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Today, the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Israel 2019 program!

If you could use a structured process and feedback from Israel's top entrepreneurs to build a startup, then apply to the Israel 2019 Founder Institute today.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities worldwide, the Founder Institute provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the support network and structure needed to build an enduring company. Since 2009, the program has helped over 8,100 Graduates raise over 1.9BN funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

To celebrate the launch, we will host several free startup events in Israel, where you can learn from top entrepreneurs and hear more about the program:

  • Startup Funding AMA & FI Info Session, with Jonathan Greechan (CEO, FI / GP, Founder Capital): 8:00pm, Dec 30, 2025 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/384843
  • Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
  • Co-Founder Networking: Find Your Perfect Match in 2026: 6:00pm, Jan 06, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/383232
  • How to Attract Investors: Fundraising Secrets with Dr. Florian Kandler: 7:00pm, Jan 12, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/386265
  • Validate Faster: A Practical AI Playbook for Founders: 8:00pm, Jan 14, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/385987
  • Brainstorm a Great Startup Idea for 2026: Online Workshop: 3:00am, Jan 21, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/384339
  • Psychological Capital: Why Mental Health is Your Startup’s Biggest Asset: 7:30pm, Jan 21, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/386382
  • Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 8:00pm, Jan 26, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/382128
  • Where Should You Incorporate Your Startup?: 7:00pm, Jan 29, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/386388
  • Meet Global Alumni from Founder Institute: 8:00pm, Feb 02, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/383986
  • How to Adopt an Entrepreneurial Mindset: 3:00am, Feb 10, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/383806
  • Founder’s Guide to AI: Working with AI as Your Partner: 8:00pm, Feb 17, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/385099
  • Founder’s Guide to AI: Building a Marketing Engine with AI: 8:00pm, Feb 24, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/385435
  • Founder’s Guide to AI: Converting Data into Business Value with AI: 8:00pm, Mar 03, 2026 (Asia/Jerusalem): https://FI.co/e/385271

The Israel program is led by some of the region's top startup leaders, including Johnathan Aloni (Biz Dev & Legal Manager, A.L. Venture Capital Limited Partnership), Nadav Kaidar (CEO, Enablers Digital Marketing), and Roy Sivan (Roy Sivan, Simitu).

