ENGAGE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF REMARKABLE ENTREPRENEURS

Mentorship from our community is the backbone of everything we do at Launch Academy. One of our company mottos is that “everybody has something to teach, and everybody has something to learn”.

We’re thankful that hundreds of mentors have supported our entrepreneurs through our programs . It really does take a village to raise a startup, and we’re glad to have our mentors along for the ride.

Looking for a mentor?

Our mentors know (almost) every-
thing and provide mentorship in
Vancouver and online

Launchpad Mentors

VR/AR Hub Mentors

Launchpad Mentors

Alex Chuang

Co-founder/CEO of @shapeimmersive, prev: @launch-academy, Board Director @VRARA Vancouver. Building a decentralized marketplace for spatial data.

Ian MacKinnon

Co-founder & CTO @ Later

Jerin Mece

Co-Owner & Global Head of Sales – Nude Beverages

Alexis Katigbak

Alexis is a product professional with more than a decade of experience building and taking products to market including marketplace, B2B, ecommerce and healthcare products.

Kevin Ho

GM at Brax.io, Former VP Sales & Marketing at Wishpond.

Justin Wong

CTO and co-founder of Battlefy, a platform for esports tournaments.

Michael Lazar

Michael has recently joined Vera as a General Partner. Formerly, a Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Vik Kambli

Vik Kambli is a SaaS, digital media and eCommerce leader and operator with 20+ years of experience. He provisions advisory services and capital to technology companies through Diaspora Capital.

Will Richman

Will Richman is the co-founder and CEO of GrowthGenius where they help connect their clients with more of their target customer profile.

Alex Price

Chief Marketing Officer @ Symetria

Andrew Lissimore

CEO @ Headphones.com

Kumar Erramilli

CTO @ ACTO

Kyle Campbell

CEO and Founder @ Hack Capital

Sean Xiang

CEO @ Bloombase Inc.

Selena Paskalidis

Co-founder, COO/CFO @ dotstudiopro.com

Taran Ghatrora

Founder of ElleBoxCo.

Turgay Birand

Founder & CEO of EditionGuard

Angela Hamilton

Co-founder & CEO @ Quupe

Bosko Milosavljevic

CEO @ Keeprop Software Inc.

Kolina Kretzschmar

Manager of Special Projects & Business Initiatives @ Argo Mining

Leigh Christie

Founder @ mistywest

Caterina Papadakos

Director @ Espresso Capital

Lloyed Lobo

Cofounder & Chief Strategy Officer @ Boast.AI

Darius Eghdami

CEO @ FansUnite

Khurram Virani

Co-founder & Head of Education @ Lighthouse Labs

Boris Wertz

Entrepreneur turned investor. Co-founder AbeBooks (sold to Amazon), early-stage investor through @versiononevc, board partner @a16z. Husband and dad of 4.

Gary Boddington

CEO at PlayWize Technology Inc. Building teams that license revenue channels globally.

Frans Tjallingii

Co-founder & CEO @ First Coin Capital

Brock Smith

Technology Lawyer and Karate Enthusiast.

Collin Stewart

CEO @ Predictable Revenue. Ask me for help with: finding your first 10 customers, your next 100 customers, building your first sales team, how to grow your company, how to sell…

Ha Nguyen

Associate of McRock Capital

Mike Edwards

CEO @ Creative Labs

Haig Sakouyan

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer @ Assocyate Software

Kimberley Kaplan

VP Revenue Optimization @ plentyoffish.com

Henry Bee

CEO @ CoPilot Advisor. Expert in data-driven growth hacking and marketing.

Jay Heidecker

CEO @ Seekintoo

Bernd Petak

Corporate Director, Investor, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Mentor, Advisor.

Rizwan Kheraj

Industrial Technology Advisor at NRC-IRAP, Entrepreneur, Mentor.

Dave Thomas

Partner – Rocket Builders & Mentor In Residence – SFU.

Alex Black

Founder and CEO of Invoice Simple. Focused on building products for self-employed service professionals to run their business.

Mark Cunningham

Entrepreneur, Consultant, Advisor, Board member and Investor

Charlyne Fothergill

HR Rockstar + Tech Community Connector

Matt Carlson

CEO at Floorspace, investor in technology and real estate. Seeking advisory opportunities at real estate tech companies.

Matt Mickiewicz

Co-Founder, CEO & CPO @ Hired

Monique Morden

CEO @ Judi.ai

Nat Cartwright

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer @ Finn AI

Nicole Murphy

COO @ Grow Tech Labs

Noah Bloom

Head of Growth @ RunGo

Peter Li

Chief Evangelist @ ClearDent

Raphael Titsworth-Morin

Co-founder of éphémère creative

Scott Hirsch

CTO @ TalentMarketPlace

Rob Goerhing

Chief Executive Officer at RewardStream

Alexandra Greenhill

Physician CEO innovator. Leader and public speaker. Focused on tech that 10x impacts people’s health and life.

Ian Bell

Technology Executive, Hockey Player, Author and Marketer

John Koetsier

VP Insights, CEO, Columnist

Josh Nilson

CEO and Co-founder @ East Side Games

Jason Bailey

Founder @super-rewards-1, acquired by AdKnowledge. Founder @growlab-1 Accelerator, Founder and CEO at Eastside Games. Investor in many.

Hussein Hallak

Serial entrepreneur, community organizer, and startup advisor.

Sam Chan

Program creator @launchacademyhq, startup advisor, digital storyteller, and podcast host.

Sunny To

Co-Founder @Latero Labs, Software Developer helping companies create software to transform customer touchpoints through cloud-enabled and mobile experiences.

Roger Patterson

CEO/Co-Founder at Later.com

Jerome Ng

Engineering + Product @HackCapital. Investor + Alumni @500Startups @500Canada

Alex Benjamin

Partner & Founder of Lendful and Ironbarkventures.com. Ideate, test, fail, fail fast, test faster, build and deliver.

Derek Yau

Co-Founder @ Latero Labs

Angel Pui

Creative Director & Co-Founder, DiamondHandBags

Ray Walia

Entrepreneur/Investor & Co-Founder/CEO of @LaunchVC & @LaunchAcademyHQ, Co-Founder @Playwize_inc, Co-Founder @VicSquareTech, Co-Founder @TractionConf_io