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Founder Institute Mentors

Eastern Europe Fall 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 Eastern Europe program below.

Mentors

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Adam Hsakou

Head of Community, Demium

Adam Matalon

Founder & CEO, Message HQ

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Aditi Singh

Chief Product Officer, WineChain

Adrian Stanica

FI Mentor

Adrian Zarnescu

CTO, SysWin

Adrian Stoica

Founder, Soft Galaxy

Adriana Iordan

VP Product Management, Microanalytics

Agnieszka Osytek

Founder & Head, DEAF RESPECT Agency and Academy of the Deaf

Ahmad Piraiee

Director, Startup Grind Warsaw

Aiga Kalbjonoka

Startup Partnership Manager, Httpool

Ajay Naqvi

Founder, The Blue Renaissance

Aleksandar Karaviloski

Founder, VE DOG FOOD LCC

Aleksandar Hinkov

Community Evangelist, BESCO - The Bulgarian Startup Association

Aleksander Szybilski

Head of Workplace Strategy, Founder Institute Poland

Aleksandra Czubek

IP/Legaltech/Fashion Law Enthusiast, SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Alex Dona

Founder , TimesNewRoman.ro

Alex Cernatescu

CEO, Co-Founder & Global Head of Strategy, Stefanini Infinit - US & EMEA

Alex Mincu

CEO, Safer Work

Alex Paduraru

Founder, Creative Tim

Alexander Ribbink

General Partner, Keen Venture Partners

Alexander Naydenov

Head of Sales, GraphCMS

Alexander Sumin

co-founder, Chief Marketing Officer, ClaimCompass

Alexander Swaab

Senior Program Manager, Btomorrow Ventures

Alexander Zemlyak

Principal, Geek Ventures

Alexandra Karapidaki

Co-Founder, Bizrupt

Alexandru Gheorghiu

CCO@ABC Data Distributie, Founder@IBWT

Alex M. Dascalu

Lead Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Alina Kornienko

COO, co-founder, Quppy

Alina Balan

Partner, designthinkingsociety.com

Ana Iorga

CEO, Buyer Brain

Ana Robakidze

Co-founder & CEO, Theneo

Ana Dalakishvili

Head of Intellectual Property Training Center, Sakpatenti

Ana Maria Udriste

Founder & CEO , Avocatoo

Ana Maria Manda

Global Innovation Managmenet Senior Consultant, SAP

Anano Dolaberidze

Co-founder & CEO, Phubber

Anastasia Angelova

CSO & Co-Founder, Noble Hire

Andon Simeonov

VP @ SoftServe | Bulgaria Country Manager, SoftServe

Andreea Suciu

Managing Partner, Suciu | The Employment Law Firm

Andrei Pitis

CEO, Simple Capital

Andrei Cretu

FI Mentor

Andrei Cretu

FI Mentor

Andrei Ostacie

Founder, Business Development Manager, OKAPI

Andrei Roth

Commercial Pricing Director, UiPath

Andrei Muscalu

CEO, SUNMARKET.IO

Andres Jordan

Founder, Factor6, LLC

Andrew Crawford

FI Mentor

Aneida Bajraktari Bicja

Serial Entrepreneur, Balkans Capital / Doll'App / Adams Chips

Angel Angelov

Managing Partner, Innovation Capital

Anil Pillai Dr.

Founder and CEO, Buyer Brain

Anita Jovic

Founder, PurpleBlock and AI Serbia

Anna Radulovski

Partner , Tech Family Ventures

Anna Magiera

Managing Director, ICLUB Global

Antonio Eram

Founder & CEO, NETOPIA Payments

Ashli Weiss

Attorney, Weiss Law LLP

Assim Ishaque

Co-Director, Founder Institute Midlands, Director, The Entrepreneurs Trust

Atanas Atanasov

Agile Master, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Aurélien Deleusière

CEO, Webellian

Bacho Khachidze

Chairman, Bach&Investment

Barbara Płucienniczak

Director, Bank Pekao S.A.

Bartek Janowicz

Founder, 11 bit studios S.A.

