Let’s meet our mentors!

Daniel is an entrepreneur and investor. He has built the global non-profit Sigma Squared Society, the machine learning company NEWNOW Group, and the talent investor EWOR.

Gergő is an IoT security expert dedicated to creating a safer and more secure connected world. He founded Bugporve, a novel automated IoT security solution, with his co-founders in 2021, with the vision of restoring trust in embedded systems. They raised €750,000 in investment from regionally recognized investors such as Credo Ventures.

Co-founder of Tresorit, currently serving as Chief Revenue Officer. Previously Chief Product Officer and interim CMO. Starting as a university project, Tresorit pioneered end-to-end encryption and digital privacy. The company became a leading vendor in encrypted collaboration and today has 10,000+ business customers worldwide. Tresorit received distinctions like Gartner Customer Choice, Deloitte Fast 50, and Financial Times 1000 multiple times. After raising 15m EUR and growing a team to 120+, a strategic vendor acquired the company in 2021 to expand it further. Besides Tresorit, György mentors Fitpuli, a digital healthcare startup. He holds MSc in Finance from Corvinus University of Budapest.

István Peták, MD, PhD, founder and CEO of Genomate Health and founder of Oncompass Medicine. Dr. Petak is an physician scientist and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in cancer research and  medical biotech business. He has received various accolades anddistinctions for his contributions to the profession. He is a pioneer inpredictive molecular diagnostics, which match the best, tailored cancertherapy to each genetic modification or combination of geneticalterations.

Jared is the father of three amazing humans, one unicorn (so far), a robot and a book. He is best known as the Co-founder & CEO of InfoScout (now Numerator) which reached unicorn status in 2021. He currently serves as the founder & president of the Revolution Robotics Foundation and is a Board Director for numerous startups. Jared is committed to building Hungary's startup ecosystem as the country's most active angel investor and by providing the funding and guidance to help launch the Future Founders Club.

Krisztián is the co-founder and CCO of Volteum, a fleet optimizationsolution for electric cars and vans. They raised €1.25 million in seedinvestment and participated in the Techstars program in Torino Turin. Togetherwith his co-founders, she was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list..

Michele is an Italian entrepreneur with extensive experience in international business. He was the founder of Budapest-based vending machine operator Yoppi, which was later acquired by Coca-Cola. In addition to his successful business ventures, Michele is currently President of the European Chamber of Commerce (EuCham), the most active mentor of the Budapest Hub of Global Shapers, and has recently started his career as an angel investor.

Milán, a former senior executive at MasterCard, where he climbed to the position of Vice President responsible for global card acceptance, is also noted for his social impact projects, including the establishment of Budapest's first private theater. Furthermore, he is an active angel investor who assists young people in realizing their dreams.

Oleksii Sidorov is an angel investor and CEO of Slise, the Web3-native programmatic advertising platform. He has extensive knowledge of AI and Web3 application development and experience in a wide range of complex projects. He is also a Y combinator alumnus and former AI researcher at Meta and Oxford.

Péter is the co-founder and CTO of the world-famous Hungarian startup Prezi.com. He was there at the dawn of Hungarian startups and with Prezi he set an example for many other companies. Since 2015 he has also been CEO of Budapest School, building a network of community-funded micro-schools in Hungary.

Tamás founded Seon, one of Hungary's most successful startups, with his co-founder in 2017 while they were still in university and built it from the ground up. He has been selected on the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe edition as best in class of Technology in 2023 and has won multiple startup pitch competitions. He was also featured in an exclusive on Business Insider and was named 'Founder of the Year' at the Hustle Awards in 2022.”

Tamás is the co-founder and CEO of XUND, which digitizes the patient journey to improve healthcare. They recently raised a €6M seed round from leading US and UK investors. Before founding XUND he worked at McKinsey & Company as a consultant.

I have personally experienced the entire journey of a startup, from its early stages to its ultimate exit, as the co-founder and CEO of Balabit. Our enterprise cyber security software products were initially successful in the Hungarian market, then gained traction throughout Europe, and eventually found success in the United States as well.   In my view, a remarkable leader is someone who fosters a culture of innovation within the organization, and deliberately enhances the company's capacity to innovate and adapt to change through well-designed organizational structures, streamlined processes, and a supportive leadership approach.

Zsófia is the co-founder and CEO of Volteum, a fleet optimizationsolution for electric cars and vans. They raised €1.25 million in seedinvestment and participated in the Techstars program in Torino Turin. Togetherwith his her co-founders, she was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.