Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Atlanta - Silicon Valley Fall 2025 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Atlanta and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Atlanta Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Aug 17, 2025) will have their application fees waived (typically $50), and if you enroll by the Early Deadline you are also eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
Since launching in Atlanta in 2017, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Atlanta have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Atlanta Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- Founder’s Guide to AI: Creating Effective Content with AI: 1:00pm, Jul 02, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373171
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons from Startup Accelerators: 1:00pm, Jul 03, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375251
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Jul 07, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/370303
- Founder’s Guide to AI: Building an MVP with No Coding Skills : 1:00pm, Jul 09, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373299
- FI Silicon Valley Spring 2025 Graduation: Meet the New Portfolio Companies: 9:00pm, Jul 09, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375837
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Sonam Velani: 1:00pm, Jul 14, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/374375
- Founder’s Guide to AI: Using AI to Increase Productivity: 1:00pm, Jul 16, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373436
- Founder’s Guide to AI: Using Agentic Workflows to Automate Repetitive Tasks: 1:00pm, Jul 23, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373555
- Best Practices on Building Innovation Hubs for Universities & Colleges: 1:00pm, Jul 24, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375893
- Responsible AI for Startups: Frameworks You Can Apply from Day One: 1:00pm, Jul 28, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/376047
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 1:00pm, Aug 11, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/374531
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00pm, Aug 18, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/374733
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00pm, Aug 25, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/375408
- How to Get Investors to Notice Your Startup: AMA with Marta Marrucco: 1:00pm, Sep 17, 2025 (America/New_York): https://FI.co/e/373832
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Atlanta are local startup leader Sheffie Robinson (President, Touco Direct, LLC).
In addition, some of Atlanta's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Atlanta - Silicon Valley Fall 2025 includes:
- Aakash Bakrania: Strategy Consultant, Bain & Company
- Aalap Shah: Co-Founder, SoMe Connect
- Aaron Patzer: Founder and CEO, Mint.com & Fountain
- Aaron Abram: Entrepreneur with 1 exit & Advisor., Pricestack, Kangarootime, & Osurv
- Abby Goldstein: Senior Lead Recruiter, Linkus Group
- Abdellah Aouf: Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
- Abdulkadir Suleiman: CEO & Founder, TESPIRE LLC
- Adam Besvinick: Venture Capitalist, Deep Fork Capital
- Adam Gellert: Founder & Recruitment Advisor, Linkus Group
- Adam Fridman: Founder, Mabbly and ProHabits
- Adam Spector: CEO & Founder, Chore
- Adam Matalon: Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, ThermaGEL Innovations
- Adeo Ressi: CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
- Aditya Kumar: Software Engineer, FAANG
- Afzaal Mauthoor: Senior Partner, Profoundly
- Ahmad Fareed Al Saif: Founder & CEO , Alefredo EdTech
- Ajuma Ataguba: Managing Director, Founder Institute, Abuja
- Aki Ohashi: Vice President, Evolution Ventures
- Aki Balogh: President, MarketMuse
- Alan Chiu: CEO, Enya.ai
- Alejandra Perez: Founder - Lawyer, Investability
- Aleksandar Bradic: Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe
- Alex Sok: Co-Founder/CEO, Elluva
- Alex Rampell: CEO, TrialPay
- Alex Raymond: Founder, Kapta
- Alexander Morsink: Managing Director, Equivesto
- Alexander Garcia Tobar: Principal, AGT Group, Inc
- Alexandra Johnson: Managing Director, DFJ Aurora
- Alexey Semeney: Founder & CEO, DevTeam.Space
- Alex M. Dascalu: Lead Director, Founder Institute Central Eastern Europe
- Alfred Poor: Keynote speaker and virtual event expert, The Health Tech Futurist
- Ali Abbas: Founder & CEO , SEO Button
- Alina Malysheva
- Aline Hemmo: Consultant, Pilsoft
- Allen Martinez: Founder, Noble Digital
- Ameet Metha: co-Founder, Arts Accelerator
- Ameet Mehta: Founder & Partner, FirstPrinciples
- Amos Kochiyo: CEO, Damar sulwe Consultants
- Ana Baltodano
- Anayansy Hernandez: Founder, Yansy Media
- Andrea Monti: Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
- Andrea Ramoino: Transformational Leader, Fintech, Payments, Digital Assets, SaaS
- Andrew Osipov: Founder & CEO, Visual Craft
- Andrew Filev: Founder&CEO, Wrike
- Andrew Lockley: Investor and Strategy Consultant, Andrew Lockley
- Andrew Goldner: Co-Founder & CEO
- Andrew Miller: Andrew Lee Miller, Consultant
- Andrew Schwaab: Partner/Registered Patent & Trademark Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Andrew Lee: CEO, Esper
- Andy Cox: Co-Founder & Tech Recruiter, Tech4
- Andy Park: Consulting CFO, Escalon Services
- Angel Hadjiev: Regional Manager , SeedBlink
- Angela Rastegar: Director, West Coast and Asia Pacific, Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation
- Aniruddh Nagodra: Co founder & CEO , factohr.com
- Ankush Bagotra: Product Management Leader , Meta
- Anna Mikeda: Psychology & Meditation Expert
- Anthony Duran: Sr Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer
- Anthony Rose: Founder & CEO, SeedLegals
- Aram Melkoumov: CEO, Crowdlinker
- Argentino Molinuevo: General Partner, Athyna
- Asa Goldstein: Founder & CEO, BrandShine Creative Services
- Ashley Martis: Co-Founder & CEO, StartupFuel
- Ashutosh Zade: Founder, Stealth Mode Startup / Sr. Principal , Insulet
- Ashwin Sivakumar: Chief of Digital Business Strategy, JugularSocial Group
- Asta Sendonaris: Strategy advisor, Consultant
- Atul Yadav: Founder, Reclayu
- Aurelie Guerrieri: CMO, Open Systems
- Avery Lyford: Chief Customer Officer, Infostretch
- Aviv Shalgi: CEO, Solar Simplified
- Ayhan K. Isaacs: Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
- Aytek Kanokov: CEO, Doxodoc.com
- Ayub Ansari: Principal, Anthesis (Carlyle)
- Babak Bagheri
- Balaji BK: Head - Startup Launchpad, Deshpande Startups
- Beatriz Lopez: Principal, Coreteq Ventures
- Ben Larson: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Vertosa
- Ben Stacey: CEO, Pitchverk
- Benjamin Young: CEO, Sworkit
- Beth Pennington: Partner, Pennington LP
- Bethany Stachenfeld: Co-founder & CEO, Sendspark
- Bhavin Shah: CEO, Refresh, Inc.
