Founder Institute Mentors

Serbia 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 Serbia program below.

Mentors

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Aleks Rakitch

Founder & CEO, MixAart

Aleksandar Celeski

Executive Director, DUEL Consulting

Aleksandar Stamboliev

CEO & Co-Founder, BAU Accelerator

Aleksandar Bakoč

CEO & Founder, Algotech doo

Aleksandar Bijelić

President of the Board, Serbian Venture Network

Aleksandar Marić

Head Of Finance, Alt Labs

Aleksandar Hangimana

Advisor & Investor, Noordenster B.V.

Aleksandar Momiroski

COO & Co-founder, Comeunity Business Incubator

Aleksandar Matanović

CEO & Founder, ECD

Aleksandar Janičić

Founder/CEO, J Consulting Group

Aleksandar Marić

Partner, Adore Chocolat

Aleksandra Lazović-Lønningen

Building Collaborative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems l Growth and Innovation Strategist, Impact Hub Belgrade/InoSmart

Aleksandra Vuković

Founder and Director | Nura digital & Singular Advantage, Nura Digital | Singular Advantage

Ales Pustovrh

Partner, Bogatin doo

Alex Migitko

FI Mentor

Alex Lunginovic

Broker/Vice President, Montalvo Ventures

Alexander Naydenov

Head of Sales, GraphCMS

Alexander Sumin

co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass

Alexander Martynov

Head of Bio-IT, Biovision Ventures

Alin Vacian

CEO, enovatika

Alin Vacian

CEO, Enovika

Almir Zejneli

CEO and Co Owner, ADRIA EXCLUSIVE LTD

Ana Milicevic

Coordinator, Research and Development Hub at Faculty of organizational sciences

Ana Milićević

Coordinator, Research and Development hub , Faculty of organizational sciences

Andrei Cosmin Munteanu

Co-Founder & CEO, Cowork Timisoara

Andrija Bednarik

Entrepreneur serving Humanity, Life Playing Club

Anja Stanisic

FI Mentor

Ari Veltman

Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@, Sparko.TV

Arseniy Dabbakh

FI Mentor

Arthur Gusev

Founder and CEO, Launch Deck

Athanasios Ladopoulos

Founder & CEO , MemoryGarden

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Benoit Doumas

Managing Director, BlackRock

Berg Moe

Chairman, Gründervekst AS

Bilyana Dimitrova

Managing Partner, Dimitrova and Staykova Law office

Blanka Supe

Founder, Haos Community Space

Boris Kolev

Founder and Managing Partner, DigiMark Ventures

Boris Hristov

Founder and CEO, 356labs

Borislav Miljanović

CEO, Represent System

Borut Čeh

Co-owner and CEO, Labena ltd

Boštjan Čeh

Co-Director, Labena Ventures

Branko Bajić

Marketing and Products Director, Yettel Bulgaria

Brian M Pasalich

Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)

Charles Cormier

CEO, TopLeads Agency

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christoph Berndt

Partner, FinanceWise

Christophe Nègre

General Partner, Western Balkans Private Equity Fund

Clarisse Dr. Behar Molad

CHief Strategy Officer , Whistesteps Technologies

Dajana Džindo

Executive Director, F787

Daniel Lorer

Advisory Board Member, Quadrodynamics

Daniel Michael Böhi

Executive Coach, Founder & Investor, Founder Institute

Danijela Matovic

CEO & Founder, Parlok Consulting

Darko Ivanović

General Partner, Balkan Tech Fund

Darko Vidakovic

Darko Vidakovic, EASME

Darko Burčul

Chief Marketing and PR, Infostud

David Schoch

President and member of the Board of Directors, Serbian Private Equity Association

Davor Sakač

Director, TS Ventures Fund

Dejan Dramićanin

CEO, Bitgear

Dejan Tonić

EBRD Associate, Regional Coordinator of Star Venture Programme for Western Balkans, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Dejan Vukmirović

Chief Technology Officer, Bakson Ltd

Dilyan Dimitrov

Partner, Eleven Ventures

Djordje Filipovic

FI Mentor

Dmytro Lokshyn

Head of Alternative Investments, Stockpile Inc.

Dóra Marosvölgyi

Founder & CEO, DARE Innovations

Đorđe Ćelić

CEO, Poslovni inkubator Novi Sad - Business incubator Novi Sad doo

Đorđe Zdravković

Cofounder & CEO, Protokol.io

Dragana Vujovic Djermanovic

Growth Guide, PCG

Drago Gverić

CEO, Innovation Center Banja Luka

Dušan Karan

Enterprise acceleration consultant, Innovation Fund

Dušan Obradović

Cofounder & CEO, Bold International Group

Filip Sasic

Managing Director for Southeast Europe, Network 20/20

Filip Komnenović

Product Manager, LambdaWorks

Filip Bovan

Board member & Co-Founder, ESEM Business School | Ex J.P. Morgan M&A

Filip Ivančić

FI Mentor

Florin Grosu

Co -founder, Traderion

Frank Petry

CEO, EuroTechInnovation

Gajo Vanka

COO, Aim Cube Limited | UK

George Sidjimkov

General Partner , Sofia Angels Ventures

Georgi Malchev

Managing Partner, XploraBG

Georgi Kadrev

Co-Founder & CEO, Imagga & Kelvin Health

Glen Hellman

Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland

Gogo Rafajlovski

COO, SEEUTechPark

Goran Mladenović

CEO, Nis Cluster of Advanced Technologies (NI CAT)

