Founder Institute Mentors

Vietnam Summer 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 Vietnam program below.

Mentors

Adrian Stewart

Partner, Galaxy Ventures Co., Ltd

Adrian Ho

Partner, Blueprint Ventures

Ahmed Mounir

Mr, Mindshift Ventures

Aleksandra Liaplina

Program Lead, Blended Finance , IFC

Alex Samson

Founder & CEO, dvhb

Alex Ng

Managing Director, Spaze Ventures

Alex Huynh

CEO & Co-founder, STAG Vietnam

Alvin Foo

Managing Partner, Zero2Launch

Andreea Marinescu

CEO, Tech Add-Venture

Andy Tran

Founder & Chairman, Vietnam Chief Sales & Marketing Officer Association (CSMO)

Anh Nhat

Founder, VIS Laboratory

Anh Tu Duong

Founder, Web3 X

Antoine Morin

Co-founder & Creative Director, Team&Tonic

Beliūnas Linas

Europe Country Manager, Flutterwave

Ben Berenson

Managing Partner, Asia SGE, Hong Kong

Bich Hoang Ngoc

President, Global Leaders/Crestcom Vietnam

Binh Le Hai

Founder & Chairman, Mat Bao Group

Binh Le

CEO, Hue Networks

Binh Do

Director, Global Business & Cooperation, VINASA

Boris Bortolossi

Co-Founder/CPO, ReloTalent

Bryan Pelz

Founder & CEO, Klamr

Burak Buyukdemir

Founder, Etohum Accelerator

Charlie In

Founder, Raffles Capital Ltd

Chau Nguyen

CEO, Atoha

Chau Tran

Managing Partner , DYNA Capital

Chavy Goh

Founding Partner, BoltAsia Capital

Chi Nguyen Hanh

Member of Board of Principals, The Olympia Schools

Chris Harvey

FI Mentor

Cong Phung Tien

Founder & CEO, Noi.vn

Cong Nguyen

Founder, Wellbeing

Cuong Tran

Investment Associate, Jungle Ventures

David Yeng

Managing Partner, Founders Venture Capital

David Khoa

Head of Tech & Services, Business France Vietnam

David Nguyen

Executive Director, Vietcham Singapore

Deepak Peschard

Founder & CEO, Digeto

Denise Thi

Founder/CEO, SYLVA

Diana Kam

CEO, Singapore Markets & APAC Region, Venturebeam

Do Tuan Anh

Founder & CEO, Appota

Do Bui

Founding Partner, ThinkZone Ventures

Dongmi Choi

Senior Manager, Chungbuk Center for Creative Economy & Innovation

Dr Francois Fong

Founder & CEO, Neo-Health Group

Dr. Joe Hüg

Managing Director, IOAK, Corp., Professor, iU University

DrWarren Linger

CEO, exmersive.ai

Duc Trieu Tran

Founder & CEO, CMC InfoSec

Duc Tran

CEO, VIISA

Duc Dinh Tien

Director, Tienphong Bank

Duc Dang The

Lawyer, General Secretary, Vietnam Independent Directors Association (VNIDA)

Duc Vuong Anh

Director of Digital Transformation, Galaxy Holdings, SOVICO Group

Duc Grey Trinh

Investor, Dlion

Duc Minh Nguyen

Partner, Consulting, EY Consulting Vietnam Joint Stock Company (EY Consulting Vietnam)

Dung Nguyen Manh

Cofounder/ General Partner, Do Ventures

Dung Tran

Founder & CEO, MOG

Dung Do Viet

Vice President Global IT, Beckers Group

Dung Nguyen

FI Mentor

Eddie Thai

Partner, 500 Startups

Eldwin Wong

Founder and CEO, IN Financial Technologies (INFT)

Erdinç Ekinci

Co-Founder & CEO of Openfor.co & Co-capital.co, Managing Director of Founder Institute Japan/Korea/Taiwan

Eric Ha

CEO & Founder, Student Life Care

Esmeralda Herrera

Co-Founder, Well Invest

Fredrick Chege

Co-Founder & Investment Manager, Vitti Capital, Australia

Fredrik Winther

CSO, Katapult VC

Genia Xasis

Founder & CEO, Multiplyers.vc

Giang Trịnh

Managing Partner, VMCG Capital

Giang Trinh

Country Director, Founder Institute Vietnam

Giovanni T

Partner, Capital Holding

Hai Tran Viet

CFO, DGV Digital

Hanh Nguyen

Founder/CEO, EdTech Agency

Hany Sayed

Chief Digital Officer, Gyozer Proptech

Hao Mai

Investment Officer, Insignia Ventures Partners

Haruka Takamori

Investment Manager, STRIVE

Hau Ly

Partner, Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV)

Hien Nguyen Trung

Dr., Vice Director, Department of Science & Technology, Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi

Hieu Le Trung

CEO, IZZI Asia

HK Noh

Investment Manager, OXO Holdings

Hoang Nguyen

CEO , VinHMS

Hoang Thi Kim Dzung

Country Director, Genesia Ventures Vietnam

Hong Thanh Nguyen Khoa

CMO cum Corporate Affairs Director, PNJ Group

Hooi Yen Chin

Director, Polaris Law Corporation

Htet Arkar Kyaw

CEO, Dinger

Hung Dinh

Founder & CEO, Joomlart

Hung Tran

Founder & CEO, GotIt!

