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Founder Institute Mentors

Switzerland Spring 2025

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 Switzerland program below.

Mentors

Adeo Ressi

CEO, Decile Group / VC Lab

Alain Nydegger

Founding Partner, 21Celsius Ventures

Alejandro Garcia

CEO & Founder , AI Retailer Systems

Aleksandar Bradic

Chief Technology Officer, Supplyframe

Alessandro Tschabold

FI Mentor

Alexandra Pinto

Founder, hoursec

Alice Sachova Kleisli

Partner, Vendbridge AG

Andrew Ive

Founder / Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures

Anette Gärtner

Intellectual Property Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Antoine Mallard

VP, Causality Link

Aron Braun

Founder / Co-Founder, Epigenomics AG / Arpega AG / Zimballo GmbH

Athanasios Ladopoulos

CEO | Founder, MOOCTORS

Bastian Thurneysen

FI Mentor

Bogdan Krinitchko

CEO & Founder , BRU

Carl P-Conquilla

Director / Design Engineer, Torson Injex AG

Carolin Schneider

Founder & CEO, 4di2 GmbH

Christina Hoffmann

CEO and Founder, BRANDMIND

Christof Tremp

Founder and CEO, REBELS 0.0%

Christoph Sollich

Freelancer, The Pitch Doctor

Colin Wirz

FI Mentor

Daniel Puerta Diaz

Co-Founder, Head of Production, Almer Technologies

David Lunsford

FI Mentor

Eddie Laventman

Founder & CEO, Goodpoint - Storytelling Masters

Edgar Kussberg

AI Group Product Manager, Snyk

Elena Walder Schiavone

Managing Partner, Übermorgen Ventures

Eliana Zamprogna

CEO and Founder, Yumame Foods

Elisa Chiarelli

CEO and Founder, Yoordi

Emil Virag

Founder, Foodanza, Inc.

Erika Darmstaedter

Co-Founder, Collective63

Erin Chen

Founder& CEO, Gilly, Inc.

Fabian De Vos

User Journey Manager, MoneyPark

Fiorella Erni

CEO and Founder, Cheetah Stories SA

Flavio Rump

Entrepreneur and Investor, Flavio Rump

Frank Mertens

Founder & CEO, FM Consulting GmbH

Freddy Atangana

Founder & CEO, EKAMOU

German Ramirez

Co-founder & Chief Relevance Officer, THE RELEVANCE HOUSE AG

Henrietta Hearth

Investment Principal , Big Idea Ventures

Ingeborg Gasser Kriss

Board Member, Advisor , Agent21

Ivo Ronner

VC & Advisor, Swiss Post Ventures, Digital Twins, etc.

Janne Saarikko

Director, Food Ecosystems Accelerator, Founder Institute

Jerome Mutschler

CEO and Co-founder , Demetrics

Jill Allemang

Founder and Managing Director, jallé

Joanna Kapela

Founder, SLEEBOO

Julia Devecchi

CEO/Founder, naanu Foods AG

Julien Lepetit

Director Europe, The Business of Trust

Kamran Houshang Pour

Patent Expert , Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Kasia Sadowska

Co-Founder and CEO, Kimolian Innovations

Katy Wirz

FI Mentor

Laurentiu Christian Nat

Co-Founder, Easyplan Hospitality

Lea Von Bidder

Co-Founder and CEO, Ava Science

Léa Miggiano

CMO and Co-Founder, Carvolution

Lilla Peczely

co-director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Liran Akavia

Serial entrepreneur (2 exits) | Executive Chairman | , CallMarker / Seebo / Sogomatic / Intelichain

Magdalena Tarasinska

Investor, SICTIC

Majbritt Byskov Bridges

COO and Co-Founder, Alver World SA

Manuel Rinaldi

Program Director , Starta VC

Marcus Kuhn

Co-Founder, Viable Labs

Marita Price

Founder & Director, Hello

Mark Leinemann

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

Martina Frick

Attorney at Law and Mediator SBA, lic. iur., LL.M., Eversheds Sutherland

Matthias Käch

Senior IP Trainer, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

Max Itskovich

CEO and Founder, Mobindustry

Michael Striligás

Founder, Vertliner

Michael Mosimann

Partner, Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.

Michael Dudli

CEO and Founder, Xelon

Michelle Tschumi

Head Start-up Finance, Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB)

Mike Lingle

Entrepreneur / Mentor, Rocket Pro Forma

Mike Abegg

Lawyer, Wenger & Vieli

Mohammad Hossein Tavangar

Director , Founder Institute Germany

Natasha Drapeau

Founder, Executive Consultant, Augeous

Nathan Evans

Director, Founder Institute

Nicolas Egger

COO, Poinz

Olena Bochulia

Co-Founder, Severus

Pascal Koenig

Co-Founder | Member of the Board, AVA Women

Patricia Kastner

Angel Investor, Strategic Advisor

Philippe Küng

Executive Board Member, resilient

Pierre Gaubil

FI Mentor

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Ralph Walter

CTO, Assentis

Réginald Bien Aimé

Founder & Managing Director, Veelab

Rene Lehmann

Co-Founder, Kanbii Solutions AG

Ricardo Perez Font

Head of Marketing, BOBST

Rolf Van De Velde

FI Mentor

Ryan Micheletti

Head of Global Operations, Founder Institute

Sandro Kunz

Co-Founder & CEO, Pingen

Sharon Tal

Author & Facilitator, Where to Play

Simon Dössegger

former CEO, modum

Stavros Pavlidis

Head Direct and Strategic Investments, Deep Capital Group

Stephan Kreiger

Director, FI Vienna

Suzanne Van der Maarel

Lead Food & Retail | Investor Program, Kickstart Innovation

Thomas Ackermann

Co-Director, Founder Institute Switzerland

Thomas Helbling

Co-CEO, CARU AG

Timo Hahn

Chief Venture Officer, Sparrow Ventures

Tobias Gunzenhauser

Co-Founder and CEO, Yamo

Veroniek Vermeulen

Founder, Silatha

Vincent Irrling

Co-Founder | CEO, KAPSLY

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