Cyprus Fall 2026
Cyprus 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 Cyprus program below.
Abdellah Aouf
Chief Executive Officer @ GO PLATFORM
Adam Markakis
General Partner @ Astylab Ventures
Alex Alexakis
Investor @ Marathon Venture Capital
Alex Sumin
Alex Loizou
Alexandros Christodoulakis
CEO @ Wealthyhood
Alexis Piperides
CEO @ Proto.io
Ali Akber
Alina Andreieva
DesignThinkers Academy business partner, Ascent Group Managing Partner @ DesignThinkers Academy
Anastasios Avranas
Managing Partner @ Interfima
Andreas Koupparis
Andreas Mathikolonis
Head of Crypto Business Development (Strategy) @ BLK Group
Andreas Livadiotis
Andrei Yarantsau
@ DeepTech CY
Andrey Kostyuk
Co-Founder @ AAlchemy Ventures Limited
Angeliki Karagiannaki
Managing Director @ ACEin
Anni Panagiotopoulou
Managing Director and Owner @ Slash
Antigoni Komodiki
Antoinia Norman
Anton Vasiliev
General Partner @ Freesearch Ventures
Argyris Argyrou
Arseniy Dabbakh
@ Innotechnics
Athena Dova
COO & Co-Founder @ Owiwi
Ben Stacey
CEO @ Pitchverk
Beny Rubinstein, Eng, M.B.A., PhD Candidate
Founder & CEO @ BZR Insights
Brigitte Baumann
Briken Bufi
CEO & Co-founder @ Sainni AI
Carmine Masiello
Entrepreneur, Mentor, CTO @ KCYMA Studios Ltd
Celia Hadjichristodoulou
Chris Droussiotis
Christiana Aristidou
International Business Lawyer @ DEMOCRITOS ARISTIDOU & CO LAW FIRM
Christina Michaelidou
Certified life and Business coach | Trainer | Author | Mentor | ICF CY Board director @ DESIGN YOUR WINS
Christina Orfanidou
Head of Group AI @ Columbia Group
Christos Christodoulou
@ Double Eye
Claudia Vergueiro Massei
Exited edtech (Eduqo) co-founder & former CEO @ Siemens Oman
Constantine Demetriou
Mr @ Neom Investment Fund
Constantinos Nikolaidis
Associate @ Apeiron Venture Capital
Cyril Golub
Board Member @ LatBAN
Daniel Shterk
Founder & Chief Opportunity Curator @ FundraisingDispatch.com
Dimitris Doukakaros
Director @ Founder Institute Greece
Dimitris Servis
Director of Architecture @ Hexagon MI
Dimitris Papadakis
Digital Transformation and Innovation @ Alpha Bank
Dimitris Tsingos
Founder and CEO @ Starttech Ventures
Dionysis Partsinevelos
Venture Capital @ 33East | G4 Ventures
Edmund Frey
Elena Michael
Founder @ Evolving Minds & YoungstarsCyprus
Eleni Lialiamou
Founder @ Kimolian Academy
Ellie Diakanastasi
Early Stage Startups Mentor @ Founder Institute
Emmanouil Koukouvios
Digital Innovation Lead @ Flagship founders
Eva Agapaki
Founder & CEO @ Hatch Labs
Evanthia Antza
@ Xpress it
Filippos Tamvakakis
Investment Associate @ Genesis Ventures
Frixos Larkos
Gala Grigoreva
CMO/Go-to-Market and Growth Marketing Strategist @ Adsterra
Gary Stewart
Founder @ MyCofoundr
George Moultos
Head of Business & Strategy @ Greca Homes
George Psistakis
Product Led Growth & Marketing @ Fractional Executive
George Georgiou
CEO @ Novatex Solutions
George Economides
Vice-Chair at Totalserve Group | Partner at E & G Economides LLC @ Totalserve Group
Georgios Diamantopoulos
Founder @ Zero to MVP
Gillian Muessig
Ms @ Mastersfund
Grigoris Chatzikostas
General Partner @ Loggerhead Ventures
Ivan Yong
Organisational Pyschologist & Sales Coach @ Nanyang Angelz Limited
Janet Todorova
Head of Expansion @ Founder Institute
Jill Douka
Director @ Global Academy of Coaching Leadership Coaching Certification
John Tsakatanis
SVP Finance @ Hack the Box
