Build a Great Startup in 2025 with the FI GCC Startup Accelerator

The Founder Institute, the world’s most proven network to turn ideas into fundable startups, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the GCC Spring 2025 program!

If you could use a structured process and a lifetime of support from GCC's top investors and entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the GCC Spring 2025 Founder Institute today.

Since 2009, our highly-structured accelerator programs have helped entrepreneurs at the earliest stages grow quickly, know what to do next, and make connections with the largest community of startup advisors.

To celebrate the launch, the Founder Institute will host several free online startup events in GCC, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs:

• What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 5:00am, Jan 23, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/362714
• Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
• How to Align Your Brand Messaging with Your Startup Mission: 10:00pm, Jan 27, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/362988
• FI Alumni Panel: Meet Portfolio Companies and Ask Questions: 10:00pm, Jan 29, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/363472
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Trasition to Startup Founder : 5:00am, Feb 04, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/363764
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 10:00pm, Feb 05, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/363824
• How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 10:00pm, Feb 10, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/364001
• Investor Valuation Basics: How to Assess Your Startup’s Worth with Neil Shah: 5:00am, Feb 25, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/364516
• Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Javier Caruso: 10:00pm, Feb 27, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/364258
• How to Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset: 10:00pm, Mar 03, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/366214
• Co-Founder Networking: Sales and Marketing Partner Matchmaking: 9:00pm, Mar 12, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/364698
• What is the DNA of an Entrepreneur? Insights from 15 Years of Research: 9:00pm, Mar 19, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/365000
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 4:00am, Mar 25, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/365348
• Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 4:00am, Mar 27, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/365175
• Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Make the Trasition to Startup Founder : 9:00pm, Apr 07, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/365691
• Startup Fundraising Q&A: Meet Investors from the FI Venture Network: 9:00pm, May 12, 2025 (Asia/Muscat): https://FI.co/e/366397

• See all upcoming events

The GCC program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Ayhan K. Isaacs (Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute), Carmen Mateos ( Innovation Program Lead, Entrepreneur.com), Dr. Hanan El Basha (Founder & CEO, Maverika), FI GCC (-, -), Sameer Sortur (Founder & CEO , SquareCircle Ventures).

In addition, some of GCC's top investors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs will be participating in the program, providing them with expert feedback and evaluation. The list of startup mentors for the GCC Founder Institute includes:

• Aakarsh Naidu: Founder, The Startupreneur
• Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
• Abdelrahman Bannora: Founder, Customer Experience, Glass Insight
• Abdul G Sait: Group CEO and venture catalyst, Basket Option
• Abdulrazzaq Alyan: Co-Founder, Tamkeen Alamal
• Abhinav Mathur: Founder, Million Sparks Foundation
• Abhishek Srivastava: Investment Professional, Ventureast Tenet
• Adam Matalon: Founder & CEO, Message HQ
• Adarsh Rai: Founder & Principal Consultant - Recruitment Strategy, HR Brain HUB
• Aditi Khurana: Head of Business Development, SoftBank KK
• Aditya Kathpalia: Program Manager, YourStory Media
• Adrian Cernautan: Digital Transformation Director Eurasia & Middle East, The Coca-Cola Company
• Ahimanikya Satapathy: Founder & CEO, DocEngage
• Ahmed Fawzi: Founder and CEO, MICEtribe
• Ahmed Bakr: Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
• Aigerim Zhangozina: CEO, SkillZ
• Ajay Goel: Managing Partner, Crestlight Venture Productions LLC
• Ajay Jain: Managing Director & Founder, Silverneedle Ventures
• Ajay Kolla: Founder & CEO, Wisdomjobs.com
• Ajay Vasudeva: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Verifylabs, FIICC
• Ajay Rajgarhia: Managing Director, APM Finvest
• Ajay Hiraskar: CEO & Chief Alchemist, Success Alchemists
• Ajit Veerappan: Founder & MD, ABI-Health
• Alaa Ahmed: CEO & Co-founder, Kotob Factory FZC
• Alan Lwetabe: Co-Director , Founder Institute Kampala
• Alan Babakhani: Mr., Synergy International Systems
• Alexandra Di Nella: Partner, Productwise Talent
• Alex M. Dascalu: Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
• Alister DSilva: Co-Founder, Absolute Motion Pvt Ltd
• Aliya Nur Babul: Venture Partner, Global Millennial Capital
• Amal Dokhan: Partner MENA, 500 Startups
• Aman Merchant: General Partner, ReImaginED Capital
• Aman Sanduja: Co-Founder, Moving.so
• Amira Boutouchent: CEO & Co-Founder, Bridgr.co
• Amit Grover: Co-Founder, AHAtaxis.com
• Amit Agrawal: Founder
• Amit Jain: Managing Partner & Co Founder , StartupBay Pte Ltd
• Amr Metwally: Assistant Executive Director, ITQAN Clinical Simulation & Innovation Center - Hamad Medical Corporation
• Amruta Patankar: Founder & CEO
• Anand Varadaraj: CEO, Yo2Yoga
• Anand Kadakol: Partner, Springup capital
• Anay Mashruwala: Partner, Venus Engineering Works
• Angad Singh Bilochpura: CEO & Promoter, Estrela Inc Group
• Anika Raja: Program Manager, IBM
• Anil Jwalanna: Founder & CEO, WittyParrot
• Anjali Malhotra: Founder & CEO, C-Xcel
• Anjana Vivek: Founder Director, VentureBean Consulting
• Anna Lindbäck: CEO & Founder, Startup Strats
• Anoop Hingorani: Seed Investor & Mentor, Arcatron Mobility
• Anshu Srivastav: Founder, Multiple Startups
• Anshul Saxena: Partner, XScale
• Anshuman Bapna: CEO, mygola.com
• Anuj Kanwar: Co Founder , School Sharks
• Anupam Saronwala: Advisor, Mentor & Investor, .
