In the Founder Institute's challenging, four-month startup launch program, aspiring entrepreneurs are provided with weekly training, feedback, and evaluation by Founder Institute Mentors.
Our Mentors provide the passion, experience, and support that helps our Founders launch meaningful and enduring companies.
The mandate for our Mentors is to share their vast experience with the next generation of entrepreneurs, outlining the latest tactics, and providing critical feedback. In a confidential setting, they share horror stories, best practices, and candid feedback to help our Founders avoid "rookie mistakes" and be successful. In addition, through our unique Shared Liquidity Pool, Mentors are strongly incentivized to help our companies after Graduation, and many have become formal advisors to our Graduate companies.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- And many more to be announced.
If you could use expert training feedback from Mentors like the ones listed above, then be sure to apply the Sydney Founder Institute soon. There is limited space in the program, and time in running out.
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.
We hope you will join us in Sydney and launch a company in 2016.