Bartek Pucek

FI Mentor

Bartłomiej Barwicz

CEO & Co-Founder, Rent like home

Bartosz Drapikowski

CEO, Debonair Beast

Bartosz Biskupski

General Manager, TCL

Benjamin Rameau

Founder, Smile Research

Bernie Li

Board Member and Investor, Antler

Beso Kacharava

Founder & Sound Designer, Postred

Bilyana Dimitrova

Managing Partner, Dimitrova and Staykova Law office

Bogdan Iordache

Founder, How to Web, TechHub Bucharest, TechAngels

Bogdan Oprea

Founder, Aventurine

Boris Kolev

Founder and Managing Partner, DigiMark Ventures

Boris Hristov

Founder and CEO, 356labs

Borys Musielak

Partner, SMOK Ventures

Boyan Pavlov

Investor, ConnectedBin Ltd.

Bozhidar Georgiev

FI Mentor

Bozhidar Georgiev

Founder and CEO, Work & Share Coworking

Bozhidar Hristov

Founder, Streebl

Brad Pilgrim

CEO, Parity

Bülent Duagi

FI Mentor

Calin Lupsan

Founder, CEO, Intelligence

Carlos Morales

Founder, Stealth Startup

Catalin Grigorescu

Managing Partner, bpv GRIGORESCU STEFANICA

Charlotte Aschim

CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl

Charlotte Christensen

Executive Director, Fintocat

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Lascor

Owner, Global Pecunia

Chris Foltz

Entrepreneur In Residence, Founder Institute + Responsible Solutions Ltd + IRG 100 CMO's & Change Agents

Christo Peev

Co- Founder & CEO, Motion Software

Christopher Siemienski

Business Development and Marketing Manager, Skanska

Claudia Falkinger

Co-Founder, Women in Mobility

Colin Howes

Founder, Series-A

Constantino Navarro

CFO, - Jumia / Taparo / World Bank

Corentin Bernard

CEO, Accolade-Pro

Corina Toma

Founder, Hub Eleven Advertising

Corneliu Manescu

Principal Software Development Engineer, Microsoft

Cosmin Pasnicu

Founder, KOFITI

Cosmin Curticapean

Founder, iFactor

Costin Baroiu

Founder, Heroo

Cristi Badea

Co-founder & CEO , MavenHut Games

Cristian Orasanu

Co-Founder, Paybilla

Cristian Negrutiu

Partner, Sparking Capital

Cristian Munteanu

Partner, Early Game Ventures

Cristian Onetiu

Entrepreneur, Life Care Corp

Cristina Daianu

Partner, Dentons

Cristina Bucur

Counsel, DLA Piper Global Law Firm

Daan Weddepohl

CEO & Founder, Peerby

Dachi Gubadze

Co-founder & COO, Stack

Dachi Choladze

Co-founder, Pulsar AI

Dan Mihaescu

Founding Partner , Gapminder Venture Partners

Dan Calugareanu

Partner, Early Game Ventures

Dan Huru

Co-Founder, Meetgeek

Danail Hadjiatanasov

Engineering Manager, MUI

Danail Koev

Co-Founder & CEO, VEDA

Daniel Lorer

Advisory Board Member, Quadrodynamics

Daniel Vaduva

Founder, Kalium Labs

Daniel Rogoz

Founder, Kinderpedia

Daniel Ratke

CTO, rhome

Daniel Kiss Kiraly

VC, PortfoLion Capital Partners

David Llorente

Founder and CEO, Narrativa (AI-Generated Content)

David Chechelashvili

Co-founder & SVP Business Development, XpanD

David Khosroshvili

Co-founder & CEO, MaxinAI

David Stepania

Founder & CEO, ThirstySprout

David Kavelashvili

Senior Portfolio Manager, Digital Area

Diana Aladzhova

Founder , CFO Insights

Diana Koziarska

FI Mentor

Dilyan Dimitrov

Partner, Eleven Ventures

Dimitar Giulev

CEO, Antipodes

Dimitar Savov

Founder & Head of Marketing, Startup Masters

Dimitar Vouldjeff

Co-founder and CEO, Enhancv

Dimitri Dekanozishvili

Head of Product, smava GmbH

Dimitri Abuladze

Partner, Smarter

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor

Dimitry Kumsishvili

Managing Partner, Kedari Ventures

Diyan Mihaylov

Co-Founder, ProductTank

Dora Petrova

Founder, FemGems

Dorota Caban

COO, BallSquad

Dragos Preda

Co-Founder & CEO, PrimeRenting

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market

Elena Mlotok

General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon

Elena Nikolova

Community Manager, CEO Angels Club, Co-Founder, ESCREO

Elena Gramatova-Andreeva

Director of Product Development / Program Manager Generative AI, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Eli Zhabevska

Senior Associate, South Central Ventures

Elif Güngör Reis

Food Technology & Entrepreneur Expert, Istanbul Arel University

Elina Halatcheva

Managing Director, BrightCap Ventures

Elina Zheleva

Managing Partner, launchlabs Sofia

Elitza Stoilova

Founder & CEO, Umni.co

Emmett King

Co-Founder, Transylvania Angels Network (T.A.N.)