- Bianca Diosdado: Founder & CEO, ITRADE Innovations
- Bill Hunt: CTO & Co-Founder, Dianomic
- Bill Ashlock: Founder, BOSA Advisers Pte Ltd.
- Biola Alabi: Partner , Acasia Ventures
- Bob Rosin: Investor and Advisor, Bob Rosin
- Bob Christopher: Director of Innovation, Diamond Edge Ventures
- Bojan Maric: Co-Founder, Workello
- Bow Rodgers: CEO
- Bram Cohen: Founder/Chief Scientist, BitTorrent
- Branden Spikes: CEO, CTO, and Founder., Spikes, Inc.
- Brandon Steelman: Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.
- Brett Murray: Vice President, Marketing, View, Inc.
- Brian Wong: Founder & CEO, Kiip
- Brian Lee: Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Roamli
- Brian Proffitt: Partner, Disruptive Capital Finance
- Brian Liu: Chairman & Co-Founder, LegalZoom.com
- Brian M Pasalich: Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
- Brice Scheschuk: CEO, Globalive Capital
- Bryan Duarte: Managing Partner, BlackTech Capital
- Callum Travaglini: Strategy & Program Manager, Office of the CEO, Wealthsimple
- Carlos Ortiz: Founder & CEO, Camionix
- Carlos Ochoa: Founder & CEO, Alpha Impact 8
- Carmela Abraham, Xiggit
- Carmine Di Maro: Venture Associate
- Caroline Arzoo: Partnerships, TurboSBIR
- Carter Laren: Founder/CEO, Inara Ventures
- Chaima Torkhani: CEO, Coloc'Qui
- Chandler Koglmeier: VP, Product, Guild Education
- Chang Chen: Founder, Hockey Stick
- Charles Masters Rodriguez: Co-Founder & CEO, Autoket
- Charles Cathlin: CEO & Founder, Polaris Genomics
- Charlie Regis: Co-Founder, Styliff Tech
- Charlie Cliff: CTO
- Charlini De Almeida: Non-Executive Director & Trustee, CISI Future Foundation
- Charlotte Aschim: CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl
- Chase Harmer: CEO, Wishes
- Chaya Jadhav: Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurial Wave
- Chester Ng: Co-Founder & CMO, SweetLabs
- Chinara Askerzade: Managing Partner at PocketVC early-stage VC, PocketVC Studio and PocketVC Technologies Inc
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Hogg: Founder & CEO, 100Plus
- Chris Holloway: Pilot, defense analyst for Cubic Applications, F-5 pilot in USMCR
- Chris Praet: President, Progress Carolina
- Chris Garrett: Founder and CEO, Devil's Canyon Brewery
- Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute
- Christian Karrer: Director of Selection & Portfolio Advisor, 43North
- Christian Behl: International Business Development, Cognition IP
- Christina Reddick: Founder & CEO, Racedu
- Christina Trampota: Managing Director, Innovate Grow Scale
- Christina Holloway: Executive Coach, Compass Enterprises LLC
- Christina Laskowski: Business Transformation, VMware
- Ciaran Byrne: President, Creeslon
- Cindy Liberman: Chief Marketing Officer , (Fractional)
- Cindy Mallory: Emerging Tech Strategist, Worldwide TechServices
- CJ Johnson: Marketing Consultant , Team Friday
- Claudia Bacco: Founder, Grand Prix Marketing Consultants
- Connie Kwan: CEO, Product Maestro
- Conor Swanson: Co-Owner, Code
- Conrad Kimball: CEO, ADU Works
- Cory Hewett: CEO, Gimme Vending
- Costa Alexoglou: Co-Founder & CEO, VisaulEyes
- Craig Swiatek: Investment Advisor
- Craig Kanarick: CEO , Mouth Foods
- Damien Foord: CEO, Prismonde
- Dan Rubins: Founder & CEO, Legal Robot
- Dan Marques
- Dan Huru: Co-Founder, Meetgeek
- Dan Gertsacov: Dan Gertsacov - CEO, Americas Region (Bogota FI)
- Dan Arkind: Founder & CEO, JobScore
- Dan Lopez: Chief Strategy Officer, Arkisys
- Dana Loberg: CEO, Leo AR
- Daniel Steeves: CEO, Advance Advisory
- Daniel Saccani: President, Ravix Group, Inc.
