Founder Institute Mentors

Karachi - Pakistan 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 Pakistan program below.

Mentors

Abbas Bilgrami

Campaign Program Manager, Untited States Institute of Peace

Adeel Javaid

Founder/CEO, CelebConnect Inc.

Adeel Shaffi

Co-Founder and VP Engineering, Price Oye

Adi Abdurab

Director Digital Strategy / Co-Founder, Digitacker.com | Intesaab Podcast | Nadeeday Food Blog

Adnan Faisal

Founder , ScaleX

Adnan Faisal

serial entrepreneur, Startup coach and Mentor

Adnan Afaq

Managing Director, Pakistan Credit Rating Agency

Ahmad Hassan

CEO/ Founder, CodeGini pvt Ltd.

Ahmed Ayub

Co-Founder, Airlift

Ahmed Uzair

Partner, AUC | LAW

Ahmed Sajjad Zaidi

Founder & CEO, Iris Red

Ahsan Maykan

Senior Consultant, Telenor

Ahsan Tahir

CEO, www.walee.pk

Ahsen Mirza

Project Director, Business Incubation Center, International Islamic University

Aijaz Ather

Founder, The Right Careers

Ali Hasnain

CEO, DealsMash

Ali Mukhtar

CEO, Fatima Ventures

Ali Qasim

Innovation Lead, Business Incubation Center, Bahria University Islamabad

Ali Dossa

Founder and C.E.O , TSF

Ali Mohammad Sohani

Ali Mohammad Sohani, Optimizia Inc.

Ali Moeen

Co-Founder, ezBike

Altaf Qureshi

CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign

Anas Shaikh

COO, Peepu

Anaskha Afzaal

CEO, Solutions Brigade

Andeel Ali

Head of Planning and Development , National Incubation Center - Karachi

Arsalan Vardag

Partner, J. A. S. B. & Associates, Chartered Accountants

Asim Ghaffar

Co-founder, Easy Fresh Technologies

Athar Ahmad

CEO , SA Solutions (Pvt) Ltd

Atifa Asghar

FI Mentor

Ayesha Hamid

Chairperson/CEO, George Washington American School of International Academics

Azhar Basit

Founder, Zuhly Technologies

Bilal Mumtaz

Director, Apothecare Pvt Ltd

Bilal Qureshi

Market Engagement Manager , GSMA

Bilal Sheikh

Founder & CEO, Lettus Kitchens

Danish Naseer

Assistant Director, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram

CEO, Sehat Kahani

Ehtisham Rao

Director Digital, Telenor

Eram Abbasi

Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development

Fahad Tiwana

CEO, Wonderful Engineering

Fahad Qureshi

CEO, Spaceman Studios

Faheem Sardar

Managing Director, Tangent TA Consulting

Faisal Sherjan

Managing Partner, Sustainanl Advisoy LLP

Faisal Khan

Managing Partner, Khan & Muezzin

Faisal Khan

CEO/ Founder, Ovex Technologies Pvt Ltd

Faisal Aftab

FI Mentor

Faisal Satti

FI Mentor

Faizan Aslam

CEO, Bookme PVt Ltd

Faraz Maqsood Hamidi

Founder, The D'Hamidi Partnership

Farhat Bashir

Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies

Farrukh Maqbool

CEO, Discrete Logix Pvt Ltd

Farzal Dojki

Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation

Fasieh Mehta

Global Partnerships Director, Epic Games

Fathiya Bangash

Founder - Digital Marketing Agency , Digital Power 360

Fatima Mazhar

COO, COLABS

Fouad Bajwa

CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Dera Pvt Ltd. and Agriculture Republic Pakistan

Ghazanfar Azzam

CEO, Waseela Microfinance Bank

Ghazanfar Iqbal

Head of Business Development Startups AEM (Pakistan, Myanmar, Cambodia) + Malaysia, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Gulfam Baghoor

Director , BICON NUML

Habib Afzal

CEO/ Founder, T-Admen (pvt) Ltd.

Haider Raza

CEO, Evolution Partners

Hamza Iftikhar

COO, Deal Smash

Hamza Saeed Orakzai

CEO, Obortunity Consulting

Hanif Jang

FI Mentor

Haris Ali

Chief Executive Officer, Vertechx Technologies Private Limited

Haroon Javed Qureshi

Founder & CEO , East West Infinity

Hira Saeed

Founder, CaterpillHERs | Digital Doers

Huma Beg

Founder, Ministry of Change

Humaira Sajjad

FI Mentor

Humaira Sajjad

Program Lead , Incubation, National Science and Technology Park (NSTP)

Humaira Sajjad

Program Manager Incubation, NSTP, NUST

Humayun Mazhar

Founder & CEO , Crescent Ventures

Huzaif Khan

Mr., Durshal ( KPITB )

