Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Belgrade 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 Serbia 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
Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Aleks Rakitch: Founder & CEO, MixAart
Aleksandar Celeski: Executive Director, DUEL Consulting
Aleksandar Stamboliev: CEO & Co-Founder, BAU Accelerator
Aleksandar Bakoč: CEO & Founder, Algotech doo
Aleksandar Bijelić: President of the Board, Serbian Venture Network
Aleksandar Marić: Head Of Finance, Alt Labs
Aleksandar Hangimana: Advisor & Investor, Noordenster B.V.
Aleksandar Momiroski: COO & Co-founder, Comeunity Business Incubator
Aleksandar Matanović: CEO & Founder, ECD
Aleksandar Janičić: Founder/CEO, J Consulting Group
Aleksandar Marić: Partner, Adore Chocolat
Aleksandra Lazović-Lønningen: Building Collaborative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems l Growth and Innovation Strategist, Impact Hub Belgrade/InoSmart
Aleksandra Vuković: Founder and Director | Nura digital & Singular Advantage, Nura Digital | Singular Advantage
Ales Pustovrh: Partner, Bogatin doo
Alex Migitko, UNIQUE.VC
Alex Lunginovic: Broker/Vice President, Montalvo Ventures
Alexander Naydenov: Head of Sales, GraphCMS
Alexander Sumin: co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass
Alexander Martynov: Head of Bio-IT, Biovision Ventures
Alin Vacian: CEO, enovatika
Alin Vacian: CEO, Enovika
Almir Zejneli: CEO and Co Owner, ADRIA EXCLUSIVE LTD
Ana Milicevic: Coordinator, Research and Development Hub at Faculty of organizational sciences
Andrei Cosmin Munteanu: Co-Founder & CEO, Cowork Timisoara
Andrija Bednarik: Entrepreneur serving Humanity, Life Playing Club
Anja Stanisic, Foundation Novak Djokovic - Original platform
Ari Veltman: Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@, Sparko.TV
Arseniy Dabbakh, Innotechnics
Arthur Gusev: Founder and CEO, Launch Deck
Athanasios Ladopoulos: CEO | Founder, MOOCTORS
Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
Benoit Doumas: Managing Director, BlackRock
Berg Moe: Owner, Berg Moe Media
Bilyana Dimitrova: Managing Partner, Dimitrova and Staykova Law office
Blanka Supe: Founder, Haos Community Space
Boris Kolev: Founder and Managing Partner, DigiMark Ventures
Boris Hristov: Founder and CEO, 356labs
Borislav Miljanović: CEO, Represent System
Borut Čeh: Co-owner and CEO, Labena ltd
Boštjan Čeh: Co-Director, Labena Ventures
Branko Bajić: Marketing and Products Director, Yettel Bulgaria
Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
Charles Cormier: CEO, TopLeads Agency
Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christophe Nègre: General Partner, Western Balkans Private Equity Fund
Clarisse Dr. Behar Molad: CHief Strategy Officer , Whistesteps Technologies
Dajana Džindo: Executive Director, F787
Daniel Lorer: Advisory Board Member, Quadrodynamics
Daniel Michael Böhi: Founder & Partner, Founder Institute
Danijela Matovic: CEO & Founder, Parlok Consulting
Darko Ivanović: General Partner, Balkan Tech Fund
Darko Vidakovic: Darko Vidakovic, EASME
Darko Burčul: Chief Marketing and PR, Infostud
David Schoch: President and member of the Board of Directors, Serbian Private Equity Association
Davor Sakač: Director, TS Ventures Fund
Dejan Dramićanin: CEO, Bitgear
Dejan Tonić: EBRD Associate, Regional Coordinator of Star Venture Programme for Western Balkans, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Dejan Vukmirović: Chief Technology Officer, Bakson Ltd
Dilyan Dimitrov: Partner, Eleven Ventures
Djordje Filipovic, 30Hills
Dmytro Lokshyn: Head of Alternative Investments, Stockpile Inc.