- Daniel Lumar: Founder, KTY
- Daniel Woolfson: Senior Engineering Manager, The Engineer Experience
- Daniel Francavilla: Marketing Advisor & Brand Strategist, Daniel Does Consulting
- Daniel Faber: CEO, Orbit Fab
- Daniel Takabayashi: CTO, Laguro.com
- Danielle Lee: CFO, Money Therapy
- Daniyal Ashraf: Social Media Lead, Founder Institute
- Danny Matthews: Founder of Brand-First Venture Builder, Short Story Ventures
- Danny Matthews: Founder, Short Story Ventures
- Daoud Ghannam: Founder & CEO, uMake
- Daria Boldyreva: Founder, Wunderdogs
- Dave Bullis: Management Consultant, DTB Life Science Consulting and BTG Consulting
- David Hare: Advisor, ServTrans
- David Sacks: CEO, Yammer
- David Yeng: Managing Partner, Founders Venture Capital
- David Kidder: Co-Founder and CEO, Bionic Solution LLC
- David Wu: General Partner, Maveron Capital
- David Anderson: GM, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
- David Clark: Venture Partner, Tera VC
- Dayo McIntosh: Founder & CEO, Yateou
- Deepak Ghosh: Vice President, Product & Growth, Abra
- Denis Jacquet: Founder and CEO, TOP CREAM
- Dennis Kibirev: Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai
- Dennis Kibirev: Global Technology Executive, Venture Development Institute
- Diane Bailey: Head of Accelerator Growth, Founder Institute
- Dilip Goswami: President , Inlyte Energy
- Diraj Goel: CEO, Managing Partner, GetFresh Ventures
- Dominique Kim, MPH: Health and Healthcare Transformation Leader, InnovatorMD
- Dr. Arundhati Banerjee: Commercialization Specialist, NASA
- Dr. Hafiz Ali: Founder and Strategic Marketing Consultant, Omnicore Agency
- Dr. Hanan El Basha: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Maverika
- Dr. Tina Ruseva: CEO, Mentessa
- DrWarren Linger: CEO, exmersive.ai
- Dustin Betz: Director of Operations, White Rose Ventures
- Duygu Oktem: Investment Advisor, European Investment Fund
- Dylan Taylor: Chairman & CEO, Voyager Space Holdings
- Earl Martin Valencia: Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, Plentina
- Ed Lam: Partner, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
- Eddie Hartman: co-Founder, LegalZoom
- Eden Bidani: Head of Strategy & Copy, CAPE.Agency
- Edmond Banayan: Entrepreneur / CEO / VP of Biz Development / Board Observer / Investor / Mentor, See LinkedIn
- Edward Liu: Director, EasyIOT
- Eileen Brewer: Director, Takween Accelerator
- Eleftheria (Ella) Egel: CEO, Navigating Transformation Cons
- Eleni Lialiamou: Founder, Kimolian Academy
- Eli Schwartz: Director of Marketing, APAC, SurveyMonkey
- Elitza Stoilova: Founder & CEO, Umni.co
- Elizabeth Arnold: Founder & CEO, FLIP App
- Emiliya Strahilova: Content Marketer, Founder Institute
- Emna Ghariani: Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute
- Eravi Gopan
- Eren Bali: Chairman & Co-founder, Udemy
- Erette Dunn: Founder , Rever
- Eric Markowitz
- Eric Hsu: Corporate Attorney
- Erin Pangilinan: Founder, FASTER
- Eugene Lee: CEO, Socialtext
- Eunice Goh: Venture Growth Architect, Ex-Founder and CEO, SmartUp
- Fabian Geyrhalter: Founder and Principal, FINIEN
- Fabio Fulci: VP of Impact Development, Omdena Inc.
- Felix Halcartegaray
- Fion Lee Madan: Technical Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships, Asenion
- Fiorella Erni: CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA
- Florin Irimescu, CEO Bluana Foods
- Frank Mastronuzzi: Founding Partner, Punch Financial
- Franklin Kamnang Ngansop: Co-founder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
- Fred Joyal: Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) , Futuredontics
- Frederic Voyer: Senior Strategy & Execution Advisor, Post-Exit Entrepreneur (multiple: SWAAAP, BVI & HR Inc.)
- Gabe Zichermann: CEO, Failosophy
- Gabor Puhalla: Co-Founder & Partner, Coreteq Ventures
- Gabriel Isserlis: Founder , Tutti
- Gabriela Oporto: Founder, Selia
- Gagan Biyani: Co-Founder, Udemy, Spring, Maven
- Gary Gaessler: SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
- Gautam Chandna: CEO & Co-Founder, TikkTalk
- Geir Wavik: Advisor, Miles
- George Bandarian Ii: Founder & Managing Partner, ValueScaler
- Gerhard Diedericks: Founder & Venture Architect, Triniti
- Gina Bianchini: Cofounder, Ning
- Giselle Bisson: Managing Director, Chain Reaction PR
- Gleb Budman: Co-founder and CEO, Backblaze
- Gopi Rangan: Cofounder, INSEAD Angels
- Gopi Mattel: Founder CEO, MaxBlox, Inc.