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

  • Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
  • Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
  • Adrian Hirt: CEO & Founder
  • Adriano Di Dia: Chief Marketing Officer, Fyffes International SA
  • Aimee Fisher: Angel investor & advisor
  • Aksil Amel: Mr., aux pieds des bibans
  • Alain Nydegger: Founding Partner, 21Celsius Ventures
  • Alastair Wong: Head of Engineering, International, Restaurant Brands International
  • Alejandro Garcia: CEO & Founder , AI Retailer Systems
  • Aleksandar Bradic: Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe
  • Aleksandra Lazović-Lønningen: Innovation • Transformation • Sustainability, InoSmart
  • Alessandro Tschabold: Entrepreneur and Startup Coach
  • Alex Von Mühlenen: Founder & CEO, Chainwork
  • Alexander Mathys: Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Processing, ETH Zuerich
  • Alexander Schmitt: CTO, FYTA GmbH
  • Alexandra Pastollnigg: Founder, Fair Voyage
  • Alexandra Pinto: Founder, hoursec
  • Alexandre Bastos: Global Director Innovation, Givaudan
  • Alice Sachova Kleisli: Partner, Vendbridge AG
  • Amine Tazi: Founder & Managing Partner, AT Swiss Ventures
  • Amit Grinvald: Strategic Communication Expert, Public Speaking Coach, Community Builder & Experience Architect, ..
  • Andreea Stanescu: Transformation Architect, Fractional Executive, Originate LAB GmbH
  • Andrew Ive: Founder / Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures
  • Andrew Gottlieb: Founder & CEO, No Typical Moments
  • Anette Gärtner: Intellectual Property Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
  • Angela Stathi: Expert at European Innovation Council, .
  • Anja Willms: Founder & Managing Director Shileo GmbH/ Venture Architect for Sparrow Ventures, Shileo GmbH
  • Antoine Mallard: VP, Causality Link
  • Antonios Kouris: CEO, Curzyy
  • Arcui Usoara: Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder, Iaculus
  • Ari Veltman: Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@, Sparko.TV
  • Ari Aaltonen: CEO , Efides.io
  • Armin Fricke: Managing Director, CGC Capital-Gain Consultants GmbH
  • Aron Braun: Founder / Co-Founder, Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH
  • Athanasios Ladopoulos: Founder & CEO , MemoryGarden
  • Aviad Sorek: Co-Founder & CEO, The-Founders
  • Avital Eusgeld: Founder, HiPitched
  • Balthasar Wicki: Senior Partner, Wicki Partners Ltd
  • Barak Peled: Managing Partner, DR Ventures
  • Barbara Rübel: Managing Partner, Brand Essence AG
  • Barry Kukkuk: Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Netstock
  • Bart Clarysse: Professor of Entrepreneurship, ETH Zuerich
  • Bart Jan Veldhuizen: CEO and Co-Founder, KitchenRepublic
  • Bastian Thurneysen
  • Beat Scheidegger: Co-Founder, Company Factory AG
  • Ben Hizak: Co-Founder COO, Cherre
  • Benjamin Elad Rubin: CEO, Advisor & Angel Investor, Sirenum, Insectika, Pro-Active,
  • Bhaskar Bulusu: Associate Partner, IBM India
  • Bogdan Vasile: Co-founder, phase2
  • Bogdan Krinitchko: CEO & Founder , BRU
  • Brad Peppard: Partner & Principal, Ravix Group
  • Carina Freundt: Consultant / Former Director Strategic Planning & Analytics, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health
  • Carl P-Conquilla: Director / Design Engineer, Torson Injex AG
  • Carlo Loderer: CEO, Zippsafe AG
  • Carlos Da Silva: Director, Founder Institute Portugal
  • Carlos Ruiz: CEO & Co-Founder, Flatev AG
  • Carolin Schneider: Founder & CEO, 4di2 GmbH
  • Caroline Schwieger: Category Director Home Care, Unilever
  • Cassiano Gobbet: Founder, Troovr
  • Cedric Waldburger: Founder & General Partner, Tomahawk.vc
  • Cédric Waldburger: CEO, tenderloin ventures
  • Chander Nagpal: Managing Partner, Enabling Excellence
  • Chevonae Walcott: Associate, Relay Ventures
  • Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
  • Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
  • Christian Bärtsch: CEO and Co-Founder, Essento
  • Christina Hoffmann: CEO and Founder, BRANDMIND
  • Christine Gould: Founder & CEO, Thought For Food
