Accelerator Leaders

Meet the startup ecosystem leaders dedicated to activating and empowering new entrepreneurs across the globe through Founder Institute.

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US Chapters

Adeo Ressi

CEO @ Founder Institute

FI Silicon Valley

Jeff Vatt

Co-Director @ Founder Institute IP Accelerator

FI Phoenix

Jason Jacobsohn

Managing Partner @ Propellant Ventures

FI Chicago

Daniel Shires

Managing Director @ Founder Institute

FI San Diego

Grace Spindel

Director @ Founder Institute Miami

FI Miami

Ken Parker

Director @ FI NYC & Humans for AI

FI New York

Bill Rivkin

Business Banking Corporate Payments VP @ Citizens

FI Philadelphia

Natasha Gorodetsky

Founder & CEO; Head of Product @ Product Pursuit

FI Houston

James Phelan

Founder & CEO @ ZPTTLR Inc. / The Cannon

FI Houston

Martín Martinez

Founding & Executive Director @ Founder Institute Texas

FI Texas

Rick Mekdessie

Founder @ Crowd9 Agency

FI Louisiana

Mery Ramirez

Founding Partner @ DataNexum Consulting

FI Houston

Heidi Fitzgerald

Graphic Web Designer @ Thecla Systems, LLC

FI Funding

Lucas Root

Founder @ MatchBeat

FI San Francisco

LaGina Harris

CEO / Lead @ LaRae Infinity LLC

FI Houston

Amy Tran

Managing Partner @ IMPAVIDUS

FI Houston

Nicole Quinonez

Director @ FI New York

FI New York

Reid Hamilton

Executive Director @ NYC Innovation Collective

FI New York

Don Samoil

Chapter Leader @ FI Keystone

FI Philadelphia

Serephina Ha

Managing Director @ Founder Institute - LA & Boston

FI Los Angeles

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations @ Founder Institute

FI Silicon Valley

Christina Marie Reddick

Founder @ Racedu

FI Silicon Valley

Mercedes Bankston

Founder @ Funderstar LTD

FI Silicon Valley

Nicole Doyle

Founder / CEO @ Aspir

FI Seattle

Ignacio Castro

MD @ 128vc

FI San Jose

Kathryn Vatt

Founder and CEO @ moatly®

FI Phoenix

Jeni Chang

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FI San Francisco

Preeti Tikekar

Founder/CEO @ Membition

FI Silicon Valley

Mike Sherbakov

General Partner @ The Veteran Fund

FI San Diego

Greg Coleman

Managing Director @ Founder Institute & 5Side Strategy

FI San Diego

Ryan Martin

Director @ Founder Institute Miami

FI Miami

Gabriel Rucker

Managing Director @ Founder Institute

FI Austin

Marisa Vickers

Associate Director @ Founders Institute - Austin

FI Austin

Daria Duda

Marketing Advisor @ Self

FI Philadelphia

Lara Hejtmanek

Director @ FI - NY

FI New York

Javy Martinez

Managing Director @ Founder Institute North Texas

FI Dallas

LATAM Chapters

Guillermo Guzman

.General Partner @ AIDA Ventures

FI Bogota

Fernando Jardim

President @ 351 Portuguese Startup Association

FI Portugal

Marco De Biasi

Startups Investor & Advisor /Program Director @ FI/LAAS/LGA

FI Sao Paulo

Gabriel Reyes

CEO @ GNOSIS CONSULTORES LLC

FI Caracas

Robinson Soto

Director en VC Group | Financiamiento, innovación y desarrollo de negocios | Director Local @ Founder Institute

FI Santiago

Leo Gmeiner

CEO @ School Guardian

FI Sao Paulo

Elisa Tarzia

Chapter Leader @ Founder Institute Portugal

FI Portugal

Sandy Gómez

Director @ Arca Análisis Económico

FI Caracas

Morganna Tito

Morganna Tito @ inovabra

FI Sao Paulo

Alexandre Uehara

Conselheiro de Inovação Corporativa e Palestrante @ Innov8

FI Sao Paulo

Marco Villegas

Director @ FI Caracas

FI Caracas

Cristobal Henriquez

Director General / Socio Fundador @ VentureCapital Investment Group / @ Founder Institute