- Govind Wakhlu: Product Manager, Facebook
- Greg Lindahl: CTO, Tobiko
- Guc Ozenci: Managing Partner, ConnectOp
- Guiti Navabi: Talent Acquisition Leader, Poynt
- Habibullah Khan: Founder, penumbra
- Hanny Sunarto: CEO/Co-founder, Mike's Naturals
- Hans Kim: Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Harmony Oswald: Founder & CEO, Legalucy, Inc.
- Harold Hughes: CEO, Bandwagon
- Harry D'Andrea: General Partner, Global Impact Fund
- Harsh Rajnikant Patel: CEO, Sunflowee Biztech Private Limited
- Hassan Sohbi, Taylor Wessing
- Hieg Khatcherian: Senior Partner / CTO, GetFresh Ventures
- Himakara Pieris: CEO, Hydra.ai
- Himanshu Khurana: Director of Engg, LinkedIn
- HORACIO MORENO: S T A R T U P B U S I N E S S D E V E L O P M E N T , I N V E S T M E N T A N A L Y S T , E Q U I T Y O P T I O N S T R A D E R, Independent
- Hussein Kurji: General Partner, Portfolio Strategy, GetFresh Ventures Advisory Inc.
- Igor Karpachev: Head of Business Development & Partnerships, ProfiCircle SA
- Imran Azhar: Founder & CEO, AzCorp Entertainment
- Ingeborg Gasser Kriss: Board Member, Advisor , Agent21
- Ingo Juraske: Venture Partner, Inovexus
- Irene Nwaukwa: Managing Partner , INC Consulting Africa
- Irina Berkon: Member, Golden Seeds
- Iris Charabi Berggren: Leadership Coach, IRIS cb
- Isabel Starck: Founder/Co-Founder, Starck Coaching, SportsCarBoutique
- Isabel Faria, COREangels
- Isabel Weise: Member Upper Mgmt, Volkswagen AG
- Ivan Francis, Vontier
- Ivaylo Ivanov: Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe
- Ivelin Ivanov: Venture Advisor, Founder Institute
- Jaideep Singh Chavan: Director of Engineering, UnitX Labs
- Jamal Fayoumi: Co Founder and Executive in Residence , Home Go, Maru, Trusst, Basefunder
- James Kaskade: CEO, Conversica
- James Hong: Co-founder, HOT or NOT
- James Jensen: Partner, Perkins Coie
- Janet Todorova: Head of Expansion, Founder Institute
- Janne Saarikko: Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute
- Jared Goralnick: VP of Product, Upwork
- Jason Jacobsohn
- Jason Randolph: Senior Vice President Marketing & Strategic Growth, Tradier
- Jason Nazar: Jason Nazar - Co Founder & CEO, Crew32
- Jason Waller: Founder, Jason R. Waller Executive Coaching
- Jason Freedman: Founder, 42Floors
- Jason Calacanis: Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Author, LAUNCH, All In, This Week in Startups
- Javier Caruso: Founder & CEO , Webstart
- Jay Jamison: Founder & President
- Jay Singh: Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, NASA Ames Research Center
- Jeff Bonforte: Jeff Bonforte - SVP, Yahoo (Silicon Valley FI) , Yahoo
- Jeff Lee: Founder & CEO, Cost Cooperative
- Jeff Stewart: Managing Director , Global Public Offering Fund
- Jeff Hancock: Founder & CEO, coinpass.com
- Jeffrey Dachis: CEO, One Drop
- Jeni Chang: Founder | Investor | Advisor
- Jennifer Love: CEO, LivWeal Institute
- Jeremy Geiger: CEO, Funding Lab LLC
- Jeremy Glassenberg: Product Management, APIs, Developer Experiences, Marketplaces, API Strategist
- Jeremy Imlach: CEO, Argona Partners
- Jessica Korthuis: Founder & CEO, SOHUIS
- Jessica Alter: Founder/CEO, Founder Dating
- Jill Stelfox: Co-Founder , Graffiti Sports
- Jim Chappell: Managing Director, DoublEagle Management Group
- Jim Brenner: Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
- Joanna Riley: CEO & Co-Founder, Censia
- Joaquin Ayuso De Paul: CEO, Rayo
- Joe Betts Lacroix: CTO, Vium
- Joe Bezdek: Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
- Joe Garza
- John Ozuysal: Head of growth, Optimonk
- John Roberts: Managing Partner, Boot64 Ventures
- John Lee: Vice President, Early Stage Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
- Johny Tay: Entrepreneur-in-Residence (FI Silicon Valley), Idealogy Venture Partners (Owners)
- Jona Doda: Founder , Marketing On Demand
- Jonathan Abrams: Founder and CEO, Nuzzel
- Jonathan Eade: Venture Partner, Sansar Ventures
- Jonathan Benassaya: Owner , Milestone Factory
- Jonathan Greechan: Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
- Jonathan Okanlawon: Co-Founder/Board Executive , Global Croft Ltd
- Jonathan Zaremski: Chief Product Officer, VP Marketing, Consultant, Startups
- Jonathan Sun: Founder, Nifty
- Jordan Vande Kamp: Founder, Klick Media Buying
- Jordan Jocius: Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Founder Institute
- Jose Carrasco
- Joseph Prabhakar: CEO, Power Communication Corp.
