Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Melbourne Founder Institute

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.

The Founder Institute is about practical, actionable training and feedback - not theory. To acheive this, 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 Melbourne - Australia 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;

Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO Platform
Adam Long: Managing Director, ThunderLabs
Adeline Chu: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Western Sydney University
Adrian Bunter: Corporate Advisor | Angel Investor | Non-exec Director, Modus Partners
Aivee Robinson: Co-Founder, Catalyser
Alan Jones: CEO, Fishburners
Alanna Wright: Solicitor, Addisons
Albert Bielinko: Venture / growth investor, Telstra Ventures
Alejandro Patterson: Principal Product Manager , Honey Insurance
Alex Guyer: Partner Firemark Ventures, Associate Partner Black Nova Venture Capital
Alex Samson: Founder & CEO, dvhb
Allan Lalic: Co-founder, Kebloom
Amit Verma: Listing Manager, ASX
Anna Cheng: Head of Growth Marketing, Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Anne Moore: Work Futurist. Creator of Now to Next: Frames for the New Way We Work, Ex-CEO, Plando
Anne Marie Elias: chief disrupter, Founder, PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Annie Le Cavalier: Venture Partner, FI and Former GM & Community, Stone & Chalk
Annie Liao: Investor, Aura Ventures
Ant Moorehouse: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthTech
Asher Vukelic: Chair, Southwest Angels
Ashton Bishop: CEO, Step Change hellostepchange.com
Ben Pecotich: Design & Innovation Director/Founder, Dynamic4
Benjamin Chong: Partner, Right Click Capital
Benjamin Ranck: Principal, MacroReactor
Bill Trestrail: Venture Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
Bill Trestrail: CEO, Market Momentum Pty Ltd
Brendan Yell: Former Director, Twilio Startups
Brodie Mc Culloch: Founder and Managing Director, Spacecubed
Brodie Mc Culloch: Founder, Spacecubed, Perth, WA
Bronwen Kaspers: Customer Success Coach, Culture Amp cultureamp.com
Cam Walshe: Director, Pitchblak
Caroline Lepron: CEO & Founder, Skoutli
Charlotte Connell: Founder, The Sustainability Collective
Cheryl Mack: CEO & Founder, Aussieangels.com + Activator at SheEO™
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Chris Clark: Chris Clark, Sportsfusion
Chris Gillings: Venture Capital @ Five V Capital, & Founder @ Cut Through Venture
Chris Braine: Founder, Cellr
Chris Clark: Co-Founder & CEO of BEERLOVE
Christopher Krainer: Director of Hardware Engineering at Zoomo, & co-founder at rk-collective.com
Damien Messina: Manager, Impact Angel Network
Dane Eldridge: CEO, 4mation Technologies
Daniel Lohrmann: Managing Director, ikaros
Darsel Keane: Director, University of Auckland
David Isaac: Venture Building & Growth Strategy, Causality
Dean Mc Evoy: Non Executive Director, Investor and Adviser, TechSydney
Debra Taylor: Non Executive Director, Stone and Chalk
Dennis Kibirev: Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai
Dmitri Voronenko: CTO & Investor, virtualintegrity.com.au
Dylan Mc Donnell: CEO, Foodini
Ed Stevens: Entrepreneur in Residence, AGL
Eitan Bienstock: Managing Director, Techbench Capital
Elizabeth Kaelin: MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer, UTS Business School
Erwin Van Der Koogh: Founder/CEO, Linc
Evan Wong: CEO, Checkbox.AI
Franziska Iseli: Founder, Basic Bananas
Gautam Mishra: Founder / CEO, inkl
Gawin Fernando: Co-Founder, CreativeCubes.Co
George Hedon: Founder & CEO, Pause Fest
Greg Campbell: entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist, Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance
Gwendolyn Ong: Director, Cultivate
Harshu Deshpande: Start-up & Scale-up Advisor, Google
Jack Qi: Director, William Buck
James Moody: CEO, Sendle
Jane Cockburn: CEO and Founder, Kairos Now
Jared Kristensen: Co-founder/CEO, Playground xyz
Jeeva Suresh: Founder & CEO, Helix
Jeff Perlman: Founder, Revenue Ninja (revenue.ninja)