FI Santiago

Javier Hasbun

Entrepreneur, Financial Advisor, Teacher and Musician | CEO at Tu Firma Digital | Board Member at Venture Capital | Partner Digital Ventures LA @ VC

FI Santiago

José David Acuña Monsalve

Local Leader @ Founder Institute Caracas

FI Caracas

Adanna John

Communications Manager @ Founder Institute Caribbean

FI Port of Spain

Michael Stablein

Founder, President @ Chambana Consulting

FI Port of Spain

Rawle Annandsingh

Managing Director @ Founder Institute Caribbean

FI Santo Domingo

Carlos Resende

Founder @ Techstars Startup Digest

FI Lisbon

Mayra Motta

Proteção de Dados, Plataformas Digitais & IA @ MM Corporate Law

FI Sao Paulo

Nike Schmidt

Program Manager @ Founder Institute Caribbean

FI Port of Spain

Jose Antonio Tena Sendra

CEO & Co-Founder @ Piktia

FI Mexico City

Lorena Sanchez

Co-Founder & Co CEO @ Urban Guilt

FI Mexico City

Canada Chapters

Sunil Sharma

Canada Director @ Founder Institute

FI Toronto

Europe Chapters

Alex M. Dascalu

Lead Director @ Founder Institute Eastern Europe

FI Eastern Europe

Katarina Pastrnak

Director @ FI Bratislava

FI Bratislava

Lilla Peczely

co-director @ Founder Institute Switzerland - Israel chapter

FI Switzerland

Ferdinand Muehlhaeuser

Managing Director Germany @ Founder Institute Germany

FI Berlin

Amanda Fornal

Founder @ Founder Buddies

FI Berlin

Raphael Jardim

Barcelona Program Director @ Founder Institute

FI Spain

Federico Fernandez Dupouy

Entrepreneurship, Solar Energy, Finance & Investments @ OTEPI & IESA

FI Barcelona

Branislav Zagorsek

FI Bratislava

Nathan Evans

Fintech Founder @ Stealth Startup

FI Munich

Valdis Sprogis

Director @ Founder Institute Estonia

FI Tallinn

Oscar Gutierrez

CEO @ Pandime BV

FI Antwerp

Beliz Bediz Sinan

Founder @ BeHumbo

FI Ankara

Konstantin Skavitin

Founder & CEO @ TailBook

FI Podgorica

Raluca Samuilescu

Associate @ Founder Institute

FI Sofia

Alperen Zeki Gokmen

Co-Founder @ The Brutally Honest Mentor

FI Istanbul

Ariona Krasniqi

Local Leader – Mentor Network @ Founder Institute

FI Milan

Ivaylo Ivanov

Director @ Founder Institute CEE

FI Eastern Europe

Kai Malkwitz

Impact Director @ Founder Institute Berlin / Germany

FI Berlin

Alberto Martellini

Founder Institute Innovation Partner @ Vision to Life

FI Milan

Ingeborg Gasser-Kriss

Board Director, Innovation Advisor @ FoodTech

FI Switzerland

Maksim Leukhin

Head of Investor Relations @ AAlchemy Ventures

FI Nicosia

Connor Sattely

CEO @ Founder Institute

Ivan Germanov

Regional Success Manager @ Founder Institute HQ

FI Silicon Valley

Daniel Gonzalvez

Investment Principal | Chapter Director @ Founder Institute