- Joy Chen: EIR, GSV
- J. Skyler Fernandes: Founder & General Partner, VU Venture Partners
- Juan Lacey: CEO, Farms Close By
- Juan Polanco: Founder & CEO, Optimo Capital
- Juliet Fallowfield: Founding Director, Fallow, Field & Mason
- Junada Sulillari: Lecturer/Start-up mentor, "Fan S. Noli" University
- June W Choi: Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
- Justin Wilcox: Founder, Customer Development Labs
- Justin Moore: CEO, Axcient, Inc.
- Justine Reichman: Founder, NextGenChef
- Kaan Senol: General Manager, Voyoger Consulting DOO
- Kalsoom Lakhani: Co-founder and General Partner , i2i Ventures
- Kamal Hassan: Founding Partner, Loyal VC
- Karen Johana Guillot: Co-Founder, CFO, Salvatio
- Karin Wellbrock: Executive Leadership Coach and Co-Founder, Kay Group K.K.
- Karl Shaikh: Founder , Interpreters-On-Call
- Karnika Yashwant: Founder, KEY Difference (Accelerator), KEY Difference Capital (A fund in VC Labs Cohort 11), Forward Protocol (Wordpress of Web3), and acquired/incubated many crypto-news media
- KAROLINA Bezerra: Karolina Celi, Sede De Design
- Kate Connally: Director of Growth, Dolby Laboratories
- Kelly Fitzsimmons: Co-Founder, Custom Reality Services
- Ken Ross: Founder/CEO, ExpertCEO
- Kern Eaker: Senior Sales Engineer, Bill.com
- Keshni Morar: Managing Director, FI South Africa + Investable
- Kevin Ye: Corporate Relations, Silicon Foundry
- Kevin Gabayan: CEO, Stealth Company
- Kevin Siskar: CEO & Cofounder, Finta
- Khalid Machchate: Chairman, K&W Technology Group
- Kimberly Minafra: Division Chief - Partnerships Development and Agreements , NASA Ames Research Center
- Kimberly Hines: Technology Transfer Office Chief, NASA Ames Research Center
- Kimberly Drory
- Kimberly Wiefling: Founding Member, Silicon Valley Alliances
- Kimberly Ofori: Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio
- Kirill Markin: Founder, Head of AI Lab, ozma.io, SOAX
- Kirill Makharinsky: Co-founder, Ostrovok.ru
- Klaus Kammermeier: Coach and Mentor, Founder, InnovationLabs.Berlin
- Kristin Miller: Founder, InMotion Albums
- Kristopher Francisco: CEO, Evolute Inc.
- Lance Cottrell: Founder, Feel the Boot
- Lara Bandeira: Portfolio Associate, Founder Institute
- Laura Bryce: Co-Founder & CMO, loopt
- Laurel Mintz: Founder , Elevate Your Brand
- Lauren Chan Lee: Senior Director of Product Management, Care.com
- Laurits Just: Manager of Flippa Invest, Flippa.com
- Leena Palav: Board Member, Strategy Advisor, Interim COO/CFO, -med devices, health tech, consumer products, robotics
- Leila Banijamali: Leila Banijamali - CEO & Founder, Startup Documents (San Francisco FI) , Startup Documents
- Lenz Gschwendtner: founder, kitty from outer space Limited
- Leon Farrant: CEO & Co-founder, Green Li-ion & AgileHRO
- Lesa Hammond: CEO, ProfHire
- Lev Mazin: CEO, AYTM
- Lina Rugova: Founder | President | Board Chair, Emerge and Rise, Inc
- Linda Carlberg: CEO/Founder/CCO, SpotSyt Inc.
- Liza Rodewald: Co-founder, Instant Teams
- Logan Grizzel: Partner, MUUS Climate Partners
- Lorenzo Thione: Managing Director, Gaingels
- Luca Albertinazzi: Global Evangelist , Startup Grind
- Lucas Fox: Head of Relationship Management, Brex
- Lucas Rocha: Investor, Unshackled Ventures
- Luis Mauro Yap: Advisor, Multiple Companies
- Luis Silva V: CoFounder, Figures
- Luke Willoughby: Account Executive , Prolific
- Lukman Raimi: Dr. Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
- Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
- Madeline Duva: Board Member, Fluxx.io
- Mahati Kumar: Senior Staff Software Engineer , Meta
- Malte Krohn: Consultant, Faciltator & Coach, mindfulstartup.school
- Manolo Obaya: Startup Coach & Head of International Growth, Founders Loft
- Mara Rada: Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
- Marc Bodner: Sr. Director of Business Development, Worldwide TechServices
- Marco De Biasi: Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director, FI/LGA /LAAS
- Marcos Polanco: CEO, Deedit
- Margarita Tan: Chief Growth Officer, Cakap
- Maria Pienaar: Principal, First Principles
- Maria Sucgang, Remotify
- Mariah Lichtenstern: Founder-CEO, DiverseCity Ventures
- Marion Ambiyo: Product Assistant, Made By People
- Mark Balovnev: Former Co-Founder & CEO , Educhain & Vantyr
- Mark Montalban: Founder & CEO, MindfulText
- Mark Kosoglow: Co-Founder & CEO , Operator
- Mark Frohnmayer: Founder, Arcimoto
- Markos Kiosseoglou: Mr, Re-Markable
- Marlon Nichols: Partner, Intel Capital
- Marshall Hughes: Freight Manager, Freight Companies Australia
- Marta Marrucco: Owner, Smart Founder
