Ventures

Walter Roth

CEO, Moment Sales, LLC

Wayne Willis

Managing Partner, Nodal Partners

Wilson Jian

Co-Founder, SumoDash

Yasmeen Turayhi

Global Product Marketing Lead, AdRoll

Yemi Oluseun

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

Yuwei Shi

Academic Director, Blue Pioneers Accelerator, University of California, Santa Cruz

Zaina Orbai

Chief People Officer, The RealReal

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