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In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising startup entrepreneurs participate in weekly training and feedback sessions that are led by Founder Institute Mentors. 

Our Mentors provide the passion, experience, and support that helps our Founders launch meaningful and enduring companies.

Rather than bringing in consultants and academics who teach theory, we bring in experienced Founders and CEOs to give our companies the most relevant and valuable advice. In a confidential setting, they share horror stories, best practices, and realistic feedback to help our Founders avoid "rookie mistakes" and be successful.   

In the upcoming Montreal - Toronto Spring 2024 Semester, we have secured a truly exceptional roster of Founder Institute Mentors, including many from out of town.

See the full list below;

  • Aaron Carr: CEO & Founder, Qarrot Performance
  • Abdullah Snobar: Executive Director , DMZ
  • Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
  • Afsoon Soudi: Co Founder & VP R&D, IRYStec
  • Alain Goubau: COO & CFO, FarmLead
  • Alessia Talarico: Investment Analyst, BCF Ventures
  • Alex Nemeroff: Co-Founder, Creative Director, Dynamo
  • Alex Barrett: Investment Associate, iNovia Capital
  • Alex Iskold: Managing Partner, 2048vc
  • Alex Norman: Partner, N49P
  • Alexandre Witkowicz: Analyst, WhiteStar Capital
  • Alice Dinu: VP Student Success & Research, Ready Education
  • Amélie Morency: CEO, The FoodRoom
  • Amira Boutouchent: CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgr.co
  • Amy Pollard: Startup Program Manager, OVHcloud
  • Anand Safi: Director/ Head of Data Engineering, Zinnia
  • Andrew D'Souza: Founder and CEO, Sfoundation
  • Angelique Mannella: Strategic Global Alliances, Amazon
  • Angelo Esposito: CEO and Co-Founder, Wisk.ai
  • Ariel Garten: CEO, InteraXon
  • Ashok Prabhu Masilamani: CTO & Founder, Stratuscent
  • Balaji Gopalan: Co-Founder and CEO, MedStack
  • Ben Yoskovitz: Founding Partner, HighlineBETA
  • Ben Melchionno: Associate Partner, IBM
  • Benjamin du Haÿs: Founder & CEO, Mobeewave
  • Benjamin Tuff: Managing Partner, Benjamin David Group
  • Benjamin Sekkat: Associate, AQC Capital
  • Beth Thouin: CMO-for-Hire, Beth Thouin Consulting
  • Bonnie Foley-Wong: Chief Investment Innovator, Pique Ventures
  • Bonnie Chau: Portfolio Manager, BCF Ventures
  • Brandon Waselnuk: Product Manager and Principle, CoVenture
  • Brian Church: Country Manager, Canada
  • Brian Zubert: Director, Thomson Reuters Labs
  • Brice Scheschuk: CEO, Globalive Capital
  • Buchi Okoro: CEO and Co-Founder, Quidax (Techstars 2020)
  • Caitlin Mac Gregor: CEO & Cofounder, Plum.io Inc.
  • Caroline Pelletier: Vice President Screening and Investment Support, Anges Quebec
  • Carter Laren: Founder/CEO, Inara Ventures
  • Cesar L. Patricio: CEO & co-Founder, WorkMesh.co
  • Charles Tiné: Founder and ex-CEO, SafeBrands
  • Chevonae Walcott: Associate, Relay Ventures
  • Chris Arsenault: Managing Partner, iNovia Capital
  • Chris Atkinson: CEO & co-Founder, FleetOps
  • Chris Anderson: General Partner, A2Z Ventures
  • Claude Théoret: Founder, Nexalogy
  • Clement Cazalot: Managing Director, Self