Enriko Marinov

FI Mentor

Enriko Marinov

CEO, Cyrcl

Eralp Hatipoglu

Co-founder, CityPay.io

Eric Bartha

Head of Investment Management, Seedblink

Erik Barna

CEO and Founder, LIFE IS HARD SA

Erik Evrard

Partner Director EMEA and APAC, Platform.sh

Evelina Necula

Co-Founder, kinderpedia.co

Ewa Geresz

Managing Director, Founder Institute Poland

Ewelina Winska

Managing Director, Girls In Tech Poland

Ferdinand Mühlhäuser

Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Germany

Florian Zgunea

CEO, Remantec AG

Florin Cioaca

Co-Founder & CEO, Traderion

Florin Grosu

Co -founder, Traderion

Frane Sesnic

CEO, Zagreb Innovation Centre

Frédéric Delamare

CEO, Park4night

Frederik Bohn

Manager Venture Development, CreativeDock

Gabriel Paunescu

CEO, Naologic

Gabriel Paunescu

CEO, Naologic

Gabriel Barcaru

Managing Partner, BRIDCON Business and Management Consulting

Gabriel Meliva

Co-Founder & CEO, Cactus Verify

Gabriela Milcev

Partner, MILCEV BURBEA Intellectual Property & Law Office

Gabriel Alin Zainescu

Founder & CEO, Zainescu Consulting

Galia Jordanova

CEO, Gaida.ai

Galina Markova

Angel Investor, Angel Investor

George Brashnarov

General Manager, Nemetschek OOD Bulgaria

George Dita

Founder, WiseUp

George Petrov

Founder, Trevor Labs ltd.

George Sidjimkov

General Partner , Sofia Angels Ventures

George Cretu

ALECHMIST, AXIOBIT LIMITED

George Oprea

FI Mentor

George Laliashvili

Co-founder & CEO, Stack

George Shamugia

Managing Director, Singular

George Basiladze

Co-founder & CEO, Wert

George Rimpeff

CEO, Prudentia Sarl

Georgi Malchev

Managing Partner, XploraBG

Georgi Milenchev

CEO, Fonio

Georgi Ivanov

Founder & CEO, Noble Hire

Georgi Kadrev

Co-Founder & CEO, Imagga & Kelvin Health

Georgi Koreli

Co-founder, Novelty

Georgy Kostava

FI Mentor

Gergana Stoitchkova

Investment Associate, Eleven Ventures

Ghada Othman

Global Executive, Loyal VC

Giga Kerkadze

Former General Manager, Glovo

Giorgi Kintsurashvili

Head of Strategic Department, Innovation and Technology Agency

Giorgi Tsurtsumia

Co-founder & Co-CEO, PAYZE

Giorgi Kintsurashvili

Head of Digital Banking Ecosystem Unit, Bank of Georgia

Giorgi Mirzikashvili

Co-founder, Optio.Ai

Giorgi Jvaridze

Co-founder & Director of Engineering, MaxinAI

Giorgi Otiashvili

Co-Founder & Product Development Director, Lemondo

Giorgi Chugoshvili

Co-founder, Phubber

Givi Beridze

CEO & Co-Founder, Edison

Gold Hood

Founder, Ads4Earth

Grażyna Polkowska

CEO, ACROSS THE GLOBE SP. Z O.O.

Gregoire Vigroux

Co-Founder & Vice-President, TELUS International

Grzegorz Maciaszek

Innovation Manager, Space Bridge Sp. z o.o.