  • Christodoulos Papachristou: COO, Funkmartini
  • Christof Tremp: Founder and CEO, REBELS 0.0%
  • Christoph Sollich: Freelancer, The Pitch Doctor
  • Christoph Laib: CEO, Founder, ViOS GmbH
  • Christoph Birkholz: Co-President & Founder, Impact Hub Switzerland
  • Christoph Kellenberger: CEO and Co-Founder , DrinkPure / Novamem
  • Clemence Marcilly
  • Costas Papaikonomou: Co-Founder, Happen
  • Cristobal Sanchez: Global Marketing & Digital Leader – BUSINESS ACCELERATOR, Invacare
  • Dalith Steiger: Co-Founder / Managing Partner, SwissCognitive / Cognitive Valley
  • Daniel Kästli: Co-founder, Lead Customer Success, Spontacts, Frontify
  • Daniel Puerta Diaz: Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up, Sunflower Labs
  • Daniel Neder: Venture Partner, Flashpoint Venture Capital
  • Daniel Michael Böhi: Executive Coach, Founder & Investor, Founder Institute
  • Daphna Horowitz: Director, Daphna Horowitz Leadership
  • David Butler: Director, Startup Grind Zurich
  • David Lunsford
  • David Minkovski: David Minkovski, Microsoft
  • Deep Moteria: Founder , Elluminati
  • Devesh Kothari: Technical Program Manager, Google Austria
  • Dionysis Linaras: President of the Investment Committee, Hellenic Pension Fund
  • Dmitry (Dima) Maslennikov: AI Startup Founder, CEO @PitchBob.io | Strategic & Corporate Innovation | Startup Mentorship, Pitchbob.io
  • Don Samoil: Managing Partner, Trusted Scale
  • Dr Mark Post: Founder , Mosameat
  • Eddie Laventman: Founder & CEO, Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters
  • Edgar Kussberg: AI Group Product Manager, Snyk
  • Eitan Chitayat: Founder CEO, Natie
  • Elena Mlotok: General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon
  • Elena Walder Schiavone: Managing Partner, Übermorgen Ventures
  • Eliana Zamprogna: CEO and Founder, Yumame Foods
  • Elias Kleimann: Founder & CFO, Wingtra
  • Elisa Chiarelli: CEO and Founder, Yoordi
  • Emil Virag: Founder, Foodanza, Inc.
  • Eric Postler: Managing Partner, Impact Hub Bern
  • Erika Darmstaedter: Co-Founder, Collective63
  • Erin Chen: Founder& CEO, Gilly, Inc.
  • Eszter Tanczos Olver: Partner , EJ Capital AG
  • Fabian De Vos: User Journey Manager, MoneyPark
  • Fabio Ziemssen: Director Food Innovation, NX-FOOD (METRO AG)
  • Fiorella Erni: CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA
  • Flavio Rump: Entrepreneur and Investor, Flavio Rump
  • Florian Nyffenegger: Founder, Agedo
  • Florian Kandler: Co-Founder
  • Florian Kandler: Pitch & Fundraising Expert, Der Perfekte Pitch
  • Fortunat Diener: Founder , AVEC-SAVE AG
  • Frank Mertens: Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH
  • Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Co-Founder, Vitamin CS Coaching
  • Fraser Doherty: Founder/Co-Founder, SuperJam | Beer52.com
  • Freddy Atangana: Founder and Chief Executive Director, Ekamou
  • Frieder Damm: Managing Director & Founder / Chairman , Daizu & Sleep.ink / German FoodTech Expert Group
  • Gal Nachum: Active Chairman, xFind / Cognishape
  • Galit Farkash: Corporate Counsel & Strategic Advisor, Galit Farkash
  • Georg Greve
  • George Papanikolaou: Founder and Owner, WINE ART SA
  • German Ramirez: Co-founder & Chief Relevance Officer, THE RELEVANCE HOUSE AG
  • Gianmaria Monteleone: Founder , YouniteStars SpA
  • Gil Margalit: CEO, PhoneDue Technology in Motion
  • Gilad Cohen: A strategic consultant with a focus on technology - helps companies and startups innovate and stay ahead of the competition., ISBU
  • Gonçalo Castanho: CEO, Avenue Ideas Lda
  • Greg Chew: CEO, Founder, QPQ
  • Greg Beardwell: CEO and Co-Founder , Connie's Kitchen
  • Guillaume Balas: Angel Investor | Mentor | Entrepreneur, 3scale / Meta Pool / The Inbound Labs / Tings
  • Guillaume Rozenblat: Founding Partner, Seven Lanes Capital
  • Guillermo Söhnlein: Co-Founder & CEO , Blue Marble ExplorationBlue Marble Exploration
  • Gulnaz Khusainova: CEO & Founder, EasySize
  • Gunter Pauli: Founder / Director, ZERI
  • Guy Zurawel: Angel Investor
  • Haim Rot: C.E.O, Cohen Rot Financial Management
