Australia Summer 2024

Founder Institute Australia 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 Australia program below.

Alex Samson

Alex Samson

Founder & CEO @ dvhb
Alex Guyer

Alex Guyer

Partner Firemark Ventures @ Associate Partner Black Nova Venture Capital
Amit Verma

Amit Verma

Senior Manager, Listings @ ASX
Anna Cheng

Anna Cheng

Head of Growth Marketing @ Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Anne Moore

Anne Moore

Work Futurist. Creator of Now to Next: Frames for the New Way We Work @ Ex-CEO, Plando
Anne Marie Elias

Anne Marie Elias

chief disrupter, Founder @ PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Annie Le Cavalier

Annie Le Cavalier

Venture Partner, FI and Former GM & Community @ Stone & Chalk
Ati Aziz

Ati Aziz

Growth Marketer @ ClearCalcs
Ben Pecotich

Ben Pecotich

Design & Innovation Director/Founder @ Dynamic4
Benjamin Ranck

Benjamin Ranck

Principal @ MacroReactor
Bill Trestrail

Bill Trestrail

Venture Partner @ Black Nova Venture Capital
Brendan Yell

Brendan Yell

Former Director @ Twilio Startups
Caroline Lepron

Caroline Lepron

CEO & Founder @ Skoutli
Chris Clark

Chris Clark

Serial Entrepreneur @ Teem Inc. www.teem.inc
Christopher Krainer

Christopher Krainer

Director of Hardware Engineering at Zoomo @ & co-founder at rk-collective.com
Dane Eldridge

Dane Eldridge

Founder & CEO @ StackUp www.stackup.tech
David Kenney

David Kenney

Director @ Start Growth Pty Limited
David Isaac

David Isaac

Venture Building & Growth Strategy @ Causality
Dylan Mc Donnell

Dylan Mc Donnell

CEO @ Foodini
Erwin Van Der Koogh

Erwin Van Der Koogh

Founder/CEO @ Linc
Evan Wong

Evan Wong

CEO & Co-Founder @ Checkbox.AI
Greg Campbell

Greg Campbell

entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist @ Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance
Jo Ann Suchard

Jo Ann Suchard

Angel investor @ Sydney Angels
Joanne Jacobs

Joanne Jacobs

Co-CEO @ Disruptor's Handbook
Jonathan Greechan

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO @ Founder Institute
Jonathon Wilkinson

Jonathon Wilkinson

Co-founder @ Equitise
Kevin Whitmore

Kevin Whitmore

CEO & Founder @ www.getcashbucket.com
Leila Alem

Leila Alem

Chief Innovation Officer @ ArcSense
Marshall Hughes

Marshall Hughes

Freight Manager @ Freight Companies Australia
Matthew Browne

Matthew Browne

Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com @ @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
Maz Zaman

Maz Zaman

Managing Partner @ HyperScaled
Michelle Gilmore

Michelle Gilmore

CEO @ heyjuno.co
Nhat Nguyen

Nhat Nguyen

CEO @ Otrafy
Oliver Ranck

Oliver Ranck

Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director @ Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck

Paul Wenck

Chair @ Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes

Paul Grimes

CTO & Founder @ OK200
Rajeev Gupta

Rajeev Gupta

Managing Partner @ Alium Capital
Rebecca Dooley

Rebecca Dooley

Partner @ Addisons
Roger Do

Roger Do

CEO, Co-Founder @ Watchdog Cyber Defense
Roman Kovalenko

Roman Kovalenko

Chief Data Officer @ Reserve Bank of Australia
Ron Hill

Ron Hill

Managing Director @ sunramp.co
Ryan Cross

Ryan Cross

Manager for Prototyping @ AWS, ANZ & APAC
Sameer Babbar

Sameer Babbar

Director @ SVB Group
Scott Crowe

Scott Crowe

Lead Recruiter @ Canva
Sean Geoghegan

Sean Geoghegan

Cofounder and former-CTO @ Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Simon Turner

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking @ Managing Director, FI Ghana
Tal Rotbart

Tal Rotbart

Former Chief Technology Officer @ Marketplacer (until Oct-‘23)
Tomaj Bayat

Tomaj Bayat

previous founder & previously Growth @ beforepay.com.au
Vanessa Ronan Pearce

Vanessa Ronan Pearce

Head of Growth @ Wych Money
Vern Chan

Vern Chan

Certified Startup Coach @ Your Pivot
William Mc Cahey

William Mc Cahey

Partner @ Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor
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