Founder Institute Mentores

Angola 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 Angola program below.

Mentores

Adalberto Cawaia

Sócio Administrador, CVM - Sociedade de Advogados RL

Adilson Vieira

Senior Program Manager and Startup Analyst, Heleno

Airton Lucas

Co-Founder & Investor, Kamba - Sua carteira digital

Ana Quintas

Founder & CEO, AngoWaste

Andersia Ferreira

Project Manager | Strategic Consultant, Independent

Armando Mualumene

Founder and Project Developer & Team Leader, The iDEASLab

Armando Teixeira

Southern Africa Investment Manager, Talisman Holding & Investment Funds

Aronildo Neto

CIO , Standard Bank Angola

Claudia Viana

Head Consumer and High Net Worth Clients, Standard Bank Angola

Claudio Lima

Founder & Managing Director, Farmácias de Coimbra, Lda

Claudio C Silva

Founder, Managing Partner, LNL, Lda.

Daniela Simão

Audit Committee Member, BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA

Darwin Da Costa

Senior Business Development , DE-CIX (SEurope, Africa & LATAM)

David Cascais Gonçalves

Analista de Negócios , David M.C.Gonçalves(SU) Consultora

Decio Silva

Founder & CEO, NARISREC, Lda

Dimonekene Ditutala

Founder & Partner, Renascença Digital, Lda

Diogo Saraiva de Ponte

CIO, STAG Fund Management

Edmar Lopes

CEO, Data Cloud - Contabilidade Digital, Lda

Eduardo Sebastiao

Product Manager, Opto Investments

Eduardo Clemente

Executive Board Member, Standard Bank Angola

Eduardo Nogueira

CEO , Cyklone Aceleradora

Elcio Morelli

Founder, Health Angels Br

Erica Tavares

Co-founder & Counselor, EcoAngola

Eva Rosa Santos

Founder, Liderança Feminina em Angola

Fatima Almeida

CEO, BayQi

Fátima Sobral Fernandes

Founder , Transcenderte Desenvolvimento Humano e Organizacional

Filipa Oliveira

Senior Partner - Managing Director, MIRA-Market Research Angola

Gilchrist Adolfo

CEO, Dígitos & Números Lda

Gualter César

CEO, GVA Profile

Haymee I. Perez Cogle

Managing Director, Founder Institute Luanda

Henriques Ngolome

Líder , Centro de Inovação Social e Incubação da Universidade Católica de Angola

Horácio Pedro

Project & Product developer, Ahoura - Consultoria & Software

Igor Chaves

Business Development Manager, Portão Agencia Criativa & IP

Inene Dos Santos

Business Consultant and Mentor, Ndalauso

Itweva Nogueira

Founding Partner, IN - Sociedade de Advogados, R.L

JOAO INACIO

CTO Chief Technical Office, GEM-TELCO LIMITED

João Pedro Rodrigues

Managing & Commercial Director, Novagrolider

Jocelino Malulo

Lawyer, Legis Veritas & Associados

Jofre Karymba

General Manager, KAINVEST - Karymba Investimentos, Lda

Jose Silva

CEO, Multipla

Jose Ricardo Muñoz

CEO, Usina de Startup Chile

Juceline Paquete

Deputy Director, Comissão do Mercado de Capitais (CMC)

Juelson Bartolomeu

Innovation & Ecosystems Lead, Standard Bank Angola

Katie Mapondera

Founder and Managing Partner, Q L and D LLC

Kenneth Hogrefe

CEO and Founder, Tech Africa Pte. Ltd.

Leonardo Neto

CEO, Usina de Startup

Leonardo Brasil

CEO & Co-founder, StartupHero

Lilhan Barbosa

Lecturer & Researcher, ISPTEC

Lisa Videira

President, AASED-Association of Startups and Digital Entrepreneurship

Lourdes Caposso Fernandes

CEO , LCF -Legal Counsel Firm

Lucia Fernandes Stanislas

Social Entrepreneur, Mwika Social Innovation Hub

Manuel Pinto de Andrade

Founder & CEO, Business Developer

Marco Romero

Carbon Credits Department Coordinator, Otchiva_Mangais_Angola

Marco Paulo Carlos

Reservoir Geologist, Total Energies

Maria Imaculada Cardoso

IP expert, Instituto Angolano de Propriedade Industrial (IAPI)

Maria Nakuayela Capapelo

Mentora de Negócios , Instituto de Gestão de Pessoas - MRG/IGP

Marlene José

Founder & CEO, FoodCare Lda

Matias Perazoli

Revenue and Growth Director, ETIC - Soluções & Tecnologias

Mauricio Cardoso

Corporate Venture Manager, O POVO Communication Group

Morato Custodio

Managing Partner, LPE

Nadia Catraio

Manager, Katraio Services Lda

Paula Almeida

Sustainable Business Development, Independent Consultant

Paula Bartolomeu

Founder & CEO, Pitanga & Loengo Lda

Paulo Pizarro

Executive Director, Sonangol Sinopec International

Paulo Araújo

Co-founder, WiConnect Lda

Pedro José Mendes Simões

Desenvolvimento de Negócios Empreendedorismo e Inovação , Economista

Renata Pereira

Oil & Gas Executive, Angel Investor, Mentor, Founder Institute

Rui Oliveira

CEO at BFA Asset Management, Banco de Fomento de Angola

Rui Gouveia

CEO, Build Up Labs

Rui Alves

Invited Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal

Santiago Castillo

Founder & General manager, Clinica San Miguel ORTOCENTRO

Sérgio Ingles

Managing Partner, GP & Associados, Lda

Silvio Costa

Consultor Estratégico, Silco Company

Stephan Santos Silveira

Founder & CEO, PRO-VEST Lda

Suzana Da Rosa

Founder and CEO, CRHESCER Consultoria

Tiago Cardoso

Executive Director, Nguzu Project

Vanda Oliveira

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Bantu Makers

Vanusa Gomes

Co-Founder & Partner, Inconsulting Lda

Vilma Rossana Costa

CEO, Emptor, Lda

Vivaldo Zacarias

CEO, VD Zacarias, lda

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

Zedilson Almeida

CEO, Simpluz Tecnologias

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