Founder Institute Mentors

Amsterdam - Switzerland Fall 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 Amsterdam program below.

Mentors

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Guillermo Söhnlein

Co-Founder & CEO , Blue Marble ExplorationBlue Marble Exploration

Noam Tamari-Wekser

Growth Investor, TheCircle

Peter Lazou

Creative Future Venture Builder & Investor, otherDOTS

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Christoph Sollich

Freelancer, The Pitch Doctor

Brad Peppard

Partner & Principal, Ravix Group

Paul D'souza

President and CEO, The D'Souza Group

Kostas Karolemeas

Founder, CEO, Allcancode

Mike Suprovici

Head of Acceleration, VC Lab

Thomas Baer

Chief Operations Officer, Koch & Gsell

Michael Blank

Investment Manager, Investiere.ch

Eric Postler

Managing Partner, Impact Hub Bern

Oliver Flueckiger

Entrepreneur, Lecturer, Startup, University of Zurich

Simon Heinzle

CEO and co-founder, Crowd

Lydia Bronze

Founder, Linie7

Stijn Pieper

Founder & CTO, Advanon

Timo Hahn

Chief Venture Officer, Sparrow Ventures

Matthias Dorner

Founder, Wydr

David Butler

Director, Startup Grind Zurich

Ralph Walter

CTO, Assentis

Paul Peyrot

Partner, Peyrot, Schlegel & Györffy

Martin Boos

Partner, Amatin

Jill Allemang

Founder and Managing Director, jallé

Cédric Waldburger

CEO, tenderloin ventures

Jan Fülscher

Owner, janfuelscher.ch

Balthasar Wicki

Senior Partner, Wicki Partners Ltd

Christoph Laib

CEO, Founder, ViOS GmbH

Sébastien Flury

Co-founder & CEO, Coteries SA

Willy Bischofberger

MSc Computer Science ETH, MBA INSEAD, Serial Entrepreneur

Yury Melnichek

Co-founder & ex-CEO, MAPS.ME

Armin Fricke

Managing Director, CGC Capital-Gain Consultants GmbH

Carlos Da Silva

Director, Founder Institute Portugal

Nicolas Egger

COO, Poinz

Carlo Loderer

CEO, Zippsafe AG

Nina Portier Reinhart

Managing Director, Reinhart Capital

Ralph Mogicato

Member of the Advisory Board, Swiss Finance Startups

Søren Bjønness

Partner, Catapult Capital GmbH

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Devesh Kothari

Technical Program Manager, Google Austria

Alessandro Tschabold

FI Mentor

Marcus Kuhn

Co-Founder, Viable Labs

Jim Cheng

FI Mentor

Daniel Kästli

Co-founder, Lead Customer Success, Spontacts, Frontify

Elias Kleimann

Founder & CFO, Wingtra

Nilson Kufus

Co-founder, Nomoko

Daniel Michael Böhi

Executive Coach, Founder & Investor, Founder Institute

Florian Nyffenegger

Founder, Agedo

Frank Mertens

Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH

Jacques Hefti

Entrepreneur, Investor & Senior Lecturer, Startup Campus

Rachel Sheppard

Digital Strategist & Startup Mentor - Helping Female Founders Launch & Grow Their Businesses Around the Globe, Founder Institute HQ

Pouria Kay

Founding Partner, Atlan

Nathan Evans

Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor , Stealth Fintech Startup

Chevonae Walcott

Associate, Relay Ventures

Veroniek Vermeulen

Founder, Silatha

Greg Chew

CEO, Founder, QPQ

Antonios Kouris

CEO, Curzyy

Rusty Schwartz

CEO, KitchenTown

Flavio Rump

Entrepreneur and Investor, Flavio Rump

Tobias Gunzenhauser

Co-Founder and CEO, Yamo

Christian Bärtsch

CEO and Co-Founder, Essento

Yaniv Lavi

CEO and Co-Founder, fitto

Manuel Gonzalez

CEO and Managing Partner, Global RIFF

Christine Gould

Founder & CEO, Thought For Food

Dr Mark Post

Founder , Mosameat

Katharina Kurz

Co-founder & MD , BRLO craft beer

Fabio Ziemssen

Director Food Innovation, NX-FOOD (METRO AG)

Tim Reinermann

Senior Projektmanager Digitales Marketing, Schwyzer Kantonalbank

Carina Freundt

Consultant / Former Director Strategic Planning & Analytics, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health

