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 Summer 2025 Semester, we have secured a truly exceptional roster of Founder Institute Mentors, including many from out of town.

See the full list below;

Adam Long: CEO, TheEthicalCEO.com
Adeline Chu: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Western Sydney University
Adrian Bunter: Corporate Advisor | Angel Investor | Non-exec Director, Modus Partners
Aivee Robinson: Co-Founder, Catalyser
Albert Bielinko: Venture / growth investor, Telstra Ventures
Alejandro Patterson: Principal Product Manager , Honey Insurance
Alex Samson: Founder & CEO, dvhb
Alex Guyer: Partner Firemark Ventures, Associate Partner Black Nova Venture Capital
Allan Lalic: Co-founder, Kebloom
Amit Verma: Senior Manager, Listings, ASX
Anna Cheng: Head of Growth Marketing, Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Anne Marie Elias: chief disrupter, Founder, PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Annie Le Cavalier: Venture Partner, FI and Former GM & Community, Stone & Chalk
Ant Moorehouse: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthTech
Ash Ma: Product Manager, Zip Co.
Asher Vukelic: Chair, Southwest Angels
Ashton Bishop: CEO, Step Change hellostepchange.com
Ben Pecotich: Design & Innovation Director/Founder, Dynamic4
Benjamin Ranck: Principal, MacroReactor
Benjamin Chong: Partner, Right Click Capital
Bill Trestrail: CEO, Market Momentum Pty Ltd
Bill Trestrail: Venture Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
Bjorn Halfmann: Founder & Experience Design Director, muteo.co
Brendan Yell: Former Director, Twilio Startups
Brodie Mc Culloch: Founder, Spacecubed, Perth, WA
Brodie Mc Culloch: Founder and Managing Director, Spacecubed
Bronwen Kaspers: Customer Success Coach, Culture Amp cultureamp.com
Cam Walshe: Director, Pitchblak
Caroline Lepron: CEO & Founder, Skoutli
Cheryl Mack: CEO & Founder, Aussieangels.com + Activator at SheEO™
Chris Clark: Co-Founder & CEO of BEERLOVE
Chris Clark: Chris Clark, GeoSnapShot / Brownee / Teem
Chris Braine: Founder, Cellr
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 Kenney: Director, Start Growth Pty Limited
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
Eitan Bienstock: Managing Director, Techbench Capital
Elizabeth Kaelin: MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer, UTS Business School
Eran Ben Shahar: Tech Advisor, KeyQC - AI & Quantum Computing Powerhub
Erwin Van Der Koogh: Founder/CEO, Linc
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
Harshu Deshpande: Start-up & Scale-up Advisor, Google
Jack Qi: Director, William Buck
James Moody: CEO, Sendle
Jane Cockburn: CEO and Founder, Kairos Now
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
Joanne Jacobs: Co-CEO, Disruptor's Handbook
Kate Ringvall: Co-Founder, Galactic Cooperative
Kim McGuinness: Strategic Relationships Director, SBE Australia
Leila Alem: Chief Design and Innovation and Adj Professor, ArcSense
Liam Darmody: Fractional Product Leader, Advisor & Coach, liamdarmody.com
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
Maxine Lee: COO & Investment Director, Skalata Ventures
Michelle Gilmore: CEO, heyjuno.co
Mitchell Pham: Chairperson, NZTech
Neil Smith: CTO, Simple KYC
Nhat Nguyen: CEO, Otrafy
Oliver Ranck: Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director, Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck: Chair, Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Krajewski: Product Management professional, Co-Director Founder Institute Australia+NZ
Paul Grimes: CTO & Founder, OK200
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 Horsley: Founder, Remarkable Tech
Peter Van Bruchem: Co-Founder, Techboard
Peter Browne: Owner, Intangible Communications
Prashant Gami: CEO & Founder, x•enabler
Rachel White: CFO, Part time CFO / fractional CFO
Rajeev Gupta: Managing Partner, Alium Capital
Rayn Ong: Director, Ong Heng Investments
Rebecca Dooley: Partner, Addisons
Reheen Guin: Director & Co-Founder, Digital Crew and PandaMetrics
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 Babbar: Director, SVB Group
Sandrina Postorino: Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.
Scott Crowe: Lead Recruiter, Canva
Scott Glew: Organizer, Morning Startup Perth
Sean Geoghegan: Cofounder and former-CTO, Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Simon Litchfield: CTO, and serial Founder
Simone Joyce: CEO/Founder, Paypa Plane
Sorrel Kesby: Head of Global Commercial Operations, GumGum
Srikanth Muthyala: Investor, Melbourne Angels
Stefan Korn: General Manager, Callaghan Innovation
Stuart Reynolds: CEO & Founder, Fullstack Advisory
Tal Rotbart: Former Chief Technology Officer, Marketplacer (until Oct-‘23)
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
Vanessa Ronan Pearce: Head of Growth, Wych Money
Vern Chan: Certified Startup Coach, Your Pivot
Will Ericksson: Director, Trainer/Mentor, Momentum Academy / Momentumgroup.tech
William Mc Cahey: Partner, Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor