Switzerland Fall 2023
Founder Institute Switzerland Mentors
Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way. In addition, through our Equity Collective, Mentors are invested in the success of your company both during and after the program.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Switzerland program below.
Alain Nydegger
Founding Partner @ 21Celsius Ventures
Alessandro Tschabold
Alexandra Pinto
Founder @ hoursec
Andrew Ive
Founder / Managing General Partner @ Big Idea Ventures
Aron Braun
Founder / Co-Founder @ Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH
Bogdan Krinitchko
CEO & Founder @ BRU
Carl P-Conquilla
Director / Design Engineer @ Torson Injex AG
Carolin Schneider
Founder & CEO @ 4di2 GmbH
Christof Tremp
Founder and CEO @ REBELS 0.0%
Christoph Sollich
Freelancer @ The Pitch Doctor
Daniel Puerta Diaz
Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up @ Sunflower Labs
David Lunsford
Eddie Laventman
Founder & CEO @ Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters
Elisa Chiarelli
CEO and Founder @ Yoordi
Emil Virag
Founder @ Foodanza, Inc.
Erika Darmstaedter
Co-Founder @ Collective63
Erin Chen
Founder& CEO @ Gilly, Inc.
Fiorella Erni
CEO and Founder @ Cheetah Stories SA
Flavio Rump
Entrepreneur and Investor @ Flavio Rump
Frank Mertens
Founder & CEO @ FM Consulting GmbH
Freddy Atangana
Founder & CEO @ EKAMOU
German Ramirez
Co-founder & Chief Relevance Officer @ THE RELEVANCE HOUSE AG
Ingeborg Gasser Kriss
Board Member, Advisor @ Agent21
Ivo Ronner
VC & Advisor @ Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.
Janne Saarikko
Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator @ Founder Institute
Jill Allemang
Founder and Managing Director @ jallé
Julia Devecchi
Entrepreneur/Mentor @ Venturelab
Julien Lepetit
Director Europe @ The Business of Trust
Laurentiu Christian Nat
Co-Founder @ Easyplan Hospitality
Lea Von Bidder
Co-Founder and CEO @ Ava Science
Léa Miggiano
CMO and Co-Founder @ Carvolution
Magdalena Tarasinska
Investor @ SICTIC
Majbritt Byskov Bridges
COO and Co-Founder @ Alver World SA
Marcus Kuhn
Co-Founder @ Viable Labs
Marita Price
Founder & Director @ Hello
Mark Leinemann
Founder & President @ Crowdfoods.com - the 1st AgriFood/-Tech Startup Association in DACHLI
Martina Frick
Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M. @ Eversheds Sutherland
Matthias Käch
Senior IP Trainer @ Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Max Itskovich
CEO and Founder @ Mobindustry
Michael Mosimann
Partner @ Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.
Michael Dudli
CEO and Founder @ Xelon
Mike Lingle
Entrepreneur / Mentor @ Rocket Pro Forma
Natasha Drapeau
Partner, Strategic Projects @ Equinoxe Investments SA
Nathan Evans
Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor @ Stealth Fintech Startup
Nicolas Egger
COO @ Poinz
Pascal Koenig
Co-Founder | Member of the Board @ AVA Women
Patricia Kastner
Angel Investor @ Strategic Advisor
Philippe Küng
Executive Board Member @ resilient
Pouria Kay
Founding Partner @ Atlan
Réginald Bien Aimé
Founder & Managing Director @ Veelab
Rene Lehmann
Co-Founder @ Kanbii Solutions AG
Ricardo Perez Font
Head of Marketing @ BOBST
Rolf Van De Velde
@ Undagrid
Sandro Kunz
Co-Founder & CEO @ Pingen
Simon Dössegger
former CEO @ modum
Stavros Pavlidis
Head Direct and Strategic Investments @ Deep Capital Group
Suzanne Van der Maarel
Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program @ Kickstart Innovation
Thomas Helbling
Co-CEO @ CARU AG
Timo Hahn
Chief Venture Officer @ Sparrow Ventures
Veroniek Vermeulen
Founder @ Silatha
Vincent Irrling
Co-Founder | CEO @ KAPSLY
Zur Feldman
Chairman and Founder @ UpNext GenZ
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