Founder Institute Mentors

Munich Fall Virtual 2021

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 Munich program below.

Mentors

Adam Probst

founder, MAIoT.io

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Adrian Hans Beat Fopp

CEO, Harvard Business School Munich

Alev Canoglu

Founder & CEO, Female Tech Leaders

Alexander Lasslop

Co-Founder, MyDays / Venturate

Alexander Henn

CEo, shore.com

Alexander Daamen

Co-Founder, NoPilots

Alexandra Stamate

CEO, Bonamode

Alireza Nemati

SVP Partner & Alliance, Crate.io

André Panné

CEO, TRADUM - better business

André Kholodov

CEO, eCozy

Andreas Hoerr

Co-Founder, Venturate

Andreas Maslo

CEO, Co-founder, VERSO GmbH

Andreas Beer

Managing Director , HYVE

Andreas Bonacina

Managing Director, Investic Holding GmbH

Andrei Cretu

co-founder, Pluria

Andrej Kulikov

Founder & CEO, Artisense

Andy Goldstein

Executive Director, LMU Entrepreneurship Center

Annika Pies

Managing Director, TALENTS – Digitales Personalmarketing

Archibald Sheran

CTO, Smokify

Ariane Richter

Owner/ Managing Director, EQ Investment Solutions LLC

Arthur Pape

Partner, Pape & Co.

