Seattle Spring 2026
Seattle Mentors
Program Mentors join weekly feedback sessions, host office hours, and in general provide you feedback every step of the way.
See the list of current and past mentors for the Seattle program below.
Allison Byers
Founder & CEO @ Scroobious
Amit Gupta
Sys Dev Manager @ Amazon
Andrew Klein
Founder @ Zccounting
Aniket Naravanekar
@ Skillsheet
Ankit Srivastav
Angel Investor / Product Leader @ Family Office
Aspen White
Cofounder and CEO @ Aerware AI
Bill Bryant
General Partner @ Threshold Ventures
Carmela Fortin
CEO @ Seattle Startup Coaches
Carson Nye
Investor @ Two Ravens
Chloe Feingold
Financial Advisor @ Edward Jones
Collin Dayley
Founder @ Collin Dayley Coaching
Craig Guarraci
Founder @ Tech PM Career Path, LLC
Dave Cotter
Owner @ Kelsor Ventures LLC
David Jorjani
Founder @ Qatalyst Labs
David Abu
Snr PM @ Microsoft
Dominique Simmons
Founder and CEO @ CX UX Spark
Evan Poncelet
evan@dreamward.vc @ Dreamward Group / Venture Black
Gabriela Camilli
Investor @ Act One Ventures
Gaurav Malhotra
CMO @ PickMyCar USA
Gillian Muessig
Co-Founder @ Moz
James Jenkins
Engineering Manager @ Andrews Cooper
Jay Goyal
President @ Actively Learn
Jen Haller
Chief of staff @ Ascend VC.
John Kinsella
Senior Engineering Leader @ AWS
John Robinson
Founder and Owner @ Resolution Photomatching
Jonathan Greechan
Co-Founder & CEO @ Founder Institute, GP Founder Capital
Kevin Chan
Director, Product Marketing @ Fleetio
Kt Mc Bratney
Head of Community @ Renew Venture Capital
Leila Ergul Demir
Founder @ Partner UP
Levi Velez Reed
Venture Partner @ Startup425
Louis Newkirk
Co-Founder / City Leader @ Venture Black / Founders Live
Luke Arrigoni
Founder / CEO @ Loti
Marc Krejci
Founder @ Pathfinder Foundry
Michael Avent
Partner @ Perkins Coie LLP
Michael Dryja
Principal and Registered Patent Attorney @ Law Offices of Michael Dryja
Mikaela Kiner
CEO & Founder @ Reverb
Nick Hughes
Founder & CEO @ Founders Live
Nicole Doyle
Founder, CEO @ Aspir
Nishanth Lingamneni
Angel Investor @ Family Office
Noemi Ceapa
Founder / CEO @ The Consulting Studio
Richard Bristol
@ Bristol Advisory
Rick Graham
@ Radd Studio Inc.
Ryan McRobert
Partner @ Fenwick & West
Shaahin Cheyene
Founder and President @ Podcastcola Inc.
Shama Keskar
Cofounder & CEO @ VoxAI
Symon Perriman
CEO & Founder @ FanWide
Taylor Black
Principal Program Manager, Office of the CTO Incubator @ Microsoft
Tony Nguyen
Founding Partner @ TKN Tyson LLP
Yoko Okano
Co-founder @ First Row Partners
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