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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

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM
Abdulelah

Abdulelah Alshareef

Vice President, Merak Capital
Abdulrazzaq

Abdulrazzaq Alyan

Co-Founder, Tamkeen Alamal
Ahmad

Ahmad Santarissy

CEO, We The Makers LLC
Ahmad

Ahmad Nazzal

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

Ahmed Nassef

Founder, Leadsmart
Ahmed

Ahmed Al Kiremli

Co-Founder, CEO, Orisdi
Ahmed

Ahmed Jamal

CEO, Padash
Ahmed

Ahmed Morsy

Founder and CEO, Just to Learn
Alessandra

Alessandra Scicchitano

Founder, AURES, and Lecturer, Swiss Business School
Alex

Alex Pavel

Managing Director - Middle East, Africa and Asia, Pagero
Aliya

Aliya Nur Babul

Venture Partner, Global Millennial Capital
Ana

Ana Bibikova

FI Mentor
Andreas

Andreas Schumacher

Artificial Intelligence , Munich Re
Arthur

Arthur Gusev

Founder and CEO, Launch Deck
Ben

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk
Cedric

Cedric Naintre

Business Angel, Sales Advisor, Hyperplan
Chad

Chad Fox

Managing Partner, Fox Ventures
Charles

Charles Shaban

Consultant, Self
Chintan

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
Christian

Christian AlMurr

Co-founder & CEO , Jedo
Christian

Christian Vezjak

Co-founder & CEO, TAP
Dan

Dan D'souza

Intrapreneurship and New Ventures Senior Manager, L Marks
Dav

Dav Masaon

Co-Founder , Zanda
David

David Prais

Chairman, Greater London Investment Fund (GLIF)
David

David Postolski

Partner, Gearhart Law
Deep

Deep Moteria

Founder , Elluminati
Ebin

Ebin Elavathingal

Director, MERSTRA Foundation / Next Market
Edgar

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk
Edgar

Edgar Kussberg

Staff Product Manager , Snyk
Elia

Elia Nuqul

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

Fady Santarissy

Managing Partner, cg imagine+invent
Fahed

Fahed Qteishat

Associate Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Farhat

Farhat Bashir

Founding CEO, Seerab Technologies
Filip

Filip Karwala

Co-founder, Partner, Move Ventures
Franklin

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Cofounder , Vitamin C&S Coaching
Gaelle

Gaelle Yammine

Associate, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
Grant

Grant Felgenhauer

Managing Partner, Euphrates Ventures
Hamdi

Hamdi Tabbaa

Co-founder and CEO , Abwaab
Hanan

Hanan Shahin

Co-Founder & CEO , BLOOMit
Hanan

Hanan Shahin

Co-founder & CEO, Bloomcart
Hani W.

