Founder Institute Mentors

Boston Spring 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 Boston program below.

Mentors

Aaron O'Hearn

Director, Self

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Adam Brod

Head of Technology & Engineering, BookBub

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Adi Iyengar

Director of Engineering , Two Front

AJ Kintner

Owner, Mrktplc.com, Moneypub.co

Alex Yang

Co-Founder , ClearCut Surgical

Alexandra Marshakova

FI Mentor

Alexei Erchak

Founder, Luminus Devices

Allison Byers

Founder & CEO, Scroobious

Amir Eldad

Founder, Aternity

Ande Lyons

Startup Coach, Startup Life with Ande Lyons

Andrea Jackson

Vice President, Biopharma, Mitra Biotech

Anika Havlicek

Director, First Republic Bank

Anuj Adhiya

VP of Growth, Sophya

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Areen Shahbari

CEO , Cactus Int.

Arjun Bhatnagar

Partner, RallyCry Ventures

Arun Buduri

Founder & President, Pixm

Avner Schneur

Founder, Emptoris

Barry Coffman

Angel Investor & Mentor, Launchpad Venture Group

Ben Stacey

CEO, Pitchverk

Ben Littauer

Angel Investor, Walnut Venture Associates

Benjamin Bungert

Director of Operations, LearnLaunch Accelerator

Bill Wade

Managing Member, Company.com

Bobbie Carlton

Founder, Innovation Women

Brandon Oliver

Operations Manager, DCU FinTech Innovation Center

Brian Shin

Founder and CEO, Visible meaures

Brian Bartlett

Partner, The DMF Group

Brian Gilman

Vice President Business Development & Sales, Gamalon Labs

Brian Denenberg

Managing Partner, Agile Sales Method

Brian Hough

CTO, Airblock

Byron Morgan

Founder, Vinylmint

Candace Ohm

Founder, Canz.Art

Catherine White

Managing Director, Golden Seeds

Caya (Jose) Cayasso

CEO, Slidebean

Charbel Kaed

Senior Software Engineer, Google

Chareeda Rustana

Startup Banking, Silicon Valley Bank

Charles Hadsell

Founder & CEO, ePropertyCare

Charlie Tillett

Consulting CFO, 50-50-50 Consulting

Charlie Berg

Owner & Principal Consultant, Tactical Business Partners

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Chris Petty

Co-Founder, 908 Devices

Chris Bouton

CEO, Vyasa

Chris Anderson

General Partner, A2ZVenture.com

Christian Magel

Founder, Venture Lane Boston

Christian Mongillo

Business Development Manager, HubSpot for Startups

Christos Perakis

CEO, Zoottle

Chuck Goldstone

CEO, Chuck Goldstone Communications

Claudine Bettendroffer

FI Mentor

Clement Cazalot

Managing Director, Self

Colin Mahony

SVP, HP MEDICAL

Conrad Egusa

CEO, Publicize

Craig Snodgrass

Venture Partner, Valor Ventures

Dan Olschwang

Founder & CEO, Equal.Rent

Danielle Letayf

CEO & Founder, Badassery

David Rosen

CEO, Acrelic Group

Dean Walsh

TiE ScaleUp Program Manager, Tie Boston

Deb Pine

Executive Director, Center for Women and Business, Bentley University

Dharmesh Shah

FI Mentor

Dina Sherif

Executive Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT

Dipul Patel

Co-CEO, Ecovent

Doug Brenhouse

FI Mentor

Doug Levin

Founder, Black Duck

Dr. Hanan El Basha

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Maverika

Duncan Walker

Co-Founder, Jebbit

Durjoy Bhattacharjya

Founder and CEO, Medicalrecords.com

Edward Finn

Principal, The DMF Group

Elizabeth Gazda

Co-Founder, Doni

Emily Burns

CEO, Learnivore

Emily Green

Board Director & Advisor, Multiple companies

Eric Bosco

Former CEO, ChoiceStream

Eric Asquith

CEO, Residential Way

Erik Bullen

Startup Advisor & Investor, Various Ventures

Erik Meyers

Founder & CEO, Erik S. Meyers Consulting

Eunice Nyandat

Founder /CEO, MBM Africa

Fady Saad

Co-Founder & Director of Partnerships, MassRobotics

Farid Nemri

Program Manager, In-Q-Tel

Felipe Fernandes

CEO, Pi Tech

Frank Days

CMO, Tesora

Fred Joyal

Fred Joyal - CEO & Co-Founder, Futuredontics (Los Angeles FI) , Futuredontics

Furqan Nazeeri

Founder/President/CEO, Viridus, inc.

