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Founder Institute Mentors

Middle East 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 Middle East program below.

Mentors

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Abdulelah Alshareef

Vice President, Merak Capital

Abdulrazzaq Alyan

Co-Founder, Tamkeen Alamal

Ahmad Santarissy

CEO, We The Makers LLC

Ahmad Nazzal

Senior Analyst - FinTech Innovation & Investment, Arab Bank - AB Accelerator

Ahmed Nassef

Founder, DigiFi Network

Ahmed Al Kiremli

Co-Founder, CEO, Orisdi

Ahmed Jamal

CEO, Midient Space

Ahmed Morsy

FI Mentor

Alessandra Scicchitano

Founder, AURES, and Lecturer, Swiss Business School

Alex Pavel

Managing Director - Middle East, Africa and Asia, Pagero

Aliya Nur Babul

Venture Partner, Global Millennial Capital

Ana Bibikova

FI Mentor

Andreas Schumacher

Artificial Intelligence , Munich Re

Arthur Gusev

Founder and CEO, Launch Deck

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Cedric Naintre

Business Angel, Sales Advisor, Hyperplan

Chad Fox

Managing Partner, Fox Ventures

Charles Shaban

Consultant, Self

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christian AlMurr

Co-founder & CEO , Jedo

Christian Vezjak

Co-founder & CEO, TAP

Dan D'souza

Intrapreneurship and New Ventures Senior Manager, L Marks

Dav Masaon

Co-Founder , Zanda

David Prais

Chairman, Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF)

David Postolski

Partner, Gearhart Law

Deep Moteria

Founder , Elluminati

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk

Edgar Kussberg

Staff Product Manager , Snyk

Elia Nuqul

Owner, Investor, Mentor, Co-Founder, Nuqul Group

Fady Santarissy

Managing Partner, cg imagine+invent

Fahed Qteishat

Associate Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

Farhat Bashir

Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies

Filip Karwala

Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching

Gaelle Yammine

Associate, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

Grant Felgenhauer

Managing Partner, Euphrates Ventures

Hamdi Tabbaa

Co-founder and CEO , Abwaab

Hanan Shahin

Co-Founder & CEO , BLOOMit

Hanan Shahin

Co-founder & CEO, Bloomcart

Hasan Ahmad

Consultant, Hasan Ahmad

Hisham Rashed

Associate, Levari

Hussam Hammo

CEO & Founder, Tamatem Games

Ibrahim Faza

GM, JordanStart

Irina Baskova

Growth coach for B2B sales and go-to-market., independent consultant.

Ivan Ivanka

CEO / General Partner, i1x Venture Studio / Camel Capital

Ivan Hoo

Owner, IHAYO

Jad El Boustani

Managing Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Karim Djerboa

Business Development Specialist, MAVENTERSE

Karim Hamdan

Managing Partner, DINARe VENTURES

Laura Olivier Khudairi

Executive Director, Iraq Tech Ventures

Lauren Jane Heller

Executive Leadership Coach, On Deck/ Iberdrola Australia

Loek Daemen

Presentation Skills Trainer & Founder , Pitch Perfect

Luis Ferreira

Mentor, FI

Maher Kaddoura

Investor, Al Jude

Maher Santarissy

Managing Director, moment

Majd Alaily

Founder, Ruya Advisory

Marie Therese Fam

Partner, Silicon Badia

Marisa Bryce

CEO, Jack and Blue Capital

Marwan Said

CEO, E Points Group

Marwan Abu sakha

Co-Founder & CEO, Kitchefy

Michael Makdah

FI Mentor

Michael Makdah

Fractional CMO, Rapid Expansion

Michael Ho

Founder, The Priority Map

Mikhail Tykuchinskiy

Managing Partner, Reassembly Point

Mohamed Ramadan

Associate, Levari

Mohd Santarissy

Co-CEO, Relatively Fund

Mortada Al Khateeb

Co-founer and CEO, Needbooth

Mudar Jeiroudi

Managing Partner, Jeiroudi Law Firm

Muhanad Wadah

Founder & CEO, Shab

Muhannad Taslaq

General Manager, Integral Reality Labs

Nadia KANOUN

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

Nadine Zerrini

Director, Founder Institute Boston

Najiba Wajiha Mahboob

CEO, Toureela

Nela Dunato

Brand Designer, Nela Dunato Art & Design

Nidal Bitar

Chief Executive Officer, ICT Association of Jordan - int@j

Nikola Korać

CEO, Downstream Business Solutions

Omar Tabbaa

Chairman / CEO, Eat Holding

Paul Turken

Professor, Marketing & Strategy of Business School Netherlands

Philippe Linus Petit

FI Mentor

Raja Mawad

Founder, Thrv.health

Rami Essaid

CEO, Finmark

Ramzi Halaby

CEO, The Online Project

Rasha Laswi

Partner, Andersen

Rawaz Rauf

Partner, Euphrates Ventures

Rishi Sharma

West Coast Lead , Newlin VC

Roberto Croci

Regional Startups Enabler, .

Ruba Darwish

Operations Manager, BMB Jordan

Ruba Fakhouri

Psychological , Counseling

Rudy Bekerejian

Founder & CEO , Ecomz

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Salha Al Aqeel Alghamdi

CEO, FI GCC

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Samer Arabiat

FI Mentor

Sara Alkhatib

FI Mentor

Sara Ledterman

General Partner, 3+ Ventures

Saumya Bhatnagar

CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai

Saurabh Nathany

Startup & VC Lawyer, White Summers Caffee & James, LLP

Sawsan Lubani

FI Mentor

Shaun Gold

Entrepreneur, storyteller, GP at Improve Ventures, Improve Ventures

Shaza Bassam

Associate, Levari

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana

Simon Tkachenko

Principal, Modus Capital

Sokmean Nou

Front End Services Lead, Acrisure

Tamer Al Salah

Managing Director, BeyondCapital

Tarek Roushdy

Angel Investor, UI Investments

Tariq El Titi

Managing Director , Janus Ventures

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers

Trevor Longino - DO NOT USE THIS ACCOUNT

Owner , Crowd Tamers

Triska Hamid

Editorial Director, Wamda

Vaios Gkitsas

Founder , The Upset Partners

Vincent Marsland

Senior Founder Success Manager, Communitech

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Wajeeha Al Husseini

Director of Communications, Umniah

Yasmine Darwich

Founder of DonaLeb | Social Impact, DonaLeb

Zaid Ibrahim

Consumer Marketing Director, Umniah

Zeid Husban

FI Mentor

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