Don Samoil: Managing Partner, Trusted Scale
Dóra Marosvölgyi: Founder & CEO, DARE Innovations
Đorđe Ćelić: CEO, Poslovni inkubator Novi Sad - Business incubator Novi Sad doo
Đorđe Zdravković: Cofounder & CEO, Protokol.io
Dragana Vujovic Djermanovic: Growth Guide, PCG
Drago Gverić: CEO, Innovation Center Banja Luka
Dušan Karan: Enterprise acceleration consultant, Innovation Fund
Dušan Obradović: Cofounder & CEO, Bold International Group
Evgeny Podlesny: Director, CEECAT Capital
Filip Sasic: Managing Director for Southeast Europe, Network 20/20
Filip Komnenović: Product Manager, LambdaWorks
Filip Bovan: Board member & Co-Founder, ESEM Business School | Ex J.P. Morgan M&A
Filip Ivančić: Advisor
Florin Grosu: Co -founder, Traderion
Frank Mertens: Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH
Frank Petry: CEO, EuroTechInnovation
Gaia Montelatici: Founder, STUDIO X Ventures
Gajo Vanka: COO, Aim Cube Limited | UK
George Sidjimkov: General Partner , Sofia Angels Ventures
Georgi Malchev: Managing Partner, XploraBG
Georgi Kadrev: Co-Founder & CEO, Imagga & Kelvin Health
Glen Hellman: Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland
Gogo Rafajlovski: COO, SEEUTechPark
Goran Mladenović: CEO, Nis Cluster of Advanced Technologies (NI CAT)
Goran Ćulibrk: Community Lead, Serbian Entrepreneurs
Gregor Rebolj: Managing Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund
Hristo Hristov: CEO, Darik
Igor Madzov: Investement Director, NEST
Igor Arsovski: Founder & CEO, Merakzy
Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
Ivan Minić: Co-Founder, Pojačalo
Ivan Nonković: Partner, Karanovic & Partners Law Firm
Ivan Radojičić: Lecturer and Marketing manager, Turnkey
Ivan Germanov: RSM, Founder Institute HQ
Ivana Pesic Forbes: VP of design, Interactio
Ivaylo Ivanov: Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
Ivo Vasilev: Founder and CEO, Reloyalty
Jakob Gajšek: GP, RUJ Ventures
James Zanewicz: Chief Strategy Officer, Tulane University School of Medicine
Jan Kobler: Managing Partner, South Central Ventures
Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
Jasmina Knežević: Founder and Supervisory Board Member, Acibadem Bel Medic
Jasmina Jankičević: Chief Medical Officer, Innovaderm Inc.
Jasna Pejović: CEO , Flourish
Jeff Skiba: Consultant, Med Minding
Jelena Plavanski, Business angels association of Serbia
Jia Hong Shaw: Founder, Turn Off Turn On Ventures
Jivko Ivanov: Managing Partner, Simbula Ltd.
Johannes Benkhoff: Founder, innocellerate
Jonie Oostveen: CEO , Digital Den
Joshua Cheng: Founding Team, COO, Behave Technologies
Jovan Tišma: Co-founder, ALL-ART
Jovana Radlović: Head of EU Integration Centre, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
Juan Antonio De Lassaletta Fernández: General Secretary and Global Head Legal & Compliance , Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma/CSL Vifor
Kamen Bankovski: Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners
Karina Sotnik: Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart
Keo Sar: Mentor, Advisor & Business Angel, August Hill
Kostas Karolemeas: Founder, CEO, Allcancode
Kristina Stevanović: Co-Founder, EPICentar
Kristjan Zemljic: Founder, Odobreno, Kristjan Zemljič s.p.
Lazar Lekić: Supercluster Manager, Serbia Innovates
Lazar Grujicic: CEO
Liang Sun: Founder, Solar Solutions HK Ltd.
Luka Prišunjak: Ecosystem Facilitator, Swisscontact
Luka Pejović: Director, BDO Ventures (Ventu.rs)
Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
Maja Križan: Investment Manager, Business Angels of Slovenia
Marat Shaidulatov
Marita Price: Founder & Director, Hello
Mark Rogers: CEO, Futurist Labs
Mark Liepinsh: Managing director, Pulsar VC
Marko Vučetić: PR manager, HelloWorld.rs
Marko Dzombic: Co-Founder, K-EoP Protocol
Marko Mijatović: CFO & Investment Principal, Fifth Quarter Ventures
Marko Rosic: Senior Innovation Consultant, Science Park Graz
Matej Rus: Head & Co-founder, PODIM
Matija Srbic: Deep-tech venture builder programme director, Innovation center Nikola Tesla
Max Gurvits: Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners
Maya Zlatanova: Co-Founder & CEO, FindMeCure
Michael Kosic: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
Mila Milenkovic: Director of Sector for Strategy, Telekom Srbija
Milan Ranđelović: Managing Director, Science and Technology Park Nis
Milan Dobrota: CEO, Agremo
Milen Ivanov: Managing Partner, Sofia Angels Ventures, Co-Founder, CEO Angels Club
Milena Micanović: Director for Communications and Public affairs, OTP banka Srbija
Mili Ibrulj: Principal , Fil Rouge Capital
Miloš Milovanović: Co-founder & COO, Blinking
Miloš Lazović: Ecosystem Facilitator, Swiss EP - Swisscontact
Miloš Došen: CEO, Accounting and Tax Advisory Agency ‘Došen’
Miloš Lukić: CEO & Co-Founder, ReadyCMS
Miloš Polovina: CEO, TransferNova
Miodrag Nenadović: Co-Founder, Brush Galaxy
Miodrag Bukvic: Technology Sales, Business Development & Innovation, Startup Mentor & Strategic Advisor
Mirjana Perkovic: Founder & CEO, LookStyler
Miron Lukač: Co-founder, Portal World
Misa Nikolic: CEO, Resonator – Creative Tech Hub
Mladen Radišić: CEO, Foodscale Hub
Mustafa Cakir: Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT
Natali Delić: Director of the Directorate for Strategy and Digital, Telekom Serbia
Nataša Rađenović Živanović: Chief Innovation Officer, OTP Connect
Nataša Filipović: Managing Director, OvationBBDO
Nathan Pike: Prior, Oxford Oracle
Nebojša Đurđević: Partner, Vega IT
Neda Trifunović: Manager, Business Angel Network DSI
Nedeljko Milosavljević: Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia
Nedžad Lomigora: Managing Partner, Falcon Venture Partners LLC
Nemanja Stefanović: CEO & Co-founder, HireApp
Nemanja Petrović: Co-Founder, Traken
Nemanja Zivkovic: Founder , Funky Marketing
Nenad Paunović: Co-founder, Serbian Venture Network
Nenad Novović: CEO and Founder, Amplitudo
Nenad Božić: CEO & Co-founder, SmartCat
Nenad Mladenović: Product Consultant / Strategic Advisor, Ingsoftware
Niko Slavnić: Founder, IQbator
Nikola Balić: Head of Growth, Daytona Platforms Inc.