Imtiaz Rastgar

Chairman, Rastgar Group of Companies

Imtiaz Khalid

CEO, Multitek Marketing

Iqbal Mustafa Khan

CEO, Alachisoft

Ivan Ivanka

CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital

Jamal Khan

Managing Director , Stellar Consultancy

Jameel Hussain Qureshi

Managing Partner, G.N.Q. Advocates and Legal Consultants

Jaudat Shaikh

Director Software Engineering, LMKT

Javaid Iqbal

CEO, TransformX

Kalsoom Lakhani

Co-founder and General Partner , i2i Ventures

Kamran Khan

Program Manager, NIC Islamabad

Kamran Niazi

Economic Growth Specialist, USAID / Pakistan

Khizer Khan

Founder, BaKhabar Kissan

Khizer Ahmed Siddiqui

Founder, HukumJanab

Khurram Zafar

Director, 47 Ventures Ltd

M. Nash

CEO, Integry

Madiha Parvez

Manager Corporate Innovation, Telenor

Manzil Manqsood

FI Mentor

Meenah Tariq

Partner, Karavan

Mehkar Sheikh

CEO, Venture Cup Sweden

M Ghayas Ahmedani

CEO, Zaaviaa Solutions

Mobeen Ahmed

VP , Dastgyr

Mohammad Mansoor

Founder & CEO, Touch'd

Moin Uddin

Corporate Director , Tourism Promotion Services (Pakistan) Limited

Monis Rahman

Chairman & CEO, Rozee.pk, Naseeb Networks

Moqeem Ul Haque

CSO, Ufone

M. Suleman Anwar

Founder & MD, AIQ Decisions LTD

Mubariz Siddiqui

Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar

Muhammad Khalid

Founder & CEO, Clicky.pk

Muhammad Mustafa

CEO, EasyFresh

Muhammed Bukhari

Mr, Farmdar

Munir Muhammad

CEO, Biz360

Murtaza Zaidi

CEO, CyberVision International

Nadeem Hussain

Founder & CEO , Tameer Microfinance Bank

Nadia KANOUN

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

Naeem Zamindar

Founder, Neem

Najiba Wajiha Mahboob

CEO, Toureela

Natalya Kamaal

Independent Legal Practitioner , NKLAW

Nauman Lakhani

Country Manager , Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan

Naureen Hyat

Founder & CEO, Tez Financial Services

Nazir Vaid

Founder & CEO , NexSource

Nida Jaffery

Co-Founder , Nashtaywalay

Obaidullah Khwaja

Head of Mobile Advertising , Telenor

Omar Abedin

Project Director, NIC Karachi

Omar Usman Uppal

CEO/ Founder, GharAsaan

Omer Jawed Ghani

CEO and Regional Director, Enclude

Owais Anjum

Founder & CEO, EMumba

Owais H. Shaikh

National ip Expert, WIPO

Owais Hassan Shaikh

National IP Expert , WIPO

Parvez Abbasi

Project Director, National Incubation Center, Islamabad

Pir Amad

Startup Mentor , Durshal KPITB

Puruesh Chaudhary

Founder, AGAHI

Quratulain Asif

CEO, Ain Consulting Private Ltd.

Rabii Malik

Founder , Notes on Pakistan

Raza Saeed

CEO, Confiz

Rozeena Saleha

Founder & CEO, Kalam4Solutions Pvt Ltd

Saad Hamid

Developer Community Manager, Google Austria

Saad Hamid

Community Manager Developer Relations , Google

Saira Qayyum

Founder & CEO , Dream Factory

Saira Qayyum

Founder & CEO , Dream Factory

Samar Hasan

Co Founder, Epiphany Games

Sami Uddin Ahmad

Director BI and Analytics, Telenor

Sarah Munir

CEO, Invest2Innovate (i2i)

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

Regional Director Pakistan, Founder Institute

Sehrish Raza

FI Mentor

Shahid Mahmud

Chairman & CEO, Interactive Group

Shahid Mir

CEO, Systems Research Private Limited

Shahid Rasool

CTO, PayNest

Shaikh Ayaz Ali

COO, Cooperative Computing

Shayan Sohail Sarwar

CEO, Confinality LLC

Sheeraz Ahmed

Director Enterprise Business, WiTribe Pakistan

Sheeraz Ahmed

Managing Director, Sharp Telecom

Shehryar Hydri

Managing Partner, Deosai Ventures

Shershah Hassan

Founder and CEO, KalPay

Sidra Jalil

Founder, Inspire Mill

Sleem Hasan

Founder & CEO, Privity FZ LLE

Sobia Maqbool

Head of Strategy, Pakistan Microfinance Investment Corporation

Sulaim Siddiqi

Partner, Metaii

Suruchi Singh

FI Mentor

Syed Naseh

CEO, Diya Interactive

Syed Azfar Hussain

Program Manager , National Incubation Centre Karachi

Syed Iqbal Raza

Founder & CEO , Raza Works

Syed Shahzad Sherazi

Founder & COO, Clicky.pk

Talaal Burny

Manager Ecosystem Affairs (& External Relations), Careem Pakistan

Talha Bin Shuja

Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International

Umair Sheikh

Founder & CEO, Arazi Ventures

Umer Azmat

FI Mentor

Umer Adnan

CEO, Cowlar

Usama Abid

Founder & CEO, Invent Hub

Usman Butt

Founder & CEO, RepairDesk

Usman Arshad Khan

Chief Growth Officer, Checkmate Consultancy

Wahaj Siraj

CEO, Nayatel

Wajiha Ghazal

Founder, Affordable.pk

Yahya Bajwa

Lead Analyst, World Bank Group

Yaser Awan

Director, Mindstorm Studios

Yasir Ahmed

IOT/Cleantech Lead, IGNITE National Technology fund

Yasser Qayum

Lead - People, Processes and Systems & Workforce planning, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yusuf Jan

CEO, MixIt

Yusuf Hussain

COO, Habib Bank Ltd

Zain Farooq

Founder & CEO, MyTM

Zartaj Ahmed

CEO & CoFounder, Pi Space Science Education Centre

Zeeshan Aftab

Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd

Zeeshan Rajwani

Founder & CEO, Garage Sale (Private) Limited

Zia Imran

Founder & CEO , Jul Bujh

Zibber Mohiuddin

CEO, PANASIAN GROUP

Zulfiqar Qazilbash

Senior Executive/Consultant/Entrepreneur, Islamabad Consulting

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