- Martín Martinez: Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas
- Martynas Pranckevicius: FI Alumni, Habu Technologies
- Marvin Mc Taw: CEO, Sched
- Matt Kozlov: Managing Director, 1863 Ventures
- Matt Shapiro: CEO, Co-Founder, siyea
- Matt Mandell: Principal, PayNerd.com
- Matt Kuta: Co-Founder & President, Voyager Space Holdings
- Matt Belitsky: Start Up Consultant, The Data Guy
- Matthew Willis: SVP Americas & General Counsel, advantageclub.ai
- Matthew Cahill: President, Percipio Company
- Matthew Schwab: Founder, Omnitecht
- Max Zheng: Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group
- Max Shevyakov: Co-Founder & CEO, BorrowLenses.com
- Maxwell Walker: Co-Founder, Piton Labs
- Mayra Motta: Sócia, Mayra Motta Advocacia
- Megan Todd: Head of Admissions , Founder Institute
- Melissa Li: Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund
- Mercedes Bankston: Founder, Funderstar LTD
- Meryem Eradi
- Michael Diamant: Co-Founder at Cleverpup , Former Founder of Skip Hop
- Michael Arrington: Editor, TechCrunch
- Michael Zaytsev: Founder, High NY
- Michele Chaboudy: President, MacAbbey & Associates
- Mike Suprovici: Head of Acceleration, VC Lab
- Mike Lingle: Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma
- Mike Castagna: CEO, MannKind
- Mike Sherbakov: General Partner, The Veteran Fund
- Mikel Mangold: Head of Partnerships, Cyberprotonics
- Minda Aguhob: Chief People Officer & Co-Founder, Vytality Health
- Misha Chellam: Cofounder & COO, Scanadu
- Moazzam Kamran: Director Business Transformation , REDtone
- Mohammed Kashif: Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, Department of Motor Vehicles
- Mohan Yellapantula: Global Head - Solutions and Go to Market , Amazon Web Services
- Mona Defrawi: CEO & Founder, Radivision
- Moni Jefferson: CEO, Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs (AMSE)
- Monica Phillips: President, Spark Plug Labs
- Monika Bleszynski: CEO, Greenshoot Materials
- Moshe Mikanovsky: Product Director, Rootquotient
- Mostofa Shakib: Founder & CEO, Variant Technologies
- Mu Zhou, PhD: Head of Pathology AI, SenseTime
- Nada Khorchid: CEO, Lead For Impact
- Nadia Al-Banna, PHD, MBA: Senior Director of Product and Business Development, Allarta Life Science
- Naeem Zafar
- Nathan Beckord: CEO, Foundersuite
- Naval Ravikant: Co-founder, AngelList
- Ndambuki Mutie: Senior Lead-Talent Acquisition, M-KOPA
- Neil Shah: Founder & Creative Director, Ocote
- Neil Shah: Founder & CEO, ThinkNimble
- Neil Ashman: Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, N2
- Neil Gehani: Principal Founder, Katen.AI
- Neil Tiwari: Business Operations, Pulley
- Nelly Yusupova: Founder, TechSpeak.co
- Newton Paskin: President & CEO, Explorer Technologies
- Nicholas Sopuch: Talent Associate , Entrepreneur First
- Nicholas Bennett: Director of Market Strategy, Franki Global
- Nicholas Johnson: CEO, Orange Charger
- Nick Jordan: CEO, Content Distribution
- Nick Hegeman: CoFounder & CEO, Paintjet
- Nicolas El Baze: Partner, Tekton Ventures
- Nicole Kelsey: General Counsel and Secretary, Amyris, Inc.
- Nima Badiey: VP Alliances, Channels, Strategic Partnerships, GitLab --> NVidia
- Nir Eyal, AdNectar
- Nitin Pachisia: Founding Partner, Unshackled
- Noah Wallach: Founder, Hope OS
- Nyasha Kasima: Founder / Director, Houston Consult ltd
- Nykki Yeager: CEO, Flight CX
- Olga Padulosi: Marketing & Partnerships, AppFollow
- Olga Filipova: Founder + CEO, Workademy
- Omar Valle: Startup Business Development, Innovation Bay
- Ondrej Lang, Feelo
- Oz Nazilli: Founder, PMF Studio
- Paloma Lecheta: Regional Director - LatAm, Founder Institute
- PASCHAL OFFORDUM: Associate , Shujaa Capital
- Pat LaPointe: CEO, Entrelliance
- Patricia O'Donnell: Former VP Strategy and Partnerships, Deserve
- Patrick Lee: Co-Founder, Rotten Tomatoes
- Patrick Mork: Chief Story Teller, Mad Mork Stories
- Paul Mc Lean: Trademark and Copyright Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Paul Terrasson Duvernon: Life & Leadership Coach for Entrepreneurs, PTD Corporation
- Paul Grimes: CTO & Founder, OK200
- Paul D'souza: President and CEO, The D'Souza Group
- Peep Laja: CEO, Wynter
- Pete Biggam: Director / Mentor / Advisor, Founder Institute
- Peter Schlecht: Founder & Advisor, Artificial Link & Braingrade
- Peter Ma: Co-Founder, MixPose
- Peter Holtz: President, Peter Holtz CPA
- Peter Voorneveld: Senior Account Executive, Amazon Web Services
- Phani Nagarjuna: President, HBSANC
- Phil Libin: Founder & CEO, All Turtles
- Philip Kaplan: Founder and CEO, ADHD Labs