  • Hans Stier: Founder & CEO, Bonaverde Coffee AG
  • Helena Frumson: CoFounder and CEO, Infinita Club
  • Henrietta Hearth: Investment Principal , Big Idea Ventures
  • Herman Gyr: Member of the Board, Eligma
  • Hilda Kilama: Founder, YouTold
  • Hilda Liswani: Founder, webloom
  • Hilla Bakshi: Ecosystem Leader, HaMeetupistiot
  • Hilla Bakshi
  • Hilla Ovil Brenner: VC Partner, Entrepreneur & Mentor, Arieli Capital, Yazamiyot
  • Hind Chemsi: Global e-commerce associate director, Wella
  • Ido Zahavi: Associate, Arnon, Tadmor-Levy
  • Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
  • Ion Badekas: CEO, M-Stat SA
  • Irina Berkon: Member, Golden Seeds
  • Ivan Germanov: Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute
  • Ivan Ivanka: Founder & CEO, Markster
  • Ivan E. Germanov: Certified Coach, Founder Institute
  • Ivo Ronner: VC & Advisor, Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.
  • Jacob Barhak: Sole Proprietor, Software Developer, and Computational Disease Modeler, Jacob Barhak Analytics
  • Jacques Hefti: Entrepreneur, Investor & Senior Lecturer, Startup Campus
  • Jamie Hartford: Founder & CEO, Inverse Fund
  • Jan Fülscher: Owner, janfuelscher.ch
  • Jana Thiel: Senior Researcher ETH Zuerich, ETH Zuerich
  • Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
  • Jean Philippe Spinas: Principal, Kienbaum
  • Jerome Mutschler: CEO and Co-founder , Demetrics
  • Jessica Korthuis: Founder & CEO, SOHUIS
  • Jill Allemang: Founder and Managing Director, jallé
  • Jim Cheng: Serial Entrepreneur and Advisor
  • Joanna Demkow Bartlomé
  • Joanna Kapela: Founder, SLEEBOO
  • Jonathan Attias: Founder & CEO | Strategic Advisor | Builder
  • Jonathan Gan: Entrepreneur | Strategic Product Leader | Operations Expert | Driving Innovation for Business Growth, Entrepreneur | Strategic Product Leader | Operations Expert | Driving Innovation for Business Growth
  • Julia Devecchi: Entrepreneur/Mentor, Venturelab
  • Julien Lepetit: Director Europe, The Business of Trust
  • Jürg Stuker: Partner, Kickstart Innovation
  • Kamran Houshang Pour: Patent Expert , Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
  • Kartik Buddha: Co-Founder/CTO, MOOCTORS
  • Kasia Sadowska: Founder, FutureHabits.Tech
  • Katharina Kurz: Co-founder & MD , BRLO craft beer
  • Kezia Cottrell: Senior Innovation Consultant, Happen.com
  • Klaus Kummermehr: Co-Founder and Partner , SNGLR Group
  • Kobi Bar: Entrepreneur, High Tech
  • Konstantin Berezin: Technology Entrepreneur , Stealth Mode
  • Kostas Karolemeas: Founder, CEO, Allcancode
  • Ksenia Sukhova: Partner, ASAO DS
  • Laurentiu Christian Nat: Co-Founder, Easyplan Hospitality
  • Lavina Ramkissoon: AI Ethics and Technology Policy, African Union
  • Lea Von Bidder: Co-Founder and CEO, Ava Science
  • Léa Miggiano: CMO and Co-Founder, Carvolution
  • Leonidas Papadopoulos: Growth Strategist/CEO, Viable Growth Marketing Agency
  • Lidia Zabala: Co-Lead , Lean In Zurich
  • Lilla Peczely: co-director, Founder Institute Switzerland
  • Lior Libman: VC Investor & Exited Founder , Almit Ventures
  • Liron Elia: Founder and ex-CEO, ART MEDICAL
  • Luca Ferraro: Program Manager, Teleflex
  • Luis Allo: Director External Innovation R&D, Kenvue
  • Lukas Böni: Co-Founder, Planted
  • Lydia Bronze: Founder, Linie7
  • Magdalena Tarasinska: Investor, SICTIC
  • Majbritt Byskov Bridges: COO and Co-Founder, Alver World SA
  • Manuel Gonzalez: CEO and Managing Partner, Global RIFF
  • Manuel Rinaldi: Program Director , Starta VC
  • Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
  • Marcel Gasser: Managing Director and Founder, GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network) | AKASHA
  • Marco Tosoni: Startup Advisor, Freelancer
  • Marcus Kuhn: Co-Founder, Viable Labs
  • Marina Helm Romaneschi: President and Co-Founder, foodward
  • Marita Price: Founder & Director, Hello
  • Mark Leinemann: Founder & President, Crowdfoods.com - the 1st AgriFood/-Tech Startup Association in DACHLI
  • Markus Ursprung: Owner, Level 48
  • Martin Boos: Partner, Amatin
