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Founder Institute Mentors

Food Ecosystems 2022

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 Food Ecosystems program below.

Mentors

Aape Pohjavirta

Founder, Leader, Funzi

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Ali Omar

Co-Founder & Board Member, Med Group Oy | Growth-Entrepreneur, Med Group Oy

Aline De Santa Izabel

Founder, YOGUT ME

Amikam Bar Gil

CEO and Founder, Yemoja Ltd.

Amir Zaidman

FI Mentor

Andrew Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures

Ane Nordahl Carlsen

Chief Investment officer , Grafo AS

Antonius Salis

Investment Manager, Redalpine

Antti Akonniemi

Founder, CEO, Kisko Labs Oy

Antti Salminen

Senior Specialist, Business Finland

Athanasios Ladopoulos

CEO | Founder, MOOCTORS

Ayşegül Özkavukcu

Business Development Manager, Migros Ticaret A.Ş.

Berg Moe

Owner, Berg Moe Media

Bjørn Ekelund

Chairman, Senior Consultant, Human Factors AS

Bram Pareyt

FI Mentor

Bruno Pešec

Independent Expert, Pešec Global

Carlo Rivis

CEO & Founder, Innovation Discovery

Chander Shekher Joshi

Innovation Consultant , TCS

Charlotte Aschim

CEO and Co-Founder, TotalCtrl

Chintan Oza

Founder, Anantam Ecosystems

Christina Ulardic

Partner, Astanor Ventures

Christof Tremp

Founder and CEO, REBELS 0.0%

Christoph Sollich

Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor, The Pitch Doctor

Claudia Parms

Head of Marketing & Communications, Alberts

Damien Mongrand

Operation & Scale-up Lead, BlinkIn.io

Daniel Arevalo

CPO, Ruvikas

Daniel Meile

FI Mentor

Daniel Michael Böhi

Founder & Partner, Alphorn Venture Partners | TheForge | Swiss FoodTech Scaleup Factory

Darko Mandich

CEO, MeliBio

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor

Dmitri Sarle

CEO, Earthians.com

Eeppi Nieminen

Business Development Manager, Taiste

Eero Laaksonen

CEO, Valohai

Ella Rauen Prestes

Founder and CEO, Fitbakes

Emil Virag

Founder, Foodanza, Inc.

Erick Arnberg

Strategy and Operations Lead - Northern Europe, Games & Apps, Google

Erika Darmstaedter

Co-Founder, Collective63

Estefania Simon Sasyk

Regional Development project lead, Basque Culinary Center

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Faraaz Ali

Managing Director, Coach, Speaker, faraazali.com

Fernanda Vanoni Matta

Business Development & Innovation , Tradal Brazil / Pura Vida

Fernando Goldman

Mentor , Founder Institute

Finn Erling Røgenæs

Director & Owner, Implement Consulting Group

Flavio Hagenbuch

Co-Founder/CEO, Luya

George Guerra

Founder, ProfitableClients.com

Gonzalo Pérez Taiman

FI Mentor

Gregory Lu

CEO & Co-founder, Natufia Labs

Guc Ozenci

Tech-Entrepreneur | Mentor | Director | Investor, Founder Institute

Guillaume Rozenblat

Founding Partner, Seven Lanes Capital

Guillermo Guzmán

GP, Indio VC

Gunter Pauli

Founder / Director, ZERI

Hannu Kossila

Founder, Senior Marketing Researcher, Mware

Hans Joerg Ill

Chief Procurement Officer, Bühler Group

Hans Kristian Westrum

Founder and CGO, Soil Steam International AS

Harsh Shah

FI Mentor

Heidi Huse Myrmo

CEO/Founder, Allva AS

Henri Laine

Project Manager, CircularHoodFood Vantaa

Ifat Peled Dinstag

CPA, IPD - Finance Strategy

Imran Afzal

Research and Development, PepsiCo

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Agent21

Itziar Tueros

FI Mentor

Jan Fülscher

Owner, janfuelscher.ch

Jan Lindblad

Founder, All For Eco (non-profit)

Jan Erik Nyrövaara

FI Mentor

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Janne Aaltonen

CEO, Moosedog

Jason Bayne

Managing Partner, Surf Consult AS

Joachim Schelde

Investment Associate, Scale Capital

Joaquim Macedo de Sousa

Executive Director, Smart Rural HIESE

John Diener

CEO, Vertical Oceans

Jose Jimenez

Business Development Manager, Seedrs

Juha Mattsson

FI Mentor

Juho Mäyränpää

Sales Director, Member of the steering board, Coach, Sofia Digital Ltd

Julia Devecchi

CEO/Founder, naanu Foods AG

Juliet Bray

FI Mentor

Jussi Markula

Entrepreneur, Prominda

Justine Reichman

Founder, NextGenChef

Katharina Breme

Head Innovation & Technology and Quality, Migros Industries Segment 2 / Groupe ELSA-Mifroma

Khalid Abbas

Founder, Trainer, Technologist, Kzetta Technologies AB

Laine Clark

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager, The Good Food Institute

Laine Clark

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager, The Good Food Institute