Grzegorz Koguciuk

Senior Associate, SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Guri Koiava

Co-Founder, Axel - Georgian Business Angel Network

Hayk Asriyants

Co-founder, Axel - Georgian Business Angel Network

Hristo Hristov

CEO, Darik

Hristo Chernev

Founder and CEO, TaxiMe

Hristo Neychev

Founder & CEO, Tryad Games

Hristo Tenchev

Co-Founder, Softuni

Hristomir Hristov

CEO, Prikazkite.bg

Idowu Akinde

Founder, Impact Hub Lagos

Idowu Akinde

Managing Director, Impact Hub Lagos

Idris Revert

FI Mentor

Ihar Mahaniok

Managing Partner, Geek Ventures

Illia Kolomoiskyi

Founder, Boatscribe

Inga Driksne

Operations Lead & Advisor, Early stage SaaS startups

Ioan Cocan

Managing Partner, Tremend

Ioan Iacob

Founder & CEO, FLOWX.AI

Ionut Tata

President, Cluster for Innovation and Technology

Ionut Patrahau

Managing Partner, Corporate Development, SeedBlink

Irakli Vekua

Angel Investor, Axel - Georgian Business Angel Network

Irena Teneva

CEO, Space Pro Ltd.

Irina Obushtarova

Co-founder & CEO, The Recursive

Irina Lastovjak

Marketing Expert with multiple Awards 🏆 I connect technology providers with business | Industry 4.0 | Woman in eCommerce '23 📈 Woman of The Future '23 🕊️ The Best Startup Marketer 💡 Business Tigers Diamond Winner, I work for several technology companies

Iskren Mitev

Co-Founder & Wizard of Light-bulb moments, Co-Founder, ESCREO

Iskren Krusteff

FI Mentor

Iulian Circiumaru

FI Mentor

Ivan Bjelajac

CEO, MVP Workshop

Ivan Dzheferov

Community Manager & GM for Bulgaria, Vereign AG

Ivan Ivanka

General Partner, i1x

Ivan Germanov

Regional Success Manager, Founder Institute

Ivan Ivanka

CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital

Ivan Draganov

Senior Innovation Analyst, Dealroom.co

Ivan Osmak

CEO & Co-Founder, Quantive (formerly Gtmhub)

Ivan Guberkov

VP & GM, Hybrid Work Division, OfficeRnD | Flex & Hybrid Work Software

Ivan Germanov

RSM, Founder Institute HQ

Ivaylo Slavov

CEO, Bulpros

Ivaylo Hristov

Founder, DEV.BG

Ivaylo Simov

Founder, Eleven Ventures

Ivaylo Ivanov

Director, Founder Institute Eastern Europe

Ivelin Ivanov

Mentor, FI

Ivo Vasilev

Founder and CEO, Reloyalty

Ivo Radulovski

Partner, Tech Family Ventures

Jacek Koman

Proxy, Stepstone Services

Jacek Turkowski

Marketing & Sales Director , Protektel

Jaco Fok

Founder, equalifai.com

Jacob Barhak

Sole Proprietor, Software Developer, and Computational Disease Modeler, Jacob Barhak Analytics

Jakub Kubalski

Partner | Interactive Entertainment, IP/TMT at SSW , SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Jamal Maxey

FI Mentor

James Song

Co-Founder, HOTPOT NETWORK

Jan Van Der Saar

Head of Innovation Lab , Bank Pekao S.A.

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Janet Todorova

Head of Expansion, Founder Institute

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Jarek Dudko

Mentor, IndustryLab Akcelerator Innowacji Przemysłowych

Jarosław Kołcun

CEO, A+V

Jascha Willimek

Managing Partner, neusta group

Jeroen Bertrams

FI Mentor

Jeroen Maudens

Partner, ONEtoONE Corporate Finance

Jino Dollini

CEO, Terminal Co-working Space

Jivko Ivanov

Managing Partner, Simbula Ltd.

Joel Walker

Chief Operations Officer, THE KNOWLEDGE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

Josephine Hus

FI Mentor

Juliusz Modelski

CEO, WNĘTRZA3D

Kacper Reutt

Engineering Manager, Tink

Kamen Bankovski

Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Kamila Stępniowska

Owner, Ginger Tech

Kamila Wincenciak

Head of FinTech Partnerships, Alior Bank

Karolina Mikołajczak

Chief Education Officer, ITFF Institute

Karolina Wilk Tryjanowska

Director | Investor Network, Founder Institute Poland

Karolina Tądel

Digital Health Innovation Manager, Novartis Poland

Katarzyna Szczudlik

Partner at SSW Pragmatic Solutions| Data, privacy & TMT | attorney at law, SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Katarzyna Solarz