Goran Ćulibrk

Community Lead, Serbian Entrepreneurs

Gregor Rebolj

Managing Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund

Hristo Hristov

CEO, Darik

Igor Madzov

Investement Director, NEST

Igor Arsovski

Founder & CEO, Merakzy

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Agent21

Irene Verheijen

FI Mentor

Ivan Minić

Co-Founder, Pojačalo

Ivan Nonković

Partner, Karanovic & Partners Law Firm

Ivan Hoo

Owner, IHAYO

Ivan Radojičić

Lecturer and Marketing manager, Turnkey

Ivan Germanov

RSM, Founder Institute HQ

Ivana Pesic Forbes

VP of design, Interactio

Ivaylo Ivanov

Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Ivo Vasilev

Founder and CEO, Reloyalty

Jakob Gajšek

GP, RUJ Ventures

James Zanewicz

Chief Strategy Officer, Tulane University School of Medicine

Jan Kobler

Managing Partner, South Central Ventures

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Jasmina Knežević

Founder and Supervisory Board Member, Acibadem Bel Medic

Jasmina Jankičević

Chief Medical Officer, Innovaderm Inc.

Jasna Pejović

CEO , Flourish

Jean Christophe Dantonel

Managing Partner, iBionext

Jeff Skiba

Consultant, Med Minding

Jelena Plavanski

FI Mentor

Jia Hong Shaw

Founder, Turn Off Turn On Ventures

Jivko Ivanov

Managing Partner, Simbula Ltd.

Johannes Benkhoff

Founder, innocellerate

Jonie Oostveen

CEO , Digital Den

Joshua Cheng

Founding Team, COO, Behave Technologies

Jovan Tišma

Co-founder, ALL-ART

Jovana Radlović

Head of EU Integration Centre, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia

Juan Antonio De Lassaletta Fernández

General Secretary and Global Head Legal & Compliance , Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma/CSL Vifor

Kamen Bankovski

Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Karina Sotnik

Founder/CEO, WorldUpstart

Keo Sar

Mentor, Advisor & Business Angel, August Hill

Kostas Karolemeas

Founder, CEO, Allcancode

Kristina Stevanović

Co-Founder, EPICentar

Kristjan Zemljic

Founder, Odobreno, Kristjan Zemljič s.p.

Lazar Lekić

Supercluster Manager, Serbia Innovates

Lazar Grujicic

FI Mentor

Liang Sun

Founder, Solar Solutions HK Ltd.

Luka Prišunjak

Ecosystem Facilitator, Swisscontact

Luka Pejović

Director, BDO Ventures (Ventu.rs)

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Maja Križan

Investment Manager, Business Angels of Slovenia

Marat Shaidulatov

FI Mentor

Marita Price

Founder & Director, Hello

Mark Rogers

CEO, Futurist Labs

Mark Liepinsh

Managing director, Pulsar VC

Marko Vučetić

PR manager, HelloWorld.rs

Marko Dzombic

Co-Founder, K-EoP Protocol

Marko Mijatović

CFO & Investment Principal, Fifth Quarter Ventures

Marko Rosic

Senior Innovation Consultant, Science Park Graz

Matej Rus

Head & Co-founder, PODIM

Matija Srbic

Deep-tech venture builder programme director, Innovation center Nikola Tesla

Max Gurvits

Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Maya Zlatanova

Co-Founder & CEO, FindMeCure

Michael Kosic

Founding Partner, Loyal VC

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Mila Milenkovic

Director of Sector for Strategy, Telekom Srbija

Milan Ranđelović

Managing Director, Science and Technology Park Nis

Milan Dobrota

CEO, Agremo

Milen Ivanov

Managing Partner, Sofia Angels Ventures, Co-Founder, CEO Angels Club

Milena Micanović

Director for Communications and Public affairs, OTP banka Srbija

Mili Ibrulj

Principal , Fil Rouge Capital

Miloš Milovanović

Co-founder & COO, Blinking

Miloš Došen

CEO, Accounting and Tax Advisory Agency ‘Došen’

Miloš Lukić

CEO & Co-Founder, ReadyCMS

Miloš Polovina

CEO, TransferNova

Miodrag Nenadović

Co-Founder, Brush Galaxy

Miodrag Bukvic

Technology Sales, Business Development & Innovation, Startup Mentor & Strategic Advisor

