Founder Institute Mentors

Middle East Winter 2024

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 Middle East program below.

Mentors

Ahmad Santarissy

CEO, We The Makers LLC

Ahmed Nassef

Founder, Leadsmart

Ahmed Al Kiremli

Co-Founder, CEO, Orisdi

Alessandra Scicchitano

Founder, AURES, and Lecturer, Swiss Business School

Alex Pavel

Managing Director - Middle East, Africa and Asia, Pagero

Ana Bibikova

FI Mentor

Andreas Schumacher

Artificial Intelligence , Munich Re

Arthur Gusev

Founder and CEO, Launch Deck

Cedric Naintre

Business Angel, Sales Advisor, Hyperplan

Chad Fox

Managing Partner, Fox Ventures

Charles Shaban

Consultant, Self

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Dan D'souza

Intrapreneurship and New Ventures Senior Manager, L Marks

Dav Masaon

Co-Founder , Zanda

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk

Elia Nuqul

Owner, Investor, Mentor, Co-Founder, Nuqul Group

Fady Santarissy

Managing Partner, cg imagine+invent

Fahed Qteishat

Associate Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

Filip Karwala

Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures

Gaelle Yammine

Associate, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

Grant Felgenhauer

Managing Partner, Euphrates Ventures

Hamdi Tabbaa

Co-founder and CEO , Abwaab

Hanan Shahin

Co-founder & CEO, Bloomcart

Hussam Hammo

CEO & Founder, Tamatem Games

Irina Baskova

Growth coach for B2B sales and go-to-market., independent consultant.

Ivan Ivanka

CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital

Ivan Hoo

Owner, IHAYO

Jad El Boustani

Managing Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Karim Djerboa

Business Development Specialist, MAVENTERSE

Karim Hamdan

Managing Partner, DINARe VENTURES

Laura Olivier Khudairi

Executive Director, Iraq Tech Ventures

Lauren Jane Heller

Executive Leadership Coach, On Deck/ Iberdrola Australia

Loek Daemen

Presentation Skills Trainer & Founder , Pitch Perfect

Luis Ferreira

Mentor, FI

Maher Kaddoura

Investor, Al Jude

Maher Santarissy

Managing Director, moment

Majd Alaily

Founder, Ruya Advisory

Marie Therese Fam

Partner, Silicon Badia

Marisa Bryce

CEO, Jack and Blue Capital

Marwan Said

CEO, E Points Group

Michael Makdah

Fractional CMO, Rapid Expansion

Michael Ho

Founder , Ventures Cubed

Mohamed Ramadan

Associate, Levari

Mohd Santarissy

Co-CEO, Relatively Fund

Mudar Jeiroudi

Managing Partner, Jeiroudi Law Firm

Muhannad Taslaq

General Manager, Integral Reality Labs

Nidal Bitar

Chief Executive Officer, ICT Association of Jordan - int@j

Nikola Korać

CEO, Downstream Business Solutions

Omar Tabbaa

Chairman / CEO, Eat Holding

Paul Turken

Professor, Marketing & Strategy of Business School Netherlands

Raja Mawad

Founder, Thrv.health

Rami Essaid

CEO, Finmark

Ramzi Halaby

CEO, The Online Project

Rasha Laswi

Partner, Andersen

Rawaz Rauf

Partner, Euphrates Ventures

Rishi Sharma

West Coast Lead , Newlin VC

Roberto Croci

Regional Startups Enabler, .

Rudy Bekerejian

Founder & CEO , Ecomz

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Samer Arabiat

FI Mentor

Sara Ledterman

General Partner, 3+ Ventures

Saumya Bhatnagar

CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai

Saurabh Nathany

Startup & VC Lawyer, White Summers Caffee & James, LLP

Shaun Gold

Entrepreneur, storyteller, GP at Improve Ventures, Improve Ventures

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana

Sokmean Nou

Front End Services Lead, Acrisure

Tamer Al Salah

Managing Director, BeyondCapital

Tarek Roushdy

Angel Investor, UI Investments

Tariq El Titi

Managing Director , Janus Ventures

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Vaios Gkitsas

Founder , The Upset Partners

Vincent Marsland

Senior Founder Success Manager, Communitech

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Zeid Husban

FI Mentor

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