Australia Summer 2025
Founder Institute Australia Mentors
Founder Institute Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Australia program below.
Albert Bielinko
Venture / growth investor, Partner @ Folklore VC
Alex Samson
Founder & CEO @ dvhb
Allan Lalic
Founder @ Kebloom
Amit Verma
Senior Manager, Listings @ ASX
Anna Cheng
Head of Growth & Engagement Marketing @ Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Asher Vukelic
Chair @ Southwest Angels
Benjamin Ranck
Principal @ MacroReactor
Bill Trestrail
CEO @ Market Momentum Pty Ltd
Bill Trestrail
Venture Partner @ Black Nova Venture Capital
Bjorn Halfmann
Experience Design Director, Co-Founder @ australiancoffeeculture.com
Brendan Yell
Former Director @ Twilio Startups
Caroline Lepron
CEO & Founder @ Skoutli
Chris Clark
Chris Clark @ Teem / GeoSnapShot
Dane Eldridge
Founder & CEO @ StackUp www.stackup.tech
David Kenney
Founder @ Epic Execution Pty Ltd
Debra Taylor
Non Executive Director @ Stone and Chalk
Dennis Kibirev
Marketing Exec | Venture Growth Strategist @ Top 1% Rated Startup Mentor
Dmitri Voronenko
Technology Leader | Advisor | Mentor @ virtualintegrity.com.au
Elizabeth Kaelin
MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer @ UTS Business School
Gawin Fernando
Co-Founder @ CreativeCubes.Co
George Hedon
Founder & CEO @ Pause Fest
Greg Campbell
entrepreneur, former Ops Director, information security specialist @ Current Head of InfoSec and Compliance
Hendrik Remigereau
Venture Partner @ NZVC
Hugh Treseder
Founder @ Floatspace
Jeffrey Ling
Ex-Programme Director @ Ministry of Awesome
Jeremy Chetty
Co-founder @ Student Edge
Jo Ann Suchard
Angel investor @ Sydney Angels
Joanne Jacobs
Co-CEO @ Disruptor's Handbook
Jonathon Wilkinson
Co-founder @ Equitise
Katherine Gokavi Whaley
Founder @ SheLeads Coaching
Lisa Cotton
Fractional, Advisory and Coaching @ Lisa Cotton
Neil Smith DUPLICATE PROFILE
CTO @ Simple KYC
Paul Wenck
Chair @ Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes
CTO & Founder @ OK200
Peter Van Bruchem
Co-Founder @ Techboard
Prashant Gami
CEO & Founder @ x•enabler
Rebecca Dooley
Partner @ Addisons
Reheen Guin
CEO and Co-Founder @ Finoya.ai
Roger Do
CEO, Co-Founder @ Watchdog Cyber Defense
Romain Bonjean
Founder, CEO @ RoseRx
Ryan Cross
Sr Prototyping Engagement Manager, ANZ @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Ryan Ahamer
Founder @ LokaLingo
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Scott Dommett
Former Investor @ Rampersand
Sean Geoghegan
Cofounder and former-CTO @ Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Sorrel Kesby
Founder/Co-CEO @ EvenBetter.ai
Tomaj Bayat
previous founder & previously Growth @ beforepay.com.au
Vanessa Ronan Pearce
Head of Growth @ Wych Money
Vern Chan
Certified Startup Coach @ Your Pivot
Will Davies
CEO @ Car Next Door
Will Ericksson
Director, Trainer/Mentor @ Momentum Academy / Momentumgroup.tech
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