VC I M&A I Corporate Partner, SSW Pragmatic Solution

Keti Kavtaradze

CEO, Kedari Ventures

Keti Meparishvili

Regional Manager of Asia, TWINO

Koba Kurdadze

Founder & CEO, Unipay

Konrad Latkowski

FI Mentor

Konrad Ozdowy

FI Mentor

Konstantinos Vassakis

Co-founder, Bizrupt

Konstantinos Karvounakis

Principal, Metavallon VC

Kostas Karolemeas

Founder, CEO, Allcancode

Krasimir Nikolov

CEO & Co-founder, Quark VR

Krasimir Kehayov

Investment Manager, DYNAX Invest

Kristijan Mileski

Program Director, Business Impact Lab

Krzysztof Kowalewski

President, MovieBeats S.C. & Advertise Sp. z o.o.

Lars Wiechen

Partner in Charge, Deloitte

Lasha Antadze

Founder, Shelf Network

Laura Bloomer

Founder, Backed Technologies / Redaim

Laurent Uhres

Partner and VP, Webellian

Laurentiu Balasa

Founder, Founder at BookVitals

Lena Marcinoska

Associate, Wardyński&Partners

Lenard Adanov

CEO, Adan Media Ltd.

Leo Mart

Founder, Sunrise VR Studio

Leona Aslanova

Founder and CEO, Innovation Starter Box

Liviu Dragan

Founder, DRUID

Luca Stirbat

Founder, Creative Motion

Lucas Jacquet

Chief of Staff, Umiami

Lucas Stapf

Business Development Manager, Start Smart CEE

Lucia Cerchlan

Co-Founder, Lumus Investment

Luiza Nowacka

FI Mentor

Luka Ivicevic

CEO, Index Health

Lukasz Polikowski

CEO at człowiekabsurdalny, CzłowiekAbsurdalny

Lukasz Owczarek

Head of Growth, MIT Enterprise Forum CEE

Łukasz Smolarski

Innovation & Co-creation Manager, Ikea

Łukasz Wiśniewski

FI Mentor

Lyubomir Yanchev

Founder and CEO, MClimate

Maciej Majewski

CEO, Accelpoint

Maciej Markowski

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, SpaceOs

Maciej Niezgoda

Associate at SSW Pragmatic Solutions, SSW Pragmatic Solutions

Maciej Zawadzinski

General Partner, Hard2beat

Maciek Sadowski

Cofounder, Startup Hub Poland

Magdalena Jabłońska

CEO, MIT Enterprise Forum CEE

Magdalena Olczak - Nowicka

Board Observer, eologix sensor technology

Magdalena Kulczycka

Managing Director, Central European BioForum

Maher Santarissy

Managing Director, moment

Maka Natadze

Fintech, Uber

Makho Kituashvili

Co-founder & CEO, OMOFOX

Maks Stempniewicz

Partner Poland, Startup Wise Guys

Maksym Moneta

CEO and Founder, Startupers Online

Malin Iulian Stefanescu

Vice President, TechAngels

Mara Rada

CEO & Chief of Strategy, Feral (thinkferal.com)

Marcel Dridje

Member of the Supervisory Board, Sophia Business Angels

Marcin Kurek

Founder & Partner, Protos Venture Capital

Marcin Koziorowski

CEO, EcoBean

Maria Mihes

Storyteller, FI EE Director, UiPath alumni

Maria Kobryń

CEO, BlueShell Legal

Mariam Sharangia

Head of Strategic Development Department, Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA)

Mariam Gagua

Product Manager, Klarna

Marian Ignev

CEO, TeachableHub

Marian Dinu

Managing Partner, DLA Piper Dinu

Mariano Doncel M.

Business Accelerator Leader and Professor of EAN University , Universidad EAN

Mario Rojas

-, Octopus Ventures

Mariola Bitner

Director, Founder Institute Poland

Marius Ursache

CEO & Co-founder, MetaBeta

Marius Dosinescu

CEO, AYSA.ai

Marius Deak

CEO, AVANDOR & Green Pixel

Marius Dosinescu

Founder, AYSA.ai

Marius Costin

CEO, PayU

Mariusz Mielczarek

Head of Public Policy & Government Affairs CEE at Amazon, Amazon

Mark Rogers

CEO, Futurist Labs

Marta Machalska

Chairman of the Board, iPro Sp. z o.o.