Nikola Obradović: Founder & CEO, Bridgewater Labs
Nina Dremelj: President, Business Angels of Slovenia
Olga Mirković Maksimović: COO, Videobolt
Olivier Tilleuil: Founder and managing director (former), EyeSee
Oskar Marko: Co-founder, Cropt
Pavel Cholakov, Chief Ventures
Peđa Predin: GP, Fifth Quarter Ventures
Petar Atanasovski: Managing Partner, Attic42 Venture Builder
Petar Savić: Partner, Supreme Factory
Petar Tsachev: Investor, Launchub Ventures
Péter Mogyorósi: CEO, Creative Accelerator
Predrag Krupez: CEO, Blue Coast Brewing Company
Primož Karpe: Partner / Chairman / Investment Committee member, Cedars Ltd / NLB Bank / Aroma Global Ltd / ALFI PE I & II
Raanan Shenhav: Founder, RS-CPD
Rada Đurović Vassena: Business Developer Consultant, Freelance
Rade Rakočević: CEO & Founder, Senzal capital doo
Radoslav Stankov: Head of engineering, Product Hunt
Rishi Chowdhury: Founder & CEO, Incube Space
Rok Zorko: Co-Founder, Outfit7
Salim Virani: Founder, Source Institute
Sam Eisenberg: Co-Founder, Design For Decks
Sanja Brdar: co-founder, Cropt
Saša Popović: Co-Founder and CEO, Vega IT
Sascha Österle Nincic: Business Development, FT AG
Stavros Pavlidis: Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group
Stefan Vladimirov: Creative Director, monolig.
Stefan Mrvaljević: Founder and CEO, ACHIVR Educational Technologies
Stephen O’Rourke: Founder & Principal Consultant, RegulatoryStory – Regulatory Affairs Consultancy
Tadej Kurepa: Programme Manager of the Venture an Idea Project, Digital Sebia Initiative
Tamara Čolić Milosavljević: Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia
Tatyana Mitkova: Co-Founder and CEO, ClaimCompass
Teodor Panayotov: CEO, CourseDot
Thibaut Taittinger: Founder & CEO, Puzl CowOrKing
Tilen Šarlah: Managing Partner, Feelsgood Capital
Todor Breshkov: Managing Partner, LAUNCHub Ventures
Tom Vodopivec: Principal, Silicon Gardens
Tomasz Golinski: Founding Partner, CofounderZone
Vassil Popovski: CEO & Co-founder, Connecto.ai (Acquired by Leanplum)
Vedran Rasic: CEO/Founder, LeadDelta
Vedran Šimunović: Director, INTERA Technology Park
Victor Schiller: President, R Cubed Group
Viktor Minchev: VC Investor, Eleven Ventures
Viktorija Petrov: PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad
Vladan Todorović: CEO & Founder, Advanced Security Technologies ltd
Vladimer Botsvadze: Advisory Board Member , The United States Artificial Intelligence Institute
Vladimir Nedović: Owner, Synemedia
Vladimir Bozovic: CEO, ZenHire
Vladimir Pavlović: General Partner, Omorika Ventures
Vladimir Vojvodić: Director of operations, Fuller Vision
Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
Vladimir Vlahović: Founder & Managing Director, SOLVENTRY GmbH
Vladislav Pavlov: Founder, Furtherance Network
Vojin Šenk: Professor, University of Novi Sad
Volen Vulkov: Co-Founder, Enhancv
Voon Yee Ho: CEO, Techbridge Ventures Pte Ltd
Vuk Lau: Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund
Željko Ilić: Co-founder & General manager, InCentar
Zoja Kukic Dordevic: VP Digital Transformation, Signet World
Zoran Vasiljev: CEO, Centili