Beenish Waris

CEO, Connect Platform

Benjamin Gröschel

Owner, kaffeemuenchen.de

Bernhard Stippig

Co-Founder, e-profound GmbH

Bernhard Scholz

COO, Kontexlab

Bernhard Hecker

Co-founder , value.digital

Berthold Von Freyberg

Partner & Co-Owner, Target Partners

Boris Schwager

Founder & Owner, gridbuddy

Bruno Mueller

Founder, AMI Capital

Carolin Kunert

Founder & CEO, Knister Grill

Caroline Osswald

Founder , Osswald HR

Chris Eberl

CEO & Founder , kontextR GmbH

Christian Kaehlig

Managing Partner, Ideas Enabled GmbH

Christian Gleich

Director Crowd Strategy, HYVE

Christoph Sollich

Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor

Christopher Waldner

Founder, Entrepreneurship Manufactory GmbH

Christopher Obereder

CMO, Coin Stats

Claudia Bacco

Founder, Grand Prix Marketing Consultants

Cristian Munteanu

Partner, Early Game Ventures

Dan Lüdtke

Co-Founder, LK-Networks

Daniel Kilger

CEO, Smokeless

Daniel Bidmon

Founder & CEO, Obelizk®

Daniel Schosser

Co-Founder, Crashtest Security

Daniel Wagner

Co-Founder & Managing Director UX, COBE

Daniel Donhauser

Senior Lawyer, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Daniel Reese

Investment Manager, UVC Partners

Danny Lützelberger

Managing Director, Canny Innovation UG

Daria Saharova

Partner, Vito ONE

David Lees

CEO & Founder, StoryHome

David Lees

Founder, CEO , StoryHome

David Hajizadeh

Co-Founder , Staffboard

Deepa Gautam Nigge

Head of Next-Gen Innovation Network , SAP

Diora Suleymanova

Management Consultsant, Ikigai Leadership

Dr. Angelika Kneidl

Founder , Accu:rate

Dr. Angelika Denk

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Innovation Ambassadors GmbH

Dr. Anne Von Wolff

Investment Associate, Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners

Dr. Cornelia Klaubert

Founder, gasido GmbH

Dr. Elke Oestreicher

Founder , MARKTCHANCE

Dr. Isabell Franck

Founder & Managing Director, franck.AI GmbH

Dr. Justus Binder

Partner , ReedSmith

Dr. Robert Richter

CEO, WERK1

Dr. Tina Ruseva

CEO, Mentessa

Eva Missling

Director Strategic Development, 99designs

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Fabian Linack

CEO, Self employed

Felix Reinshagen

Co-Founder, Navvis GmbH

Ferdinand Mühlhäuser

Digital Strategist, Business Angel & Coach, Founder Institute Germany

Florian Gottschaller

Founder, Board member, SPENDIT AG

Florian Huber

Angel Investor, florianhuber.de

Florian Erber

Founder & Managing Partner , Ananda Impact Ventures

Francisco Tavira

Co-Founder & CEO, Loomee

Frank Fuchs

Managing Consultant & Co-Founder, Valopex

Frederik Roever

FI Mentor

Fredi Gruber

Co-Founder, fulfin - financing ecommerce

Georg Broxtermann

Co-founder / Managing Director , GameInfluencer GmbH

Gerhard Müller

Partner, TNG Technology Consulting GmbH

Gerrit McGowan

Managing Partner, Gestalt Advisors

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Hannes Kleist

Managing Director , stanwood

Hans Pretz

Chief Product Officer, Techpilot

Harald Mueller

FI Mentor

Heiko Beier

CEO, moresophy GmbH

Hendrik Braun

Entrepreneur & Advisor, Good Vibe Ventures

Iulian Circiumaru

FI Mentor

Izai Amorim

Interim & Project Manager, IZAI AMORIM | Interim & Project Management

Jan Küster

Founder & CEO, FoundersFight.Club

Jan Kennedy

CEO & Founder, Academy for Corporate Entrepreneurship

Jan Heitmann

Keynote Speaker, Poker-Experte.de

Jannis Riesz

FI Mentor

Janthana Kaenprakhamroy

CEO & Founder, Tapoly Ltd

Jed Fisher

CEO, 4D Pipeline

Jennifer Schwade

Founder & CEO, shape me GmbH

Jenny Saft

CEO/ Founer, Oviavo

Joe Betts Lacroix

CTO, Vium

Johann Romefort

Managing Director , 1863 Ventures

Jonathan Liemann

Venture Architect, Stryber

Joram Voelklein

Co-Founder, Cryptology Asset Group

Julia Haitzmann

Growth Hacker, hackabu

Julia Prettl

Investment Manager, Vito ONE

Jürgen Kopelke

CEO & Co-Founder, Webumbrella

Jutta Merschen

Founder & MD, everday.io

Katja Ruhnke

Angel Investor and CEO, ck venture capital

Katrin Ostermeier

Business Coach, KAOS GmbH (www.kaos-coaching.de)

Kristian Russell

Senior Director Brand and Creative, finn GmbH

Kyrill Zlobenko

Angel Investors | 4x times Founder | Head of Europe, @Seedrs, Seedrs Ltd.