Hung Tran

Founding Partner , HUB Global

Hung Ngo

Vietnam Investment Lead, Cocoon Capital

Hung Phan Van

CTO, Tomotech

Hussein Sulaiman

Investment Principal, Jumpstart Disruptive Innovations (JDI)

Huy Nghiem

CEO/ Founder , Finhay

Huy Pham

Managing Director, Lotte Ventures Vietnam

Irawan Ganda

Principal and Head , Southeast Asia Spiral Ventures Pte. Ltd.

Jalal Eddine Kassou

Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Euromed Innovation Center (EIC)

Jenny Tho Dao

Doctor, Founder & CEO, FICH Healthcare

John Tay

Head of Partnerships, Tin Men Capital

John D. Evans, CFA

Fouinder & General Manager, SEIML Ventures

Jonah Levey

Angel Investor, ESCRYPT GmbH

Joselito Fañgonilo

Philippines Chapter Lead, Meet Ventures

Karin Wellbrock

Executive Leadership Coach and Co-Founder, Kay Group K.K.

Kenny Ng

Managing Director, Oakwood & Drehem Capital

Kevyn Nguyen

CEO, EIV International Education

Khanh Ngo

APAC and MEA Strategy & Ops Special Projects, TikTok

Khuong Nguyen Duc

Managing Director, EMLV Business School, France.

Klaus Derendorf

Co-Founder/Partner, Crescenta Global Ventures

Koichi Saito

Founding Partner, KK Fund

Kuah Bo Cheng

Head of VC & Technology Partnerships (APAC), CleverTap

Kurt Tanyu

Portfolio Manager, Susquehanna Asia Venture Capital

Lam Do

Co-founder & CEO, VUIHOC

Lana Dương

Senior Associate, NSI Ventures

Laura Nguyen

Partner, GenAI Fund

Le Hoang Quoc

Journalist, VTVDigital

Leo Lo

Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Leon Minh

Partner, YDLI

Liem Pham Tan

Co-Founder/CTO, Medigo

Lien Nguyen

Corporate Development, APPOTA Corp

Linh Truong

Vice CEO, iCheck

Linh Lee

CEO, Links Group

Linh Le Hong

General Secretary / CEO, CFO Vietnam

Linh Nguyen

Investment Associate, Ansible Ventures

Loc Nguyen Van

Lawyer, Chairman, LP Group

Loi Luu

CEO/ Founder , Kyber Network

Long Pham

Founder, sqrDAO

Long Vuong

CEO/ Founder , TomoChain

Loretta Tioiela

Managing Partner, Next Sequence

Louis Nguyen

Vietnam Community Manager, Chainlink Labs

Louise Linh Pham

Founder/CEO, LOGIVAN

Luan Nhan The

Founder & CEO, NCT Corporation

Luis Andrés Enriquez Arias

Partner & Co-founder, Bridge Latam Ventures

Ly Nguyen Hoang

CEO/ Founder , Komtek Group

Maaike Doyer

Founder, Epic Angels

Mai Anh Tran

Founder, Social Impact (Vietnam)

Marcuz Tan

Executive Director, Boustead APEX

Mark Birch

Global Startup Advocate, DEVBIZOPS

Mason Anh Bui

Investment Principal - VC, Kasikorn X Venture Capital (KXVC)

Mathilde Do Chi

Managing Director, Forward Food Law

Matt Millard

FI Mentor

Mehul Mishra

General Partner, FrontierSpace Ventures

Michael Goldberg

Managing Partner, Bridge Investment Fund LP

Michael O'brien

Managing Partner, Siol Venture Capital

Minh Phan Nhat

Partner, Gobi Partners

Minh Duc Nguyen

Co-Founder, LOYA3

Minh Toan Duong

Director, UOB Venture Management

Mohan Belani

CEO/Founder, e27 (Optimatic)

Moshe Kamar

CEO & Managing Partner, PeaksDA VC

My Tran

Investment Associate, Jungle Ventures

Nam Doan

Principal, ThinkZone Ventures

Nam Nguyen

Vice President, Vietnam Blockchain Association (VBA)