• Apul Nahata: Co-Founder, Kalpnik
• Areej Alarifi: Trainer, Freelancer
• Arian Hashemi: Founder, Brand Husl
• Arjun G N: CEO, ArtPandora,Tudo Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Arpit Chhabra: Co-Founder, MishTag
• Arun Palatty: Director, Product, Exponential Machines
• Arun Natesh: Consultant, Brand Edge Consultancy
• Arunabh Choudhary: Partner, Juris Corp
• Arvind Lodaya: Co-Founder, Deccan Center for Innovation and Design
• Arvind Vasu: Senior Vice President, Asia Investments, ABB Technology Ventures
• Arvind Patel: Managing Director, SLTL
• Arvind Sahay, UnCommon VC
• Arvind Garg: President, Garg Consulting
• Ashish Tulsian: Co-Founder, Posist
• Ashish Kole: Chief Sales Officer, THE GAIN
• Ashish Goel: AVP, Khetal Advisors
• Ashish Sarawagi: Investor & Growth Partner. , Gangupp
• Ashok G: CEO & Co-founder, STARTUP360 India
• Ashutosh Wakankar: Co-Founder, Cracker & Rush
• Ashwin Krishna: Global Marketing Director, Tact.AI
• Astrid Chedid: Regional Director for LAC and Spain, Annual Investment Meeting
• Atul Yadav: Founder, Reclayu
• Awdesh Chetal: CEO, HyperThink Systems
• Ayami Wanasinghe: Regional Director - South Asia, Founder Institute
• Ayhan K. Isaacs: Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
• Azhar Kurdi: Marketing and Business Development Strategist, SME Support Center |Saudi SMEs General Authority (Monsha'at)
• Bahar Alharbi: Founding managing partner, Startups House
• Balaji Chakravarthi: Founder & Editor, FirstFewCustomers.com
• Balu Masti: Vice President - Global Biz Dev and Eng., Vigyanlabs Innovations
• Balu Masti: Co-Founder, HUM Consulting Services
• Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
• Berg Moe: Owner, Berg Moe Media
• Bharath Haridas: Lead Design and Marketing, Insurtech and Enterprise 2.0, Plug and Play Tech Center
• Bhaskar Srivathsav: Founder, Furnish Mantra
• Bhaskar B: Consultant, IBM
• Bhaskar Bulusu: Associate Partner, IBM India
• Bhavesh Kothari: Co-Founder and Director, Billennium Divas Fund
• Bianca Gracias: Partner, Suits & Advisors
• Bill Ashlock: Founder, BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd.