- Phnam Bagley: Partner and Creative Director, Nonfiction Design
- Pietro Braguglia, Beaversity Consulting
- Pinaki Saha: Founder & CEO, Anshar Labs
- Poon Da Qian: CEO, Butler
- Pradeep Rathinam: Chief Customer Officer, Freshworks
- Pranay Suresh: Engineering Leader, Rivian Automotive
- Prashant Parashar
- Prashanthi Ramamurthy: Engineering Leader, Adobe
- Preeti Tikekar: Founder/CEO, Membition
- Preeti Talwai: Staff UX Research Lead, Google
- Prem Kumta: Co-Founder Up All Night / CEO Flavor Group , Up All Night
- Priyanka Sanghvi: Lead Product Manager, Microsoft
- Rachel Sheppard: Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ
- Rafael Kartaszynski: CEO, TechEdge Dynamics
- Raj Sahu: Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc
- Raj Singh: Managing Director, JetBlue Technology Ventures
- Rajeev Behera: CEO & Founder , Every
- Rajesh Setty: Rajesh Setty - Serial Entrepreneur and Author, WittyParrot
- Rajkumar Sheth: CEO, Decalab
- Rakesh Sinha: Senior Engineering Manager, Google
- Raluca Bujoreanu: Product Innovation, Strategy & Leadership; Venture Builder
- Randy Eager: CEO, Aqualibrium LLC
- Rashad Haque: Corporate V.P., New York Life Insurance
- Rashmi Sinha: CEO, SlideShare
- Rastislav Kanocz: General Partner & Co-Founder, Coreteq Ventures
- Ravishankar Gundlapalli: CEO & Founder, MentorCloud, Inc.
- Razi Sharir: CEO, Product Management & Strategy, Xeround Inc
- Rebecca Enonchong: Founder & CEO, AppsTech & Board Chair Afrilabs.
- Ricardo Morales: Latam Merck CH Integration Leader and Health Care Associated Director, Procter & Gamble
- Rich Maloy: Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures
- Robert Burnett: Director of Startup Banking, Grasshopper Bank
- Robert Kaminski: Co-founder, FletchPMM
- Roberto Carella: eBusiness PhD, MT-Europe
- Robin Schaffer: Principal Consultant, Robin Schaffer LLC
- Rohan Vaidya: General Manager, Elluminati Inc
- Rohan Brown: Founder, Pitch Mayhem
- Rohin Sethi: CEO & Co-Founder, RS Consulting
- Ron Gentile: Founder, Moodfit
- Rongfei Lu
- Roxette Miranda: Director, Founder Institute Florida
- Roza Szafranek: CEO & Founder, HR Hints
- Russ Fradin: Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signal
- Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
- Ryan Fairhurst: Founder, EchoGrowth
- Ryan Frederick: Principal, AWH
- Ryan Kelley: Shareholder, Corporate & Securities, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Ryan Micheletti: Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
- Saien Sewnath: Mechanical Engineer, SkyTech Engineering
- Saira Qayyum: Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
- Sajiv Shrivastva: CEO, Milad Marble
- Salmine Sassi: Entrepreneur in Residence, Seedstars
- Sam Merullo: CEO, ScootFleet Group
- Samantha Whitton
- Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
- Samuel Mwendwa: Sustainable Finance and Innovation Advocate, .
- Sana Balti: Marketing Operations, Founder Institute
- Sandy Gómez: Director, FI Caracas
- Sanjai Marimadaiah: Managing Director, Spinnovation LLC
- Sanjaykumar Patel: Founder -Patent & Trademark Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
- Sankar Jagannathan
- Sara Usinger: Entrepreneur in Residence, SwissEP
- Sarah Song: Startup Advisor, Los Angeles, CA
- Sarp UZER: Founder, Sarp
- Sathya Prasad: Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Sayanee Bhowmik: Program Operations Manager, Rx100 Startups
- Scott Heiferman: CEO, Meetup
- Scott Painter: Co Founder, BrightHouse
- Scott Wayman: Founder & CEO, Kangarootime
- Scott Landers: Co-Founder, Systems Engineer, Figure 8 Logistics
- Scout Tweedie Yates: Regional Manager , The Founder Institute HQ
- Sean Casey: Managing Director, Silicon Valley Space Center
- Seojoon Oh: Product Manager, Uber
- Serdar Yucel: Director Sales, Marketing and Strategy, TUBITAK
- Sergey Sundukovskiy: Co-Founder, CTO and Chief Product Officer, Certemy
- Seth Sternberg: co-founder & ceo, Meebo
- Shaahin Cheyene: President
- Shauna Turner: Founder Partner, Strategic Incite Investing
- Sheela Ursal: Founder, Fintech Next
- Sheikh Masud Iftekher: Key Account Controller, Ericsson Indonesia
- Shlomi Ron: Founder/CEO, Visual Storytelling Institute
- Shubhit Khaneja: Principal Product Manager, Zalando
- Siddharth Dalmia: Founder, Wealthisle Future Private Limited
- Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
- Sneha Lundia Agrawal: Founder & CEO, Step2Growth
- Sonam Velani: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Streetlife Ventures
- Sparsh Agarwal: Director of Product, Salesforce
- Srdjan Kovacevic: Vice President, Sizmek, Inc.
