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Founder Institute Mentors

Tunis 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 Tunis program below.

Mentors

Abdallah

Abdallah Hajji

Product Offering Manager, Voice Revo
Abdel

Abdel Beldy

Co-founder, HomeSchool
Abdelaziz

Abdelaziz Beldy

FI Mentor
Abdellatif

Abdellatif Najjar

CEO, Prodexo and Picstore.tn
Achref

Achref Chafter

Managing Director, FOUNDUP
Adam

Adam Chebbi

CEO, Vynd
Adel

Adel Beznine

CEO, Boost Accelerator
Adnen

Adnen Ben Haj Yahia

Executive Director, EL SPACE
Ahmed

Ahmed Hamouda

IT Innovation Manager, Promise Project
Ahmed

Ahmed Ben Achballah

CEO & Founder, Lifeye.io
Ahmed

Ahmed Hadhri

Program Manager, Betacube
Ahmed Amine

Ahmed Amine Azouzi

CEO, Pencils Consulting - Media & Entertainment / QLM Media
Aida

Aida Robbana

Doctor, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat TUNISIA
Ali

Ali Mnif

CEO, Mazam
Ali

Ali Omar

Co-Founder & Board Member, Med Group Oy | Growth-Entrepreneur, Med Group Oy
Ali

Ali Boulila

Co-Founder & CEO, KNSD
Alia

Alia Mahmoud

Regional Citizenship Manager , Microsoft
Alya

Alya Kebiri

FI Mentor
Amel

Amel Saidane

CEO & Co-Founder, Betacube
Ameni

Ameni Mansouri

Co-Founer & CEO, Dabchy
Amine

Amine Ben Hamadou

General Manager, Management Business and Consulting
Andrea

Andrea Jackson

Vice President, Biopharma, Mitra Biotech
Andrea

Andrea Maiweg

Founder, MaiValueConsulting
Andrea

Andrea Monti

Managing Director Impact and Sustainability, Founder Institute
Andrey

Andrey Gershfeld

Executive investment manager, ABRT Fund
Anup

Anup Gosavi

CEO, Spext
Ashmita

Ashmita Gupta

Global Head of Analytics, Linedata
Asma

Asma Bouzaidi

Investment Manager, Flat6labs
Awatef

Awatef Adalet

Energy Industry professional, MBA candidate Warwick Business School UK
Ayhan K.

Ayhan K. Isaacs

Head of Global Growth, Founder Institute
Aymen

Aymen Mtimet

FI Mentor
Aziza

Aziza Inoubli

Project Manager , Expertise France
Azzen

Azzen Abidi

Growth Marketing Consultant, Self Employed
Bahia

Bahia Nar

Communication & social media expert & trainer , Fire works consultancy
Bassem

Bassem Bouguerra

CEO, Tunpixel
Bechir

Bechir Afifi

CEO & Co-founder, Fabskill
Bechir

Bechir Ennaifer

Market Coordinator, Taptap Send
Besma

Besma Kraiem

Executive Board Member, ISQ
Bilel

Bilel Bouraoui

H, Atilla
Bill

Bill Jackson

Co-founder and CEO, Sinovia Technologies
Brandon

Brandon Steelman

Founder, Clear Gene, Inc.
Brandon

Brandon Burke

Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, LegWorks
Caroline

Caroline Brummelhuis

Founder & CEO , TheNextWomen Tunisia
Chad

Chad Van Vacas

investor, Angel Investor/ VC
Chahira

Chahira Mehouachi

PHD researcher , Paris Dauphine
Chahrazed

Chahrazed Remadi

CEO & Co-Founder, Wantotrip
Chamsseddine

Chamsseddine Abdelhafidh

Senior Copywriter, Beautiful Destinations
Charlie

Charlie Jackson

Founder, Silicon Beach Software
Chawki

Chawki Gaddes

President, INPDP
Chehir

Chehir Dhawedi

co-founder , Reedz
Chiheb

Chiheb Ghazouani

Managing Partner, CAG Law Firm
Chiraz

Chiraz Ennaceur

CEO, CorrosionRADAR Ltd
Chris

Chris Cheng (朝晖 程)