• Bipin Pendyala: Founder & MD , SuVitas Holistic Healthcare
• Brian Proffitt: Partner, Disruptive Capital Finance
• Briar Prestidge: Founder and CEO, Prestidge Group
• Carey Brown: Solutions Architect, AKKB Solutions
• Carmen Mateos: Co-Director & Startup Mentor, Founder Institute GCC
• Catherine Mandungu: Founder & Chief RevOps Strategist, Think RevOps
• Chaitanya C
• Charles Shaban: Consultant, Self
• Chet Jainn: Founder & CEO, Crowdera
• Chetan D'souza: Founder & CEO, KidzByte MediaTech
• Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
• Chirag Warty: Executive Director, Quanical
• Chiranth Patil: Founder
• Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
• Christoph Sollich: Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor
• Craig Zingerline: Founder and CEO , Growth University
• Cristian Onetiu: Entrepreneur, Life Care Corp
• Daoud Ghannam: Founder & CEO, uMake
• David Keynan: Vice-Chairman, Federation of Indo-Israeli Chambers of Commerce
• Deeksha Ahuja
• Deepak Sharma: Head Of Operations, Housr
• Deepan Anand: Managing Director, Leisure Entertainment Pvt Ltd
• Deepanjali Shanmugam: Start-up Ecosystem Lead, Jio Business
• Deepanshu Manchanda: Founder CEO
• Devesh Rajadhyax: Founder & CEO, Cere Labs
• Dhiraj J: Founder CEO, Verve Talent
• Dhruv Khanna: CEO & Co-Founder, Data Resolve
• Dileep Mangsuli: CEO, GE Technology Center
• Dimitris Polychronopoulos: Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor
• Dinesh Jain: Founder, IndianMaze Advisory
• Dip Sengupta: Chief Growth Officer , Creative Land Asia
• Doaa Bin Thabit: Founder, Packageha
• Dojo Jose: Founder CEO, Aspire Media Pvt. Ltd.
• Dr. Adv. Harshul Savla (MRICS): Managing Partner, M Realty (Suvidha Lifespaces)
• Dr. Douha Attiah: Designer and Colour specialist, Founder of The sketchiniZer tools
• Dr. Hanan El Basha: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Maverika
• Dr Lakshmi Jaganathan: COO, Derbi Foundation
• Dr Manish Gupta: Co-Founder & CEO, Videoken
• Dr. Pallavi Singh: IP and Technology Lawyer and Consultant, Founder, Episteme Legal
• Dr. Rahaf Almarzouki: Lecturer , King Abdulaziz University
• Dr. Rakesh Bhatia: Founder & CEO , TheCapitalNet
• Dr Sadaf Hashmi: Managing Director, Crest Asia
• Dr. Sanjay Pawar: Principal and Independent Consultant, UMIT SNDT/ Dr Sanjay S Pawar Consultancy Services
• Dr. Saurabh Mehta: Founder, Sun Wireless Technologies
• Dr Sujitha Karnad: Founder & CEO, LeadNOW
• Ebin Elavathingal: Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market
• Ebrahim Alsafi: Financial control manager, visual ads, visual arts, azaam alarab, giant vision
• Eleni Lialiamou: Founder, Kimolian Academy
• Eleni Lialiamou - USE OTHER PROFILE: Founder, Kimolian Academy
• Elodie Robin Guillerm: defence start up accelerator , Hub 71
• Emine Yilmaz: Founder , Acceleratemea
• Enad Kanaan: Programs Manager, Digital Incubation Center
• Farhat Bashir: Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies
• Ferdinand Mühlhäuser: Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Germany
• Filip Karwala: Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures
• Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
• Gagandeep Singh Sapra: Co-Founder, Sproutbox
• Ganesh Shankar: CEO, Fluxgen Technologies
• Garima Seth: Founder, Boon Capital Advisors
• Gaurav Maheshwari: Co-founder, GetLook
• Gaurav Punjabi: Founder, Rs Financial Services
• Gaurav Dubey: Founder, Home Of Marketing
• Gauri Malik: Founder, Sirohi
• Geetha Ramamurthy: CEO
• Geetha Ramamurthy: CEO
• Giri Krishna: CMD, Silvan Innovation Labs
• Giriraj Vengurlekar: Director, Smana Technologies
• Girish Krishnamoorthy: Vice President, TCS
• Girish Rowjee: CEO, Greytip Software
• Girish Maiya: Co Founder, SnapCommute Labs (P) Ltd
• Girish Rao: CEO , Innovecture Pvt. Ltd.
• Govind Nallur: Advisor and Startup Mentor, Ruminatee
• Govindarajan VR: Director, Perfios
• Greg Ignarowicz: Founder, DemGen Machine
• Guillermo Guzman: General Partner, Indio VC
• Guv Dhaliwal: Advisor, Fuel Ventures
• Halyna Kitor: Chief People Officer, Tabby.ai
• Hari Shashank: Head Sales, Entersoft Security
• Harish Saini: Founder & CEO, Bharat Infotech
• Harpreet Singh Grover: Co-Founder & CEO, cocubes.com
• Heba Attiah: User Experience Development Consultant
• Hersh Haladker: Founder, instillmotion consulting pvt. ltd.