Jeremy Chetty: Co-founder, Student Edge
Jo Ucukalo: CEO, Handle My Complaint
Jo Ann Suchard: A/Prof, Sydney Angels & University of New South Wales
Joanna Ng: Former Early-stage investor, Investible
Joanne Jacobs: Co-CEO, Disruptor's Handbook
Jodi Boylan: Executive Producer, Director and Development Producer , Independent
Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
Joshua Ross: CEO and Founder, Humanitix
Joshua Boccamazzo: Head of Business Operations and Strategy, Perx Health
Julian Luca: CEO, Trava Travel & Horizon Program Manager, Innovation Bay
Justus Hammer: MR, Axis7
Kate Ringvall: Co-Founder, Galactic Cooperative
Katherine O'donoghue: Community Manager, UTS Startups
Kevin Whitmore: CEO & Founder, www.getcashbucket.com
Kim McGuinness: Strategic Relationships Director, SBE Australia
Lauren Capelin: Principal, Startmate
Leila Alem: Chief Design and Innovation and Adj Professor, ArcSense
Magdalena Reith: Startup- and Business Consultant, Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks
Marshall Hughes: Freight Manager, Freight Companies Australia
Marshall Hughes: Consultant, Freight Companies Australia
Matt Allen: CEO, Tractor Ventures
Matthew Browne: Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com, @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
Maz Zaman: Managing Partner, HyperScaled
Melissa Pye: Program Manager, UNSW Founders
Melissa Ran: Head of Community, AirTree
Michelle Gilmore: CEO, heyjuno.co
Mitchell Pham: Chairperson, NZTech
Monica Wulff: Head of WeWork Labs Pacific, WeWork
Neil Smith: CTO, Simple KYC
Nhat Nguyen: CEO, Otrafy
Nicola Rushton: Product designer & lean user researcher, nicolarushton.com
Oliver Ranck: Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director, Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck: Chair, Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes: CTO & Founder, OK200
Paul Krajewski: Product Management professional, Co-Director Founder Institute Australia+NZ
Paula Taylor: Executive Director and Co-Founder, West Tech Fest
Pavel Reddy: Former Managing Director, Clearpoint Ventures Pty Ltd (Formerly)
Pete Cooper: Founder, The Start Society
Pete Cooper: Former CIO, KBZ Bank
Pete Lead: Head of Programs, BlueChilli Group
Pete Horsley: Founder, Remarkable Tech
Peter Browne: Owner, Intangible Communications
Peter Van Bruchem: Co-Founder, Techboard
Prashant Gami: CEO & Founder, x•enabler
Rachel White: CFO, Part time CFO / fractional CFO
Rayn Ong: Director, Ong Heng Investments
Rebecca Pham: Program Manager, Launch Pad Innovation Program, Western Sydney University
Rebecca Dooley: Senior Associate, Addisons
Richard Dale: Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.
Roger Do: Co-Founder, QSearch
Roman Kovalenko: Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia
Ron Hill: Managing Director, sunramp.co
Ryan Cross: Manager for Prototyping, AWS, ANZ & APAC
Sam Richards: Managing Director, Brightlight Impact Advisory
Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Sameer Babbar: Director, SVB Group
Sandrina Postorino: Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.
Scott Crowe: Lead Recruiter, Canva
Scott Glew: Organizer, Morning Startup Perth
Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
Simone Joyce: CEO/Founder, Paypa Plane
Sorrel Osborne: Head of Growth, Playground xyz
Srikanth Muthyala: Investor, Melbourne Angels
Stefan Korn: General Manager, Callaghan Innovation
Stuart Reynolds: CEO & Founder, Fullstack Advisory
Tamar Boas: Community Manager, The Generator Bundaberg
Tim Silverwood: Co-Founder, Ocean Impact Organisation
Timo Kugler: Co-Founder, NASH + BANKS
Tom Dawkins: Founder/CEO, StartSomeGood
Tomaj Bayat: Growth, beforepay.com.au
Tony Sinclair: Director of Venture Debt, Cataliize
Usman Iftikhar: CEO, Catalysr
Vanessa Mouledous: Brand-built Growth Expert / Brand Expert, Mentor, Advisor, Haus of North
Vanessa Ronan Pearce: Head of Growth, Wych Money
Vern Chan: Startup Coach, Your Pivot
William Mc Cahey: Partner, Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor