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Founder Institute Mentors

Startup425 Accelerator 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 Startup425 program below.

Mentors

Abdellah

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Adam

Adam Mangone

CEO , Mangone Ventures
Adeo

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab
Ahmed

Ahmed Muzmmal

VP of Engineering (Cofounder), Gaper
Alain

Alain Raynaud

CEO, FairSoftware
Alan

Alan Gonzalez

Founder & CEO, DevMatch
Albert

Albert Lam

Partner, Dorm Room Fund
Aleksandra

Aleksandra Manuilova

Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Microsoft
Alex

Alex Katzman

Founding Partner, Growth Inflection
Amber

Amber Fehrenbacher

Growth Marketing Director & Venture Fellow at Material Change Institute , Condoit
Amit

Amit Gupta

Sys Dev Manager, Amazon
Amy

Amy Hutchins

Founder, Chief Product Officer, Unearth Technologies, Inc.
Amy

Amy Swanson

CEO & Co-Founder, Ultropia
Andrew

Andrew Lee

CEO, Esper
Andrew

Andrew Klein

Founder, Zccounting
Andy

Andy Herman

Founder, Signtag Corp.
Anisha

Anisha Vinjamuri

Founder & President , boza
AnnaMaria

AnnaMaria White

FI Mentor
Aracelis

Aracelis Nass

Senior Business Program Manager, Microsoft
Aswin

Aswin Pranam

Sr. Product Manager, UVC Partners
Audrea

Audrea Fink

Sales Coach & Strategist, mConnexions
Aviv

Aviv Shalgi

CEO, Solar Simplified
BARRET

BARRET NEWBERRY

CEO, Leasera
Ben

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk
Ben

Ben Rush

Business, Pioneer Square Labs
Bill

Bill Bromfield

Partner, Fenwick & West
Bill

Bill Bryant

General Partner, Threshold Ventures
Bill

Bill Dillmeier

Advisor / Fractional CFO, Aperture Advisors
Bina

Bina Shukla

FI Mentor
Bob

Bob Crimmins

General Partner, Startup Haven Ventures
Brandon

Brandon Zhang

Business Analyst II, Amazon.com Services Llc
Brian M

Brian M Pasalich

Chief Executive Officer | Co-Founder, Behave Technologies (Formerly Syntoniq, Inc.)
Bryan

Bryan Rutberg

Partner, AG Consulting Partners
Candice

Candice Dietz

Founder, Givespace
Chandler

Chandler Lewis

Founder, 360 Social Impact Studios
Charles

Charles Kwon

Managing Partner, Concitor
Cheale

Cheale Villa

Founder, CEO + Visionary Rabbit, Visual Caffeine
Chinara

Chinara Askerzade

Managing Partner at PocketVC early-stage VC, PocketVC Studio and PocketVC Technologies Inc
Chloe

Chloe Feingold

Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Chris

Chris Kelley

Principal, DFJ
Chris

Chris Haberle

Principal Product Marketing Manager, AWS
Chris

Chris Bruno

Owner, X2Y Strategic Advisors
Christina

Christina Lomasney

Director of Commercialization, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Christy