Marta Subko

CEO, Subko&co

Marvin Liao

Partner, GAMEGROOVE Capital & Diaspora Ventures

Matei Dumitrescu

Startup Advisor , VP @ TechAngels

Mateusz Kozlowski

President, Venture Capital Development

Mateusz Stasiak

CEO, Trainers.org & ITFF

Mateusz Zawistowski

FI Mentor

Matiullah Rahmaty

Founder/President , BrightPoint Consulting Services

Matteo Ressa

Founder & CEO, ChefPassport

Mattia Raffaelli

CEO & Co-Founder, RoomMate

Max Gurvits

Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Maya Zlatanova

Co-Founder & CEO, FindMeCure

Mester Catalin

Founder, Bookups & I Love Failure

Michael Y. Gordon

ICF Coach ✪ Customer Success ✪ fCOO ✪ Project & Delivery Management | Business Analysis, Curious People Company

Michal Sukiennik

CEO, Personit

Michał Paschalis

Vice President, K2 Internet SA

Mihai Sfintescu

Managing Director, Abilito Capital

Mihai Darzan

Founder, RINGHEL

Mihai Rotaru

FOUNDER, CLEVER TAXI

Mihai Stefanescu

Senior Advisor at Innovation Norway, innovasjonnorge.no

Mihail Dimitrov

CEO, Swipe

Mika Wojtczak

Founder/CEO, Just Click - Social

Mika Wojtczak

Founder/CEO, Just Click

Mike Suprovici

Head of Acceleration, VC Lab

Mila Petrova

FI Mentor

Milen Ivanov

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

Milena Kraeva

Founder & CEO, Nexus Impact Ventures

Mircea Vadan

Founder, Cluj Startups, MVP Academy

Mircea Capatina

Founder, smartbill.ro

Mirella Yordanova

Network & Community Manager, Seedcamp

Miroslav Nedyalkov

Co-founder & CTO, OfficeR&D

Miroslav Miroslavov

Co-Founder and CEO, OfficeRnD

Miroslav Nedyalkov

Software Architect & Co-founder, OfficeRnD

Misa Nikolic

CEO, Resonator – Creative Tech Hub

Monica Georgieff

CMO, School Space

Monika Borowiecka

Managing Partner , Tangent Line Ventures Capital

Moritz Spangenberg

CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn

Myrto Papathanou

Partner, Metavallon VC

Nadia KANOUN

CEO, Senior Adviser, Trainer & Coach, IHSCEN for Startups

Naimul Abd

CEO, Connect Öst

Nancy Brito

Partner - Investor, Ground Capital

Natalya Bagrova

Co-Founder, Art Director, Brand Strategist , Suva Inc.

Natanail Stefanov

FI Mentor

Nathan Evans

Director, Founder Institute

Nato Chakvetadze

FI Mentor

Nick Saunders

Chairman, Golden Media OOD

Nick Todorov

Founder & CEO, LimeChain

Nicolas Boitout

Co-Founder, Beyond Business School

Nika Koreli

Co-founder & CTO, Hinkal Protocol

Nikita Kharchenko

Startup Business Development Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Nikolai Nedelchev

CEO, Publicis Groupe Bulgaria

Nikolas Samios

Managing Partner, PropTech1 Ventures

Nikolay Yarmov

Founder and CEO, CEED

Nina Tumanishvili

Founding Member, Odin

Nina Nikolikj

SwissEP Program Officer, Swisscontact

Nino Macharashvili

Co-founder & CEO, ForSet

Nino Jolia

Head of Legal Advisory Department, Grant Thornton Georgia

Nodar Daneliya

Co-Founder & CEO, shuttle

Nodo Ivanidze

Co-founder & CEO, WiFisher

Oana Petrescu

CEO, Blueair

Olena Bochulia

Co-Founder, Severus

Olivia Marcu-Iordanescu

Founder, Chief Legal Strategist, https://spotlegal.io

Orkun Ozbatur

Director & Founder, FI Benelux & Concio

Oskar Kiwic

Head of Innovation @ OHG, Physician, Inventor & Entrepreneur

Ovi Negrean

Chief Executive Bee, SocialBee.io

Ozana Giusca

CEO & Founder, BeYou.BeFree

Paata Shurghaia

Deputy Managing Partner, Grant Thornton Georgia

Paloma Lecheta

LatAm Regional Director, Founder institute founder institute

Panayiotis Ketikidis

Chairperson, South East European Research Center (SEERC)

