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Founder Institute Mentors

Vienna 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 Vienna program below.

Mentors

Adrian Zettl

Managing Director, Austrian Startups

Alexander Schwartz

Partner, xista science ventures

Alexander Brix

Former COO of Kaleido AI (acq. by Canva), Canva

Andras Galffy

Founder, CEO & Head of Research, Turbulence Solutions

Andrei Podlesnyi

Investment Manager, Triple Impact Ventures

Benjamin Ruschin

Managing Partner, Big Cheese Ventures

Bernhard Holzer

CEO, Woodspr

Christian Csank

Founder & CEO, Sorex

Christian Zeidler

Co-Founder and CEO, Adaptive

Christopher Polligkeit

Investor, Plug and Play

Cihan Kadir

Co-Founder, VolaTec

Daniela Haunstein

Managing Director, invest.austria

Eleni Lialiamou

Founder, Kimolian Academy

Elisabeth Siencnik

CFO, reha buddy

Evelina Lundqvist

Sustainable business development and upskilling consultant, The Good Tribe

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Florian Wimmer

Co-Founder & CEO, Blockpit AG

Hannah Wundsam

Managing Director, Austrian Startups

Jacqueline Kressner

Co-lead, Founder Institute Vienna

Jay Marathe

MD, Bryan, Garnier & Co.

Jiaran Wang

CEO, Artciety

Johannes Blaschke

Principal, Calm/Storm

Julia Wagner

VC, Positron Ventures

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah

Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of Founder-Services, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Kasia Sadowska

Co-Founder and CEO, Kimolian Innovations

Laura Warnier

Chief Growth Officer, Sunrise

Lisa Pallweber

Managing Partner, Hans(wo)men Group

Malgorzata Goraczek

Funding Coach, Funding Coach Malgorzata Goraczek e.U.

Michael Schneider

Founder, Seedraisr

Michaela Stephen

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MATR

Peiman Zamani

CEO, 4u-ventures

Reinhard Harter

ex-VP, SAP

Rudolf Dömötör

Director, WU Entrepreneurship Center

Sara Bentsen

COO and Co-Founder, Scale to Global

Sebastian Haid

Founder, HeadwAI GmbH

Sergiu Ardelean

Co-Founder, CEO, Artivive

Stanish Gunasekaran

Investor, 4P Capital

Stefan Kainz

Investment Director Impact Investing, C.E.L.L. Investment GmbH

Stephan Kreiger

Director, FI Vienna

Steven Desmyter

President, Man Group

Thomas Walbert

FI Mentor

Urška Jež

Founder and CEO, Transformation Lighthouse

Verena Judmayer

CEO , MATR

Viktoria Zimm

Managing Director Impact Investments, C.E.L.L. Investment GmbH

Viktoria Tollinger

Programme Lead, I.E.C.T. - Hermann Hauser Management GmbH

Vlad Gozman

Co-Founder & CEO, involve.me

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Xiaomin Mou

Head of Venture Capital Investments, Central Eastern Europe, IFC - International Finance Corporation

Yuliya Daineko

Head of Product Portfolio Evolution B2X, A1 Telekom Austria

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