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 Estonia Fall 2026 Semester, we have secured a truly exceptional roster of Founder Institute Mentors, including many from out of town.
See the full list below:
- Alvar Lumberg: Lead Engineer , Lightyear
- Anna Agu: CEO, Lex Law Office
- Annette Sagri
- Arturas Jurgelevicius: Founder, Venturethon
- David Clark: Venture Partner, Tera VC
- Dima Sarle, Earthians
- Ivars Svarcs
- Jahid Sakhi, Newly
- Jevgeni Širai: Co-founder, Woola
- Julia Pehtereva: Co-founder, TE-D
- Koren Aisenstadt: Founder, Kortaliya.com
- Lars Trunin: Product Director, Wise
- Liisa Mahlapuu: Venue Manager, LIFT99
- Linda Võeras: Venture Partner, KARMA VC
- Martin Rand: First Flight Ventures, Founder
- Mikita Butsko: Co-founder, H. Collective
- Olga Kan Sproge: Head of Compliance, VOISO
- Omer Shafiq: CEO & Founder, Hovi
- Rauno Sigur: CEO, DriveX Technologies
- Siim Varm: Business Development, Wise
- Taivo Pungas: CTO, Pactum AI
- Thomas Schwalm: Safety Manager, Bolt
- Valdis Sprogis, V.Sprogis Analytics
- Vitalii Lakusta: VP of Engineering, Pactum AI
- Yuliia Shvetsova: Startup Mentor | Marketing Advisor | GTM Strategist, Techstars
- Zino Adidi: CTO, SeekMake
- 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 Tallinn 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 Tallinn and launch a company in 2016.