Gaurav Bhattacharya

CEO & Co-Founder , Involve.ai

Graham Sutherland

Co-Founder, Canetia Analytics

Gregory Karelitz

Head of Partnerships & Growth, HubSpot for Startups

Gregory Raiz

Managing Director, Self

Hamit Hamutcu

Co-Founder, IADSS

Hany Alhamidi

Founder, eMentoring

Heather Ames Versace

Co-Founder & COO, Neurala

Howard Bornstein

Principal, Innospark Ventures

Howie Hecht

Co-Founder, Appanite AdsSciences

Hunter Ashmore

Deeptech startup & VC strategy consultant, Independent consultant

Ian Lamont

Founder & President, i30 Media Corporation

Ignacio Castro

Managing Partner, 128vc

Igor Belagorudsky

President, FastCTO

Itai Nevo

Partner, DLA Piper

Izhar Armony

General Partner, Charles River Ventures

James Schermerhorn

VP Sales, Spark::red

James Doscher

Founder, Digital Health Advisors

Jamie Oldershaw

General Manager, DealerRater and VP Reputation Strategy, CARS Inc., DealerRater

Janet Chacon

CEO, Airblock Technologies

Jason Whaley

Board Director (former CEO), Manus Biosynthesis

Jason Reynolds

Lead UX Design Instructor, General Assembly

Jay Jamison

FI Mentor

Jay Singh

Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, NASA Ames Research Center

Jeff Kitt

Vice President, Publicize

Jeffrey Bazar

Managing Director, JBV Capital

Jen Riedel

Senior Program Manager, 1863 Ventures

Jen Millard

FI Mentor

Jeremiah Pate

Founder & CEO, Lunasonde

Jeremy Halpern

Partner, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Jeremy Singh

MBA Student, Babson

Jingjing Li

Program & Marketing Manager, The Capital Network

Joanna Horton McPherson

Speaker, Author, 6x Entrepreneur, Coach, Joanna Horton McPherson

Joe Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair - Emerging Companies, Partner & Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Joel Abdinoor

CFO, NewStore

John Prendergast

Founder, Blueleaf

Jomy Methipara

Business and intellectual property (IP) Attorney, Dickinson Wright

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder & CEO, Founder Institute

Jonathan Miller

Executive Leadership Coach, Level 7 Leadership

Jose Estabil

Co-Founder, ADN Genomix

Jose Martins

Director , Founder Institute Boston

Jose Estabil

Chief Business Officer, Cipherome

Joseph Daniels

Partner, Co-Chair -- Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Group , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough

Joshua Herzig-Marx

Founder and PM Coach, Founder and PM Coach

Joyce Bell

CFO, Brand Networks

Joyce Sidopoulos

FI Mentor

Juan Leung Li

Senior Associate, General Catalyst

Juan Necochea

FI Mentor

Julian Awad

CEO Founder, Smart Genetics

June W Choi

Managing Partner, Serval Ventures

Jung Starrett

Principal & Co-founder, SoulCo LLC

Justin Kang

General Partner, Visible Hands

Kate Pugh

President, AlignConsulting

Katelyn Alberts

CEO & Founder, VERVERY

Katie Burkhart

Founder & CEO, KBurkhart & Co. // Illumyne

Keith Kocho

Co-Founder & CEO, OrbitHCI

Kelly Perdew

Cofounder, Moonshots Capital

Khashayar Dashti

Founder & COO, Bastion

Kimberly Minafra

Division Chief - Partnerships Development and Agreements , NASA Ames Research Center

Larry La Salle

President, Scaled OKRs

Lavina Ramkissoon

Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute

Limin Liang

Managing Director, BUild Lab Student Innovation Center, Boston University

Liz Powers

Chief Happiness Spreader, ArtLifting

Louie Balasny

Director of Tech and VC, First Republic Bank

Madison Sowards

Community Manager, MassChallenge

Magda Farhat

FI Mentor

Manrique Feoli

Founder, Hound Software

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)

Marcos Polanco

CEO, Deedit

Mariah Lichtenstern

Founder-CEO, DiverseCity Ventures

Marie Meslin

Executive Director, The Capital Network

Mark Little

CEO, N2 Biomedical

Martín Martinez

Founding & Executive Director, Founder Institute Texas

Matt Johnson

FI Mentor

Matt Walsh

Founder, Noted Analytics

Matt Albrecht

Advisor, Cogo Labs

Matthew Galica

IP Attorney, Mintz

Max Faingezicht

Co-Founder & CEO, ThriveHive

Mehul Sompura

Founder, Diamond Hedge

Michael Schumann

VP of Sales, Keysoft Solutions

Michael Hayes

Director, Project 32 at MIT CSAIL

Michael Burtov

Founder & CEO, GeoOrbital

Michael Hanson

Startup and Growth Strategy Consultant, Optimum Dynamics LLC

Michael Fodera

CEO, Trova

Michael Akkerman

FI Mentor

Miglena Georgieva

Principal, jtbd.online

Mike Grandinetti

Serial Tech Entrepreneur and Faculty , Harvard & Brown

Mina Behrooz

Head of Partnerships for HubSpot Canada, HubSpot

Nachi Junankar

CEO and Co-founder, Avrio

Nadia Shalaby

CEO, ITE Fund

Nadine Zerrini

Director, Founder Institute Boston

Nars Krishnamachari

Founder, RueBaRue

Nelly Yusupova

Founder, TechSpeak.co

Nick Ducoff

Co-Founder / CEO, Edmit

Nicos Vekiarides

CEO, Attestiv Inc.