• Ibrahim Seksek: COO MENA and Russia , Rainmaking Innovation MENA
• Ibrahim Kamalmaz: Founder and Chief Executive , Titanium Escrow
• Idowu Akinde: Founder, Impact Hub Lagos
• Ihab Tabbara: Managing Partner, Spectrum Retail Advisory LLC
• Indica Amarasinghe: Chapter Director, Startup Coach & Mentor, Startup Grind Doha
• Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
• Ish Anand: Founder CEO, Business Doctors India
• Ivan Ivanka: CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital
• J Ramachandran: CEO , Gramener
• Jagmohan Rishi: Vice President- Digital Strategy, Head of Training & Development, Wockhardt Ltd
• Jamie Cid: Social Media Expert
• Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
• Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
• Jasminder Gulati: Co-Founder & CEO, NowFloats
• Jassem Osseiran: Chief Operations Officer, Semper Fortis Esports PLC
• Jayant Tiwari
• Jean Luc  Scherer: Managing Director , Scality (by DAFZA)
• Jeetendra Joshi: CMO, martjack Enterprises
• Jeff Bennett: General Manager, Husqvarna Construction
• Jei Narayanan: COO, Black Pepper Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Jen Kruidbos: Founder & CEO, Blawesome
• Jitender Ahlawat: Managing Partner, HJA & Associates LLP
• Jitendra Singh: President and CDO, JK Cement Ltd.
• Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
• Jonathan Steingiesser: Head Of Design , Property Finder
• Jon Edward Santillan: Founder, Denarii Cash
• Jordan Bray: UAE Director, Plug and Play Tech Center
• José Francisco Fernandez Serna: Angel Investor & Expert, European Institute of Innovation & Technology, EU
• Joshua Rozario: Principal Consultant, The Joshua Rozario Company
• Joy Prabhakaran
• Jyothis Ks: Co-Founder and Head of Sales, Zappy Hire
• Kabir Kochhar: Founding Partner, The Glitch
• Kalpana Rao: CEO, Pari's Haute Couture
• Karmjitsinh Bihola: Founder, Innodesk Designovation Services
• Karthik Kittu: Co-founder & CEO, Passion Connect Technologies LLP
• Karthikeyan Sundaram: Co Founder, Greendzine Technologies
• Kartik Raichura: Cofounder, Websites.co.in
• Katie Mapondera: Founder and Managing Partner, Q L and D LLC
• Kaustubh Dhargalkar: Founder, Potentials & Possibilities
• Keshni Morar: Managing Director, Founder Institute South Africa + Investable
• Ketki Tewary: Founder, Ktizo, Faculty @ ISDI/Miami Ad School/NMIMS
• Kevin Chetty: Founder CEO, Macrocomm Financial Services / Xtenda Housing Finance
• Keyur Bhalavat: Co-Founder & CEO, Plutomen Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Kimberly Ofori: Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio
• Kiran Nadkarni: Founder & Director, Kaati Zone
• Kishore Kumar: Sr Investment Analyst, StartupXSeed
• K . Ramesh Kumar: Founder, Incubators Global
• Krastina Zhivkova: Sustainable Business Development Expert, Various
• Krishna Lakamsani: Chairman, Lakamsani Group
• Krishna Tammireddy: CSO ( Chief Sales Officer ), JunoTele
• Krishnakant Naik: Founder, Vayukrishi
• KrishnaKanth Naik: Founder, VayuKrshi Private Liimiited
• Krishnakumar Devnally: Founder & Director, mPower Solutions
• Krishnamohan Chebrolu: Co-Founder, oneglint Media Solutions Private Limited
• Krishnanand Gaur, FI Ahmedabad
• Kshama Ravikumar: Partner, Avigna Law
• Kshitij Puri: Founder & CEO, Ziploan
• Kunal Varma: Co-Founder, Consumer Startup
• Kunal Kashyap
• Lakshmi Narasimha Moorthy K: Co-Founder and CEO, NicheBrains
• Lalit Mishra: Angel Investor, Lalit Mishra Angel Investor
• Lavina Ramkissoon: AI Ethics and Technology Policy, African Union
• Lavina Ramkissoon: Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute
• Laxminarayan Kakade
• Lee McMahon: Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer, Clara Technologies Limited
• Liz Alexander: Co-founder, Leading Thought
• Lloyd Mathias: Business Strategist, Angel Investor & Ind Director, Self employed
• Louisa De Beer: Head of Strategy & Partnership, Blossom Accelerator
• Luisa Baltazar: Founder & CEO, HER Venture HUB
• Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
• Mac Goswami: Senior Portfolio/Program Manager, Fiserv Inc