  • Martín Martinez: Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
  • Martina Frick: Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M., Eversheds Sutherland
  • Mateja Kramar: Serial Entrepreneur / Project Lead, ETH Zuerich / Swiss Smart Farming
  • Matthias Dorner: Founder, Wydr
  • Matthias Käch: Senior IP Trainer, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
  • Max Itskovich: CEO and Founder, Mobindustry
  • Maya Gershon: Chief Revenue Business & Marketing @ Vade | SaaS Sales Executive | CRO | CMO | Scale up + 3xExits | GTM Strategy | Leadership | Ex @Cisco @intel @WeWork @IDF 8200 Cyber | Athlete | Passionate & fun, Vade
  • Micha Verhagen: Coach & Consultant & Program Manager, StartupBootcamp / ng Strategic Programme Management
  • Michael Blank: Investment Manager, Investiere.ch
  • Michael Baier: Start-up-, Venture Capital- & M&A-Lawyer, Wenger & Vieli
  • Michael Striligás: Founder, Vertliner
  • Michael Mosimann: Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.
  • Michael Dudli: CEO and Founder, Xelon
  • Michelle Grant: Committee Member and Lecturer, ETH Zuerich World Food System Centre & Swiss Committee of UN FAO
  • Michelle Tschumi: Head Start-up Finance, Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)
  • Mike Daykhin: founder, CEO, Work Identity Protocol (WIP)
  • Mike Suprovici: Head of Acceleration, VC Lab
  • Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
  • Mike Abegg: Lawyer, Wenger & Vieli
  • Mine Uran: CEO and Founder, Alver
  • Mohammad Hossein Tavangar: Director , Founder Institute Germany
  • Monika Bercu: COO, GrowersTech
  • Morgaine Gaye: Founder, Dr Gaye
  • Moshe David: Founder, Investor & Startup Mentor, Zugi Ventures
  • Moshe Rofeh, Moshe Rofeh Adv
  • Nadav Kaidar: Partner, Systems Of Disruption
  • Nadine Zerrini: Director, Founder Institute Boston
  • Natalie Lorberboym Mano: GM PepsiCo Labs | Global Tech Venturing & Innovation, PepsiCo
  • Natasha Drapeau: Partner, Strategic Projects, Equinoxe Investments SA
  • Neriya Rosner: Founder , SpecBite
  • Nicola D'Apice: Sr Manager Engineering EMEA, Johnson & Johnson
  • Nicolas Egger: COO, Poinz
  • Nilson Kufus: Co-founder, Nomoko
  • Nimrod Vromen: Partner, Yigal Arnon
  • Nimrod Vromen: CEO, Consiglieri
  • Nina Portier Reinhart: Managing Director, Reinhart Capital
  • Noah Pickholtz: Founder & VC Investor | +$100M Raised for Startups & VC Funds, Champel Capital
  • Noam Tamari-Wekser: Growth Investor, TheCircle
  • Noemi Nagy: Business Development , Alpine Angel Investors
  • Oana Ria Nasaudeanu Ghinea: Regional Manager, SINGA Switzerland
  • Ofer HaCohen: Head of Innovation Center, Israel, AT&T
  • Olena Bochulia: Co-Founder, Severus
  • Olha Kubiv: Startup Mentor, Beloyara
  • Oliver Flueckiger: Entrepreneur, Lecturer, Startup, University of Zurich
  • Oliver Stahl: FOUNDER, Snackbox Express / Früchtebox Express / Hofladen Express / Dalou / Fruchtbox Express
  • Olivier Laube
  • Orel Yamin: Managing Director | Investor | Mentor | Founder, Miller Capital Partners
  • Oron Zachar: CEO & Founder , Vytonic
  • Otto Freijser: Co-Founder / Lean Innovation Lead, Perpetulon
  • Panagiotis Tomadakis: General Manager, Oriani
  • Pascal Brunner: CEO, Vatorex
  • Pascal Koenig: Co-Founder | Member of the Board, AVA Women
  • Patricia Kastner: Angel Investor, Strategic Advisor
  • Patrycja Pielaszek: CEO/Founder, WeCoCo.io
  • Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
  • Paul Peyrot: Partner, Peyrot, Schlegel & Györffy
  • Peter Lazou: Creative Future Venture Builder & Investor, otherDOTS
  • Philippe Küng: Executive Board Member, resilient
  • Pierre Gaubil
  • Pierre Alain Ceralli: CEO & Co-Founder OriginFood / Former Executive Ambrosus, OriginFood
  • Pouria Kay: Founding Partner, Atlan
  • Prof. Ilan Alon: Dean , School of Economics
  • Raanan Shenhav: Founder, RS-CPD
  • Rachel Sheppard: Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ
  • Raffi Brown: Partner, Arnon, Tadmor-Levy Adv
  • Raissa Hacohen: Investor I Entrepreneur I Founder, Longevity Venture Partners
  • Ralph Walter: CTO, Assentis