Lars Stäbe

Venture Associate, La Famiglia

Leon Zucchini

Co-Founder, Curiosity.ai

Lina Timm

CEO, Media Lab Bayern

Lisa Gradow

Co-Founder, Usercentrics

Lorenz Hartung

Co-Founder, ePetWorld

Magdalena Muttenthaler

CEO, freemindedfolks-shop GmbH

Manuel Niederhofer

Digital Strategy, Media-Saturn

Marco Otte Witte

Founder, simplabs

Marianne Kraai

Co-Founder & CEO, mayze

Mark Friedrich

Attorney at Law, Osborne Clarke

Mark Windeknecht

Associate , Vito ONE

Markus Felgenhauer

CEO & Co-Founder, QYOBO

Marlene Kern

Dipl. Kommunikations Design, Marlene Kern Design

Martin Reichenbach

Founder & CEO, Apaleo GmbH

Martin Sundermann

Partner, Osborne Clarke

Martin Giese

Business Angel, Negotiation and Startup Coach, Self employed

Martin Plöckl

Gründer in Ruhestand, Founder Institute Munich

Matthias Hilpert

CEO, MH2 Capital

Maximilian Geerling

Product Manager, IT, Burberry

Michael Reuter

Co-Founder, Datarella GmbH

Michael Gebert

FI Mentor

Michael Mai

MD, ISTARIUM Technologies

Michael Müller Peltzer

Consultant , McKinsey

Michael Bassler

CFO, getbaff

Monja Mühling

CEO, Smartlane

Moritz Spangenberg

CEO, Founder, Unlock LinkedIn

Narjeet Soni

Founder & CEO, Lean Apps GmbH

Natalia Karbasova

Head of Burda Bootcamp, Burda Bootcamp

Natalia Startseva

Business Transformation Manager, BMW Group

Natascha Zeljko

Founder , F10 FemaleOneZero GmbH

Nathan Evans

Founder | Angel Investor | Advisor , Stealth Fintech Startup

Nicky Hughes

Senior Investment Manager, Companisto

Niclas Fritz

CEO & Co-Founder, BatchOne

Nicolas Plögert

Managing director and founder, Opentabs GmbH

Nina Wang

CEO, IMMERNEU

Noam Tamari-Wekser

Growth Investor, TheCircle

Norbert Schauermann

CEO, Founder, dreizehn° UG

Olaf Jacobi

Managing Partner, Capnamic Ventures

Oleg Lola

CEO & Founder, MobiDev

Oliver Gajek

FI Mentor

Pascal Schäfer

CEO, schaefermedia.co

Pascal Schweizer

CEO, Thermosome GmbH

Pat Piritburana

Founder, SpaceNeo

Patrick Löffler

Managing Director, givve

Patrick Müller

Co-Founder & CTO, Smokeless

Patrick Hermann

Senior Investment Associate, Picus Capital

Paul Klemm

Associate, Earlybird VC

Peter Hattingh

CEO, appyBuy

Philipp Martin

CEO, Reachbird.io

Priyesh Soundararajan

COO, Stellify Talent

Rado Pavlov

Founder & CEO, BusExpress

Raphael Budday

Senior Investment Associate, Seven Accelerator

Raphael Weishaupt

Founder & CEO, Mint Digital LLC

Rene Seifert

Co-Founder, Venturate and Million Miles Media

Ricardo Vidal

Product Executive, Advisor

Rob Johnson

Co-Founder, Maker Academy

Robert Kitson

Chief Sales Officer (Ex-FI Director), top.legal

Robert F. Brunner

Managing Editor & Coach, B'IMPRESS - impressive communication & Leadership Consulting

Roman Wolkow

CEO, Mitakus

Rupa Ram

Founder, Kayla Boutique Limited

Sahar Azghandi

Co-Founder & Executive Managing Director, SMAL

Sara Maki

Director, Founder Institute

Sebastian Lieb

Finance / Corp Dev wizard, eGym

Sebastian Niewöhner

CEO, Talentcube

Sibyll Brüggemann

Head of Marketing DACH, Klarna

Silvio Mc Miken

Rechtsanwalt | Counsel, Reed Smith LLP

Simon Schneider

CEO & Co-Founder, Zyncd

Stefan Lemper

CEO, YOU IS NOW

Steffen Matz

FI Mentor

Stephan Jacquemot

Emerging Business Team Lead Germany , Microsoft Deutschland GmbH

Stephan Wiesener

Founder & CTO, Apaleo

Stephan Hauner

CEO, mindshine

Stephanie Renz

Co-Founder, OH WOMAN

Sylvia Gangl

Founder, HR Schmiede

Ted Bremer

Founder, CEO, RedRigger GmbH

Teresa Hessel

Consultant & Coach, hessel-consulting.de

Thilo Plikat

Productmanager, Finn GmbH

Thomas Schindler

Founder , Delodi

Thomas Kraus

Former CEO, TNT Express Germany

Thomas Hartmann

General Manager, Lean Startup Practitioner, str84wd

Till Kaestner

Founder, Managing Director, BrightSide Holding UG

Tobias Henz

Project Manager, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Toby Bakic

Director International, Westwing

Tyler Crowley

Tyler Crowley - Founder & CEO, Skweal (Paris FI), Skweal

Uschi Joshua

President, German American Business Association

Verena Sturm

Founder, Avestu Institute

Vicky Arndt

Co-Founder & Partner , Gravity

Vladislav Svetashkov

CEO, brezzl. GmbH

Volker Glaeser

Partner and Managing Director, Reply

Volker Glaeser

Managing Director, Twice Reply GmbH

Volker Ruerup

Managing Director, Patent Pilot

Wolfgang Dykiert

CEO, dykiert beratung Gründungs- und Fördermittelberatung

Xaver Lehmann

Managing Director & Co-Founder, e-bot7

Yves Gendronneau

Senior Finance Manager, Blickfeld GmbH

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