• Madhu Avalur: Founder & CEO, Angaros Group
• Madhu Kiran: Co-Founder & CEO
• Madhusudhan Atre: CEO, VegaShakti Consulting
• Mahesh Jaishankar: CEO , Arc Solutions
• Mahmoud Adham: CEO, Munchbox
• Malavika Harita: CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi Focus
• Mandeep M S: Mentor, Angel Investor & M&A Advisor
• Manish Johari: Senior Vice President & Partner - Investor Relations, Agility
• Manissh Kkumaar: CEO & Founder, Digi Osmosis
• Manoj Bhalla: Founder , (In Stealth Mode)
• Manoj Kumar Agarwal: Managing Partner & Co-founder, SEAFUND
• Manpreet Singh Nagi: President, Indian Chamber of International Business
• Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
• Marc Dakroub: Founder, Urika
• Marcel Ionescu: CTO Venture Partner, TRAC Expert Consulting
• Marcel Dridje: Member of the Supervisory Board, Sophia Business Angels
• Maria Paula Oliveira: SVP Business Excellence , Mastercard
• Matt Mandell: Principal, PayNerd.com
• Medea  Nocentini: Senior Partner, Global Ventures
• Meeta Verma: CEO and Founder , Worksera
• Megan Todd: Head of Admissions , Founder Institute
• Meghna Saraogi: Founder & CEO, Styledotme
• Meher Gaurav: HR Consultant, EVENTZFORCE
• Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
• Michael Jay: President, Educational Systemics, Inc.
• Michele  Tarnow : Chief Executive Officer , Alliance Care Technologies
• Mihai  Sava: Co-Founder, Cardea
• Mikhil Innani: MD , Apollo Finvest
• Milena Kraeva: Founder & CEO, Nexus Impact Ventures
• Moaz Hamid: founding partner, mvmt ventures
• Mohammed Zaid Shaikh: Innovation Lead , Amity Education Group
• Moshe Mikanovsky: Product Director, Rootquotient
• Muamar Magam: Managing Partner , Quintus LTC
• Muhammed Shabreen: CTO, RIZEK LTD
• Mukesh Ghatiya: Product Strategy Consultant, Start-up advisor/mentor
• Mukund Mohan: Director, Microsoft Ventures
• Murali Vullaganti: CEO, RuralShores
• Murali Bukkapatnam: CEO & Managing Director, GetdomesticHelp.com
• Murali Kakarla: Founder & CEO, Innobox
• Murali Sathyanarayana: Advisor, Loyal VC
• Murtuza Haryanawalla: Product/Business Dev., Partnerships and Startups/Venture professional, strtup.net
• Mustafa Saeed: Co-Founder, Luella
• Muthukrishnan Chinnasamy: Director , Sonic Chips
• Nader Sabry: Growth Hacker 🚀 Strategist 🎯 Bestselling Author 📚 - Keynote Speaker🎙, Get2Space.com
• Nadia Alexander: Product and Growth Expert, Director Female Intiatives
• Nadia Mannell: Co-Founder & General Partner, Seed South Capital
• Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA: Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science
• Nadia KANOUN: CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups
• Nadine Zerrini: Director, Founder Institute Boston
• Naidu Darapaneni: Founder & C.E.O, Versant Online Solutions (MeraEvents)
• Naiyer Khanom: Co-Founder and CEO
• Nakul Kumar: CoFounder, Cashify
• Namit Pandey: Co-Founder, Autoflik
• Narendra Arora: Partner, Arora Associates
• Natalie Sleiman: Partner - Technology, Professional Services and D&I, Stanton Chase Executive Search
• Natarajan S: COO, Derbi Foundation
• Naveen Lakkur: Founder & Chief Innovation Coach, Institute of Inspiring Innovation
• Naveen Gattu: Co-Founder & COO, Gramener
• Neelesh Salgaonkar: VP Engineering, ZS Associates
• Neeraj Shah: Owner & Director, Silver Bright
• Neeti Virmani: Venture Partner, Loyal VC
• Nicola Bettio: Executive Director - Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Higher Colleges of Technology
• Nidhi Goyal: EVP, Tata IIS
• Nikhil Jois: Co-founder & CEO, Eventosaur
• Niranjan Gupta: CEO, Trip38.com
• Nisary Mahesh: Founder, Her Money Talks
• Nitin Bajaj: Founder, EasyLeadz
• Nivedha R.M.: Co-Founder, TrashCon
• Ojas Oza: Head, Service Innovation, Connectivity Solutions pvt ltd
• Omar Zaki: Founder, Qima Ventures
• Padmini Gupta: CEO , rise and Xare
• Parul Tongaria: Co-Founder
• Parvez Kudrolli: Principal Associate, Khurana & Khurana
• Patrick O'Connor-Read: AI || Blockchain || Product, Architect & CTO
• Paurush Kumar: Partner, Head of International Practice, Trinaya Legal
• Pavan Soni: Founder, Inflexion Point Consulting.
