Kabul Winter 2019
Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley program below.
Ahmad Fahim Didar
Founder and CEO @ Aghaez Business Consulting
Ajmal Paiman
Director/Co-Founder @ Shetab, Afghanistan Center for Business and Social Innovation
Akbar Arghandiwal
CEO @ Synergy Solution
Akbar Arghandiwal
CEO, Founder @ Synergy Solution Afghanistan
Akmal Arzhang
Founder & CEO @ ToNext
Assad Nissar
Managing Partner @ Aqsaat
Dirk Hanekom
Partner @ Rosenstock Legal Services
Eileen Guo
Founder @ Impassion Afghanistan
Erhat Nalbant
Cofounder @ Founder Institute Istanbul
Ertan Atay
CEO @ LojiPlatform
Farshid Ghyasi
Founder & CEO @ Netlinks
Hasib Tareen
Jamshid Hashimi
Founder & CEO @ RapidIteration
Jes Kaliebe Petersen
Jes Kaliebe Petersen - Co-Founder, Paywast (Kabul FI) @ Paywast
Katie McGowan
Matiullah Rahmaty
Founder/President @ BrightPoint Consulting Services
Naveen Lakkur
Founder & Chief Innovation Coach @ Institute of Inspiring Innovation
Omar Mansoor Ansari
President @ TechNation
Roia Shefayee
Roia Shefayee - Principal & Founder, Wellspring Advisers, P.C. (Kabul FI) @ Wellspring Advisers, P.C.
Sajad Ghanizada
Head of Marketing @ Hurdlr
Sanzar Kakar
Chairman @ Afghanistan Holding Group
Sher Shah Rahim
CEO @ IAP
Simeon Ononobi
CEO @ Connected Analytics
Sulaiman Safi
CEO @ Knight Software Development
Suleman Fatimie
Managing Partner @ Afghanistan Center for Excellence
Tom Kraemer
Attorney @ Rosenstock Legal Services
Walid Qazizada
Investment Manager @ InFrontier
Yousef Mehrabi
Investment Manager @ InFrontier
Zabih Hidayat
Founder & CEO @ AlHadi Ltd / 786 Pharmacy
Zen Parry
Executive Director @ International Center for Afghan Women's Economic Development
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