Ngan Tran

Founder/CEO, The New Leaders

Ngoc Nguyen

Jounalist/PR executive, DealstreetAsia/Mekong Capital

Ngoc Duong Minh

M&A & Advisory Director, OMverse

Ngoc Nguyen Ba

Founder/CEO, ProtonX

Ngoc Anh Hoang

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Renaissanc.IO

Ngon Pham

CEO/ Co-Founder, AhaMove

Nguyen Tran Vu

President, AI Education

Nguyen Pham

Founder/CEO , 5Desire

Nguyen Hoa Binh

Founder & CEO, PeaceSoft

Nguyễn Thanh Hà

Lawyer, Chairman, Managing Partner, S&B Law

Oanh Vu Kim

General Director/Chairwoman, OMverse

Pang Sittakaradej

Principal, ADB Ventures

Paul Meyers

CEO, Appetite Labs

Paven Thuat Do

Founder, Octan Network

Phieu Le Minh

Lawyer, Founding & Managing Partner, LMP Lawyers

Phuc Thinh Nguyen

Founding Partner, Renaissanc.IO

Phuoc Trinh

CTO, Gianty

Phuong Tran

Principal - Investment, WaveMaker Partners

Pradhumn Vijayvargiya

Co-Founder & CEO, Spot Early

Quan Truong

Founder & CEO, Leanflag & OpenCommerce Group

Quynh Anh Nguyen

Program Manager, The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program, J.E. Austin Associates

Quynh Nguyen Ba

General Manager, Hitachi Digital Services Vietnam

Quynh Le

Expansion Manager, Tether.to

Roger Do

CEO, Co-Founder, Watchdog Cyber Defense

Sami Kizilbash

APAC Head, Developer Ecosystems, Google

Sangay Tshering

Managing Partner at Green E and President, Loden Foundation

Sanjaykumar Patel

Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP - Patent & Trademark Attorneys

Sara Phuong Nguyen

Founder, QP Global Holdings

Satoshi Kuriga

Head of Global Investments, Reazon Capital

Sean Kwon

Investor, 500 Global

Sharon Lou

Venture Partner, Indelible Ventures

Sheikh Masud Iftekher

Key Account Controller, Ericsson Indonesia

Sheyla Felix

Senior Investment Strategist, Sheyconomics

Skye Nguyen

Founder, The Unicorn Trajectory

Son Tran

CEO, TIKI

Swetansu Mohapatra

Venture Capitalist, quantumEDGE Ventures

Tam Cao

Investment Manager, K Capital Group

Ted Thetnaungsoe

Venture Partner, A2D Ventures

Thao Ha

Venture Partner, Integra Partners

The Tai Dang

Co-Founder & Chairman, Minh Tam Co.

Thomas Zagler

Founder, Thomas Zagler International

Thuy Nguyen

Ex - CFO & Executive Advisor; Financial and Accounting Advisor; AAccounting Lecturer, S&S Group

Toan Nguyen

Founder/CEO, Aniday

Tony Do

CEO/ Founder, Palexy

Tra Nguyen

Branch Director, Asia Counsel

Trang Phi

Board Member & Head of Business Development Europe, G-college

Tri Dung Tran

Program Manager in the Hanoi Region, The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program at J.E. Austin Associates Inc.

Trinh Nguyen

Investment Director, AiViet Venture

Trung Anh Nguyen

CEO, Phoenix Holdings

Trung-Hieu Tran

Founder & CEO, TopCV Vietnam

Tu Tran

CEO Co-founder, Interstellar Co.Ltd

Tuan Nguyen Van

Vice President, VCCorp

Tuan Nguyen Minh

CEO , CyberAgent Capital Vietnam

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Investment Associate, Vertex Ventures SE Asia & India

Tuan Dung Nguyen

CEO, AIBox Ventures

Tu Anh Do

Partner, InvestUp

Tung Nguyen

Investor (VC), TNB AURA

Tuoc Huynh

Growth Manager, DFJ

Valdis Sprogis

COO, i1x Ventures

Van Nguyen

Managing Director, Excelsior Capital Asia

Varun Gupta

Executive Director, Blue Ashva Capital Singapore

Vi Ton

CEO, Founder, Creative Director , Beyond Creative Agency

Vicky Lay

Managing Director, Artesian Venture Partners

Victor Chua

Founding & Managing Partner, Vynn Capital

Viet Nguyen Hoang

Tech Investments Lead , VI Group

Viet Huynh

Chairman & Partner, Bee Capital

Vinh Quang Tran

Co-Founder, Appota

Vladyslav Nyshcheta

Partner, Multi-Family-Office

Vy Le

Cofounder/ General Partner, Do Ventures

Wilson Santoso

Co-Founder at Dabble, Director at Founder Institute Jakarta

Winson Tay

Book Author, 50 Ways to Read Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime

Ye Xuan

International Expert, Inflexion Private Equity

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