Christy Johnson

CEO, Artemis Connection, Inc
Cindy

Cindy Engstrom

CEO and Founder, Solomomo
Claire

Claire Mc Taggart

Founder & CEO, Square Peg Hires
Clare

Clare Gould

Founder & CEO, Your Vesa
Claudius

Claudius Mbemba

Venture Investment Director, Startup Haven
Cody

Cody Birkland

FI Mentor
Colleen

Colleen Hilton

CEO, Alli Connect
Collin

Collin Dayley

Founder, Collin Dayley Coaching
Connor

Connor Gray

CEO, Stealth
Dan

Dan Fine

Managing Partner, Fine Solutions
Dan

Dan Kihanya

Director, REI Path Ahead Ventures, REI
Dan

Dan Moore

Cofounder, Tarka
Dana

Dana Sather Robinson

Pitch Trainer, Pitch Coach, Angel Investor, Pitch 4 Impact Inc
Danl

Danl Kasow

Principal, Sorted Solution
Daria

Daria Boldyreva

Founder, Wunderdogs
David

David Anderson

GM, Kilby Silicon Valley Labs at Texas Instruments
David

David Jorjani

VP of Product and Engineering, Sayge
Diane

Diane Najm

CEO/Founder, PhotoPad
Divyanshu

Divyanshu Sharma

Software Engineer 3, Platform Security (Authentication & Authorization), CrowdStrike
Divye Anand

Divye Anand Gupta

FI Mentor
Drake

Drake Glesmann

Counsel - Emerging Companies and Venture Capital, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Edith

Edith Young

Branch Manager, Alaska CU
Edmond

Edmond Sanctis

Partner, REASON Venture Partners
Elisa

Elisa La Cava

Investor, Madrona Venture Group
Elisabetta

Elisabetta Manago

Branch Manager, First Fed
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Woolf

Advisor, Communication Code
Emeka

Emeka Alozie

Director, IntuitiveX
Fabian

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN
Fredrick

Fredrick Tsang

IP Attorney, Fenwick & West
Garrett

Garrett Gross

Director of Growth, Xemelgo
Gary

Gary Gaessler

SaaS Community Builder, Nylas, Co-Founder of CloudElements
Gaurav

Gaurav Jain

Product (AI | Data Platform | Data Governance), Atlassian
Gira

Gira Wieczorek

Managing Partner / Co-Founder, Aleberry
Gira

Gira Wieczorek

FI Mentor
Glenn

Glenn Wisegarver

CEO, Sigma IQ
Graciela

Graciela Perez

Founder & Lean Start Up Coach, Lean Sigma Tech, LLC
Hiroki

Hiroki Kudo

Founder, CEO, Easy Proposal
Huba

Huba Rostonics

CEO, System & Soul
Ian

Ian Lurie

EVP, Clearlink
Irina

Irina Menn

CEO, Hopela
Ivan

Ivan Inchauste

CFO, Stably
Jake

Jake Hite

CTO, Compete to Create
James

James Hu

CEO, Jobscan
Jana

Jana Krystofova Mike

Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Critical Care at University of California, San Francisco
Janie

Janie Sacco

VP Business Lending & SBA Specialist, Harberstone Credit Union
Janiece

Janiece Jenkins

Associate, Fenwick & West
Janis

Janis Machala

Corporate Director, Paladin Partners
Jay

Jay Goyal

President, Actively Learn
Jay

Jay Lyman

Librarian, Seattle Public Library
Jeff

Jeff Croft

CRO, Kurvv
Jeffrey

Jeffrey McIntosh

Founder, McIntosh Tea
Jen

Jen Haller

Chief of staff, Ascend VC.
Jennifer

Jennifer Azapian

Former Venture Partner and Advisor , Loyal VC | Mighty Capital
Jeremy

Jeremy Zaretzky

Managing Director, Founder Institute Seattle
Jeremy

Jeremy Bruck

Managing Partner, Data Valuation & Monetization, Gulp Data
Jim

Jim Poss

CEO, Modifi
Joaquin

Joaquin Gallardo

SVP, Tech Banking, Silicon Valley Bank
Joe

Joe Bezdek

Co-founder, DivX, Inc.
John

John Borofka

Founder, Walnut+Oak
John

John Kinsella

VP Engineering, Not applicable
John

John Robinson

Founder and Owner, Resolution Photomatching
Jonathan

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute
Jonathan

Jonathan G. Blanco

FI Mentor
Jonny

Jonny Lu

Head of Carbon Strategy & Business Operations, Lithos Carbon
Jordan

Jordan Hopson

Venture GM and Principle, BCG X
Jordan

Jordan Syms

Group Account Director, Prophet
Joseph

Joseph Horsman

Investor, Madrona
Josh

Josh Trujillo

Entrepreneurship Consultant, Rural Innovation Strategies, Inc. / Center on Rural Innovation
Josh