Caroline Schwieger

Category Director Home Care, Unilever

Wendelien Loopik

Director Digital Innovation, Royal Haskoning DHV

Micha Verhagen

Coach & Consultant & Program Manager, StartupBootcamp / ng Strategic Programme Management

Otto Freijser

Co-Founder / Lean Innovation Lead, Perpetulon

Stephen Dowling

Global Vice President - Marketing | Digital Commerce | Go To Market, adidas

Alexander Mathys

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Food Processing, ETH Zuerich

German Ramirez

Co-founder & Chief Relevance Officer, THE RELEVANCE HOUSE AG

Tatjana De Kerros

Head of Venturing @RicoLab, RicoLab

Jana Thiel

Senior Researcher ETH Zuerich, ETH Zuerich

Susanne Lauber Fuerst

Founder & CEO , InnoNext

Lea Von Bidder

Co-Founder and CEO, Ava Science

Alexandre Bastos

Global Director Innovation, Givaudan

Pierre Alain Ceralli

CEO & Co-Founder OriginFood / Former Executive Ambrosus, OriginFood

Michelle Grant

Committee Member and Lecturer, ETH Zuerich World Food System Centre & Swiss Committee of UN FAO

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Agent21

Christoph Birkholz

Co-President & Founder, Impact Hub Switzerland

Bart Jan Veldhuizen

CEO and Co-Founder, KitchenRepublic

Frieder Damm

Managing Director & Founder / Chairman , Daizu & Sleep.ink / German FoodTech Expert Group

Mark Leinemann

Founder & President, Crowdfoods.com - the 1st AgriFood/-Tech Startup Association in DACHLI

Mateja Kramar

Serial Entrepreneur / Project Lead, ETH Zuerich / Swiss Smart Farming

Chander Nagpal

Managing Partner, Enabling Excellence

Michael Baier

Start-up-, Venture Capital- & M&A-Lawyer, Wenger & Vieli

Marina Helm Romaneschi

President and Co-Founder, foodward

Oliver Stahl

FOUNDER, Snackbox Express / Früchtebox Express / Hofladen Express / Dalou / Fruchtbox Express

Olivier Laube

FI Mentor

Carl P-Conquilla

Director / Design Engineer, Torson Injex AG

Roland Siegwart

Professor Autonomous Systems, ETH Zuerich

Carlos Ruiz

CEO & Co-Founder, Flatev AG

Christoph Kellenberger

CEO and Co-Founder , DrinkPure / Novamem

Ulla Fletscher

CEO, HEYLIFE

Thomas Boesch

Co-Founder, Earlybird Food

Bart Clarysse

Professor of Entrepreneurship, ETH Zuerich

Elena Mlotok

General Manager, Head of EU Newsstand, Amazon

Irina Berkon

Member, Golden Seeds

Mike Abegg

Lawyer, Wenger & Vieli

Jean Philippe Spinas

Principal, Kienbaum

Hans Stier

Founder & CEO, Bonaverde Coffee AG

Nimrod Vromen

Partner, Yigal Arnon

Gil Margalit

CEO, PhoneDue Technology in Motion

Raanan Shenhav

Founder, RS-CPD

Clemence Marcilly

FI Mentor

Sandeep Raju

Co-founder and Director, Samaaru India

Sandro Kunz

Co-Founder & CEO, Pingen

Georg Greve

FI Mentor

Kartik Buddha

Co-Founder/CTO, MOOCTORS

Aron Braun

Founder / Co-Founder, Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH

Eszter Tanczos Olver

Partner , EJ Capital AG

Beat Scheidegger

Co-Founder, Company Factory AG

Julien Lepetit

Director Europe, The Business of Trust

Rolf Van De Velde

FI Mentor

Pascal Brunner

CEO, Vatorex

Magdalena Tarasinska

Investor, SICTIC

Barbara Rübel

Managing Partner, Brand Essence AG

Jürg Stuker

Partner, Kickstart Innovation

Réginald Bien Aimé

Founder & Managing Director, Veelab

Joanna Demkow Bartlomé

FI Mentor

Alex Von Mühlenen

Founder & CEO, Chainwork

Philippe Küng

Executive Board Member, resilient

Stavros Pavlidis

Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group

Patrycja Pielaszek

CEO/Founder, WeCoCo.io

Julia Devecchi

CEO/Founder, naanu Foods AG

Freddy Atangana

Founder & CEO, EKAMOU

Anja Willms

Founder & Managing Director Shileo GmbH/ Venture Architect for Sparrow Ventures, Shileo GmbH

Mine Uran

CEO and Founder, Alver

Erin Chen

Founder& CEO, Gilly, Inc.

Alexandra Pastollnigg

Founder, Fair Voyage

Lidia Zabala

Co-Lead , Lean In Zurich

Alejandro Garcia

CEO & Founder , AI Retailer Systems

Matthias Käch

Senior IP Trainer, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Erika Darmstaedter

Co-Founder, Collective63

Alice Sachova Kleisli

Partner, Vendbridge AG

Amine Tazi

Founder & Managing Partner, AT Swiss Ventures

Pascal Koenig

Co-Founder | Member of the Board, AVA Women

Bastian Thurneysen

FI Mentor

Marcel Gasser

Managing Director and Founder, GEN (Global Entrepreneurship Network) | AKASHA

Mara Rada

Chief Operations and Strategy, Loon (loonbio.com)

Aleksandar Bradic

Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe

Lavina Ramkissoon

AI Ethics and Technology Policy, African Union

Morgaine Gaye

Founder, Dr Gaye

Herman Gyr

Member of the Board, Eligma

Kezia Cottrell

Senior Innovation Consultant, Happen.com

Sunnie Groeneveld

CEO & Founder, Inspire 925

Fraser Doherty

Founder/Co-Founder, SuperJam | Beer52.com

Ryan Bethencourt

CEO, Wild Earth

Gulnaz Khusainova

CEO & Founder, EasySize

Sameer Sortur

Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures

Costas Papaikonomou

Co-Founder, Happen

Cedric Waldburger

Founder & General Partner, Tomahawk.vc

Andrew Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures

Sharon Alvarez

Chair Entrepreneurial Studies, Graduate School of Business / University of Pittsburgh

Yoav Bar

VicePresident, CocaCola Israel

Stephanie Naegeli

Chief Strategic Business Development Officer, SV Group

Gunter Pauli

Founder / Director, ZERI

Dalith Steiger

Co-Founder / Managing Partner, SwissCognitive / Cognitive Valley

Abdellah Aouf

Chief Executive Officer, GO PLATFORM

Jessica Korthuis

Founder & CEO, SOHUIS

Ofer HaCohen

Head of Innovation Center, Israel, AT&T

Ari Veltman

Business Strategy Advisor | Board Director | CBDO@, Sparko.TV

Nadav Kaidar

Partner, Systems Of Disruption

Thomas Ackermann

Co-Director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Haim Rot

C.E.O, Cohen Rot Financial Management

Eddie Laventman

Founder & CEO, Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters

Monika Bercu

COO, GrowersTech

Sean Paul Shanor

Bliss, Breathwork, Startup Coach, Synergy Space

Fortunat Diener

Founder , AVEC-SAVE AG

Michael Striligás

Founder, Vertliner

Thomas Helbling

Co-CEO, CARU AG

Nadine Zerrini

Director, Founder Institute Boston

Raphaela Kurer

C0-Founder | CMO, Meloncast

Marita Price

Founder & Director, Hello

Bogdan Vasile

Co-founder, phase2

Sasha Schriber

Founder and CEO, Nanos.AI

Léa Miggiano

CMO and Co-Founder, Carvolution

Christof Tremp

Founder and CEO, REBELS 0.0%

Elena Walder Schiavone

Managing Partner, Übermorgen Ventures

Klaus Kummermehr

Co-Founder and Partner , SNGLR Group

Sonia Eterno

CEO and Founder, SHUBiDU AG

Bogdan Krinitchko

CEO & Founder , BRU

Oron Zachar

CEO & Founder , Vytonic

Emil Virag

Founder, Foodanza, Inc.

Chris Foltz

Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Founder Institute

Joanna Kapela

Founder, SLEEBOO

Cassiano Gobbet

Founder, Troovr

Trudi Haemmerli

Partner, SNGLR CAPITAL

Vera Futorjanski

FI Mentor

Panagiotis Tomadakis

General Manager, Oriani

Bhaskar Bulusu

Associate Partner, IBM India

Dionysis Linaras

President of the Investment Committee, Hellenic Pension Fund

Christodoulos Papachristou

COO, Funkmartini

Ion Badekas

CEO, M-Stat SA

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Sabrina Tachdjian

Head of Ecosystem APAC, Hedera Hashgraph

Sona Chandra

CEO and Founder, Terra Lumina

Gonçalo Castanho

CEO, Avenue Ideas Lda

Vincent Irrling

Co-Founder | CEO, KAPSLY

Alexandra Pinto

Founder, hoursec

Guillaume Rozenblat

Founding Partner, Seven Lanes Capital

Majbritt Byskov Bridges

COO and Co-Founder, Alver World SA

Pierre Gaubil

FI Mentor

Adriano Di Dia

Chief Marketing Officer, Fyffes International SA

Michael Mosimann

Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.

Antoine Mallard

VP, Causality Link

Angela Stathi

Expert at European Innovation Council, .

Leonidas Papadopoulos

Growth Strategist/CEO, Viable Growth Marketing Agency

Alexander Schmitt

CTO, FYTA GmbH

Suzanne Van der Maarel

Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program, Kickstart Innovation

George Papanikolaou

Founder and Owner, WINE ART SA

Alain Nydegger

Founding Partner, 21Celsius Ventures

Lukas Böni

Co-Founder, Planted

Adrian Hirt

FI Mentor

Simon Dössegger

former CEO, modum

Greg Beardwell

CEO and Co-Founder , Connie's Kitchen

Lilla Peczely

co-director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Sophie Neuhut

President, Impact Angel Investors

Noemi Nagy

Business Development , Alpine Angel Investors

Natasha Drapeau

Partner, Strategic Projects, Equinoxe Investments SA

Carolin Schneider

Founder & CEO, 4di2 GmbH

Hilda Kilama

Founder, YouTold

Elisa Chiarelli

CEO and Founder, Yoordi

Luca Ferraro

Strategic Project Manager, Biotronik

Gianmaria Monteleone

Founder , YouniteStars SpA

Shira Teger

Attorney, Arnon, Tadmor - Levy

Michael Dudli

CEO and Founder, Xelon

Ivo Ronner

VC & Advisor, Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.

Fabian De Vos

User Journey Manager, MoneyPark

Ricardo Perez Font

Head of Marketing, BOBST

Patricia Kastner

Angel Investor, Strategic Advisor

Daniel Puerta Diaz

Founder and expert on Industrialization and Scale-up, Sunflower Labs

Luis Allo

Director External Innovation R&D, Kenvue

Markus Ursprung

Owner, Level 48

Neriya Rosner

Founder , SpecBite

Mohammad Hossein Tavangar

Director , Founder Institute Germany

Rene Lehmann

Co-Founder, Kanbii Solutions AG

Oana Ria Nasaudeanu Ghinea

Regional Manager, SINGA Switzerland

Martina Frick

Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M., Eversheds Sutherland

Deep Moteria

Founder , Elluminati

Jerome Mutschler

CEO and Co-founder , Demetrics

Nicola D'Apice

Sr Manager Engineering EMEA, Johnson & Johnson

Konstantin Berezin

Technology Entrepreneur , Stealth Mode

Max Itskovich

CEO and Founder, Mobindustry

Fiorella Erni

CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA

Manuel Rinaldi

Program Director , Starta VC

Laurentiu Christian Nat

Co-Founder, Easyplan Hospitality

David Lunsford

FI Mentor

Aksil Amel

Mr., aux pieds des bibans

Arcui Usoara

Founder/CEO, Iaculus

Cristobal Sanchez

Global Marketing & Digital Leader – BUSINESS ACCELERATOR, Invacare

Ido Zahavi

Associate, Arnon, Tadmor-Levy

Hilda Liswani

Founder, webloom

Eliana Zamprogna

CEO and Founder, Yumame Foods

Olena Bochulia

Co-Founder, Severus

Marco Tosoni

Startup Advisor, Freelancer

Anette Gärtner

Intellectual Property Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Kamran Houshang Pour

Patent Expert , Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Olha Kubiv

Startup Mentor, Beloyara

Christina Hoffmann

CEO and Founder, BRANDMIND

Henrietta Hearth

Investment Principal , Big Idea Ventures

Sharon Tal

Author & Facilitator, Where to Play

Liran Akavia

Serial entrepreneur (2 exits) | Executive Chairman | , CallMarker / Seebo / Sogomatic / Intelichain

Michelle Tschumi

Head Start-up Finance, Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk

Alastair Wong

Head of Engineering, International, Restaurant Brands International

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