FI Spain

Nika Kapanadze

Georgia Director @ Founder Institute

FI Tbilisi

Đorđe Ćelić

Co-Director @ Founder Institute Serbia

FI Serbia

Mohammad Hossein Tavangar

Director @ Founder Institute

FI Nuremberg

Melinda Bojte

Founder @ MelsDigital

FI Nicosia

Szymon Bolczyk

Program Director @ Advisory Practice

FI Warsaw

Jacqueline Kressner

Impact Advisor @ JK Advisory

FI Vienna

Stephan Kreiger

Director @ FI Vienna

FI Vienna

Stanish Gunasekaran

Visiting Chief of Staff @ 4P Capital

FI Vienna

Kasia Sadowska

Founder @ FutureHabits.Tech

FI Vienna

Martin Novysedlak

FI Bratislava

Andrey Kostyuk

Dr. @ AAlchemy Ventures Limited

FI Nicosia

Omar Radoncic

FI Podgorica

Ozan Sonmez

Founding Partner @ YellowX Innovators

FI Ankara

Basak Ozcan

General Manager @ Garaj X Tekmer

FI Istanbul

Ivars Svarcs

Director @ Founder Institute Estonia

FI Tallinn

Tamara Čolić Milosavljević

Co-Director @ Founder Institute Serbia

FI Serbia

Giovanni Salvi

Data Scientist @ Serenis

FI Milan

Azra Gurbuz

Local Leader - Marketing & Community Lead @ FI

FI Milan

Nedeljko Milosavljević

Co-Director @ Founder Institute Serbia

FI Belgrade

Rikke Klitskov

CMO @ BeHumbo

FI Berlin

Eszter Olver

Partner @ EJ Capital AG

FI Switzerland

Lyubomir Kolev

Associate @ Founder Institute CEE

FI Sofia

Patricia Tavira

Local Director @ Founder Institute Flanders

FI Antwerp

Naimul Abd

CEO @ Connect Öst

FI Nordics

Thomas Ackermann

Co-Director @ Founder Institute Switzerland

FI Switzerland

Africa Chapters

Joanitah Nantongo

Associate @ FI

FI Uganda

Youssef Koun

Local leader @ VENTURIZE

FI Morocco

Chika Nwogu

Founder @ WriteMyBusiness

FI Lagos

Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr.

Co-founder @ techbuild.africa

FI Lagos

Egwu Nnanna Echem

Senior Product Manager @ Bujeti Inc.

FI Lagos

Alan Lwetabe

Director @ Founder Institute Kampala

FI Uganda

Wande Adalemo

Founder/CEO @ Wave5Wireless (Atmosphere)

FI Lagos

Hicham Sentissi

Local Leader @ FI Morocco

FI Morocco

Keshni Morar

Managing Director @ FI South Africa + Investable

FI South Africa

Hapsa Dia

Founder @ Nouakchott Innovation Lab

FI Mauritania

Segun Obakeye

Founder @ 3VINELINK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

FI Abuja

Lily Makaleng

Director @ The Founder Institute South Africa

FI South Africa

Ifedy Eze

Lead Strategist @ Maisematrix Consulting

FI Lagos

Franklin Kamnang

FI Yaoundé

Chidubem Ejezie

Knowledge Transfer Manager @ Innovate UK Business Connect

FI Lagos

Zinat Raji

Co-Director @ Founder Institute Lagos

FI Lagos

Vesiri Olu-Odugbemi

Mrs @ Key Lakes Inv Coy (KLIC)