CEO, 海丁网
Chris

Chris Bechtel

Managing Partner, Growth Engine Labs
Chris

Chris Barton

co-founder and board member, Shazam
Chris

Chris Browning

FI Mentor
Chris

Chris Bouton

CEO, Vyasa
Chris

Chris Clark

FI Mentor
Chris

Chris Turnley

FI Mentor
Chris

Chris Chediak

Corporate Finance Attorney , Weintraub Tobin
Chris

Chris Bolman

Founder, Brightest
Christian

Christian Abi Nader

Managing Partner, AdCom Agency
Cyril

Cyril Grislain

Angel Investor, DouboDoor Property Technologies LLC
Dale

Dale David

Founder, MYCURE
Dali

Dali Chabaane

Talent Acquisition Partner, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
Dali

Dali Lakhoua

Partner, AfricInvest group
Damon

Damon Hernandez

co-founder , IDEAbuilder
David

David Weekly

Product Manager, Medcorder
David

David Jacobson

CEO and co-founder, Synaq
David

David Silverstein

Founder & CEO, Amaze PBC
David

David Johnson

Co Founder & Chairman of the Board, From Fat to Finish Line
David

David Pan

COO Startups and Innovation, KPMG in Taiwan
David

David Giannini

Chairman and CEO, Cirrusworks, Inc.
David

David Fisher

President, RockStar Consulting
David

David Fonseca

VP of Global Development, VelocityTX
David

David Wohde

Manager WeWork Labs, WeWork
David

David Salt

HR Director, LOGIVAN
David

David Bchiri

General Manager , Fabernovel US
Dhekra

Dhekra Khelifi

Partner, Managing owner, Senior Management advisor, 216 Capital Ventures, Good Ventures Consulting, Galactech LLC
Dhia

Dhia Soussi

Co-Founder & CTO, Daycation
Diane

Diane Najm

CEO/Founder, PhotoPad
Diane

Diane Bailey

Head of Accelerator Growth, Founder Institute
Dr. Hanan

Dr. Hanan El Basha

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Maverika
Elyes

Elyes Chafter

Attorney at Law, Chafter Raouadi | Cabinet d’avocats
Emily

Emily Forbes

Co-Founder, Seenit
Emily

Emily Sit

Head of Partnerships, Phaze
Emna

Emna Ghariani

Chapter Lead Director, The Founder Institute
Evgeny

Evgeny Frolov

Founder, Growth coaching for startups and companies
Fares

Fares Ben Souilah

FI Mentor
Fares

Fares Belghith

Founder & CEO, Kamioun
Farez

Farez Zekri

Principal Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Tunisia
Farouk

Farouk Rezgui

Senior Consultant, RRC
Faten

Faten Ghriss

ML Software Engineer , InstaDeep
Fatene

Fatene Ben Hamza

COO, Cogite Coworking Space
Fatma

Fatma Mehiri

CEO, OST Pre-incubator
Felipe

Felipe Novak

Sócio, Negromonte & Prado
Feras

Feras Mousilli

Managing Partner, Lloyd & Mousilli
Ghazi

Ghazi Ben Othman

Managing Partner, UNIQ Ventures
Ghazi

Ghazi Saddem

CEO, Ghazi Saddem Consulting
Haifa

Haifa Ourir

Senior Manager - Software Development - Asset Management , Linedata
Hakim

Hakim Ben Ayed

CCO, Aymax
Hamdi

Hamdi Ksiaa

Development Director, BFPME
Hamza

Hamza Guizani

Incubation & Acceleration Director, TECHNORIAT
Hana

Hana Besbes

Investment Professional , Heal Capital
Hasna

Hasna Kourda

FI Mentor
Hassine

Hassine Labaied

Managing Partner, SKILA Tendance
Hatem

Hatem Haddad

Dr., Manouba University
Haythem

Haythem Mehouachi

Entrepreneur/Investor, Entrepreneur / Digital Transformation
Hedi

Hedi Zaher

CEO, Datavora
Hela

Hela Fourati

Private Equity Manager, AfricInvest Group
Heythem

Heythem Ben Salem

Expert, Digital Transformation, business development, Go To Market, marketing and strategy, AlTecDev
Hichem

