Founder Institute Mentors

Nordic Virtual Fall 2020

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 Nordic program below.

Mentors

Aape Pohjavirta

Founder, Leader, Funzi

Aditi Jajal-Newey

Founder & Lead Strategist, Flow Concepts & Brandschooled

Aline De Santa Izabel

Founder, YOGUT ME

Andy Chen

CEO / Angel Investor, Weorder

Ane Nordahl Carlsen

Chief Investment officer , Grafo AS

Anna Martinsen

Chief Happiness Officer, Kisko Labs

Antti Akonniemi

Founder, CEO, Kisko Labs Oy

Antti Salminen

Senior Specialist, Business Finland

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

Christelle Theis

Senior Director Innovation Excellence , GEA Group

Claudia Parms

Head of Marketing & Communications, Alberts

Damien Mongrand

Operation & Scale-up Lead, BlinkIn.io

Dimitris Polychronopoulos

Oslo Chapter Director, FI Mentor

Eduardo Ibacache Rodriguez

Mentor and Adviser for passionate people & companies, EduardoAdviser

Eeppi Nieminen

Business Development Manager, Taiste

Ella Rauen Prestes

Founder and CEO, Fitbakes

Erick Arnberg

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

Erkki Aaltonen

DIrectore of Venture Investments, Yara International

Fabian Geyrhalter

Founder and Principal, FINIEN

Fernanda Vanoni Matta

Business Development & Innovation , Tradal Brazil / Pura Vida

Fernando Goldman

Mentor , Founder Institute

Gabriel Wyner

Founder and CEO, Fluent Forever

Gagan Biyani

Co-Founder, Udemy, Spring, Maven

George Guerra

Founder, ProfitableClients.com

Glen Hellman

Glen Hellman - CRO & Business Development, CXO Elevate and University of Maryland

Guc Ozenci

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

Hannu Kossila

Founder, Senior Marketing Researcher, Mware

Hans Joerg Ill

Chief Procurement Officer, Bühler Group

Harsh Shah

FI Mentor

Heidi Huse Myrmo

CEO/Founder, Allva AS

Ifat Peled Dinstag

CPA, IPD - Finance Strategy

Ilkka O.Lavas

CEO, EatAndTheCity

Ilkka Alarotu

SVP, S-Group

Imran Afzal

Research and Development, PepsiCo

Itziar Tueros

FI Mentor

Ivana Milojevic

CEO, FASTIDIOUS INC

Jan Lindblad

Founder, All For Eco (non-profit)

Jan Erik Nyrövaara

FI Mentor

Jari Jaanto

Co-Founder, IRC-Galleria, Ninchat & Heimo

Jason Bayne

Managing Partner, Surf Consult AS

Joaquim Macedo de Sousa

Executive Director, Smart Rural HIESE

Jon Hautamäki

Partner, Nordic Law

Juliet Bray

FI Mentor

Julius Miikkulainen

Board Member, Investor, Vöner Oy

Jussi Markula

Entrepreneur, Prominda

Justine Reichman

Founder, NextGenChef

Jyri Partanen

FI Mentor

Kamal Hassan

Founding Partner, Loyal VC

Katharina Breme

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

Kaye Hope

CCO, Farmable

Khalid Abbas

Founder, Trainer, Technologist, Kzetta Technologies AB

Kristoffer Lawson

Head of Product, Attractive.ai

Laura Camurri

FI Mentor

Lj Suzuki

Fractional CFO, CFOshare

Luca Morandi

FI Mentor

Mar Serra

Regional Applications and Manufacturing manager Beverages, Nestle

Mar Eroles Navarro

Founder, Mandarina Capital

Marisol Giacomelli

Global Category Leader, Nestle

Marko Jappinen

Marketing Lead, Suppilog

Marko Suksi

CEO, Founder , Poppamies

Martin Sohr

Strategy Director, Nestle

Matti Copeland

Executive Director, p

Matti Santala

CEO, A21

Max Atallah

Senior Associate Lawyer, Nordic Law Ltd.

Memi Genosar

FI Mentor

Michael Hiles

FI Mentor

Micke Paqvalén

International business builder, Investor & Speaker, Trä Group

Miguel Silva

Founder and CEO, Visualyst

Mike Bradshaw

Head Coach, Sampo Accelerator

Mikko Honkakorpi

CEO, Digital Nature Oy

Mikko Ikola

Co-founder, Ambronite

Mikko Pohjola

CEO, Monttu Ventures

Mikko Koskinen

Co-founder, Kyrö Distillery

Mikko Nikkilä

FI Mentor

Nadia Alexander

FI Mentor

Natalie Pilling

CEO, EL Passion

Nigel Iyer

Co-Founder, B4 Investigate AB www.b4investigate.com

Olaf Gruess

FI Mentor

Olavi Mertanen

Commercialization expert, Self employed

Oswaldo Da Costa E Silva

FI Mentor

Pantea Lotfian

Dr. , Camrosh

Paolo Mazzatorta

Food Safety and Quality Expert, Food Safe Science

Paulina Janiak

Senior Consultant, Graphite Growth

Pekka Viilto

Co-Founder, Rundit

Pia Erkinheimo

Partner, Director, Fingertip Ltd

Piotr Pluta

CEO, Human Factors AS

Pouria Kay

Mentor, Founder Institute

Ramkumar Nair

Founder & CEO, Mycorena AB

Reetta Noukka

COO, Finnish Design Shop

Reetta Kivela

FI Mentor

Reidar Wasenius

CCO, Personal Brainer, Breaks Finland Ltd

Renata Pereira

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

Ricardo Monagas

Co-founder at Uppersky / CTO at TotalCtrl.no, Uppersky / TotalCtrl.no

Rie Aleksandra Walle

Founder & Manager, Bedre Bedrift AS

Risto Rautakorpi

Co-dounder, Gorilla Ventures Oy

Saga Forss

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

Sampsa Fabritius

CEO & Founder, Kieku Labs

Seamus Holohan

CEO, The Helsinki Distilling Company

Shira Rosen

owner, Shira rosen

Stefan Lindberg

FI Mentor

Stefan Petersson

Partner, Investor & Company Builder, Xplorico

Suzanne Fanning

FI Mentor

Tania Villares Balsa

Investment Director, Cambridge Enterprise

Tomi Räsänen

Founder, CEO, Shaping Diamonds

Tomi Räsänen

CoFounder & CMO, Shaping Diamonds

Toni Perämäki

Action-oriented Enabler & Experienced Business Developer, Microsoft Finland

Torsti Tenhunen

FI Mentor

Trevor Smith

Operations Director - now retired, BuD Garage

Udi Klier

CEO, Nicevend

Virginia Vegas

Director of Programs, Startup Norway

Vladimir Sijakovic

CEO, VOZZi

William Laratta

Global R&D and Open Innovation Leader, Barry Callebaut

Windi Muziasari

FI Mentor

Yogi Yoganathan

CEO/Co-Founder, RemitBee

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