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Founder Institute Mentors

Denver Spring 2025

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 Colorado program below.

Mentors

Alex Houghtalin

FI Mentor

Amanda Eldridge

Founder, Amanda Eldridge Consulting, LLC

Anke Corbin

Founder, CEO, Globig

Anthony Franco

Founder, M.C. Squares

Bob Ogdon

Managing Partner, Dry Fly Cqpital

Brian Pontarelli

Founder and CTO, FusionAuth

Brian Wallace

Managing Partner, Access Venture Partners

Chris Franks

Founder / CEO, How To Founder

Dan Daugherty

Founder & CEO, rentbits.com

Danny Newman

CEO, Roximity

Gary Gaessler

SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements

Gregarious Narain

Partner, Before Alpha

Jesse Riley

CTO/Founder, Rileytech

Jon Rossi

Investor / Advisor, Mutliple

Kevin Kudra

Executive Director, Rockies Venture Club

Luke Beatty

Executive Chairman, Founder, Brandfolder

Maggie Rodney

Principal, Massive

Marcin Ziolkowski

CEO, Goddit

Matthew Lopez

Managing Partner, Wolf & Snow

Michael Gellman

Founder, Thing VC

Michael Clarkin

Strategic Advisor, Trilogy Consulting

Michael Dornik

Attorney, Treeline Legal, LLC

Michael Bevis

Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, City and County of Denver

Perry Evans

CEO, Closely, Inc., (MapQuest, Jabber, Local Matters)

Peter Adams

Managing Director, Rockies Venture Fund

Rich Maloy

Managing Partner, SpringTime Ventures

Sam Derosier

CEO & Lead Consultant, Sword and Spark

Schuyler Van Sickle

Founder & CEO, 3MERA

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