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. 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 Australia program below.
Adam Long
CEO @ TheEthicalCEO.com
Adeline Chu
Entrepreneur-in-Residence @ Western Sydney University
Aivee Robinson
Co-Founder @ Catalyser
Albert Bielinko
Venture / growth investor @ Titanium Ventures (Former Telstra Ventures)
Alex Samson
Founder & CEO @ dvhb
Allan Lalic
Co-founder @ Kebloom
Amit Verma
Senior Manager, Listings @ ASX
Anna Cheng
Head of Growth & Engagement Marketing @ Turo Australia. Ex HealthMatch Ex Brighte Ex Spaceship
Anne Marie Elias
chief disrupter, Founder @ PrimeLife Partners, innovating longevity & care
Annie Le Cavalier
Venture Partner, FI and Former GM & Community @ Stone & Chalk
Arcui Usoara
Founder/CEO @ Iaculus
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
Founder & Experience Design Director @ muteo.co
Brendan Yell
Former Director @ Twilio Startups
Brodie Mc Culloch
Founder @ Spacecubed, Perth, WA
Brodie Mc Culloch
Founder and Managing Director @ Spacecubed
Bronwen Kaspers
Customer Success Coach @ Culture Amp cultureamp.com
Caroline Lepron
CEO & Founder @ Skoutli
Chris Clark
Chris Clark @ Teem / GeoSnapShot
Christopher Krainer
Director of Hardware Engineering at Zoomo @ & co-founder at rk-collective.com
Dane Eldridge
Founder & CEO @ StackUp www.stackup.tech
Darsel Keane
Director @ University of Auckland
David Kenney
Director @ Start Growth Pty Limited
Dean Mc Evoy
Non Executive Director, Investor and Adviser @ TechSydney
Debra Taylor
Non Executive Director @ Stone and Chalk
Dennis Kibirev
Chief Growth Officer @ Mesh Ai
Dmitri Voronenko
Technology Leader | Advisor | Mentor @ virtualintegrity.com.au
Dylan Mc Donnell
CEO @ Foodini
Elizabeth Kaelin
MSc, RDN & Finance Lecturer @ UTS Business School
Franziska Iseli
Founder @ Basic Bananas
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
Harshu Deshpande
Start-up & Scale-up Advisor @ Google
Hendrik Remigereau
Venture Partner @ NZVC
Hugh Treseder
Founder @ Floatspace
Jack Qi
Director @ William Buck
James Moody
CEO @ Sendle
Jeeva Suresh
Founder & CEO @ Helix
Jeffrey Ling
Ex-Programme Director @ Ministry of Awesome
Jeremy Chetty
Co-founder @ Student Edge
Jo Ucukalo
CEO @ Handle My Complaint
Jo Ann Suchard
Angel investor @ Sydney Angels
Joanne Jacobs
Co-CEO @ Disruptor's Handbook
Jonathon Wilkinson
Co-founder @ Equitise
Kate Ringvall
Co-Founder @ Galactic Cooperative
Katherine Gokavi Whaley
Founder @ SheLeads Coaching
Kim McGuinness
Strategic Relationships Director @ SBE Australia
Leila Alem
Chief Innovation Officer @ ArcSense
Lisa Cotton
Fractional, Advisory and Coaching @ Lisa Cotton
Marshall Hughes
Freight Manager @ Freight Companies Australia
Marshall Hughes
Consultant @ Freight Companies Australia
Matthew Browne
Co-Founder @Upflowy upflowy.com @ @Donesafe donesafe.com, @Whispli, Investor @Black Nova Group etc
Michelle Gilmore
CEO @ heyjuno.co
Neil Smith
CTO @ Simple KYC
Oliver Ranck
Co-Founder | CMO | Exec Director @ Future Neutral | MYSALE | Octomedia
Paul Wenck
Chair @ Co-Founder Checkbox
Paul Grimes
CTO & Founder @ OK200
Paula Taylor
Executive Director and Co-Founder @ West Tech Fest
Pete Cooper
Founder @ The Start Society
Pete Cooper
Former CIO @ KBZ Bank
Peter Van Bruchem
Co-Founder @ Techboard
Peter Browne
Owner @ Intangible Communications
Prashant Gami
CEO & Founder @ x•enabler
Rajeev Gupta
Managing Partner @ Alium Capital
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
Roman Kovalenko
Chief Data Officer @ Reserve Bank of Australia
Ruben Martin
Co-Founder @ GraniteStack
Ryan Cross
Manager for Prototyping @ AWS, ANZ & APAC
Ryan Ahamer
Founder @ LokaLingo
Sam Richards
Managing Director @ Brightlight Impact Advisory
Sameer Babbar
Director @ SVB Group
Sandrina Postorino
Committee Member @ Sydney Angels Inc.
Scott Crowe
Lead Recruiter @ Canva
Scott Dommett
Former Investor @ Rampersand
Sean Geoghegan
Cofounder and former-CTO @ Sendle, Tech and People Leader, Iconoclast.
Simon Litchfield
CTO @ and serial Founder
Simone Joyce
CEO/Founder @ Paypa Plane
Sorrel Kesby
Head of Global Commercial Operations @ GumGum
Srikanth Muthyala
Investor @ Melbourne Angels
Timo Kugler
Co-Founder @ NASH + BANKS
Tom Dawkins
Founder/CEO @ StartSomeGood
Tomaj Bayat
previous founder & previously Growth @ beforepay.com.au
Tony Sinclair
Director of Venture Debt @ Cataliize
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
William Mc Cahey
Partner @ Think & Grow, and Growth Advisor
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