Mirjana Perkovic

Founder & CEO, LookStyler

Miron Lukač

Co-founder, Portal World

Misa Nikolic

CEO, Resonator – Creative Tech Hub

Mladen Radišić

CEO, Foodscale Hub

Mustafa Cakir

Co-founder, PATENT EFFECT

Natali Delić

Director of the Directorate for Strategy and Digital, Telekom Serbia

Nataša Rađenović Živanović

Chief Innovation Officer, OTP Connect

Nataša Filipović

Managing Director, OvationBBDO

Nathan Pike

Prior, Oxford Oracle

Nebojša Đurđević

Partner, Vega IT

Neda Trifunović

Manager, Business Angel Network DSI

Nedeljko Milosavljević

Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia

Nedžad Lomigora

Managing Partner, Falcon Venture Partners LLC

Nemanja Stefanović

CEO & Co-founder, HireApp

Nemanja Petrović

Co-Founder, Traken

Nemanja Zivkovic

Founder , Funky Marketing

Nenad Paunović

Co-founder, Serbian Venture Network

Nenad Novović

CEO and Founder, Amplitudo

Nenad Nikolin

Mr, CCS Solutions

Nenad Božić

CEO & Co-founder, SmartCat

Niko Slavnić

Founder, IQbator

Nikola Balić

Head of Growth, Daytona Platforms Inc.

Nikola Obradović

Founder & CEO, Bridgewater Labs

Nina Dremelj

President, Business Angels of Slovenia

Olga Mirković Maksimović

COO, Videobolt

Olivier Tilleuil

Founder and managing director (former), EyeSee

Oskar Marko

Co-founder, Cropt

Pavel Cholakov

FI Mentor

Peđa Predin

GP, Fifth Quarter Ventures

Petar Atanasovski

Managing Partner, Attic42 Venture Builder

Petar Savić

Partner, Supreme Factory

Péter Mogyorósi

CEO, Creative Accelerator

Predrag Krupez

CEO, Blue Coast Brewing Company

Primož Karpe

Partner / Chairman / Investment Committee member, Cedars Ltd / NLB Bank / Aroma Global Ltd / ALFI PE I & II

Raanan Shenhav

Founder, RS-CPD

Rada Đurović Vassena

Business Developer Consultant, Freelance

Rade Rakočević

CEO & Founder, Senzal capital doo

Radoslav Stankov

Head of engineering, Product Hunt

Rishi Chowdhury

Founder & CEO, Incube Space

Rok Zorko

Co-Founder, Outfit7

Salim Virani

Founder, Source Institute

Sam Eisenberg

Co-Founder, Design For Decks

Sanja Brdar

co-founder, Cropt

Saša Popović

Co-Founder and CEO, Vega IT

Sascha Österle Nincic

Business Development, FT AG

Stavros Pavlidis

Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group

Stefan Vladimirov

Creative Director, monolig.

Stefan Mrvaljević

Founder and CEO, ACHIVR Educational Technologies

Stephen O’Rourke

Founder & Principal Consultant, RegulatoryStory – Regulatory Affairs Consultancy

Sush Bapna

General Partner, Digital Space Ventures

Tadej Kurepa

Programme Manager of the Venture an Idea Project, Digital Sebia Initiative

Tamara Čolić Milosavljević

Co-Director, Founder Institute Serbia

Tatyana Mitkova

Co-Founder and CEO, ClaimCompass

Teodor Panayotov

CEO, CourseDot

Thibaut Taittinger

Founder & CEO, Puzl CowOrKing

Tilen Šarlah

Managing Partner, Feelsgood Capital

Todor Breshkov

Managing Partner, LAUNCHub Ventures

Tom Vodopivec

Principal, Silicon Gardens

Vassil Popovski

CEO & Co-founder, Connecto.ai (Acquired by Leanplum)

Vedran Rasic

CEO/Founder, LeadDelta

Vedran Šimunović

Director, INTERA Technology Park

Victor Schiller

President, R Cubed Group

Viktor Minchev

VC Investor, Eleven Ventures

Viktorija Petrov

PhD, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad

Vladan Todorović

CEO & Founder, Advanced Security Technologies ltd

Vladimir Nedović

Owner, Synemedia

Vladimir Bozovic

CEO, ZenHire

Vladimir Pavlović

General Partner, Omorika Ventures

Vladimir Vojvodić

Director of operations, Fuller Vision

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Vladimir Vlahović

Founder & Managing Director, SOLVENTRY GmbH

Vladislav Pavlov

Founder, Furtherance Network

Vojin Šenk

Professor, University of Novi Sad

Volen Vulkov

Co-Founder, Enhancv

Voon Yee Ho

CEO, Techbridge Ventures Pte Ltd

Vuk Lau

Partner, Silicon Gardens Fund

Željko Ilić

Co-founder & General manager, InCentar

Zoja Kukic Dordevic

VP Digital Transformation, Signet World

Zoran Vasiljev

CEO, Centili

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