Hani W. Naguib

Author | Speaker | Mentor, HNT innovation studio
Hasan

Hasan Ahmad

Consultant, Hasan Ahmad
Hisham

Hisham Rashed

Associate, Levari
Hussam

Hussam Hammo

CEO & Founder, Tamatem Games
Ibrahim

Ibrahim Faza

GM, JordanStart
Irina

Irina Baskova

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

Ivan Ivanka

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

Ivan Hoo

Owner, IHAYO
Jad

Jad El Boustani

Managing Director, Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP)
June W

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures
Karim

Karim Djerboa

Business Development Specialist, MAVENTERSE
Karim

Karim Hamdan

Managing Partner, DINARe VENTURES
Laura Olivier

Laura Olivier Khudairi

Executive Director, Iraq Tech Ventures
Lauren

Lauren Jane Heller

Executive Leadership Coach, On Deck/ Iberdrola Australia
Loek

Loek Daemen

Presentation Skills Trainer & Founder , Pitch Perfect
Luis

Luis Ferreira

Mentor, FI
Maher

Maher Kaddoura

Investor, Al Jude
Maher

Maher Santarissy

Managing Director, moment
Majd

Majd Alaily

Founder, Ruya Advisory
Marie

Marie Therese Fam

Partner, Silicon Badia
Marisa

Marisa Bryce

CEO, Jack and Blue Capital
Marwan

Marwan Said

CEO, E Points Group
Marwan

Marwan Abu sakha

Co-Founder & CEO, Kitchefy
Michael

Michael Makdah

FI Mentor
Michael

Michael Makdah

Fractional CMO, Rapid Expansion
Michael

Michael Ho

Founder, The Priority Map
Mikhail

Mikhail Tykuchinskiy

Managing Partner, Reassembly Point
Mohamed

Mohamed Ramadan

Associate, Levari
Mohd

Mohd Santarissy

Co-CEO, Relatively Fund
Mortada

Mortada Al Khateeb

Co-founer and CEO, Needbooth
Mudar

Mudar Jeiroudi

Managing Partner, Jeiroudi Law Firm
Muhanad

Muhanad Wadah

Founder & CEO, Shab
Muhannad

Muhannad Taslaq

General Manager, Integral Reality Labs
Nader

Nader Amiri

General Partner, Homegrown Ventures
Nadia

Nadia KANOUN

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

Nadine Zerrini

Director, Founder Institute Boston
Najiba

Najiba Wajiha Mahboob

CEO, Toureela
Nela

Nela Dunato

Brand Designer, Nela Dunato Art & Design
Nidal

Nidal Bitar

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

Nikola Korać

CEO, Downstream Business Solutions
Omar

Omar Tabbaa

Chairman / CEO, Eat Holding
Paul

Paul Turken

Professor, Marketing & Strategy of Business School Netherlands
Philippe Linus

Philippe Linus Petit

FI Mentor
Raja

Raja Mawad

Founder, Thrv.health
Rami

Rami Essaid

CEO, Finmark
Ramzi

Ramzi Halaby

CEO, The Online Project
Rasha

Rasha Laswi

Partner, Andersen
Rawaz

Rawaz Rauf

Partner, Euphrates Ventures
Rishi

Rishi Sharma

West Coast Lead , Newlin VC
Roberto

Roberto Croci

Regional Startups Enabler, .
Ruba

Ruba Darwish

Operations Manager, BMB Jordan
Ruba

Ruba Fakhouri

Psychological , Counseling
Rudy

Rudy Bekerejian

Founder & CEO , Ecomz
Ryan

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute
Salha

Salha Al Aqeel Alghamdi

CEO, FI GCC
Sameer

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
Samer

Samer Arabiat

FI Mentor
Sara

Sara Alkhatib

FI Mentor
Sara

Sara Ledterman

General Partner, 3+ Ventures
Saumya

Saumya Bhatnagar

CTO & Co-Founder, Involve.ai
Saurabh

Saurabh Nathany

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

Sawsan Lubani

FI Mentor
Shaun

Shaun Gold

Entrepreneur, storyteller, GP at Improve Ventures, Improve Ventures
Shaza

Shaza Bassam

Associate, Levari
Simon

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
Simon

Simon Tkachenko

Principal, Modus Capital
Sokmean

Sokmean Nou

Front End Services Lead, Acrisure
Tamer

Tamer Al Salah

Managing Director, BeyondCapital
Tarek

Tarek Roushdy

Angel Investor, UI Investments
Tariq

Tariq El Titi

Managing Director , Janus Ventures
Trevor

Trevor Longino

Founder & CEO, CrowdTamers
Trevor

Trevor Longino - DO NOT USE THIS ACCOUNT

Owner , Crowd Tamers
Triska

Triska Hamid

Editorial Director, Wamda
Vaios

Vaios Gkitsas

Founder , The Upset Partners
Vincent

Vincent Marsland

Senior Founder Success Manager, Communitech
Vladimir

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck
Wajeeha

Wajeeha Al Husseini

Director of Communications, Umniah
Yasmine

Yasmine Darwich

Founder of DonaLeb | Social Impact, DonaLeb
Zaid

Zaid Ibrahim

Consumer Marketing Director, Umniah
Zeid

Zeid Husban

FI Mentor

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