• Pawan Desai: Co-Founder & CEO, MitKat Advisory Services Pvt Ltd
• Peko Wan: Chief Ecosystem Officer, Pundi X Labs
• Percy Italia: Founder & Partner, Italia & Associates
• Pinkesh Shah: Executive Board Member, Institute of Product Leadership
• Piyush Chowhan: Co-Founder and CTO, Neoshine Healthcare
• P K Gopalkrishnan: Angel Investor, Ex-CEO , WeP Solutions
• Poornima Shenoy: Co-Founder & CEO, THE GAIN
• Pouria Kay: Mentor, Founder Institute
• Prabhat Kumar: Co-Founder & CEO, DreamSol TeleSolutions Pvt. Ltd. & Over2Cloud
• Pradeep Mittal: Executive Chairman
• Pradip R Subramaniam: CEO, Growwtech
• Pranay Gupta: Co-Founder, 91springboard
• Prasad Ikkurthy: Director, Navlok Ventures
• Prasad Vanga: Founder & Chief Accelerator, Anthill Ventures
• Prasanna Boni: Co-founder COO, Edutor Technologies
• Prashant D S: CEO, FiiRE - Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship
• Prateek Nijhawan: Founder , (In Stealth Mode)
• Pratik Poddar
• Pratik Renuse: Advisor, Bueno Group
• Preeti Chaudhary: Founder Director , PC Advisory
• Pritam Onsker: Founder & CEO, Tailorsmart.in & Brunchbites.in
• Priyanka Row: Founder & Mind Coach, Priyanka Row LLP
• Prof RSS Mani: Vice President - Institutional Development , ITM Group
• Punit Thakkar: CEO & MD, Shivaami Cloud Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Raam Anand: Founder, Stardom Alliance
• Rabeth Khan: Founder & CEO , Maccom, Bangladesh
• Rachel Ndungu: CEO, Biashara Africa
• Rachna Khanna: Founder, Hatchtact
• Rachna Nath: Executive Director, Microsoft
• Rahil Patel: Co-Founder, Easy Pay
• Rahul Chakraborti: Founder, Twyst.in
• Rahul Dev: Director, Tech Corp International Consultants Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
• Rahul Chowdhri: Investor, Stellaris Venture Partners
• Rahul Aulakh: Sales Partner, Target G
• Raj Gopal: CEO, Invenzo Labs
• Raj Sahu: Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc
• Raja Sekhar Kommu: CEO, ApnaComplex.com
• Rajeev Pathak: CEO
• Rajesh Setty: Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot
• Rajesh Kannan: CEO, Compassites Software Solutions Pvt., Ltd.,
• Rajesh Joshi: CEO, AIC-GIM Foundation
• Rajesh Chitharanjan: VP of Technology, TONOMUS - NEOM
• Rajiv Srivatsa: Founder, Urban Ladder
• Rajiv Raghunandan: Founder, SeedX
• Rajiv Nair: Founder CEO
• Rajneesh Akhoury: Founder and CEO, Sambhaktabodha Consulting Pvt Ltd
• Raju Vanapala: Founder & CEO, LearnSocial.com
• Rakesh Bhatia: Mentor / Investor
• Rama Alsheikh: Miss, Hiro Health
• Ramachandra Padmanabhan: Vice President, Wipro Digital
• Ramanuj Mukherjee: Founder, Superlawyer.in
• Ramesh Bulchandani: Founder, Atlas Brands P Ltd
• Ramesh Rao: Partner, Aquila Partners LLC
• Ranendra Datta: Advisor, CACHATTO
• Ranganath S: Founder, Algotricx Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Rasha Hisham: Senior Associate - Fintech and Financial Regulation , PwC Legal Middle East
• Rashmi Deshpande: Founder , Crafting Capability
• Ravi Thakur: Co-Founding Partner, StartupXSeed
• Ravikiran Annaswamy: Founder and CEO, Innohabit Technologies
• Raviprasad Pisupati: Co-founder and Managing Partner
• Renjit Philip: Partner MENA, Start2Scale Consulting
• Rimpal Chawla: Founder & CEO
• Ripul Kumar: CEO, Kern UX
• Rk Misra: Founder, SAHYOG - Indian Council for PPP
• Roberto Croci: Regional Startups Enabler, .
