Founder Institute Mentors

Adelaide - Australia Spring 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 Adelaide program below.

Mentors

Dean Mc Evoy

Non Executive Director, Investor and Adviser, TechSydney

Pete Cooper

Founder, The Start Society

Benjamin Ranck

Principal, MacroReactor

Benjamin Chong

Partner, Right Click Capital

Justus Hammer

MR, Axis7

Brodie Mc Culloch

Founder, Spacecubed, Perth, WA

Matt Allen

CEO, Tractor Ventures

Jeremy Chetty

Co-founder, Student Edge

Adam Long

Managing Director, ThunderLabs

Ashton Bishop

CEO, Step Change hellostepchange.com

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute

Alan Jones

CEO, Fishburners

Neil Smith

CTO, Simple KYC

Rachel White

CFO, Part time CFO / fractional CFO

James Moody

CEO, Sendle

Annie Le Cavalier

Venture Partner, FI and Former GM & Community, Stone & Chalk

Ryan Cross

Manager for Prototyping, AWS, ANZ & APAC

Brendan Yell

Former Director, Twilio Startups

Roger Do

Co-Founder, QSearch

Paul Wenck

Chair, Co-Founder Checkbox

Adeline Chu

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Western Sydney University

Peter Van Bruchem

Co-Founder, Techboard

Rayn Ong

Director, Ong Heng Investments

Debra Taylor

Non Executive Director, Stone and Chalk

Ben Pecotich

Design & Innovation Director/Founder, Dynamic4

Magdalena Reith

Startup- and Business Consultant, Magdalena Reith Pitch Decks

Paul Krajewski

Product Management professional, Co-Director Founder Institute Australia+NZ

Nicola Rushton

Product designer & lean user researcher, nicolarushton.com

Evan Wong

CEO, Checkbox.AI

Pete Cooper

Former CIO, KBZ Bank

Dennis Kibirev

Chief Growth Officer, Mesh Ai

Chris Clark

FI Mentor

Jared Kristensen

Co-founder/CEO, Playground xyz

Matthew Browne

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

Marshall Hughes

Freight Manager, Freight Companies Australia

Timo Kugler

Co-Founder, NASH + BANKS

Elizabeth Kaelin

MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer, UTS Business School

Jeff Perlman

Founder, Revenue Ninja (revenue.ninja)

Albert Bielinko

Venture / growth investor, Telstra Ventures

Jack Qi

Director, William Buck

Cheryl Mack

CEO & Founder, Aussieangels.com + Activator at SheEO™

Brodie Mc Culloch

Founder and Managing Director, Spacecubed

Eitan Bienstock

Managing Director, Techbench Capital

Anne Marie Elias

chief disrupter, Founder, PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care

Joanne Jacobs

Co-CEO, Disruptor's Handbook

Peter Browne

Owner, Intangible Communications

Allan Lalic

Co-founder, Kebloom

Caroline Lepron

CEO & Founder, Skoutli

Sorrel Osborne

Head of Growth, Playground xyz

Chris Clark

Chris Clark, Sportsfusion

Anna Cheng

Head of Growth Marketing, Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship

Pavel Reddy

Former Managing Director, Clearpoint Ventures Pty Ltd (Formerly)

Aivee Robinson

Co-Founder, Catalyser

Bronwen Kaspers

Customer Success Coach, Culture Amp cultureamp.com

Tom Dawkins

Founder/CEO, StartSomeGood

Scott Crowe

Lead Recruiter, Canva

Sameer Babbar

Director, SVB Group

Dane Eldridge

CEO, 4mation Technologies

Franziska Iseli

Founder, Basic Bananas

Bill Trestrail

CEO, Market Momentum Pty Ltd

Dylan Mc Donnell

CEO, Foodini

Tim Silverwood

Co-Founder, Ocean Impact Organisation

Kate Ringvall

Co-Founder, Galactic Cooperative

Damien Messina

Manager, Impact Angel Network

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Jodi Boylan

Executive Producer, Director and Development Producer , Independent

Bill Trestrail

Venture Partner, Black Nova Venture Capital

Jeeva Suresh

Founder & CEO, Helix

Marshall Hughes

Consultant, Freight Companies Australia

Rebecca Dooley

Senior Associate, Addisons

Tony Sinclair

Director of Venture Debt, Cataliize

Ed Stevens

Entrepreneur in Residence, AGL

Joshua Ross

CEO and Founder, Humanitix

Chris Braine

Founder, Cellr

Pete Lead

Head of Programs, BlueChilli Group

Lauren Capelin

Principal, Startmate

Sandrina Postorino

Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.

Joshua Boccamazzo

Head of Business Operations and Strategy, Perx Health

Alejandro Patterson

Principal Product Manager , Honey Insurance

Sam Richards

Managing Director, Brightlight Impact Advisory

Vern Chan

Startup Coach, Your Pivot

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Kim McGuinness

Strategic Relationships Director, SBE Australia

Srikanth Muthyala

Investor, Melbourne Angels

Stefan Korn

General Manager, Callaghan Innovation

Richard Dale

Committee Member, Sydney Angels Inc.

Paula Taylor

Executive Director and Co-Founder, West Tech Fest

Scott Glew

Organizer, Morning Startup Perth

George Hedon

Founder & CEO, Pause Fest

Gawin Fernando

Co-Founder, CreativeCubes.Co

Amit Verma

Listing Manager, ASX

Darsel Keane

Director, University of Auckland

Jane Cockburn

CEO and Founder, Kairos Now

Asher Vukelic

Chair, Southwest Angels

Cam Walshe

Director, Pitchblak

Mitchell Pham

Chairperson, NZTech

Pete Horsley

Founder, Remarkable Tech

Tamar Boas

Community Manager, The Generator Bundaberg

Ron Hill

Managing Director, sunramp.co

Dmitri Voronenko

CTO & Investor, virtualintegrity.com.au

Roman Kovalenko

Chief Data Officer, Reserve Bank of Australia

Vanessa Ronan Pearce

Head of Growth, Wych Money

Ant Moorehouse

CEO and Co-Founder, EarthTech

Daniel Lohrmann

Managing Director, ikaros

Prashant Gami

CEO & Founder, x•enabler

Gwendolyn Ong

Director, Cultivate

Oliver Ranck

Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director, Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia

Stuart Reynolds

CEO & Founder, Fullstack Advisory

Greg Campbell

entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist, Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance

Alanna Wright

Solicitor, Addisons

Tomaj Bayat

Growth, beforepay.com.au

Leila Alem

Chief Design and Innovation and Adj Professor, ArcSense

Harshu Deshpande

Start-up & Scale-up Advisor, Google

Jo Ucukalo

CEO, Handle My Complaint

Adrian Bunter

Corporate Advisor | Angel Investor | Non-exec Director, Modus Partners

Chris Gillings

Venture Capital @ Five V Capital, & Founder @ Cut Through Venture

Joanna Ng

Former Early-stage investor, Investible

Annie Liao

Investor, Aura Ventures

Paul Grimes

CTO & Founder, OK200

Jo Ann Suchard

A/Prof, Sydney Angels & University of New South Wales

Christopher Krainer

Director of Hardware Engineering at Zoomo, & co-founder at rk-collective.com

Alex Guyer

Partner Firemark Ventures, Associate Partner Black Nova Venture Capital

Nhat Nguyen

CEO, Otrafy

Erwin Van Der Koogh

Founder/CEO, Linc

William Mc Cahey

Partner, Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor

Michelle Gilmore

CEO, heyjuno.co

Gautam Mishra

Founder / CEO, inkl

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