Founder Institute Mentors

Switzerland 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 Switzerland program below.

Mentors

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Alain Nydegger

Founding Partner, 21Celsius Ventures

Alejandro Garcia

CEO & Founder , AI Retailer Systems

Aleksandar Bradic

Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe

Alessandro Tschabold

FI Mentor

Alexandra Pinto

Founder, hoursec

Andras Galffy

Founder, CEO & Head of Research, Turbulence Solutions

Andrei Podlesnyi

Investment Manager, Triple Impact Ventures

Andrew Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures

Anette Gärtner

Intellectual Property Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Anna C. Mallon

Senior Manager, Startups & Ecosystem Development, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Antoine Mallard

VP, Causality Link

Aron Braun

Founder / Co-Founder, Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH

Assen Plevneliev

Chief of Staff , Sigma Squared Society

Athanasios Ladopoulos

Founder & CEO , MemoryGarden

Benjamin Ruschin

Managing Partner, Big Cheese Ventures

Bogdan Krinitchko

CEO & Founder , BRU

Carl P-Conquilla

Director / Design Engineer, Torson Injex AG

Carolin Schneider

Founder & CEO, 4di2 GmbH

Charlotte Christensen

Executive Director, Fintocat

Christian Zeidler

Co-Founder and CEO, Adaptive

Christof Tremp

Founder and CEO, REBELS 0.0%

Christoph Sollich

Freelancer, The Pitch Doctor

Christopher Polligkeit

Investor, Plug and Play

Cihan Kadir

Co-Founder, VolaTec

Colin Wirz

CEO, Pyango GMBH

Daniel Puerta Diaz

Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up, Sunflower Labs

David Lunsford

FI Mentor

Diogo Saraiva de Ponte

CIO, STAG Fund Management

Dominique Dufour

CEO, Blue Wave Consulting

Don Samoil

Managing Partner, Trusted Scale

Dursunjemal Halimova

Business Coach and Workshop Facilitator, http://dursunhalimova.com/

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market

Eddie Laventman

Founder & CEO, Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk

Elena Walder Schiavone

Managing Partner, Übermorgen Ventures

Eleni Lialiamou

Founder, Kimolian Academy

Eliana Zamprogna

CEO and Founder, Yumame Foods

Elisa Chiarelli

CEO and Founder, Yoordi

Emil Virag

Founder, Foodanza, Inc.

Erika Darmstaedter

Co-Founder, Collective63

Erin Chen

Founder& CEO, Gilly, Inc.

Evelina Lundqvist

Sustainable business development and upskilling consultant, The Good Tribe

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Fabian De Vos

User Journey Manager, MoneyPark

Felix Kernbichler

Attorney at Law, Kernbichler Law

Ferdinand Dietrich

Co- Founder, Storebox

Fiorella Erni

CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA

Flavio Rump

Entrepreneur and Investor, Flavio Rump

Florent Empis

Technical Operating Partner, The Good Ones

Frank Mertens

Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH

Freddy Atangana

Founder & CEO, EKAMOU

Georg Schmidt Sailer

Founder & CEO, Trateco

German Ramirez

Co-founder & Chief Relevance Officer, THE RELEVANCE HOUSE AG

Guillaume Balas

Angel Investor | Mentor | Entrepreneur, 3scale / Meta Pool / The Inbound Labs / Tings

Hannah Wundsam

Managing Director, Austrian Startups

Henrietta Hearth

Investment Principal , Big Idea Ventures

Ifeoluwa Ogunbufunmi

FI Mentor

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Agent21

Ivo Ronner

VC & Advisor, Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.

Jacqueline Kressner

Co-lead, Founder Institute Vienna

Jakobus Schuster

CEO & Co-Founder, notarity

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Jay Marathe

MD, Bryan, Garnier & Co.