  • Code Cubitt: Managing Director, Mistral Venture Partners
  • Craig Asano: CEO, National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada
  • Daleyne Guay: Founder & CEO, DGIT Management
  • Danial Jameel: Founder/CEO, Forbes 30under30, Ready Education
  • David Dufresne: Partner, Panache VC
  • David Sciacca: COO, LIFT session
  • David Nadezhdin: Co-founder/CEO, Master Your Rush
  • Dax Da Silva: Founder/CEO, LightSpeed
  • Deborah Hayek: Senior Product Owner (Manulife's Innovation Lab), Manulife
  • Dennis Van Staalduinen: President & Executive Strategist, Brandvelope Consulting
  • Diana Cheptene: Senior Product Manager, Shopify
  • Diana Sciortino: Investment Analyst, BCF Ventures
  • Dickson Nsofor: Founder and CEO, Korapay (Techstars 2019)
  • Doyle Buehler: CEO, Department of Digital
  • Dr. Alexandra T. Greenhill: CEO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
  • Eleonore Jarry Ferron: Investment Associate, BrightSpark
  • Elizabeth Wasserman: Co-Founder & CEO, Mate1.com Inc.
  • Ella Hilal: Director of Data, Shopify
  • Eric Brat: Director, co-Lead, Creative Destruction Lab (Montreal)
  • Eryk Warren: Co Founder & CTO, Unito
  • Ethan Song: Co-Founder & CEO, Frank & Oak
  • Eva Lau: co-Founder, Two Small Fish Ventures
  • Fab Dolan: Head of Marketing, Google, Canada
  • Francis Wenzel: Founder & CEO, TickSmith
  • Francois Poirier: COO, Parcours entrepreneurial Rémi Marcoux
  • François Arbour: CEO / VP Music & Video, Premiumbeat / Shutterstock
  • Frantz Saintellemy: President & COO, Leddartech
  • Frederic Voyer: Senior Product Innovation Lead, Multiple (HR, BVI & SWAAAP)
  • Frederic Scherer: CEO & co-Founder, Jitbase
  • Frederick Townes: Co-Founder & CTO, Boundless Life
  • Geoffrey Bernard: Senior Director, Growth, Analytics & Data Science, La Presse
  • George Korkejian: Venture Manager, BCF Ventures
  • Gian Carlo Di Tommaso: Chief Operating Officer
  • Giselle Bisson: Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR
  • Graeme Barlow: CEO, Quantum Liquid Cooling Inc.
  • Graeme Millen: Director, Technology Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
  • Greg Isenberg: Digital Marketer and Angel Investor
  • Ha Nguyen: VP, McRock Capital
  • Hakim Tamgalt: CTO & Co-Founder, Crema App
  • Hakim Merah: Senior Manager, Acceleration & AI Ecosystem
  • Hussam Ayyad: Chief Accelerator Officer , Highline Beta
  • Ian Jeffrey: VP Product Marketing Marketing, PasswordBox
  • Idowu Akinde: Founder, Boolean Labs
  • Isaac Souweine: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Real Ventures
  • Isaac Adejuwon: CEO & Founder, Metricsflow
  • James Slifierz: CEO, SkyWatch Space Applications
  • Javier Gotschlich: Head of Partnerships - Hubspot for Startups, HubSpot
  • Jay Ferst: Managing Partner, Ferst Capital Partners
  • Jean Agenor: Founder and CEO, Waxdale Ecosystem Inc.
  • Jean Benoit Richard: COO, Alexsei
  • Jean David Begin: Co-founder & CEO, Guestful
  • Jean-François Ouellet: Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, HEC Montréal
  • Jeffrey Hoffman: Chairman
  • Jeremy Geiger: CEO, Funding Lab LLC
  • Jerome Soucy: People & Operations, Hykso FightCamp
  • Jessica Korthuis: Founder & CEO, SOHUIS
  • Joanne Wong: Partner, REDDS Capital