FI Abuja

Kitawa Wemo

Founder & CEO @ MAMA Social Ventures

FI Kenya

Jacinta Anyinge

Co-Director @ Founder Institute - Kampala

FI Uganda

Ajuma Ataguba

CEO @ Founder Institute, Abuja

FI Abuja

John Zabula

Founder @ Revisall

FI South Africa

Mohamed Dia

Corporate Relationship Manager @ Banque Internationale d'Investissement - BII

FI Mauritania

Ivan Kahangire

Co Director Founder Institute & Oracle East Africa Territory Manager @ Oracle

FI Uganda

Middle East Chapters

Christine Nady

Director @ Founder Institute - Egypt

FI Cairo

Victoria Odimba

Founder/Lead Strategist @ Cellente

FI South Africa

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner @ SquareCircle Ventures

FI GCC

Mo Santarissy

Managing Partner @ Founder Capital

FI Middle East

Ayhan K. Isaacs

Head of Global Growth @ Founder Institute

FI GCC

Hashem Zahran

Partner @ GB Ventures

FI Riyadh

Carmen Mateos

Innovation Program Lead @ Entrepreneur.com

FI GCC

Maher Santarissy

Founder and Managing Partner @ Founder Capital

FI Middle East

Asia Chapters

Simon Avetisyan

Local Leader @ Founder Institute Bali

FI Bali

Sujit Jagirdar

Director @ Founder Institute, Hyderabad Chapter

FI Hyderabad, India

Meraj Meer

FI Funding

Alistair Johnston

Venture Partner @ Kejora Capital

FI Jakarta

Ayami Wanasinghe

Regional Director - South Asia @ Founder Institute

FI Colombo

Francisco Lapid

DEAN PAX (Francisco) LAPID @ SPAC INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INC

FI Manila

Chris Birrell

Managing Partner @ Func Ventures

FI Kuala Lumpur

Julia Milaeva

Co-Founder & Local Leader @ Founder Institute Bali

FI Bali

Joseph De Leon

Founder @ Bullet Day

FI Manila

Umair Sheikh

Founder & CEO @ Innovate47

FI Lahore

GiangTrinh Minh

Country Director @ Founder Institute Vietnam

FI Vietnam

Allan Tan

Managing Director @ Predictive Systems Inc

FI Manila

Josheph Adhikari

Co-founder @ Sampanna Capital & Advisory

FI Colombo

YuLi Shein

Co-founder, COO @ Openfor.co, inc

FI Japan

Saira Qayyum

Founder @ Dream On!

FI Islamabad

Samuel Ayvazyan

Founder @ FI Bali

FI Bali

Titasya Anugraheni

Co-Founder & Local Leader @ Founder Institute Bali

FI Bali

Gerard Escaler

Co-Founder @ Lyrium Venture Partners Limited

FI Manila

Andreas Surya

Partner @ Kejora Capital

FI Jakarta

Chamo Hewawasam

Co-Founder/COO @ Kordor AI, Aenigm3 Labs

FI Colombo

Erdinc Ekinci

Co-founder, CEO @ Co-capital

FI Japan

Sanju Peramuna Arachchi

Venture Partner @ Founder Institute - South Asia

FI Colombo

Arthur Lai

Spokesman @ JOULE

FI Hong Kong

Warren Linger

CEO @ exmersive.ai

FI Hong Kong

Jayren Teo

Director @ FI Singapore

FI Singapore

Kamran Taufiq Khan

Program Manager @ National Incubation Center Islamabad

FI Islamabad

Yee Gary Ang

Director @ FI Singapore

FI Singapore

Andy Zain

Director @ Founder Institute South East Asia

FI Jakarta

Minhaz Anwar

Chief StoryTeller @ BetterStories

FI Dhaka

Ainharan Vivekananthan

Founder/ CEO @ ArcheloLAB LTD

FI Colombo

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

Director @ Change Mechanics Pvt Ltd

FI Islamabad

Kevin Brockland

Managing Partner @ Indelible Ventures

FI Kuala Lumpur

Rabika Hassan

Manager of Special Projects @ BetterStories

FI Colombo

Shakil Mahmud

Founder & CEO @ Posh Celebration Limited & AI Factory

FI Colombo

Sharon Lou

Venture Partner @ Indelible Ventures

FI Kuala Lumpur

Aminath Ali

Founder @ HaliAli Coaching and Consultancy Services

FI Colombo

Roice Castro

Co-Founder @ AIOS Global

FI Manila

Australia Chapters

Benjamin Chong

Partner @ Right Click Capital

FI Australia

Paul Krajewski

Product Management / Research MarTech SaaS @ SalesEnablement.wordpress.com/about

FI Australia

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