Nitin Pachisia

Founding Partner, Unshackled

Noreen Hafez

GTM and Product Launch Leader, Blocsinc.io

Norm Laviolette

Co-Owner/Founder, Improv Asylum / Laugh Boston

Ory Zik

Founder CEO, kWhal

Pano Anthos

CEO, Hangout.net

Parker Cassidy

COO, Mitra Biotech

Patricia Letayf

Co-Founder and Director, Five One Labs

Paul Silva

General Partner, Launch413

Paula Long

SVP of Engineering and Products, Talla

Phil Libin

Founder & CEO, All Turtles

Pilar Fernandez Hermida

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

Pj Anand

CEO, Alcyone Life Sciences

Poorvi Patodia

Founder, Biena Foods

Preeti Tadikonda

Financial Advisor & Consultant, aCubed Limited

Rachel Spekman

Director of Programming, MassChallenge

Rachel Dines

VP of Product and Technical Marketing, Chronosphere

Radhika Dutt

Founder & Product Management Mentor, Likelii

Raj Sahu

Founder and CEO at , Utobo Inc

Raza Shaikh

Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group

Raza Shaikh

FI Mentor

Rebecca Xiong

CEO, GrowEpic

Reid Hamilton

Managing Director, Founder Institute and Toronto Stock Exchange

Richard Soley

CEO, Object Management Group

Richard April

CMO/SVP of Marketing, Advisor

Richard Dulude

Co-Founder, Underscore VC

Rick Myers

Co-Founder & CTO, JogNog

Ries Mc Quillan

Business Development Manager, Vested

Riley Knox

Founder, Accelerate3D

Rishi Dean

GM, Publisher Solutions, Visible Measures

Robert Hughes III

Director, First Republic Bank

Robert Rae

Founder, CEO, Intent Solutions Group LLC

Robin Smith

CEO, Orig3n

Rohanna Wise

Founder, CEO, Wise Trading Technologies

Rohini Manyam Seshasayee

Correspondent , Impact Entrepreneur

Roy Rodenstein

Founder, Going, Inc.

Rudradeb Mitra

Serial Entrepreneur, Omdena Inc.

Rupal Patel

Founder, VocaliD

Ryan Micheletti

Fouder, Illuminate Nootropics

Sabine Resoagli

Co-Founder, Accelerat3d, Inc.

Sachin Shah

COO, 55ip

Saiba Singh

Manager, Accenture, Ex- KFC, Ex-Google & Founder, Sugar Rush

Sami Shalabi

Tech Exec, Former Googler

Sanjay Pothen

Director, Emerson Launch

Sapna Tyagi

FI Mentor

Sarah Holmes

Associate, Unshackled Ventures

Satish Tadikonda

Managing Partner, Avigo Solutions

Scott Miles

EVP, Partnerships and Emerging Markets, Invaluable.com

Sean Lindsay

Co-Founder, CTO, Viximo

Senofer Mendoza

General Partner, Mendoza Ventures

Sergey Gribov

Partner, Flint Capital

Sergio Escobar

CEO & Partner, BCF Ventures, Managing Director, Lalotte Ventures

Sidney Nakahodo

General Partner, Seldor Capital

Simeon Simeonov

Founder & CTO, Shopximity

Simon Holroyd

Director, Pivotal Labs

Simone LaPray

Program Manager, TechStars Boston

Sriram Gollapalli

Managing Director, Long Angle

Stamatis Astra

Venture Partner, Innovation Ventures

Stephany Lapierre

CEO, Tealbook

Stephen Smith

President & CEO, G7 Research

Steve Bowman

Pitch Doctor , BizClarity

Steven Kane

CEO, LuckyLabs

Steven Gonzalez

Venture Partner, Seldor Capital

Subha Silverman

FI Mentor

Sun Altbach

CEO & President, PIC Therapeutics

Sundar Narasimhan

SVP, President for Sabre Labs and Product Strategy, Sabre Labs

Suzy Sharpe

Founder & CEO, CastingQual

Tawanda Mahachi

Co-Director, Founder Institute Boston

Thomas Elliott

CEO, Left Hook

Thos Niles

COO, Brio Systems

Tom Ryden

Executive Director, MassRobotics

Tony Liu

Co-Founder, JobGet

Tracy Graziani

CEO, Graziani Mutimedia LLC

Tyler Durman

CEO & Founder, Ignition Growth Consulting

Varun Ramdevan

FI Mentor

Vasilios Roussos

Managing Director, DCU FinTech Innovation Center

Vijay Somandepalli

Co-Founder & CTO, American Robotics

Vincent Marsland

Senior Founder Success Manager, Communitech

Vivek Soni

Managing Director, TiE Angels

Vladimir Pletyukhin

Founder and Creative Director, Launch Deck

Wes Barlow

Founder, Coffr

William Perkins

Member, Mintz

Winston Chen

Founder, Voice Dream

Yasmin Cruz

General Partner, Visible Hands

Yemi Oluseun

Growth & GTM For FinTechs, The Change Hive

Yusuf Bashir

SVP, Palladium Capital Group

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