Hichem Radoine

Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Connect Innov
Hidayet

Hidayet Ayadi

CEO, SgharToon
Houcem

Houcem Maiza

CEO, Galactech LLC
Houda

Houda Ghozzi

CEO, Open Start-up Tunisia
Houda

Houda Bakir

FI Mentor
Houeida

Houeida Anouar

CEO, COGITE
Ichraf

Ichraf Jarray

FI Mentor
Iheb

Iheb Beji

CEO, MEDIANET
Iheb

Iheb Triki

Director - Private Equity, Swicorp
Indhran

Indhran Indhrasegha

Growth Strategist | Brand Strategist | Fractional CRO, Former HSBC, Electrolux, AstraZeneca
Irina

Irina Baskova

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

Isaac Victoria

Legal Director, Webach
Ismail

Ismail Ben Sassi

CEO, ilboursa.com
Issam

Issam Essefi

CEO, BIGDeal
Issam

Issam Smaali

Founder , wattNow
Issam

Issam Bellaj

CEO, Med.tn
Jaafar

Jaafar Saied

Co Founder, Dar Blockchain
Jack

Jack McGowan

Director, Buffalo Angels
Jack

Jack Greco

Principal, Cupule Ventures
James

James Shomar

FI Mentor
Jazem

Jazem Halioui

CEO, Innova Tunisia
Jeff

Jeff Jackel

CEO, Chatter
Jesus

Jesus Cagide

Senior product manager, Paypal
Jihed

Jihed Othmani

CTO, Expensya
Jihed

Jihed Hannachi

Co-Founder, MajestEYE
John

John Jang

ceo cofounder, Pengguin
Jon

Jon Nordmark

CEO , Iterate.ai
Jon

Jon Cifuentes

Co-founder, All Turtles
Joseph

Joseph Shair

Co Founder, Drivr
Joseph Benjamin

Joseph Benjamin Ilagan

Co-Founder and CEO, Seer Technologies
Karim

Karim Sehnaoui

Founder and Managing Director, Elham Group Tunisia
Karim

Karim Koundi

FI Mentor
Karim

Karim Jouini

CEO, Expensya
Karim

Karim Bahi

Management Consultant, Inceptio
Karim

Karim Chabrak

FI Mentor
Katja

Katja Gaesing

Employer Branding Manager, Novartis
Kenji

Kenji Sadamoto

Founder, CEO, Heart Forever Co. Ltd.
Khadija

Khadija Jallouli

CEO & Founder, HawKar
Khaled

Khaled Jilani

Senior Partner , Tuninvest-Africinvest
Khaled

Khaled Dridi

Fund Manager, United Golf Financial Services North Africa
Khaled

Khaled Helioui

CEO, Bigpoint
Khaled

Khaled Bendriss

CTO, Wevioo
Khalil

Khalil Ben Hamouda

CTO, Vynd
Khalil

Khalil Talbi

Search Fund Entrepreneur, Tunisian Amercian Enterprise Fund
Khalil

Khalil Ben Hamouda

Co-Founder & CTO, Vynd
Khoubaib

Khoubaib Ayari

Program Manager, Wiki Start Up
Khouldoun

Khouldoun Bouraoui

CEO, Agile 4UX
Lamine

Lamine Amine

Founder & Creative Director, Brand & Bear
Lance

Lance Loveday

CEO, Closed Loop
Lance

Lance Pormarejo

Garage Academy Director, Launchgarage
Lance

Lance Cottrell

Founder, Feel the Boot
Leila

Leila Charfi

