Great Startup Mentors Confirmed for the Sydney 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.

Rather than bringing in consultants and academics who teach theory, 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 Australia Spring 2027 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
Adrian Whitehead: Leadership Coach, Adrian Whitehead Coaching
Alejandro Patterson: Managing Director, Treble Strategic
Alex Samson: Head of Tech, Finagra
Alex Sy: Managing Director, ATLAS Business Consulting and Mentoring Services
Alex Xu: Co-Founder & Idea Builder, 100 Bad Ideas
Allan Lalic: Founder, Kebloom
Amit Verma: Senior Manager, Listings, ASX
Anna Cheng: Head of Growth & Engagement Marketing, Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Anne Marie Elias: chief disrupter, Founder, PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Ant Moorehouse: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthTech
Arcui Usoara: Global Board Advisor and Brand Strategist, Founder, Iaculus
Ash Ma: Product Manager, Zip Co.
Ashton Bishop: CEO, Step Change hellostepchange.com
Ati Aziz: Growth Marketer, ClearCalcs
Barney Chunn: Director, Mutu https://mutu.co.nz
Ben Pecotich: Design & Innovation Director/Founder, Dynamic4
Ben Richards: Founder & CEO, Pooltrackr acquired by Fluidra
Benjamin Ranck: Principal, MacroReactor
Benjamin Chong: Partner, Right Click Capital
Bill Trestrail: Venture Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital
Bjorn Halfmann: Experience Design Director, Co-Founder, australiancoffeeculture.com
Brenda Nguyen: Head of ESG and Sustainable Development, Jardine Cycle & Carriage
Brendan Yell: Former Director, Twilio Startups
Carl Maiorana: Founder, Business Growth & Change Consultant, 5Y
Caroline Lepron: CEO & Founder, Skoutli
Chris Clark: Serial Entrepreneur , Teem
Chris Clark: Chris Clark, Teem / GeoSnapShot
Christopher Krainer: Co-founder, rk-collective.com
Claudia Capelo: Head of Product Marketing, CMC Markets ANZ
Dane Eldridge: Founder & CEO, StackUp www.stackup.tech
David Kenney: Founder, Epic Execution Pty Ltd
David Isaac: Venture Building & Growth Strategy, Causality
Dennis Kibirev: Marketing Exec | Venture Growth Strategist, Top 1% Rated Startup Mentor
Dmitri Voronenko: Technology Leader | Advisor | Mentor, virtualintegrity.com.au
Dylan Mc Donnell: CEO, Foodini
Elizabeth Kaelin: Principal, Partnerships, Mums & Co. Formerly UTS Business School
Erwin Van Der Koogh: Founder/CEO, Linc
Evan Wong: CEO & Co-Founder, Checkbox.AI
Franziska Iseli: Founder, Basic Bananas
Garry Visontay: General Partner, Right Click Capital
Gerry Tucker: Director of Sales Large Entreprise , Sprinklr
Giang Trinh: Country Director, Founder Institute Vietnam
GRAEME OGILVIE: Independent Advisor, Fractional Executive, Angel Investor , Who says I can't - Senior Partner
Graham Christie: Driving venture growth&ecosystem impact across ANZ/Asia/UK&EU, Founder|NED|Investor|Award-winning Wiley Author
Greg Campbell: entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist, Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance
Hendrik Remigereau: Venture Partner, NZVC
Hugh Treseder: Founder, Floatspace
Jack Qi: Director, William Buck
Jakomi Mathews: CEO, goto.health
James Moody: CPO Chief Product Officer, FAST Group, CEO of Sendle until Aug-2025
Jason Atkins: Building TORUS & Co-Founder, Cake cakeequity.com
Jason Tan: Fractional Chief AI Officer, Ascendnce
Jeff Perlman: Founder, Revenue Ninja (revenue.ninja)
Jeffrey Ling: Ex-Programme Director, Ministry of Awesome
Jo Ann Suchard: Angel investor, Sydney Angels
Joanne Jacobs: Co-CEO, Disruptor's Handbook
Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CIO, Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Jonathon Wilkinson: Co-founder, Equitise
Julian Luca: Founder, Founders Edge
Katherine Gokavi Whaley: Founder, SheLeads Coaching
Keith Forbes: Executive Leadership & Advisory, from Streem to Cision
Kevin Whitmore: CEO & Founder, www.getcashbucket.com
Leila Alem: Chief Innovation Officer, ArcSense
Lex Kuncevic: Fractional CTO, SCALETECH
Lisa Askwith: CEO, Apex BRS
Lisa Cotton: Founder and Principal, Human in the Loop Leadership
Magdalena Reith: Startup&Business Consultant magdalena-reith.de, Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks pitchbird.de
Mark Glikson: CEO, Methodbridge / Genascent
Matthew Browne: Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com, @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
Maxine Lee: COO & Investment Director, Skalata Ventures
Maz Zaman: Managing Partner, HyperScaled
Michael Taus: Founder / CMO / TechStars Mentor, Rent.com, CrowdStreet, Rentable, ApartmentIQ, Amplion, FoundersPad
Michelle Gilmore: CEO, heyjuno.co
Milka Wenas: Director, Kudo Innov8
Nathan Evans: Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor , AURIS Investment
Neil Smith DUPLICATE PROFILE: CTO, Simple KYC
Neil Smith: Co-founder, CSO, Simple KYC
Nhat Nguyen: CEO, Otrafy
Oliver Ranck: Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director, Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck: Chair, Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes: CTO & Founder, OK200
Pete Cooper: Former CIO, KBZ Bank
Peter Browne: Owner, Intangible Communications
Peter Mc William: Fractional CFO, Former CFO, jayride.com
Prashant Gami: CEO & Founder, x•enabler
Rachel White: CFO, Part time CFO / fractional CFO
Rae Wang: Head of Product, Enterprise, Atlassian
Rajeev Gupta: Managing Partner, Alium Capital
Rebecca Dooley: Partner, Addisons
Roger Do: CEO, Co-Founder, Watchdog Cyber Defense
Romain Bonjean: Founder, CEO, RoseRx
Roman Kovalenko: Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia
Romane Delvallee: Business Development Associate, Gandel Invest
Ron Hill: Managing Director, sunramp.co
Ryan Cross: Sr Prototyping Engagement Manager, ANZ, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ryan Ahamer: Founder, LokaLingo
Sameer Babbar: Director, SVB Group
Scott Crowe: Fractional Recruitment, People Operations, Startup Advisor, Mentor, Board Member & Investor, Ex- Canva & Atlassian. Head of Growth, Empathix
Scott Dommett: Former Investor, Rampersand
Sean Geoghegan: Cofounder and former-CTO, Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Shaun Edlin: CEO, Dotterel Technologies
Shreya Gupta: Co-Founder, Australian Coffee Culture. Growth, GTM, Vision australiancoffeeculture.com
Simon Litchfield: CTO, and serial Founder
Sorrel Kesby: Founder/Co-CEO, EvenBetter.ai
Stella Xu: Founder, Lucky Lock
Tal Rotbart: Former Chief Technology Officer, Marketplacer (until Oct-‘23)
Tim Freestone: Founder, Alooba
Tomaj Bayat: Non-Executive Director: Documentary Australia, Previous founder. Previous Growth beforepay.com.au
Vanessa Ronan Pearce: Founder & Growth Strategist, Artikulait & Sound Voices
Vanessa Mouledous: Brand-built Growth Expert, Mentor, Advisor to startups, North
Vern Chan: Certified Startup Coach, Your Pivot
Will Davies: CEO, Car Next Door
Will Ericksson: Director, Trainer/Mentor, Momentum Academy / Momentumgroup.tech
William Wang: Exited Founder/CEO, Scale Tribe
William Mc Cahey: Partner, Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor
Yash Varma: Founder & General Partner, Empress Capital