Jeffrey Paine

Founding Partner, Golden Gate Ventures, Singapore

Jeroen Maudens

Partner, ONEtoONE Corporate Finance

Jerome Mutschler

CEO and Co-founder , Demetrics

Jiaran Wang

CEO, Artciety

Jill Allemang

Founder and Managing Director, jallé

Jimmy Jaspers

Founder, CEO, Vincitori Technologies

Joel Walker

Co Founder & MD Platform Services , THE KNOWLEDGE GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

Johannes Blaschke

Principal, Calm/Storm

Julia Devecchi

CEO/Founder, naanu Foods AG

Julia Eisner

Researcher & Lecturer, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt

Julien Lepetit

Director Europe, The Business of Trust

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah

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

Kamran Houshang Pour

Patent Expert , Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Kasia Sadowska

Co-Founder and CEO, Kimolian Innovations

Katy Wirz

FI Mentor

Laurentiu Christian Nat

Co-Founder, Easyplan Hospitality

Lea Von Bidder

Co-Founder and CEO, Ava Science

Léa Miggiano

CMO and Co-Founder, Carvolution

Lilla Peczely

co-director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Liran Akavia

Serial entrepreneur (2 exits) | Executive Chairman | , CallMarker / Seebo / Sogomatic / Intelichain

Lisa Pallweber

Managing Partner, Hans(wo)men Group

Lubomila Jordanova

CEO, Plan A

Magdalena Tarasinska

Investor, SICTIC

Majbritt Byskov Bridges

COO and Co-Founder, Alver World SA

Malgorzata Goraczek

Funding Coach, Funding Coach Malgorzata Goraczek e.U.

Manuel Rinaldi

Program Director , Starta VC

Marcus Kuhn

Co-Founder, Viable Labs

Marita Price

Founder & Director, Hello

Mark Leinemann

Founder & President, Crowdfoods.com - the 1st AgriFood/-Tech Startup Association in DACHLI

Martin Frühwirt

FI Mentor

Martin Habfast

FI Mentor

Martina Frick

Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M., Eversheds Sutherland

Martina Vitezova

Managing Director, NextPlay

Matthias Käch

Senior IP Trainer, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Max Itskovich

CEO and Founder, Mobindustry

Michael Striligás

Founder, Vertliner

Michael Mosimann

Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.

Michael Dudli

CEO and Founder, Xelon

Michael Schneider

Founder, Seedraisr

Michaela Stephen

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MATR

Michelle Tschumi

Head Start-up Finance, Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Mohammad Hossein Tavangar

Director , Founder Institute Germany

Moritz Lechner

Founder & CEO, New Fluence

Natasha Drapeau

Partner, Strategic Projects, Equinoxe Investments SA

Nathan Evans

Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor , Stealth Fintech Startup

Nicolas Egger

COO, Poinz

Nicolas Benady

CEO, SWAN

Niklas Benesch

Principal, ROI Ventures

Olena Bochulia

Co-Founder, Severus

Orkun Ozbatur

Director & Founder, FI Benelux & Amazon

Pascal Koenig

Co-Founder | Member of the Board, AVA Women

Patricia Kastner

Angel Investor, Strategic Advisor

Peiman Zamani

CEO, 4u-ventures

Philippe Küng

Executive Board Member, resilient

Pouria Kay

Founding Partner, Atlan

Réginald Bien Aimé

Founder & Managing Director, Veelab

Reinhard Harter

ex-VP, SAP

Remi Saint-Jean

Founder, delighting.io

Rene Lehmann

Co-Founder, Kanbii Solutions AG

Ricardo Perez Font

Head of Marketing, BOBST

Rolf Van De Velde

FI Mentor

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Sandro Kunz

Co-Founder & CEO, Pingen

Sara Bentsen

COO and Co-Founder, Scale to Global

Sebastian Haid

Founder, HeadwAI GmbH

Sharon Tal

Author & Facilitator, Where to Play

Simon Dössegger

former CEO, modum

Stanish Gunasekaran

Investor, 4P Capital

Stavros Pavlidis

Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group

Stephan Kreiger

Director, FI Vienna

Steven Desmyter

President, Man Group

Suzanne Van der Maarel

Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program, Kickstart Innovation

Thomas Ackermann

Co-Director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Thomas Helbling

Co-CEO, CARU AG

Thomas Walbert

Ecosystem Leader, DEEP Ecosystems

Timo Hahn

Chief Venture Officer, Sparrow Ventures

Verena Judmayer

CEO , MATR

Veroniek Vermeulen

Founder, Silatha

Viktoria Zimm

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

Viktoria Tollinger

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

Vincent Irrling

Co-Founder | CEO, KAPSLY

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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