Patrick O'Connor-Read

AI || Blockchain || Product, Architect & CTO

Paul Kikano

Head of Product, B2B Marketplace Europe, Amazon

Pavel Kaminsky

Founder & CEO, 7Security GmbH

Pavlina Dzhartova

COO, HyperAspect

Pavlina Yanakieva

FI Mentor

Pawel Bochniarz

FI Mentor

Pawel Lopatka

FI Mentor

Paweł Sieczkiewicz

Co-Founder, Telemedi.co

Paweł Petryna

Vice president , MovieBeats S.C. & Advertise Sp. z o.o.

Paweł Michalski

Managing Partner, Cobin Angels

Paweł Przybyszewski

FI Mentor

Pedro Vieira

Director of Operations, Startup Programs - EMEA, 500 Global

Pedro Conceição

Director of Growth, Kencko

Petar Zaharinov

CTO, DiFOLD

Petar Tsachev

Investor, Launchub Ventures

Petar Petrov

Chief AI Officer, Eleven Ventures

Peter Barta

CEO, FPP

Peter Lozanov

Co-founder and CEO, BattlePass Studio

Peter E. Braun

CEO, Phenogy

Petko Karamotchev

FI Mentor

Petya Angelova

Strategic Sourcing Lead, EnduroSat

Philip Grother

CEO & Founder, Stepping-Stone / Test my App

Philip Choban

FI Mentor

Piotr Boulangé

Director, Founder Institute Poland

Piotr Semla

CEO, Space Wizard

Piotr Augustyn

Board Member/Owner, Rise.pl

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Radoslav Nikolov

Managing Director, SAP Labs Bulgaria

Radoslav Stankov

Head of engineering, Product Hunt

Radostina Tsenova

Lead Manager of Tech Tour Investors Club, Tech Tour

Radoy Stoyanov

FSI Leader, DIGITALL

Radu Savopol

CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL MANAGER, 5-To-Go

Radu Ionicioiu

National Quantum Coordinator, Romanian Quantum Network

Radu Ticiu

Co-Founder, Growceanu Angel Investment

Radu Balaceanu

Co FOunder, LifeBox

Radu Sebastian Amarie

CTO, Findie.me

Rali Ivanova

Head of Venture Studio, Appolica

Razvan Dinu

Founder, RoboSelf

Razvan Tapu

Chief Digital Officer, Stefanini

Regine Harr

Investor , Regine Investements

Remi Saint-Jean

Founder, delighting.io

Ricardo Monagas

CTO, TotalCtrl

Rina Onur

General Partner, 500 Istanbul

Rita Vilas Boas

Investor & Advisor, Ground Capital

Robert Ługowski

CEO, Cobin Angels

Robert Wijers

Founding Partner, Value & PurposeValue

Robin Teurlings

Founder / CEO, The Startup Buddy

Rodrig Naska

Founder, Revido

Roland Van Kralingen

Founder, Marketing Fund

Romain Rebour

CEO, Glokal

Roman Gujabidze

FI Mentor

Roman Sharapov

Mr., xRobotics inc.

Ross Knap

FI Mentor

Ruben Seoane

CEO, Damocles Analytics

Rudradeb Mitra

Serial Entrepreneur, Omdena Inc.