• Rohin Sethi: CEO & Co-Founder, RS Consulting
• Roman Kovalenko: Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
• Ryan Mendonca: Legal Consultant & Founder, Your Virtual Legal Counsel
• Sachin Tummala: Managing Director, Corpus Group
• Sachin Sandhir: Founder & CEO, GenLeap
• Safdhar Adoor: CEO, SteppinOut
• Safir Adeni: Managing Partner, Ineda Venture Group
• Safwan Youseph: VP of Product, Bayzat
• Saiba Singh: Manager, Accenture, Ex- KFC, Ex-Google & Founder, Sugar Rush
• Salmine Sassi: Entrepreneur in Residence, Seedstars
• Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
• Sameer Karulkar: Founder and Partner, Coverpage Ventures Advisory LLP
• Sana Keshtkaran: Executive Caoch, Sana Keshtkaran Coaching
• Sandeep Raizada: VP Operations, Stelae Technologies
• Sandeep Kochhar: CEO, BlewMinds Consulting
• Sandesh Shetty: Partner, Rakchamps
• Sandip Shah: Partner, Mazars
• Sandy Gómez: Director, FI Caracas
• Sanjay Jesrani: Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures
• Sanjay Nadkarni: Founder, Babyoye
• Sanjay Srinivasmurthy: India Head & Director, Silicon RD Ideation Labs
• Sanjay Soni: Chief Visionary & Venture Architect, Jozi Angels
• Santha John: Founder Director, CoachLife
• Sapna Mongia: Vice President - Business Development India & Global Account Management, Consumer Devices Group WW, Flex
• Saravana Mani: Serial Entrepreneur, BIGZING Capital Private Limited
• Sara  Abu Zahra: Head of Media Partnerships and Programming, MENA, Snap Inc.
• Sathish Jeyakumar: Founder , Veehive.ai
• Sathya Prasad: Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Satish Madhira: CEO, ZeMoSo Labs
• Satya Sinha: Founder, Chisel Fitness LLP
• Satyam Bansal: Strategic Alliances, Flipkart.com
• Saurabh Chandra: CEO, Neev Tech
• Sayed Ahmad Sayed: Co-Founder, SBTL MANAGMENT CO.
• Scott Gillespie: Founder & Director, Jigsaw Group
• Seema Jhingan: Partner and Co-Founder , LexCounsel, Law Offices
• Seemant Shrivastav: Co-Founder, Mool Innovation Labs Pvt Ltd
• Sewu Steve Tawia: African Angel, Accra Angels
• Shailendra Marathe: Virtual CFO, CFOAxis
• Shaima Ghafoor: Cofounder, Genbu.ai
• Shamim Chowdhury: Co-founder & CEO, LETSRISE
• Shankar Nanivadekar: Founder CEO, Gyany Customer Solutions
• Shanti Mohan: Co-Founder, Lets Venture
• Sharat Chandra K: CEO, Butterfly Fields
• Shashank Aiisvari: Founder, Aiisvari
• Shaswati Saradar: Dy CEO, SayeNvest Caps Advisory
• Shekhar Kirani: Partner
• Sherif Elmasry: CEO and Founder @ Maverika + CBO and Partner @ Macber, Macber + Maverika
• Shikha Suman: Founder, CEO, Medi Mojo, Sampling Research
• Shivam Tandon: Co Founder, Xander Law
• Shobha Shankar: Co-Founder & COO, WWStay
• Shreyas Chandra: Director Deal Flow & Membership, Responsible Solutions Limited
• Shrijay Sheth: Founder, LegalWiz.in
• Shwetambari Rao: Senior Partner, KLaw
• Shyam Sundar Nagarajan
• Simran Kaur: Founder, Power Women Corp
• Smeetha Ghosh: Founder CEO, Periscope FZCO
• Sonia Sharma: Co-Founder, Pantheon Inc
• Sreedhar Peddineni: Co-founder and Vice President of Engineering, Gainsight
• Sri Peddu: Managing Director, Powerhouse Ventures
• Sridhar Turaga: Delivery Head(Technical & Innovation), Mu Sigma Inc
• Sridhar M: Finance Professional, Advisor
• Srikant Rao: CEO, Affordable Business Solutions
• Srikanth Acharya: CEO, OffiNeeds.com
• Srikanth Bhagavat: Managing Director & Principal Advisor, Hexagon Capital Advisors Pvt., Ltd
• Srini Chandupatla: Co-Founder & COO, Manjeera Digital Systems
• Srinivas Varadarajan: CEO, Vigyanlabs Innovations Pvt Ltd
• Srinivas Njay: CEO, Payjo
• Srinivasa Raghavan: CTO, StartupXSeed
• Srinivasan G: Co Founder, RuralShores Business Services & Dawn Consulting
• Sriram Srinivasan: Advisor, Reliance Retail
• Stephanie Nour Prince: Partner, Network and Operations, Nuwa Capital
• Subash C V: Executive Coach, Regal Unlimited
• Subhabrata Ghosh: Founder & CEO, Celsius100 Consulting
• Subhradeep Bhowmik
• Sudarshan Ramakrishna Chetlur: Founder & MD, SCDS Global Branding Private Limited, BrandTRIGGR!
