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Meet the Mentors Behind Alchemist

A global network of seasoned mentors bringing decades of experience and deep domain expertise to support the Alchemist community.

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Ravi Belani

Founder and CEO

“It’s at the heart of community that true alchemy lies.”

Ravi leads Alchemist and works hands on with enterprise founders as they build, sell, and scale. He has been an early investor in several unicorns and teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford University.

Our Partners

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Adam Frankl

Adam Sah

Adam Sah

Bruce Graham

Bruce Graham

Catherine Spence

Catherine Spence

Frank Rohde

Frank Rohde

Gnani Palanikumar

Gnani Palanikumar

Ido Sarig

Ido Sarig

Steve Taub

Steve Taub

Stephen Seymour

Stephen Seymour

Tom Gwinn

Tom Gwinn

William Marks

William Marks

Our Faculty

Ashley Carroll

Ashley Carroll

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Aaron Kalb

Adam Pisoni

Adam Pisoni

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Anurati Mathur

Aaron Verstraete

Aaron Verstraete

Abe Smith

Abe Smith

Austin Wang

Austin Wang

Bill Demas

Bill has successfully run four technology startups and now coaches CEO founders through three core stages of growth: Product Market Fit ($0 to $2MM revenue), Gaining Traction ($2MM to $20MM revenue), and Breaking Out ($20MM to $100MM+). His work focuses on helping founders navigate scale with clarity and confidence.

Bill Demas

Betsy Mulé

Betsy Mulé

Cindy Alvarez

Cindy Alvarez

Christian Busch

Christian Busch

Carl Orthlieb

Carl Orthlieb

Chris Rothstein

Chris Rothstein

Devon Crews

Devon Crews

DD Ganguly

DD Ganguly

Deborah Weinswig

Deborah Weinswig

Ed Baum

Ed has decades of experience leading strategy and operations across technology companies and startups, including executive roles at Cisco and co-founding CXO Systems, which was acquired by Cisco.

Ed Baum

Edith Harbaugh

Edith Harbaugh

Ehren Maedge

Ehren Maedge

Filip Dousek

Filip Dousek

Fred Fried

Fred Fried

Gary Benitt

Gary Benitt

George John

George John

Gary Swart

Gary Swart

Helen Altshuler

Helen Altshuler

Howard Edelman

Howard Edelman

Joe Epstein

Joe Epstein

Jeremy Geiger

Founder turned VC, Jeremy Geiger generated $65M revenue across multiple startups, built 100+ partnerships, raised $45M, and brings venture experience from BootstrapLabs, GenLab AI, and Stanford VC graduate.

Jeremy Geiger

Jordan Kretchmer

Jordan Kretchmer

Jesse Leimgruber

Jesse Leimgruber

Jack OHolleran

Jack O'Holleran

Jorge Soto

Jorge Soto

Kevin Ramani

Kevin Ramani

Ken So

Ken So

Kris Duggan

Kris Duggan

Lyle Fong

Lyle Fong

Lynn Nichols

Lynn Nichols

Luis Robles

Luis Robles

Leighton Smith

Leighton Smith

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Matthew Hart

Mark Weiss

Mark Weiss

Michael Chang

Michael Chang

Michelle Gonzalez

Michelle Gonzalez

Matt Hollingsworth

Matt Hollingsworth

Michael Krilivsky

Michael Krilivsky

Matt Robinson

Matt Robinson

Michia Rohrssen

Michia Rohrssen

Mehron Sharq

Mehron Sharq

Micah Smurthwaite

Micah Smurthwaite

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Nick O'Connor

Noah Eisner

Noah Eisner

Navid Nathoo

Navid Nathoo

Neng Bing Doh

Neng Bing Doh

Oliver Staehelin

Oliver Staehelin

Rachel Chalmers

Rachel Chalmers

Rick Bentley

Rick Bentley

Ramin Ettehad

Ramin Ettehad

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Raj Jain

Rocky Paap

Rocky Paap

Robert Winder

Robert Winder

Sébastien Boyer

Sébastien Boyer

Samir Ghosh

Samir Ghosh

Shriraj Gaglani

Shriraj Gaglani

Steven Kan-1

Steven Kan

Steve King-1-2

Steve King

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S.K. Lee

Scott Nelson

Scott Nelson

Scott Sambucci

Scott Sambucci

Stu Schmidt

Stu Schmidt

Sabih Bin Wasi

Sabih Bin Wasi

Tim Chou-1

Tim Chou

Taylor Margot

Taylor Margot

Thomas Patterson

Thomas Patterson

Tony Yang

Tony Yang

Walter Roth

Sales and leadership coach for high-growth, founder-led ventures, Walter is a venture-backed founder with engineering and Oracle sales experience, specializing in deal diagnosis and helping non-sales founders outperform hired salespeople.

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Whitney Sales

Whitney Sales

Will Schumaker

Will Schumaker

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Alex Bessonov

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Ben Bayat

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Chris Stiles

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

f9a636b62e5339529d388409fe4c6b43d925df9b

Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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Mark Sullivan

Partner

Venture Partners

"I help founders turn complex technology into scalable products."

With 15+ years in AI and enterprise software, I guide teams on product strategy, architecture decisions, and go-to-market readiness.

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At Alchemist, people come first. We believe trust is built through honesty, shared responsibility, and showing up for one another. This mindset shapes how we work together and how we support the broader Alchemist community.

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