Josh Dougherty

Co-Founder & CEO, A Brave New
Julian

Julian Fung

Solutions Architect, Real Estate Investor, Qualtrics, Avalanche Assets
Julie

Julie Pham

CEO, CuriosityBased
June W

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
Karin

Karin Kidder

Executive Director, E8 Angels
Kate

Kate Loose

Investment Director, Capria Ventures
Kate

Kate Edwards

AWS Startup BD/Co-Founder at Heartbeat , Heartbeat
Kathleen

Kathleen Baxley

FI Mentor
Kelly

Kelly Lawton Abbott

Partner, SSM Law
Ken

Ken Kranseler

Managing Director, Kabuki Strategy
Ken

Ken Horenstein

Founder, GP, Pack Ventures
Kevin

Kevin Yu

Co-founder & CTO, Socedo Inc.
Kevin

Kevin Chan

Director, Product Marketing, Fleetio
Khelan

Khelan Patel

Founder & CTO, Techlusion
Khurram

Khurram Agha

Founder, Aghaz Investments
Kristopher

Kristopher Alford

Venture Capital, Cercano Management
Lachlan

Lachlan Huck

FI Mentor
Lainey

Lainey Lee

Director, Founder Institute
La Jolla

La Jolla Jantaraamornkul

FI Mentor
Laura

Laura Malcolm

Founder/CEO, Give InKind
Levi

Levi Velez Reed

Venture Partner, Loyal VC
Lewis

Lewis Lin

CEO, ManageBetter
Lindsay

Lindsay Randall

Sr. Program Manager, Moonbeam
Lisa

Lisa Fernow

President, Fernow Consulting
Loren

Loren Kosloske

Head of New Verticals - Mobility, Uber
Madhu

Madhu Singh

Chief Legal Officer, Foundry Law Group
Mara

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)
Mark

Mark Landay

Managing Director, Dynamic Synergy
Matt

Matt Mandell

Principal, PayNerd.com
Matt

Matt Paulin

Founder , zCrowd
Matt

Matt Rubright

VP of Early and Growth Stage Tech, Silicon Valley Bank
Matthew

Matthew Lickwar

Co-Founder | Growth | Operations | Product, Ynomia
Maureen

Maureen Ezekwugo

Chief Customer Officer, RealSelf
Maximilian

Maximilian Von Poelnitz

Investment Director, DSM Venturing
Melissa

Melissa Li

Managing Partner and Head of Community, Dorm Room Fund
Melissa

Melissa Reaves

FI Mentor
Meredith

Meredith Felton

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Enable
Michael

Michael Goldman

CFO, EN 360 Holdings
Michael

Michael Avent

Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Mikaela

Mikaela Kiner

CEO & Founder, Reverb
Mike

Mike Vandenbos

FI Mentor
Mike

Mike Cozart

Angel Investor and Startup Advisor, Relumin
Milkana

Milkana Brace

CEO, Jargon
Minda

Minda Brusse

Founding Partner, First Row Partners
Miya

Miya Nazzaro

Managing Attorney, Nazzaro PLLC
My Le

My Le Goel

Founder & CEO, Flight Live, Inc.
Nelly

Nelly Yusupova

Founder, TechSpeak.co
Nirav

Nirav Desai

FI Mentor
Noah

Noah Wallach

Founder, Hope OS
Oleksandr

Oleksandr Pukhalskyi

Mr, SMG
Omi

Omi Iyamu

Product Manager, Google Austria
Pablo

Pablo Casilimas

FI Mentor
Pascha

Pascha Scott

Partner and Co-founder, VERTETUDE
Paul

Paul Marciante

FI Mentor
Paul

Paul Watt

Global Business Manager, Google
Paul

Paul Adams

CEO & Founder, Sound Financial Group
Peter

Peter Leonard

CEO, Meddle
Peter

Peter Crawford

Co-Founder & COO, Eduvero
Pilar

