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Founder Institute Mentors

Lahore - 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

Abbas Bilgrami

Campaign Program Manager, Untited States Institute of Peace
Adeel

Adeel Javaid

Founder/CEO, CelebConnect Inc.
Adeel

Adeel Shaffi

Co-Founder and VP Engineering, Price Oye
Adi

Adi Abdurab

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

Adnan Faisal

Founder , ScaleX
Adnan

Adnan Faisal

serial entrepreneur, Startup coach and Mentor
Adnan

Adnan Afaq

Managing Director, Pakistan Credit Rating Agency
Ahmad

Ahmad Hassan

CEO/ Founder, CodeGini pvt Ltd.
Ahmed

Ahmed Ayub

Co-Founder, Airlift
Ahmed

Ahmed Uzair

Partner, AUC | LAW
Ahmed Sajjad

Ahmed Sajjad Zaidi

Founder & CEO, Iris Red
Ahsan

Ahsan Maykan

Senior Consultant, Telenor
Ahsan

Ahsan Tahir

CEO, www.walee.pk
Ahsen

Ahsen Mirza

Project Director, Business Incubation Center, International Islamic University
Aijaz

Aijaz Ather

Founder, The Right Careers
Ali

Ali Hasnain

CEO, DealsMash
Ali

Ali Mukhtar

CEO, Fatima Ventures
Ali

Ali Qasim

Innovation Lead, Business Incubation Center, Bahria University Islamabad
Ali

Ali Dossa

Founder and C.E.O , TSF
Ali

Ali Mohammad Sohani

Ali Mohammad Sohani, Optimizia Inc.
Ali

Ali Moeen

Co-Founder, ezBike
Altaf

Altaf Qureshi

CEO, Co Founder and Barrister, Wukla and Paksign
Anas

Anas Shaikh

COO, Peepu
Anaskha

Anaskha Afzaal

CEO, Solutions Brigade
Andeel

Andeel Ali

Manager Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Development , National Incubation Center - Karachi
Arsalan

Arsalan Vardag

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

Asim Ghaffar

Co-founder, Easy Fresh Technologies
Athar

Athar Ahmad

CEO , SA Solutions (Pvt) Ltd
Atifa

Atifa Asghar

FI Mentor
Ayesha

Ayesha Hamid

Chairperson/CEO, George Washington American School of International Academics
Azhar

Azhar Basit

Founder, Zuhly Technologies
Bilal

Bilal Mumtaz

Director, Apothecare Pvt Ltd
Bilal

Bilal Qureshi

Market Engagement Manager , GSMA
Bilal

Bilal Sheikh

Founder & CEO, Lettus Kitchens
Danish

Danish Naseer

Assistant Director, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
Dr. Sara Saeed