• Sudeendra Koushik: Chief Innovator, Prasu
• Suheim Sheikh: Founder President, The Yacht Club of Hyderabad
• Suman Prasad: Co-Founder & COO, Trisys
• Sumit Maloo: Founder CEO, BuySupplies.in
• Sunil Bangalore: Director - Innovation and Technology Program
• Sush Bapna: GP, Ventures
• Suvranil Majumdar: Senior Advisor, World Bank
• Suzy Engwall: CEO and President, HealthTech Strategies, LLC
• Swethal Kumar: Founder & CEO , Startupscale360
• Syama Peela: Director & Partner , Evoke Technologies
• Syed Shujauddin: Co-Founder & Director Operations
• Tao Xiao: Managing Partner, NH MANAGEMENT
• Tarek Ghobar: cofounder, Paymennt.com
• Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Adios
• Tej Pochiraju: Director, Jaaga Startup
• ThankGod Egbe: Technical Director/CEO, CypherCrescent Ltd.
• Theodore Goede: Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center, Saudi Aramco
• Tom Thomas: COO, IIIT-H Foundation
• Uday Ramachandran: Vice President-India Business Development, Sankalp Semiconductor
• Utpal Chakraborty: Enterprise Architect, Firmenich
• Vadiraj Aralappanavar: Vice President of Product Management, Acko
• Vaibhav Jain: Partner
• Vaibhav Tewari: Co-Founder, CEO, Portea Medical
• Vandana Seth: Co-Founder, R V Solutions
• Vanishree P Acharya: Founder, Kromaspects SciTec Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
• Varun Agarwal: Co-Founder, Alma Mater
• Varun Chawla: Co Founder & Founder, 91 springboard and Build3
• Varun Puri: CPO, InFeedo
• Vasuki Upadhya: Mr, Wipro technologies
• Veena Sujay: Founder & CEO, Konektup
• Venkatachalam Krishnan: Director, Beyond Square Solutions Pvt Limited
• Vera Futorjanski: Founder & CEO, Veritas Ventures
• Vibhakar Bhushan: Governing Board, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India
• Victor Madueño: Experience Consulting Director | Business & Digital Transformation | Startup Mentor & Angel Investor, Epam Middle East
• Viiveck Verma: Cofounder, Anaptyxi People Consult Pvt. Ltd.
• Vijay Gummadi: Founder & CEO, CarZ
• Vijay Chandrasekaran: Product Architect, Zemoso Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Vijaya Verma: Founder & Managing Director , Yos Technologies
• Vijetha Shastry: Executive Director, TIE
• Vinay Kumar: Co-founder and Rainmaker, Verbinden Communication Pvt Ltd
• Vineel Nalla: Vineel Nalla, NBOS Technologies
• Vipul Singh: Co-Founder & CEO, Aarav Unmanned Systems Pvt. Ltd.
• Vishal Chandra: Founder
• Vishal Ramaswamy: Vice President - Venture Building & Strategic Initiatives, Alteria Capital Advisors LLP
• Vishal Reddy: The Entrepreneurologist , entrepreneurology.network
• Vishy V: VP, Shruth and Smith Holdings
• Vivek Boray: General Counsel, Locus
• Vk Gupta: CTO & Head of OTT Business - DishTV, Director - Founder Institute
• Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
• Waleed Helal: Head of Marketing, ADNEC
• Walied Albasheer: Managing Partner, Intuitio Ventures
• Wes Schwalje: Operator and advisor at the nexus of policy, technology, development, and venture, early-stage investor, Tahseen Consulting
• William Miller: Co-founder and CEO, Values Centered Innovation Enablement Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Yaschin Mohabir: Director General - Strategy & Planning, Economic Cities & Special Zones Authority
• Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
• Yousef Khatib: Founder, MNJM, Ykhatib Studio
• Yusra Ali Khan: Digital Marketing Manager, SDC App
• Zaheer Nasser: Co-Founder | Managing Partner, Doctoori Connect

• And many more to be announced.

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