Pilar Fernandez Hermida

Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand
Pooria

Pooria Arab

Managing Partner, Beeloud
Pradeep

Pradeep UN

Founder, CEO, Seerflix Inc
Pradnya

Pradnya Desh

FI Mentor
Puneet

Puneet Kohli

CEO, Careerflow.ai
Rachel

Rachel Kroft

Fractional CPO, Happy Warriors
Raja

Raja Mawad

Founder, Thrv.health
Ram

Ram Dutt

CEO & Co-Founder, Meylah
Ravi

Ravi Khandelwal

Senior AI/ML Engineering Leader, Machine Learning, Etsy
Rebecca

Rebecca Lovell

Director, Create33
Rich

Rich Minice

Corporate Associate, Fenwick & West
Rick

Rick Graham

FI Mentor
Rick

Rick Graham

FI Mentor
Rob

Rob Hillas

Founder, PlainVanilla
Robert

Robert Le

Director, FI Seattle
Rohre

Rohre Titcomb

COO, Female Founders Alliance
Ron

Ron Gentile

Founder, Moodfit
Ruth

Ruth Becke

Founder & CEO, Plantmatch
Ryan

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Ryan

Ryan Mc Robert

Partner, Fenwick & West
Saikiran

Saikiran Chandha

CEO, SciSpace (Formerly Typeset.io)
Sandy

Sandy Dupleich

Career Ownership Coach, The Entrepreneur's Source
Sanjaykumar

Sanjaykumar Patel

Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
Sanjit

Sanjit Singh

COO, Various Companies
Santosh

Santosh Khare

Founder & CEO, Touchbase, Inc.
Scott

Scott Weller

President, Radian Labs
Scott

Scott Cohen

Vice President of Finance, Karat
Shaahin

Shaahin Cheyene

FI Mentor
Shama

Shama Keskar

Cofounder & CEO, VoxAI
Shawn

Shawn Palmer

Business Advisor, OneRedmond
Shilpa

Shilpa Sharma

Co-founder & CEO, Flyte (flyteai.com)
Sneha

Sneha Lundia Agrawal

Founder & CEO, Step2Growth
Sri

Sri Kasam

Director of Engineering, Nfinity
Stacy

Stacy Saal

Managing Director, Jelly Collective
Steve

Steve Cherewaty

Founder & Creative Director, Abacus
Steve

Steve Carver

FI Mentor
Steven

Steven Evans

EVP, Chief Lending Officer, First Sound Bank
Sue

Sue Bollinger

Founder & President, Possibility Factor
Suzanne

Suzanne Mills

Biz Dev & GTM - Retail & Fintech, Stealth Startup
Symon

Symon Perriman

CEO & Founder, FanWide
Tai

Tai Rattigan

Global Head of Partnerships & Alliances, Deel
Tarun

Tarun Gulati

Founder & CEO, Adios
Taylor

Taylor Black

Principal Program Manager, Office of the CTO Incubator , Microsoft
Terri

Terri Richardson

CEO, Accelerate Consulting Group, LLC
Thibaut

Thibaut Labarre

Founding Engineer, SingleFile.io
Todd

Todd Hooper

Venture Partner, Acequia Capital
Tom

Tom Hammer

Partner, Andreesen Horowitz
Tory

Tory Schuessler

Director of Recruiting, TalentReach
Travis

Travis Murdock

Executive Vice President, Ruder Finn
Trish

Trish Scearce

Founder and Principal Attorney, Trillian Law
Vince

Vince Bianco

CEO, Advanced Medical Reviews
Vladimir

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
Will

Will Barrett

FI Mentor
Yemi

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive
Yoko

Yoko Okano

Co-founder, First Row Partners
Zac

Zac Corker

Sales & GTM Consultant, Private

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