  • Joel Yaffe: Founder, GuestDriven, iTechnique, Potcoin, Glace des Arts
  • Joel Semeniuk: Vice President of Growth and Innovation, Communitech
  • John Espinoza: Co-founder , Unito
  • Jonathan Brun: Vice-President, White Star Capital
  • Jonathan Druker: Director of commercialization and innovation, PME MTL
  • Jonny Caron: Launch Specialist, Unbounce
  • Jose Martins: Director , Founder Institute Boston
  • Josette Renée Landry: CEO, Streamline Genomics
  • Juan Cabrera: Designer & Marketing Consultant, jcabrera.studio
  • Julien Denaes: Co-Founder , Alpin
  • Justin Sherratt: Founder, Sortbox
  • Justin Evans: Co-Founder, LANDR Audio
  • Karina Costa: Director, Anywhere Accelerator
  • Kevin Swersky: Research Scientist @ Google Brain, Google Austria
  • Khalil Zahar: Founder & CEO, FightCamp
  • Kookai Chaimahawong: VC Associate, Pangaea Ventures
  • Kyell Vyncke: VP Sales & Marketing, TrackTik
  • Laviva Mazhar: Investment Analyst, Luge Capital
  • Leah Mazur: CEO & Founder, Loop Digital Marketing
  • Lee Silverstone: Co founder/ EVP strategic partnerships, Mystral Venture Partners
  • Leo Lax: Managing Director, L-Spark/Wesley Clover
  • Lisa Cashmore: Vice President, Start and Scale, Communitech
  • Lorne Lieberman: Managing Partner, Jant Ventures
  • Louis François Hogue: Strategic, Advisor
  • Louis Philippe Maurice: Louis Philippe Maurice - Founder/CEO, Busbud (Montreal FI), Busbud
  • Luc Filiatreault: Luc Filiatreault - VP Venture Development, OpenText (Barcelona FI), OpenText
  • Luc Bégnoche: Founder & CEO, DiversifAI
  • Lucas Francioli: Founder & CEO, MoveMate
  • Madusha Cooray: Manager, Developer Relations, Google Canada
  • Magaly Charbonneau: Principal, iNovia Capital
  • Mano Kulasingam: Venture Partner, Good News Ventures
  • Mara Rada: CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)
  • Marat Mukhamedyarov: Managing Partner, Good News Ventures
  • Marc Alloul: Managing Partner W2/W3, W Investments
  • Marc Boscher: Founder & CEO, Unito
  • Marc Chriqui: Angel Investor & Former CEO, Raymark (acquired by Mi9 Retail)
  • Marc Antoine Ross: Angel Investor & Chief Innovation Officer, Diagram Ventures
  • Marcos Carvalho: Co-Founder & Head of Demand Generation, Boundless Life
  • Marcus Daniels: Co-Founder & CEO, Highline VC
  • Mariah Lichtenstern: Founder-CEO, DiverseCity Ventures
  • Marina Cortes: Venture Partner, Hike Ventures
  • Martin Sendyk: President & CEO, Lytica
  • Matt Smith: C-Level Tech Startup Expert, Consulting
  • Matthias Bedard: Co-Founder & CTO
  • Matthieu Houle: VP Digital Media, Yellow Pages Canada
  • Mauro Repacci: Co-Founder & CEO, Boundless Life
  • Mazen Elbawab: Project Lead Programmer - Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft
  • Mehdi Mehni: Growth Product Lead, Wingocard
  • Mehdi Merai Merai: CEO, Dataperformers
  • Melissa Belbeck: Senior Associate, Whitecap Venture Partners
  • Meryeme Lahmami: Associate, Strategic Investments & Women in Tech, BDC Capital
  • Michael Katchen: Founder & CEO, WealthSimple
  • Michael Smith: Failed tech entrepreneur, lawyer, angel investor, Various
  • Michel Jamati: CTO, Lexop
  • Mike Silagadze: CEO, Top Hat
  • Mike Kirkup: CTO, enCircle
  • Mike Blicker: Co-founder & CEO, WealthTab
