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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

Adrian Zettl

Managing Director, Austrian Startups
Alexander

Alexander Schwartz

Partner, xista science ventures
Alexander

Alexander Brix

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

Andras Galffy

Founder, CEO & Head of Research, Turbulence Solutions
Andrei

Andrei Podlesnyi

Investment Manager, Triple Impact Ventures
Benjamin

Benjamin Ruschin

Managing Partner, Big Cheese Ventures
Bernhard

Bernhard Holzer

CEO, Woodspr
Christian

Christian Csank

Founder & CEO, Sorex
Christian

Christian Zeidler

Co-Founder and CEO, Adaptive
Christopher

Christopher Polligkeit

Investor, Plug and Play
Cihan

Cihan Kadir

Co-Founder, VolaTec
Daniela

Daniela Haunstein

Managing Director, invest.austria
Eleni

Eleni Lialiamou

Founder, Kimolian Academy
Elisabeth

Elisabeth Siencnik

CFO, reha buddy
Evelina

Evelina Lundqvist

Sustainable business development and upskilling consultant, The Good Tribe
Fabian

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN
Florian

Florian Wimmer

Co-Founder & CEO, Blockpit AG
Hannah

Hannah Wundsam

Managing Director, Austrian Startups
Jacqueline

Jacqueline Kressner

Co-lead, Founder Institute Vienna
Jay

Jay Marathe

MD, Bryan, Garnier & Co.
Jiaran

Jiaran Wang

CEO, Artciety
Johannes

Johannes Blaschke

Principal, Calm/Storm
Julia

Julia Wagner

VC, Positron Ventures
Kambis

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah

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

Kasia Sadowska

Co-Founder and CEO, Kimolian Innovations
Laura

Laura Warnier

Chief Growth Officer, Sunrise
Lisa

Lisa Pallweber

Managing Partner, Hans(wo)men Group
Malgorzata

Malgorzata Goraczek

Funding Coach, Funding Coach Malgorzata Goraczek e.U.
Michael

Michael Schneider

Founder, Seedraisr
Michaela

Michaela Stephen

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MATR
Peiman

Peiman Zamani

CEO, 4u-ventures
Reinhard

Reinhard Harter

ex-VP, SAP
Rudolf

Rudolf Dömötör

Director, WU Entrepreneurship Center
Sara

Sara Bentsen

COO and Co-Founder, Scale to Global
Sebastian

Sebastian Haid

Founder, HeadwAI GmbH
Sergiu

Sergiu Ardelean

Co-Founder, CEO, Artivive
Stanish

Stanish Gunasekaran

Investor, 4P Capital
Stefan

Stefan Kainz

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

Stephan Kreiger

Director, FI Vienna
Thomas

Thomas Walbert

FI Mentor
Urška

Urška Jež

Founder and CEO, Transformation Lighthouse
Verena

Verena Judmayer

CEO , MATR
Viktoria

Viktoria Zimm

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

Viktoria Tollinger

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

Vlad Gozman

Co-Founder & CEO, involve.me
Vladimir

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
Xiaomin

Xiaomin Mou

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

Yuliya Daineko

Head of Product Portfolio Evolution B2X, A1 Telekom Austria

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