Rumen Iliev

Partner, LAUNCHub

Ruslan Bocancea

Owner, Bocancea Law Group

Ruslan Leteyski

Founder & CEO, Vanga AI

Russell Brand

CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited

Rusudan Chachanidze

Head of Media Lab, Media Academy

Ruxandra Ion

CEO, Ventivo Group

Ryan Riegg

Senior Associate, Adams Corporate Law, Inc

Salim Virani

Founder, Source Institute

Sam Olawale

Founder, DGL

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Sasha Bezuhanova

Founder and Chairperson, MoveBG

Serban Alexandrescu

CEO, Headvertising

Sergiu Petre

Senior PR Consultant, Graffiti Public Relations

Sergiu Gîdei

Founder, Boanță, Gîdei și Asociații

Sergiu Maier

Founder, Plaeto

Shahar Hillel

Software Solutions Specialist, Innovation-Hill

Shalva Bukia

Co-founder & Product Director, Spribe

Shota Giorgobiani

Co-founder & CEO, Optio.Ai

Silvia Axinescu

Managing Associate, Reff & Associates SCA

Silyana Bojilova

FI Mentor

Simon Stanisz

Co-Founder, The NorthStar Consulting Group

Simona Bali

Head of Investor Program, GoingVC

Simona Irmova

Eastern Europe Program Manager & HQ Operations Associate, Founder Institute

Sinisha Djukic

General Manager, Bosch Digital Bulgaria

Sławek Karasiński

Partner, F&K Attorneys at Law LL.P

Sopo Chkoidze

VP, Operations, Impel

Sorina Conea

Co-Founder, EduMagic

Soumaya Ben Beya Dridje

Associate, imVentures

Stanislav Sirakov

Partner, LAUNCHub

Stefan Jørgensen

CEO, itembase.com

Stefan Vladimirov

Creative Director, monolig.

Stefano Glauser

Founder, Startup Jam

Stephane Gantchev

Co-Founder, Mobile Monday Sofia

Stéphane Ambrosini

European & Chartered Patent Attorney, Marks and Clerk

Stephanie Claudel

Digital Marketing Strategist, Founder Institute Berlin

Stoyan Nedin

Venture Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Svetla Simidchieva

Founder and CEO, Placement Feed

Svetlin Nakov

Co-founder, Software University Ltd.

Svetoslava Georgieva

Founder, Talent Hub

Svetozar Georgiev

Co-Founder, Telerik, Telerik Academy, Campus X

Tamta Gvelesiani

General Director, Spark

Tasha Tolmacheva

Co-Founder/Community Director, PropTech Finland

Tatjana Kalezic

Founder, Serbia Start Up

Tatyana Mitkova

Co-Founder and CEO, ClaimCompass

Teodor Panayotov

CEO, CourseDot

Tessa Mclver

FI Mentor

Thibaut Taittinger

Founder & CEO, Puzl CowOrKing

Till Kaestner

Founder, Managing Director, BrightSide Holding UG

Tim Angus

CEO, Bell Lap Ventures Inc.

Timo Kugler

Co-Founder, NASH + BANKS

Timur Daudpota

Lifecycle Manager, Upland

Todor Kolev

Founder and CEO, Farstar

Tomasz Sieroń

CEO Poland, Frontkom

Tomasz Kolodziejak

FI Mentor

Tomasz Rudolf

Co-Founder, Doctor.One

Tornike Turiashvili

Managing Partner, Kraken

Torrey Smith

Co-Founder & CEO, Endiatx

Vadym Melnyk

CEO, Dronehub

Valentin Mihov

CTO, Santiment

Valentina Zaharia

Actor & Coach, The National Theater In Bucharest

Valerian Gegidze

Co-Founder & CEO, Team up

Vasile Tamas

CEO, Beez

Vassil Popovski

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

Veroniek Vermeulen

Founder, Silatha

Vestico LTD

Co-founder & CEO, Vestico

Victor Schiller

President, R Cubed Group

Viktor Bilyanski

Chief Technology Officer, ScaleFocus

Viktor Petrov

Co-Founder & COO, Crypto APIs

Viktor Minchev

VC Investor, Eleven Ventures

Viktor Minchev

VC Investor, Eleven Ventures

Vittoria Casanova

Investment Manager, The Index Project

Vlad Sarca

Partner, Sparking Capital

Vlad Tudorie

Founder, Fuse Press

Vladimir Sijakovic

Founder, Cvik & Partners

Vladimir Rusev

Regional Manager Eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel, Leanplum

Volen Vulkov

Co-Founder, Enhancv

Walid Barsali

CEO / Director , BallSquad / Founder Institue Poland

Weronika (Vera) Banas

Co-Founder, Solty

Wiktoria Wójcik

Co-Founder, inSTREAMLY

Xenia Muntean

Founder, Planable

Yannick Kok

Team Lead - Smart Office Advisor, Mapiq

Yasen Rusev

Co- Founder & CEO, Escreo

Yavor Gochev

Director, Rinker Center for Entrepreneurship

Zbigniew Barwicz

Managing Partner, Freya Capital

Zoya Todorova

Partner, Dimitrov, Petrov & Co. Law Firm

Zsofi Toth

Co-founder and Navigator, Puzl CowOrKing Budapest

Zurab Pertaia

Head of IT Learning Academy, TBC

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