Country Director, Tunisia, Yunus Social Business
Leyth

Leyth Zniber

Co-Founder, Impact Lab
Mada

Mada Seghete

co-founder , Branch Metrics
Maha

Maha Khannoussi

Senior Program Officer, Flat6labs
Maha

Maha Essoussi

Business Development Manager, Axio
Maher

Maher Hanafi

CEO and Founder, Diginium Graphics
Maher

Maher Hammami

Accountant , Cabinet Maher Hammami
Mahmoud

Mahmoud Hachicha

Director Product Strategy , FLEETCOR
Mahmoud

Mahmoud Ibrahim

Founder , Mimos Cube
Makrem

Makrem Hermassi

COO & Co-Founder, Wantotrip
Malik

Malik Nouira

CEO / Founder, Prefabulous
Mariem

Mariem Sellami

Co-Founder and Managing Director, WeMove
Mark

Mark Organ

Cofounder & CEO, Influitive
Mark

Mark Lawrence

Co-Founder & CEO, SpotHero
Mark

Mark Reinstra

Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
Mark

Mark Gonzales

co-founders, The new medina
Mark

Mark Hellinger

Chief Marketing Officer, InvolveSoft
Mark

Mark Montalban

Founder & CEO, MindfulText
Mark

Mark Peterson

Partner, Diepenbrock Elkin Gleason LLP
Mark

Mark DeSantis

CEO, Bloomfield
Mark

Mark Wald

Managing Director, Supporting Strategies
Marko

Marko Kovac

CEO/Co-founder, Repsly
Marko

Marko Moračić

FI Mentor
Markus

Markus Rupprecht

CEO , Traxpay AG
Marouan

Marouan Amamou

FI Mentor
Mary

Mary Baker Anderson

CEO, Calipa Partners
Mary

Mary Glazkova

VP of PR and Communications, Wheely
Mary

Mary Koes

Product Manager, Google Cloud, Google Austria
Mary

Mary Poppen

President and Managing Partner, HRIZONS EX
Mary Beth

Mary Beth Green

Chief Innovation Officer, Sheetz
Mayssa

Mayssa Mrabet

Incubation Director, Njano
Mehdi

Mehdi Khaled

Managing Director / Co-founder, EmKay Consulting (Singapore) / PExMedia (Austria)
Mehdi

Mehdi Rhaiem

Mr , MTI Consulting
Mehdi

Mehdi Cherif

Business Developper , IOHK Cardano Project
Meriem

Meriem Kebiri

Strategy and Turnaround Advisor, Mkonsult
Moahmed

Moahmed Bouattour

Software Engineer, Foundation Medicine
Moez

Moez Ghanmi

Venture Capitalist, AfricInvest Group
Mohamed

Mohamed Bridaa

Country Manager, Microsoft
Mohamed

Mohamed Ben Rhouma

CEO, Evertek
Mohamed

Mohamed Khalloufi

CEO, MINTIT
Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali Elloumi

Executive Director and Board member, accesstoebusiness.com
Mohamed Ali

Mohamed Ali Belajouza

Chief Business Officer & Co-founder, Sqoin
Mohamed Amine

Mohamed Amine Ouni

CEO, Trust it
Mohamed Khaled

Mohamed Khaled Mezghani

Program Manager , Green4Youth
Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah Frad

