Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Amman 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 achieve 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 MENA 2025 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
Abdulelah Alshareef: Vice President, Merak Capital
Abdulrazzaq Alyan: Co-Founder, Tamkeen Alamal
Ahmad Santarissy: CEO, We The Makers LLC
Ahmad Nazzal: Senior Analyst - FinTech Innovation & Investment, Arab Bank - AB Accelerator
Ahmed Nassef: Founder, Leadsmart
Ahmed Al Kiremli: Co-Founder, CEO, Orisdi
Ahmed Jamal: CEO, Padash
Ahmed Morsy: Founder and CEO, Just to Learn
Ahmed Rashad: Founder, Business بالعربي
Alessandra Scicchitano: Founder, AURES, and Lecturer, Swiss Business School
Alex Pavel: Managing Director - Middle East, Africa and Asia, Pagero
Aliya Nur Babul: Venture Partner, Global Millennial Capital
Ana Bibikova: Founder
Andreas Schumacher: Artificial Intelligence , Munich Re
Arthur Gusev: Founder and CEO, Launch Deck
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
Cedric Naintre: Business Angel, Sales Advisor, Hyperplan
Chad Fox: Managing Partner, Fox Ventures
Charles Shaban: Consultant, Self
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christian AlMurr: Co-founder & CEO , Jedo
Christian Vezjak: Co-founder & CEO, TAP
Dan D'souza: Intrapreneurship and New Ventures Senior Manager, L Marks
Dav Masaon: Co-Founder , Zanda
David Prais: Chairman, Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF)
David Postolski: Partner, Gearhart Law
Deep Moteria: Founder , Elluminati
Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal: Director/Tecknogog, MERSTRA Foundation / MITC
Edgar Kussberg: AI Group Product Manager, Snyk
Edgar Kussberg: Staff Product Manager , Snyk
Elia Nuqul: Owner, Investor, Mentor, Co-Founder, Nuqul Group
Fady Santarissy: Managing Partner, cg imagine+invent
Fahed Qteishat: Associate Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Farhat Bashir: Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies
Filip Karwala: Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures
Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
Gaelle Yammine: Associate, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Grant Felgenhauer: Managing Partner, Euphrates Ventures
Hamdi Tabbaa: Co-founder and CEO , Abwaab
Hanan Shahin: Co-Founder & CEO , BLOOMit
Hanan Shahin: Co-founder & CEO, Bloomcart
Hani W. Naguib: Author | Speaker | Mentor, HNT innovation studio
Hasan Ahmad: Consultant, Hasan Ahmad
Hisham Rashed: Associate, Levari
Hussam Hammo: CEO & Founder, Tamatem Games
Ibrahim Faza: GM, JordanStart
Irina Baskova: Growth coach for B2B sales and go-to-market., independent consultant.
Ivan Ivanka: CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital
Ivan Hoo: Owner, IHAYO
Jad El Boustani: Managing Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
Kareem El Shaffei: Director of Product, Money Fellows
Karim Djerboa: Business Development Specialist, MAVENTERSE
Karim Hamdan: Managing Partner, DINARe VENTURES
Laura Olivier Khudairi: Executive Director, Iraq Tech Ventures
Lauren Jane Heller: Executive Leadership Coach, On Deck/ Iberdrola Australia
Loek Daemen: Presentation Skills Trainer & Founder , Pitch Perfect
Luis Ferreira: Mentor, FI
Maher Kaddoura: Investor, Al Jude
Maher Santarissy: Managing Director, moment
Majd Alaily: Founder, Ruya Advisory
Marie Therese Fam: Partner, Silicon Badia
Marisa Bryce: CEO, Jack and Blue Capital
Marwan Said: CEO, E Points Group
Marwan Abu sakha: Co-Founder & CEO, Kitchefy
Michael Makdah, Eskonomy
Michael Makdah: Fractional CMO, Rapid Expansion
Michael Ho: Founder , Ventures Cubed
Mikhail Tykuchinskiy: Managing Partner, Reassembly Point
Mohamed Tohami: Founder & CEO, Passion Point
Mohamed Ramadan: Associate, Levari
Mohd Santarissy: Co-CEO, Relatively Fund
Mortada Al Khateeb: Co-founer and CEO, Needbooth
Mudar Jeiroudi: Managing Partner, Jeiroudi Law Firm
Muhanad Wadah: Founder & CEO, Shab
Muhannad Taslaq: General Manager, Integral Reality Labs
Nader Amiri: General Partner, Homegrown Ventures
Nadia KANOUN: CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups
Nadine Zerrini: Director, Founder Institute Boston
Najiba Wajiha Mahboob: CEO, Toureela
Nela Dunato: Brand Designer, Nela Dunato Art & Design
Nidal Bitar: Chief Executive Officer, ICT Association of Jordan - int@j
Nikola Korać: CEO, Downstream Business Solutions
Omar Tabbaa: Chairman / CEO, Eat Holding
Paul Turken: Professor, Marketing & Strategy of Business School Netherlands
Philippe Linus Petit: Public Speaking Expert & Storytelling Coach
Raja Mawad: Founder, Thrv.health
Rami Essaid: CEO, Finmark
Ramzi Halaby: CEO, The Online Project
Ramzi Nahawi: Product Design , Bubble
Rasha Laswi: Partner, Andersen
Rawaz Rauf: Partner, Euphrates Ventures
Rishi Sharma: West Coast Lead , Newlin VC
Roberto Croci: Regional Startups Enabler, .
Ruba Darwish: Operations Manager, BMB Jordan
Ruba Fakhouri: Psychological , Counseling
Rudy Bekerejian: Founder & CEO , Ecomz
Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Salha Al Aqeel Alghamdi: CEO, FI GCC
Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Samer Arabiat: Consultant
Sara Alkhatib, SpaceDeco
Sara Ledterman: General Partner, 3+ Ventures
Saumya Bhatnagar: CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai
Saurabh Nathany: Startup & VC Lawyer, White Summers Caffee & James, LLP
Sawsan Lubani, iRole
Shaun Gold: Entrepreneur, storyteller, GP at Improve Ventures, Improve Ventures
Shaza Bassam: Associate, Levari
Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
Simon Tkachenko: Principal, Modus Capital
Sokmean Nou: Front End Services Lead, Acrisure
Tamer Al Salah: Managing Director, BeyondCapital
Tarek Roushdy: Angel Investor, UI Investments
Tariq El Titi: Managing Director , Janus Ventures
Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
Trevor Longino - DO NOT USE THIS ACCOUNT: Owner , Crowd Tamers
Triska Hamid: Editorial Director, Wamda
Vaios Gkitsas: Founder , The Upset Partners
Vincent Marsland: Senior Founder Success Manager, Communitech
Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
Wajeeha Al Husseini: Director of Communications, Umniah
Yasmine Darwich: Founder of DonaLeb | Social Impact, DonaLeb
Zaid Ibrahim: Consumer Marketing Director, Umniah
Zeid Husban: Serial Entrepreneur | 2 Exits | Experienced Leader | Angel Investor