Founder Institute Mentors

Cologne - Germany Regional Fall 2023 MERGED

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 Germany Regional program below.

Mentors

Alexander Meis

Co-Founder / CTO, Meilon GmbH / former Co-Founder chefkoch.de

Alexander Peiniger

CEO, quintly GmbH

Alexandra Barth

CEO, HRS GROUP

Aliya Nur Babul

Venture Partner, Global Millennial Capital

Andreas G. Stütz

Founder and CEO, IDEASCANNER

Arash Wahedi

Founder and Negotiation Consultant, Negotiation Guru

Axel Nitsch

Principal, High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH

Ben Sufiani

Founder + Growth Marketer, Pirate Skills

B.J. Park

Founding Partner, neoteq ventures

Christian Petschik

CSO, Oneclick Group AG

Daniel Grewe

Partner, Seitz

Daniela Bach

Senior Investment, HTGF

David Vollmar

CEO, Unival Group

Dennis Burmeister

Auditor, taavas

Diane Siegloch

Head of Business Development, Sinpex

Dr. Philipp Wüllrich, LL.M. (Edinburgh)

Partner (Legal Deal Advisory), KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Dr. Valentin Knobloch

General Counsel, yes.com AG

Eugenio Grapa

CMO & CTO, Supplino, Inc

Fabian Hadiji

Head of Data Science, Jodel

Florian Lauscher

Partner, Seitz Partnerschaftsgesellschaft

Gabriele Riedmann De Trinidad

Founder & CEO, platform3l GmbH

Gihad Chbib

Founder & CEO, MobX GmbH

Hansjörg Bausch

CIO, Galeria Kaufhof

Henrik Hasenkamp

Founder & CEO, gridscale GmbH

Ingo Baumann

Partner, BHO Legal

Ingo Dahm

CEO, capacura GmbH

Jan Kus

CEO, Railslove

Jan Jeske

Investment Analyst, neoteq ventures

Jan-Jaap Verhoeve

CCO, PlanA.Earth

Jessica Wimalasooriyar

Incubation Scout , Next Big Thing AG

Johannes Vogel

Partner, BHO Legal

Jonathan Manierre

Founder & Owner, KOI Creative Space & Turkois Design

Jörg Bienert

President, German AI Association (KI Bundesverband e.V.)

Juergen Funke

Board of Directors, Syngenio AG

Kai Buehler

CEO, KB Ventures

Konstantin Lotter

Consultant, Trustventure

Kristina Jeromin

Head of Group Sustainability / Managing Director of the Green & Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany, Deutsche Börse

Laurens Mauquoi

CMO, CHRONEXT

Leo Benkel

Founder, PURE LAMBDA

Leonie Schilling

Investment Professional, coparion

Lorenz Graef

Founder & CEO, STARTPLATZ

Lukas Graef

Managing Director, STARTPLATZ

Manuel Schulze

CEO, Find Local GmbH

Manuel Heilmann

Global Business Developer | E-commerce & SaaS Strategist | Startup Adviser, Coinzone

Manuel Koelman

Co-Founder, PIRATE.global

Manuel Born

Co-Founder, payactive Gmbh

Marnix Roes

Investment Manager, VENPACE

Marthe Lübbers

FI Mentor

Martin Prinz

Managing Director, Crowd Intelligence Institute GmbH

Martin Trzaskalik

CTO, cleverbridge AG

Martin Grunwald

Co-Founder / CEO, Zeitzeugen

Martin Picard

Founder & CEO, Störtebekker Shaving Accessories GmbH

Mathias Haerchen

Founder | Head of Business Support , Fox42consult | Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Michael Keil

Founder & CEO, Cagoi Networks AG

Michael Bassler

CFO, getbaff

Michael Wunsch

Co-Founder / Lead Scientific Cooperation, Social Entrepreneurship Netzwerk Deutschland e.V

Monika Kolb

Director, M3TRIX Academy

Nikhil Madan

Co-Founder, Sistem Pangan

Niklas Raberg

Investment Manager, Capnamic Ventures

Nikolas Chapoupis

CEO, EarlyNode

Oliver Coppeneur

Co-Founder / Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Confiserie Coppeneur et Compagnon GmbH

Parul Madan

Director, e-navik GmbH

Peter Siedlatzek

Owner, WSS Redpoint Rechtsanwälte

Philip Semmelroth

Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Philip Semmelroth - Speaking & Coaching

Quentin Appleby

Founder & CEO, Studio Analytics

Roman Fernandez

Venture Architect, Evolvia

Romy Kölzer

Business Coach , Action Coach

Rüdiger Süss

Mentor, mygroshn

Sibylle Strack

CEO, Kontist

Tayla Sheldrake

Managing Director, MotionLab.Ventures

Thomas Koch

FI Mentor

Till Kraemer

Founder, Mallorca Entrepreneurs Hub

Tim Breker

Founder, VYTAL

Timo Marks

Managing Director, OneFID GmbH

Timo Bey

FI Mentor

Tobias Schiwek

CEO, Divimove

Ton Steenwinkel

Founding Member, AngelEngine EV

Ulf Kühnapfel

Co-Founder | Chief Revenue Officer, virtualQ

Uwe Bingel

Managing Partner / COO - Co-Founder, ub Consulting

Wolfgang Hennes

Entrepreneur, Oneclick Group AG

Zerrin Börcek

CEO, fe:male Innovation Hub

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