- Sree Lekshmi: CEO, Stealth Mode Startup
- Stacy Carlson: X, X
- Stavros Pavlidis: Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group
- Stefano Tresca: Chairman, Sixth Society
- Stella Guan: Founder and CEO, Path Unbound
- Stéphane Nasser: Co-Founder, OpenVC
- Stephen Meade: Founder & CEO, MonetaPro
- Steve Bennet: Managing Director, Bodega Partners
- Steve Mc Kay: CEO, Entone, Inc. and others
- Steven Frisch: Serial Entrepreneur & Advisor, CentralSpark.io
- Steven Morley: Business Advisor, Success4Execs
- Steven Rooney: CEO, Intelligent Vehicle Briefs
- Subha Shetty: chief product and ai officer, product advisor , Wayfound.ai, adeptmind.ai
- Suhas Ghante: Entrepreneur, SVEthos
- Sujee Maniyam: Founder / Principal, Elephant Scale
- Sukan Makmuri: CEO, Startups
- Suman Talukdar
- Sumeet Sethi: Partner, TenX2
- Sunil Sharma: Managing Director, Founder Institute Toronto
- Surina Piyadasa: Lead Coach/Founder/CEO, Dynamically Speaking
- Sush Bapna: General Partner, AIDGE Ventures
- Suz Somersall: CEO, KiraKira
- Sylvester Kaczmarek: Executive, exCEO, exEntrepreneur, Board Advisor, NASA / ESA / Toyota
- Tadhg Bourke: Head of People and Places, Nuro
- Tahira Dosani: Co-founder and Managing Partner , ResilenceVC
- Taj Adhav: Founder, Leasecake
- Tanvi Shah: Principal Product Manager, Upwork
- Tarun Gulati: Founder & CEO, Contemplate
- Ted Greene: Co-Founder, Old Willow Partners
- Ted Greene: Partner, Old Willow Partners
- Terry Madigan: CEO & Founder, Virtual Reality Ireland Media Ltd.
- Thea Sokolowski: Head of Marketing & Communications, Stitch
- Thomas Hogan: Founder and Partner, Crowded Ocean
- Thomas Buckholtz, PhD: Founder, T.J.Buckholtz & Associates
- Thomas DelVecchio: Founding Partner, Fc Centripetal
- Tikhon Roshchupkin: Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Flot Delivery
- Tim Grassin: Founder and CEO, Stealth Startup
- Tim Seears: Angel Investor, Fourth State Ventures
- Todd Rode: VP of Revenue Operations, Xevant
- Tom Charman: Co-Founder/CEO, Rassa
- Tony Scherba: President, Yeti LLC
- Torrey Smith: Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx
- Travis Sellers: Product Manager, RampedUp
- Trevor Longino: Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
- Treya Tolbert: CEO, PowerPulze
- Tript Singh Lamba: Group Director, Youtube Ads, Google
- Troy Foster: Partner, Perkins Coie
- Tucker Hamilton: Commander, F-35 Integrated Test Force, US Air Force
- Tyler Durman: CEO & Founder, Ignition Growth Consulting
- Unnat Bak: Co-Founder, Chief Strategy & Partnerships, TABS Suite, Revscale
- Vaibhav Namburi: Founder , SmartWriter
- Varun Kashyap C V: CEO's Office, Zolve
- Vasanth Shenai: VP Finance
- Vasily Nikonov: Founder & CEO, Velvet.Capital
- Vassilis Magklaras: HEAD OF GROWTH, GRECA.CO
- Veronica Kirin: Founder, Asterisk Women's Health
- Vesiri Olu-Odugbemi: Managing Director , Key Lakes Limited
- Victor Chapela: Founder & CEO, Onfire Health
- Victor A. Robledo: Founding Partner, Five Oak Grove Holdings
- Vincent Perez: Strategic Advisor & Innovation Partner, Founder Institute
- Vincent Lui: Managing Director, Rhapsody Ventures
- Vincent Mao: Managing Partner/Global Tech Strategist, Bouken Capital/VC firms/Google/Meta
- Virender Ahluwalia: EVP Finance, Singularity University
- Vishal Patel: Innovation Consultant, Basck
- Vishal Reddy: The Entrepreneurologist , entrepreneurology.network
- Vivek Sonchhatra: Digital Dynamo | Igniting Brands for Digital Dominance, Selfcraft Media
- Vladimir Bushin: CEO, Bushin Consulting
- Vladimir Pletyukhin: Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
- Wade Larson: CEO and Co-Founder, EarthDaily Analytics
- Walter Roth: CEO, Moment Sales, LLC
- Wendy Kam: Head of Ecosystem Partnerships, Google Assistant
- Wes Bush: Founder & CEO , Traffic is Currency
- Will Hunter: CEO, Thred
- Will Freeman: Founder & CEO, Freeman Ventures, LLC
- Xiaoxu Kang: CEO, KangarooHealth Inc.
- Yanick J. Steinbeck: Founder, bilateralstimulation.io, Startup Advisor
- Yaschin Mohabir: Director General - Strategy & Planning, Economic Cities & Special Zones Authority
- Yemi Oluseun: Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
- Yuval Schwartz: Retired, Having fun Advising Founders
- Ziv Gillat: Co-Founder, Recogni Inc.`
- Zorrawa Jefferson: Zorrawa Jefferson , True Start Ventures
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.
We hope you will join us in Atlanta and launch a company in 2018.