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram

CEO, Sehat Kahani
Ehtisham

Ehtisham Rao

Director Digital, Telenor
Eram

Eram Abbasi

Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Development
Fahad

Fahad Tiwana

CEO, Wonderful Engineering
Fahad

Fahad Qureshi

CEO, Spaceman Studios
Faheem

Faheem Sardar

Managing Director, Tangent TA Consulting
Faisal

Faisal Sherjan

Managing Partner, Sustainanl Advisoy LLP
Faisal

Faisal Khan

Managing Partner, Khan & Muezzin
Faisal

Faisal Khan

CEO/ Founder, Ovex Technologies Pvt Ltd
Faisal

Faisal Aftab

FI Mentor
Faisal

Faisal Satti

FI Mentor
Faizan

Faizan Aslam

CEO, Bookme PVt Ltd
Faraz

Faraz Maqsood Hamidi

Founder, The D'Hamidi Partnership
Farhat

Farhat Bashir

Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies
Farrukh

Farrukh Maqbool

CEO, Discrete Logix Pvt Ltd
Farzal

Farzal Dojki

Founder & CEO, Next Generation Innovation
Fasieh

Fasieh Mehta

Program Manager, Quixel at Epic Games
Fathiya

Fathiya Bangash

Founder - Digital Marketing Agency , Digital Power 360
Fatima

Fatima Mazhar

COO, COLABS
Fouad

Fouad Bajwa

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

Ghazanfar Azzam

CEO, Waseela Microfinance Bank
Ghazanfar

Ghazanfar Iqbal

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

Gulfam Baghoor

Director , BICON NUML
Habib

Habib Afzal

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

Haider Raza

CEO, Evolution Partners
Hamza

Hamza Iftikhar

COO, Deal Smash
Hamza Saeed

Hamza Saeed Orakzai

CEO, Obortunity Consulting
Hanif

Hanif Jang

FI Mentor
Haris

Haris Ali

Chief Executive Officer, Vertechx Technologies Private Limited
Haroon Javed

Haroon Javed Qureshi

Founder & CEO , East West Infinity
Hira

Hira Saeed

Founder, CaterpillHERs | Digital Doers
Huma

Huma Beg

Founder, Ministry of Change
Humaira

Humaira Sajjad

FI Mentor
Humaira

Humaira Sajjad

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

Humaira Sajjad

Program Manager Incubation, NSTP, NUST
Humayun

Humayun Mazhar

Founder & CEO , Crescent Ventures
Huzaif

Huzaif Khan

Mr., Durshal ( KPITB )
Imtiaz

Imtiaz Rastgar

Chairman, Rastgar Group of Companies
Imtiaz

Imtiaz Khalid

CEO, Multitek Marketing
Iqbal Mustafa

Iqbal Mustafa Khan

CEO, Alachisoft
Ivan

Ivan Ivanka

CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital
Jamal

Jamal Khan

Managing Director , Stellar Consultancy
Jameel Hussain

Jameel Hussain Qureshi

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

Jaudat Shaikh

Director Software Engineering, LMKT
Javaid

Javaid Iqbal

CEO, TransformX
Kalsoom

Kalsoom Lakhani

Co-founder and General Partner , i2i Ventures
Kamran

Kamran Khan

Program Manager, NIC Islamabad
Kamran

Kamran Niazi

Economic Growth Specialist, USAID / Pakistan
Khizer

Khizer Khan

Founder, BaKhabar Kissan
Khizer Ahmed

Khizer Ahmed Siddiqui

Founder, HukumJanab
Khurram

Khurram Zafar

Director, 47 Ventures Ltd
M.

M. Nash

CEO, Integry
Madiha

Madiha Parvez

Manager Corporate Innovation, Telenor
Manzil

Manzil Manqsood

FI Mentor
Meenah

Meenah Tariq

Partner, Karavan
Mehkar

Mehkar Sheikh

CEO, Venture Cup Sweden
M Ghayas

M Ghayas Ahmedani

CEO, Zaaviaa Solutions
Mobeen

Mobeen Ahmed

VP , Dastgyr
Mohammad

Mohammad Mansoor

Founder & CEO, Touch'd
Moin

Moin Uddin

Corporate Director , Tourism Promotion Services (Pakistan) Limited
Monis

Monis Rahman

Chairman & CEO, Rozee.pk, Naseeb Networks
Moqeem

Moqeem Ul Haque

CSO, Ufone
M. Suleman

M. Suleman Anwar

Founder & CEO, Citionlytics
Mubariz

Mubariz Siddiqui

Legal Advisor & General Counsel, Sarmayacar
Muhammad

Muhammad Khalid

Founder & CEO, Clicky.pk
Muhammad

Muhammad Mustafa

CEO, EasyFresh
Muhammed

Muhammed Bukhari

Mr, Farmdar
Munir

Munir Muhammad

CEO, Biz360
Murtaza

Murtaza Zaidi

CEO, CyberVision International
Nadeem

Nadeem Hussain

Founder & CEO , Tameer Microfinance Bank
Nadia

Nadia KANOUN

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

Naeem Zamindar

Founder, Neem
Najiba

Najiba Wajiha Mahboob

CEO, Toureela
Natalya

Natalya Kamaal

Independent Legal Practitioner , NKLAW
Nauman

Nauman Lakhani

Country Manager , Dun & Bradstreet Pakistan
Naureen

Naureen Hyat

Founder & CEO, Tez Financial Services
Nazir

Nazir Vaid

Founder & CEO , NexSource
Nida

Nida Jaffery

Co-Founder , Nashtaywalay
Obaidullah

Obaidullah Khwaja

Head of Mobile Advertising , Telenor
Omar

Omar Abedin

Project Director, NIC Karachi
Omar Usman

Omar Usman Uppal

CEO/ Founder, GharAsaan
Omer Jawed

Omer Jawed Ghani

CEO and Regional Director, Enclude
Owais

Owais Anjum

Founder & CEO, EMumba
Owais H.