  • Mike Cegelski: Managing Partner & Angel Investor, Panache Ventures
  • Mike Apted: Principal Solutions Architect - Startups, AWS
  • Mohan Markandaier: Managing Partner, Good News Ventures
  • Mohannad El Barachi: Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, SweetIQ Analytics Corp.
  • Nadeem Ghafoor: VP, Canadensys Aerospace Corporation
  • Nadine Zerrini: Corporate Innovation Leader, Harvard University
  • Nancy Eperjesy: CEO & co-Founder, Mettle (acquired by Adobe Systems)
  • Naomi Goldapple: Head of AlayaLabs, AlayaCare
  • Narjes Boufaden: CEO & co-Founder, Keatext
  • Neha Khera: Venture Partner, 500 Startups
  • Nicolas Jacques Bouchard: Principal, Panache Ventures
  • Oshri Cohen: Fractional CTO, Oshri Cohen Technology Consulting
  • Pablo Srugo: Principal, Mistral Venture Partners
  • Pam Alfred: CEO, AskPAM
  • Parm Gill: Managing Partner, Gill Group
  • Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
  • Paul Ortchanian: Vice-President, Product Development, WatchMojo.com
  • Peggy Van De Plassche: Managing Partner & Board Member, Roar Growth & Invest Canada
  • Phil Rivard: Director of Ventures, NEXT Canada
  • Philip Cutler: President & CEO, GradeSlam
  • Pierre Sabbagh: Founder & CEO, Roof AI
  • Pierre Luc Laparé: Co-Founder, Golf Avenue
  • Prathna Ramesh: Managing Director & Chief Compliance Officer, Maple Leaf Angels
  • Przemyslaw (Marco) Janeczek: Managing Partner, Infinite Venture Partners
  • Rachel Sheppard: Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ
  • Raff Paquin: Director, Data, LightSpeed
  • Raffi Tchakmakjian: CEO, LIFT session
  • Raymond Luk: CEO, Hockeystick
  • Rob Attwell: Founder, COO/CFO, Careteam Technologies Inc.
  • Russ Armstrong: Head of Business Development, Boast.AI (Boast Capital)
  • Sanjay Singhal: Co-Founder and CEO, 500 Startups
  • Sanjay Zimmermann: Investment Associate, White Star Capital
  • Sebastien Roy: Director, Data Science, Wheels Up
  • Shahab Samimi: Senior Associate, 7 Gate Ventures
  • Shahzad Khan: CTO, Gnowit Inc
  • Shiva Bhardwaj: Founder, CEO, Pitstop
  • Siddharth Srivastava: Vice-President, McRock Capital
  • Sophie Boulanger: CEO, BonLook
  • Steven Abrams: Partner, IT Venture Fund, BDC Capital
  • Suzanne Grant: cofounder and ceo, iBIONICS
  • Taylor Sicard: Co-Founder, BVGrowth
  • Thomas Punch: VP Business Development, WatchMojo.com
  • Tim Jodoin: Founder - President, Edispin Inc.
  • Tom Lowden: Head of Labs, US East and Canada, WeWork Labs
  • Trevor Coleman: Founder - SVP, New Product Development , InteraXon
  • Trevor Longino: Chief Marketing Officer, Unito
  • Udit Bhatnagar: Investment Associate, McRock Capital
  • Ulrich Soeffing: Data Science Manager, MarketMuse
  • Vanessa Cherenfant: Managing Director, Sadax Technologies
  • Vaughn DiMarco: Director, INVEST-AI
  • Vicken Kanadjian: Co-Founder & Managing Director, Cesium Inc.
  • Yishel Khan: CEO & Founder, DOT Mind Unlocked
  • Yona Shtern: Founder/CEO, Beyond The Rack
  • Yuri Navarro: Executive Director, National Angel Capital Organization

  • And many more to be announced. 
                                         
                                     We hope you will join us in Montreal and launch a company in 2014.

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