CEO , United Gulf Financial Services- North Africa
Mohamed Salah

Mohamed Salah Mbarek

CEO, TAWA DIGITAL
Mohd

Mohd Santarissy

FI Mentor
Monaem

Monaem Ben Lellahom

Founding Partner - Head of Advisory Services, Sustainable Square
Mondher

Mondher Khanfir

Head , Tunisia Africa Business Incubator
Mondher

Mondher Merai

Head of Centers Of Excellence, Liendata Tunisia, Morocco, Latvia
Mongi

Mongi Bhouri

Strategic Planner, McCann Worldgroup Tunisia
Monica

Monica Phillips

President, Spark Plug Labs
Moritz

Moritz Blees

Founder & CMO, Kerbholz
Moritz

Moritz Spangenberg

CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn
Mostafa

Mostafa El Bermawy

CEO, NOgood
Mouna

Mouna Ayari

Ecosystem Lead, INTILAQ
Mouna

Mouna Fridhi

Junior Technical Expert in Digital Transformation, GIZ
Mustafa

Mustafa Dalci

CEO, Userspots
Mustafa

Mustafa Kopuk

Managing Partner , DOMiNO Ventures
Mustapha

Mustapha Kaddour

Strategy and Transformation Officer, MENINX Holding
Nadine

Nadine Zerrini

Director, Founder Institute Boston
Nassir

Nassir Rahman

Regional Business Director , Global Solutions Middle East Management Group
Nathalie

Nathalie Rahout

FI Mentor
Nick

Nick Huzar

CEO, OfferUp
Nick

Nick Saunders

Chairman, Golden Media OOD
Nickolas

Nickolas Zeni Kretzmann

Strategy expert and business development, Sebrae PR
Nicole

Nicole Gallop

VP, Cultivate Advisors
Nicole Zevola

Nicole Zevola Benvenuti

CEO, 1984
Noam

Noam Tamari-Wekser

Growth Investor, TheCircle
Noha

Noha Jaafar

FI Mentor
Noomane

Noomane Fehri

CEO, Our Digital Future
Noomen

Noomen Lahimer

CEO, Every Technologies
Omar

Omar Nacif

VP, Proteak Renewable Forestry
Omar

Omar Mohout

Growth Engineer, Sirris
Omar

Omar Saryah

Managing Partner, Sayarh & Menjra Law Firm
Omar

Omar Valle

Startup Business Development, Innovation Bay
Omar

Omar Branquinho

President at Campinas Tech, CEO at Deskflows
Omar

Omar Triki

Director Program Management Office, Fondation Tunisie pour le Development
Omar Mansoor

Omar Mansoor Ansari

President , TechNation
Ons

Ons Ben Abdelkarim

President, Al Bawsala
Oumaima

Oumaima M'barki

Lead design, LINEDATA
Oussama

Oussama Messaoud

Chairman, Datavora
Patrick

Patrick Birault

Founder & CEO, PBRH Consulting
Pedro

Pedro Telleria

Professor, Tunis Business School
Phil

Phil Libin

Founder & CEO, All Turtles
Phillip

Phillip Merrick

Chairman & Co-founder, VisualCV
Pratik

Pratik Gauri

Founder and CEO, 5ireChain
Rahma

Rahma Abid

Founder , Shape
Ramez

Ramez Mohamed El Serafy

CEO, Flat6labs
Ramzi

Ramzi El Fekih

CEO, CREOVA
Rania

Rania Reda

CEO, Augmania
Rania

Rania Khedhir

Senior Consultant , Morgan Philips Group
Rebecca

Rebecca Clyde

CEO & Co-Founder, Botco.ai
Remi Christoffer

Remi Christoffer Dramstad

FI Mentor
Richard

Richard Finke

Country Manager, Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII)
Rihab

Rihab Jlassi

Project Manager , Fondation Tunisie pour le Development
Rodolphe

Rodolphe Buis

Innovation & Transformation Director, Linedata
Roger

Roger Do

Co-Founder, QSearch
Roger

Roger Heaston

President & CEO, Refinition
Rudolph

Rudolph Cerqueira

COO International & CEO , AOS - Appels d'offres simplifiés
Ryadh

Ryadh Bouslama

CEO, LEVEL 1
Rym

Rym Baouendi

Founder & Managing Director, Cogite Coworking Space
Rym

Rym Jarou

CEO, Smart Tunisia
Sabeeha

Sabeeha Banubhai

Founder and Experience Director, Jack Studios
Sabrine

Sabrine Chenaoui

CEO & Founder, Monsapo
Sabrine

Sabrine Jelassi

Software Developer, Zimmer Biomet
Sacha

Sacha Alanoca

Senior AI Policy Researcher & Head of Community Development, The future Society
Salma