Laura Camurri

FI Mentor

Laura Forsman

FI Mentor

Laura Thissen

COO, StartLife

Lauri Reuter

Founder & Partner, Nordic FoodTech VC

Lauri Kapp

CoFounder , Natufia Labs

Leo Groenewegen

CEO and Co-Founder , Orange Light Ventures AB

Leonie Evans

Attorney al Law , Meisterernst Rechtsanwälte

Luca Morandi

FI Mentor

Maja Schmitt

IP Team lead, RVO

Manuel Gonzalez

CEO and Managing Partner, Global RIFF

Mar Serra

Regional Applications and Manufacturing manager Beverages, Nestle

Mar Eroles Navarro

Founder, Mandarina Capital

Marcel Vargaeštok

CEO, Chefparade

Marie Brueser

FI Mentor

Marisol Giacomelli

Global Category Leader, Nestle

Mark Leinemann

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

Marko Suksi

CEO, Founder , Poppamies

Martin Sohr

Strategy Director, Nestle

Matthieu Vincent

Co-Founder and Partner, DigitalFoodLab

Matti Copeland

Executive Director, p

Matti Santala

CEO, A21

Max Leveau

FI Mentor

Maximilian Geerling

Product Manager, IT, Burberry

Maximilian Von Poelnitz

Investment Director, DSM Venturing

Memi Genosar

FI Mentor

Michael Hiles

FI Mentor

Mika Marjalaakso

CEO, Oak Ventures Ltd.

Mike Bradshaw

Head Coach, Sampo Accelerator

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Mikko Honkakorpi

CEO, Digital Nature Oy

Mikko Ikola

Co-founder, Ambronite

Mikko Nikkilä

FI Mentor

Nadine Geiser

Principal, RedAlpine

Nancy Brito

Partner - Investor, Ground Capital

Natalie Pilling

CEO, EL Passion

Nathan Evans

Director, Founder Institute

Nicholas Watts

Founder, Chedda Burger

Nicolas Breitburd

Head of Investment Strategy, Angel Hub

Nicolay Jernberg

CEO, TBWA

Olaf Gruess

FI Mentor

Oswaldo Da Costa E Silva

FI Mentor

Pantea Lotfian

Dr. , Camrosh

Paolo Borella

EIT Food Accelerator Helsinki Program Coordination , VTT

Pekka Viilto

Co-Founder, Rundit

Petri Lehmuskoski

Co-Founder, Gorilla Ventures Oy

Pia Erkinheimo

Partner, Director, Fingertip Ltd

Pilar Fernandez Hermida

Founder i-Expand (We help Health Tech companies go global), i-expand

Piotr Grabowski

Co-founder, foodtech.ac

Piotr Pluta

CEO, Human Factors AS

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Raanan Shenhav

Founder, RS-CPD

Ramkumar Nair

Founder & CEO, Mycorena AB

Rana Ozseker

Change, Transformation & Impact Management Professional / Startup Mentor, RNA Change Management

Reetta Kivela

FI Mentor

Reidar Wasenius

CCO, Personal Brainer, Breaks Finland Ltd

Renata Pereira

Oil & Gas Executive, Angel Investor, Mentor, Founder Institute

Ricardo Monagas

CTO, TotalCtrl

Richard Brion

CEO, Revolution Agriculture

Rie Aleksandra Walle

Founder & Manager, Bedre Bedrift AS

Risto Rautakorpi

Co-dounder, Gorilla Ventures Oy

Rusty Schwartz

CEO, KitchenTown

Ryan Bethencourt

CEO, Wild Earth

Saga Forss

Board Member, Co-owner, Soppakeittiö (Soup&More Oy)

Sam Waterfall

Co-Founder & Marketing Director, PROBLIFE - Pioneering Probiotic Solutions

Sampsa Fabritius

CEO & Founder, Kieku Labs

Sandra Renz

CEO, Better Food Consulting by ZBS Food UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Seamus Holohan

CEO, The Helsinki Distilling Company

Shira Rosen

owner, Shira rosen

Stefan Petersson

Partner, Investor & Company Builder, Xplorico

Suzanne Fanning

FI Mentor

Suzanne Van der Maarel

Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program, Kickstart Innovation

Tania Villares Balsa

Investment Director, Cambridge Enterprise

Tasha Tolmacheva

Co-Founder, Haze Shift

Thomas Mastrobuoni

Chief Investment Officer, Big Idea Ventures

Thuong Tan

Founder & CEO, Noodelist

Tim Kirchner

Business Director, The Nest by Webhelp

Tomi Kaukinen

Founder, Licence to Fail

Tomi Räsänen

CoFounder & CMO, Shaping Diamonds

Torsti Tenhunen

FI Mentor

Trevor Smith

Operations Director - now retired, BuD Garage

Tugce Ergun

Partner & Chief of Innovation, SAF Nutrition

Ubald Kragten

Founder, Owner, EyE on I

Udi Klier

CEO, Nicevend

Vesa Lindroos

Independent Consultant, Self employed

Waleed Abd El Rahman

CEO, Mumm

Wesley Cullen

CEO, Spotery

William Laratta

Global R&D and Open Innovation Leader, Barry Callebaut

Windi Muziasari

FI Mentor

Yang Yu

CEO and Founder, KitchenMate

Yasemin Sharityar

Head of Impact Platforms, Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

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