Owais H. Shaikh

National ip Expert, WIPO
Owais Hassan

Owais Hassan Shaikh

National IP Expert , WIPO
Parvez

Parvez Abbasi

Project Director, National Incubation Center, Islamabad
Pir

Pir Amad

Startup Mentor , Durshal KPITB
Puruesh

Puruesh Chaudhary

Founder, AGAHI
Quratulain

Quratulain Asif

CEO, Ain Consulting Private Ltd.
Rabii

Rabii Malik

Founder , Notes on Pakistan
Raza

Raza Saeed

CEO, Confiz
Rozeena

Rozeena Saleha

FI Mentor
Saad

Saad Hamid

Developer Community Manager, Google Austria
Saad

Saad Hamid

Community Manager Developer Relations , Google
Saira

Saira Qayyum

Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
Saira

Saira Qayyum

Founder & CEO , Dream Factory
Samar

Samar Hasan

Co Founder, Epiphany Games
Sami Uddin

Sami Uddin Ahmad

Director BI and Analytics, Telenor
Sarah

Sarah Munir

CEO, Invest2Innovate (i2i)
Sayyed Ahmad

Sayyed Ahmad Masud

Regional Director Pakistan, Founder Institute
Sehrish

Sehrish Raza

FI Mentor
Shahid

Shahid Mahmud

Chairman & CEO, Interactive Group
Shahid

Shahid Mir

CEO, Systems Research Private Limited
Shahid

Shahid Rasool

CTO, PayNest
Shaikh Ayaz

Shaikh Ayaz Ali

COO, Cooperative Computing
Shayan Sohail

Shayan Sohail Sarwar

CEO, Confinality LLC
Sheeraz

Sheeraz Ahmed

Director Enterprise Business, WiTribe Pakistan
Sheeraz

Sheeraz Ahmed

Managing Director, Sharp Telecom
Shehryar

Shehryar Hydri

Managing Partner, Deosai Ventures
Shershah

Shershah Hassan

Founder and CEO, KalPay
Sidra

Sidra Jalil

Founder, Inspire Mill
Sleem

Sleem Hasan

Founder & CEO, Privity FZ LLE
Sobia

Sobia Maqbool

Head of Strategy, Pakistan Microfinance Investment Corporation
Sulaim

Sulaim Siddiqi

Partner, Metaii
Suruchi

Suruchi Singh

FI Mentor
Syed

Syed Naseh

CEO, Diya Interactive
Syed Azfar

Syed Azfar Hussain

Program Manager , National Incubation Centre Karachi
Syed Iqbal

Syed Iqbal Raza

Founder & CEO , Raza Works
Syed Shahzad

Syed Shahzad Sherazi

Founder & COO, Clicky.pk
Talaal

Talaal Burny

Manager Ecosystem Affairs (& External Relations), Careem Pakistan
Talha

Talha Bin Shuja

Startup and Business Consultant, High Hope International
Umair

Umair Sheikh

Founder & CEO, Arazi Ventures
Umer

Umer Azmat

FI Mentor
Umer

Umer Adnan

CEO, Cowlar
Usama

Usama Abid

Founder & CEO, Invent Hub
Usman

Usman Butt

Founder & CEO, RepairDesk
Usman

Usman Arshad Khan

Chief Growth Officer, Checkmate Consultancy
Wahaj

Wahaj Siraj

CEO, Nayatel
Wajiha

Wajiha Ghazal

Founder, Affordable.pk
Yahya

Yahya Bajwa

Lead Analyst, World Bank Group
Yaser

Yaser Awan

Director, Mindstorm Studios
Yasir

Yasir Ahmed

IOT/Cleantech Lead, IGNITE National Technology fund
Yasser

Yasser Qayum

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

Yusuf Jan

CEO, MixIt
Yusuf

Yusuf Hussain

COO, Habib Bank Ltd
Zain

Zain Farooq

Founder & CEO, MyTM
Zartaj

Zartaj Ahmed

CEO & CoFounder, Pi Space Science Education Centre
Zeeshan

Zeeshan Aftab

Co-founder & Managing Director, TenPearls Pvt Ltd
Zeeshan

Zeeshan Rajwani

Founder & CEO, Garage Sale (Private) Limited
Zia

Zia Imran

Founder & CEO , Jul Bujh
Zibber

Zibber Mohiuddin

CEO, PANASIAN GROUP
Zulfiqar

Zulfiqar Qazilbash

Senior Executive/Consultant/Entrepreneur, Islamabad Consulting

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