Mentors (1112)
Finding a Mentor
Mentors are important to founders’ success because they can provide different opinions and valuable connections. In many cases, mentors can be the bridge to the investor. Mentors can also gain a lot from mentorship as much as their mentees. Mentoring allows them to stay connected with the newest technologies and to keep in touch with the challenges facing entrepreneurs nowadays and in different fields.
One of the most important challenges facing any entrepreneur is to find the right mentor which nowadays is much more of a challenge.
At FasterCapital, we help any entrepreneur find the right mentor from our network of mentors. All our mentors have very different and diverse backgrounds and some of them work in big incubators like 500startup, Ycombinator, TechStars, etc.
Finding a mentor means that you need to find a person you like, easily interact with, a person who listens carefully to what you have to say and guides you through your tough journey. You can check the list below or you can contact us directly to help you find the right mentor for you.
Feel free to fill in the form below in order for our team to match you with the right mentor(s).
Becoming a Mentor
An effective mentor is someone who has the desire to share their experience and help new entrepreneurs overcome the challenges that they are facing. They are also people with the ability to recognize and encourage entrepreneurs and help them go to the limit of their potential. They are also ready to help entrepreneurs/mentees in the decision-making process by listening, reviewing, assessing, and advising. A mentor can then obtain personal satisfaction because they are making a huge difference in the dream of another person. A mentor can enhance their skills in leadership, interpersonal skills, decision making, and communication. They will increase their professional network by helping entrepreneurs and assessing the different business potentials that they have. Mentors can also get updated about the challenges facing entrepreneurs nowadays and come up with innovative solutions.
FasterCapital is expanding throughout the world and we are looking for more mentors who are passionate about what they do and have the ability to motivate start-ups. For the compensation, we leave it to entrepreneurs and mentors to agree on (money and/or equity). We will only introduce suitable startups to you after getting your approval. Your compensation will be mostly equity and/or cash. So if you find yourself a good candidate as a mentor for this position, please read the process Become a Mentor.
Atul Yadav
Atul works with VCs, accelerators, and corporates as a startup investment advisor and mentor. Some examples are Founder Institute, NewChip Accelerator, IIT Mumbai, Loyal VC, India Accelerator, Seedstars, IIT Chennai, MicroMentor, and Kerala Startup Mission.
Atul Yadav
Waseem Abou-Ezze
Waseem has sat at the right-hand side of leaders in innovation and tech, as an investor and advisor, providing impactful insights and advice that guides financial and operational decision-making and strategy.
Waseem Abou-Ezze
Amedeo Galano
I am a creative, tech-savvy, data-driven marketing professional with more than 9 years of experience in fast-paced growth international environments, with a focus on B2C and B2C marketing.
Amedeo Galano
Alexander Stanke
Alex Stanke is an internationally experienced MedTech executive, with 20+ years in Healthcare/MedTech industry with a broad domain expertise in Diagnostic, Imaging, Medical Devices, and Digital Health.
Alexander Stanke
Mohammad Zubair Ahmad
Mohammad is a Management professional having earned a Ph.D. in Management; aspiring to contribute proactively to the cause of society, carrying 20+ years of successful, diversified experience in different industries and different functional levels.
Mohammad Zubair Ahmad
Sarah Mooney
Sarah Mooney is the Director of Marketing at MassLight. She is a full-stack digital marketer with specialties in paid acquisition and demand generation.
Sarah Mooney
Royston G King
Royston is an investor and a mentor with a track record of working with entrepreneurs and influencers to create and grow their brands.
Royston G King
Matteo Fois
Experience in Business Development and Business Growth, with a record of supporting Start-ups and SMBs succeeding throughout all-embracing outbound and inbound strategies.
Matteo Fois
Ismail Moqadem
Ismail holds over 20 years of Experience in Technology, General management within multinational environments, and Consulting, and Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region.
Ismail Moqadem
Pritham Pattamatta
Pritham Pattamatta is a seasoned financial services executive and has deep expertise in consumer lending.
Pritham Pattamatta
Saurabh Jain
Saurabh Jain is an expert in business and finance and has worked across Telecom, Fintech, Foodtech, Travel and BPO Sectors during last 20 years. He has also been associated with early stage startups in Supply chain and Co-working Sectors in advisory capacity.
Saurabh Jain
Ruslan Rakhmedov
Ruslan is an expert at software development and engineering and developing products in the FinTech area. Ruslan has already worked on implementing multiple products for banks and is connected with entrepreneurs in the finance technology industry.
Ruslan Rakhmedov
Balaji Aditya Chavan
Mr. Balaji is an expert in Leadership, Project Management, Financial Controller, Strategy/Planning, investor Relation and prefers to mentor entrepreneurs online.
Balaji Aditya Chavan
Kartik Sen
Kartik has strong experience in business and growth strategy consulting. He has worked with various start-ups across SEA and MENA regions on growing their business, improving operational efficiency, and increasing profitability.
Kartik Sen
Ranjini Rao
Ranjini is a globally accomplished holistic business coach, consultant, and wellness specialist. She combines 25+ years of IT industry experience with a passion for supporting leaders to achieve self-mastery and excellence for themselves and their teams.
Ranjini Rao
Prasenjit Chakrabarty
An experienced, engineer with, an MBA with 25 years of experience, in Operations, Sales, Business Development, customer success, Collaboration, market research, digital marketing, and start-up experience.
Prasenjit Chakrabarty
Naveen Rao
Naveen has been involved in the startup industry for 7+ years, working in a startup - Druva, as a Director - Global Partnerships(AWS/Microsoft).
Naveen Rao
Michele Zilocchi
Michele Zilocchi, the owner of the brand Mike Zillo, is an engineer by education and crypto professional by vocation, an experienced public speaker, individual coach, and plenary session trainer.
Michele Zilocchi
Yaseen Alkaisi
I hold a master’s degree in engineering management. I have +10 years of management experience in EPC projects.
Yaseen Alkaisi
Apurv Bajaj
Experienced business and growth strategy consultant. Led engagements for SEA and MENA's marquee clients on expansion, competitive advantage, and fundraising.