  • Ralph Mogicato: Member of the Advisory Board, Swiss Finance Startups
  • Raphaela Kurer: C0-Founder | CMO, Meloncast
  • Réginald Bien Aimé: Founder & Managing Director, Veelab
  • Rene Lehmann: Co-Founder, Kanbii Solutions AG
  • Ricardo Perez Font: Head of Marketing, BOBST
  • Rod Beer: CEO, British Business Angels Association
  • Roland Siegwart: Professor Autonomous Systems, ETH Zuerich
  • Rolf Van De Velde, Undagrid
  • Rusty Schwartz: CEO, KitchenTown
  • Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
  • Ryan Bethencourt: CEO, Wild Earth
  • Sabrina Tachdjian: Head of Ecosystem APAC, Hedera Hashgraph
  • Sam Stern: Ex. Growth Lead, Lemonade
  • Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
  • Sandeep Raju: Co-founder and Director, Samaaru India
  • Sandro Kunz: Co-Founder & CEO, Pingen
  • Sasha Schriber: Founder and CEO, Nanos.AI
  • Sean Paul Shanor: Bliss, Breathwork, Startup Coach, Synergy Space
  • Sébastien Flury: Co-founder & CEO, Coteries SA
  • Sharon Alvarez: Chair Entrepreneurial Studies, Graduate School of Business / University of Pittsburgh
  • Sharon Tal: Author & Facilitator, Where to Play
  • Shay Attias
  • Shay Bejerano: Founder & BizDev Director
  • Shira Teger: Attorney, Arnon, Tadmor - Levy
  • Shireen Al-Qawasmeh
  • Shireen Ibraheem Al-Qawasmeh: Palestine, Rayhan
  • Simon Heinzle: CEO and co-founder, Crowd
  • Simon Dössegger: former CEO, modum
  • Simon Gerstler: Helped over 200 companies increase sales | 2 tech exits | Founder UAE-Israel Business Council | Angel investor, Pipe Global
  • Sona Chandra: CEO and Founder, Terra Lumina
  • Sonia Eterno: CEO and Founder, SHUBiDU AG
  • Sophie Neuhut: President, Impact Angel Investors
  • Søren Bjønness: Partner, Catapult Capital GmbH
  • Stavros Pavlidis: Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group
  • Stephan Kreiger: Director, FI Austria
  • Stephanie Naegeli: Chief Strategic Business Development Officer, SV Group
  • Stephen Dowling: Global Vice President - Marketing | Digital Commerce | Go To Market, adidas
  • Stijn Pieper: Founder & CTO, Advanon
  • Sunnie Groeneveld: CEO & Founder, Inspire 925
  • Susanne Lauber Fuerst: Founder & CEO , InnoNext
  • Sush Bapna: General Partner, 10Ten Ventures
  • Suzanne Van der Maarel: Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program, Kickstart Innovation
  • Tal Tuchman: Global Director, Deel
  • Tatjana De Kerros: Head of Venturing @RicoLab, RicoLab
  • Thomas Baer: Chief Operations Officer, Koch & Gsell
  • Thomas Boesch: Co-Founder, Earlybird Food
  • Thomas Ackermann: Co-Director, Founder Institute Switzerland
  • Thomas Helbling: Co-CEO, CARU AG
  • Tiana Laurence: GP, Laurence Innovation
  • Tim Reinermann: Senior Projektmanager Digitales Marketing, Schwyzer Kantonalbank
  • Timo Hahn: Chief Venture Officer, Sparrow Ventures
  • Tobias Gunzenhauser: Co-Founder and CEO, Yamo
  • Trudi Haemmerli: Partner, SNGLR CAPITAL
  • Tzakhi Freedman: CEO, Meet.Capital
  • Ulla Fletscher: CEO, HEYLIFE
  • Unnat Bak: CEO, Revscale
  • Vera Futorjanski, Veritas Ventures
  • Veroniek Vermeulen: Founder, Silatha
  • Vincent Irrling: Co-Founder | CEO, KAPSLY
  • Vishal Reddy: The Entrepreneurologist , entrepreneurology.network
  • Wendelien Loopik: Director Digital Innovation, Royal Haskoning DHV
  • Willy Bischofberger: MSc Computer Science ETH, MBA INSEAD, Serial Entrepreneur
  • Yaniv Lavi: CEO and Co-Founder, fitto
  • Yoav Bar: VicePresident, CocaCola Israel
  • Yury Melnichek: Co-founder & ex-CEO, MAPS.ME

  • And many more to be announced.

The Founder Institute focuses on helping tech or tech-enabled businesses at the pre-seed stage, including both solo-founders and teams. This includes established businesses that are pre-funding and traction, MVP and prototype-stage projects, and even part-time founders with just ideas. FI's mission is to create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.

Join us in Israel to build a great company in 2019. 

Apply to the Israel 2019 Founder Institute today, or learn more at FI.co/overview.  

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