Salma Belhassine

FI Mentor
Salmine

Salmine Sassi

Entrepreneur in Residence, Seedstars
Sami

Sami Jaidane

Business Consultant / Entrepreneur @, SJDN Consulting / Pack-tory / Valomnia
Sami

Sami Ben Romdhane

Vice President, Technical Fellow at eBay Inc, eBay inc
Sami

Sami Tounsi

CEO, MonResto.tn
Saoussen

Saoussen Ayari

FI Mentor
Sarah

Sarah Jane Maxted

Executive Director, MIT
Sarah

Sarah Toumi

Founder , Acacias for all
Sarra

Sarra Ben Younes

Project Manager, Startup Act
Scott

Scott Leatherman

Chief Marketing Officer, Veritone
Selma

Selma Ben Kraiem

HR consultant, BK
Shady

Shady Achouri

CTO, Chantier
Simon

Simon Turner

Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
Simran

Simran Kaur

Founder, Power Women Corp
Sola

Sola Adekanye

Founder, Open Innovation Access
Sophia

Sophia Hasnain

Founder & CEO, Linked Things
Soumaya

Soumaya Ben Beya

FI Mentor
Soumaya

Soumaya Ben Beya

Operations Manager, Veamly
Taher

Taher Mestiri

CEO, I.T Grapes
Taher

Taher Gayes

Head of Technology Transformation and Innovation, Saudi Awwal Bank
Tarek

Tarek Ben Abdallah

COO, Afrikwity
Tarek

Tarek Chelaifa

Senior Manager, GSMA
Taylor

Taylor Davidson

President, Neil Benton Arts and Entertainment
Timothée

Timothée Raymond

Head of Innovation & Technology, Voice Revo
Tom

Tom Sichel

Co-founder, Nova Finance
Victor

Victor Chapela

Founder & CEO, Suggestic
Victor

Victor Madueño

Experience Consulting Director | Business & Digital Transformation | Startup Mentor & Angel Investor, Epam Middle East
Wael

Wael Ben Romdhane

Brand Manager, Philip Morris
Wafa

Wafa Gabsi

CEO, ARCHIVART
Wala

Wala Kasmi

CEO, Youth Decides GROUP
Waleed

Waleed Helal

Head of Growth Marketing, Xpence
Walid

Walid Qazizada

Investment Manager, InFrontier
Walid

Walid Bellagha

Managing Director, Endeavor
Walid

Walid Daas

Co-fondateur et Directeur des programmes, Teamlink
Walid Sultan

Walid Sultan Midani

CEO, DigitalMania
Wassel

Wassel Berrayana

CEO, Proxym-IT
Wassim

Wassim Ben Larbi

FI Mentor
Wassim

Wassim Jouini

Co-Founder, FivePoints Talent Pool
Yahya

Yahya Bouhlel

CEO & Co-Founder, Go My Code
Yassine

Yassine Oussaifi

Manager, Africinvest
Yassine

Yassine Younsi

Senior Partner , Younsi & Younsi Law Firm
Yassir El Ismaili

Yassir El Ismaili El Idriss

CEO, Tayara.tn
Yehia

Yehia Houry

Managing Director, Tunisia, Flat6labs
Youssef

Youssef Said

CEO & Co-Founder, Travaris
Yssem

Yssem Saadi

Owner & Communciation strategist, Better Ask Y
Zaheer

Zaheer Nasser

Co-Founder | Managing Partner, Doctoori Connect
Zakaria

Zakaria Belkhodja

Head of Strategy, MENINX Holding
Zeineb

Zeineb Fakhfakh

Managing Director , Impact Partner
Zhaira

Zhaira Bennani

Dirigeante , Well-Com International
Zied

Zied Guiga

CEO, Wallyscar

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