Julia Amatuni
Head of Strategy and Research @ Asteriada
Kanstantsin Netyliou
Co-Founder @ Founders.cy
Kat Gabrielle
Katya Solov
Founder @ Miranna
Konstantinos Kareklas
Strategy and Operations @ -
Lefteris Papadopoulos
Associate @ Genesis Ventures
Leonidas Tsementzis
Co-Founder & CTO @ Sculture AI
Lida Liberopoulou
Independent Researcher & Founder @ Threadbaire
Maksim Leukhin
Head of Investor Relations @ AAlchemy Ventures
Maria Nikolakaki Koletsou
Founder @ Blossom Ventures
Maria Pallidou
Co-Founder and CFO @ PhosPrint SA
Maria Stylianou
Tech Leadership Consultant @ Independent
Marianna Prokopi Demetriades
Biotech Innovator @ RSL Revolutionary Labs
Marianna Hadjiandoniou
@ PERHA Group
Mariano Kostelec
Founder & CEO @ Inflection Systems
Mario Paladini
Co-Founder & CEO @ Club GLOBALS
Marios Isaakidis
Director @ infotropic.tech
Markos Kiosseoglou
Mr @ Re-Markable
Melinda Bojte
Founder @ Mels Digital, Aphrodite Events
Michael Economou
Michael Tyrimos
Michalis Antoniou
Mr @ mmm
Michalis Papadopoulos
Founder and CEO @ Velicor Consulting
Mike Sigal
@ Explorador.VC
Monica Ioannidou Polemitis
Moysis Moyseos
Incubator Manager @ Gravity Ventures
Nick Papanotas
CEO @ Geekbot
Nick Valiotti
Nicolas Rouhana
Nikita Volchek
Founder & GP @ Volchek Capital Partners
Nikita Yuriev
Partner @ ULTRA.VC
Nikolas Mastroyiannopoulos
Oksana Malysheva
Managing Partner @ Sputnik ATX VC
Oleg Tumanov
Orlando Castellanos
CINO @ NETinfo
Ourania (Rania) Vrondou
Director @ Hadjianastassiou, Ioannides LLC
Panagiotis Andreou
Technology Program Manager @ Interamerican
Panis Pieri
Founder @ Panis.News
Pavlos Kleanthous
Founder & CEO @ Parsectix
Pavlos Loizou
CEO @ Ask Wire
Phoebus Giannopoulos
CEO & Founder @ Phoebus G Consulting
Raluca Ioana Man
Strategic Business Advisor & Board Consultant @ RSEVEN LTD @ BSA
Rania Lamprou
Co-Founder & CEO @ Simpler.
Raphael Kontos
Managing Director @ Theti Club
Ricardo Marvão
Richard Cristina
Principle Director & Founder @ Bloom for Start Ups / Innovate U / Founder Institute.
Richard Mort
@ Japan-Europe Facilitator
Robbert Van der meer
CEO @ bFlex
Rudolphe Cabral
Founding Partner & Chief Portfolio Officer @ Djassi Africa
Sandra Da Silva
Sandra Da Silva @ The Inner Architect
Sergei B Bogdanov
Sergey Negodyaev
CEO @ Aenix
Sergey Osipov
Co-founder @ Placy AI
Simos Kitiris
Sona Kerim
Sotiris Makrygiannis
Founder @ AIA Lab
Spiros Martzoukos
Founder @ Makkuro
Stalo Charalambous
Stavriana Kofteros
Stavros Pavlidis
Head Direct and Strategic Investments @ Deep Capital Group
Stelios Koukouvios
Sales Manager @ FORCE Technology
Stella Kasdagli
Co-Founder @ Women On Top & inc.lude
Styliani Petroudi
Director of Innovation, CYENS Centre of Excellence @ CYENS
Tarık Dutkuner
VC Investor @ 500 Emerging Europe
Thanos Paraschos
Managing Director @ Startup Greece
Theo Kotzastavros
Growth Lead @ Innov8rs.co
Thodoris Zervas
Founder @ startuplawyer.gr
Tim Goedhart
Managing Director & Founder @ RocketPeople
Vasilis Tsougkas
CEO @ Estate Brains
Veronica Filippou
Product Manager @ JOIST Innovation Park
Viktor Minchev
Viktoria Kanar
Co-Founder @ Re-Fresh Global
Volodymyr Zhukov
Venture Partner @ Network VC
Yiannis Menelaou
Director @ Xtellus Europe Ltd
Yiannis Apostolidis
Zaharenia Atzitzikaki
Coaching, Learning & Development @ The 10x Manager Academy
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