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.
Deepak singh
Over 11 years of experience with more than 08 years’ experience in Banking & Financial Institution handling Corporate & HNI Clientele, vast experience, and knowledge of Banking and Financial products. Managed Banking Operations for a private Bank.
Deepak singh
Ales Sobotka
Mr. Ales is a British and Czech entrepreneur who spent over 20 years in London and The Netherlands, recently back to Prague. Over 20+ years in information technology, big data analytics, partnership, sales, and general management, Ales worked in large multinationals, SMEs, as well as created 3 startups. Managed Software development for long-distance telephony project, B2B Fashion portal, and Audio-Visual professional marketplace. He is helping startups with their business models, international business expansion, sales strategy and execution, pricing, and investor's pitch reviews and improvements.
Ales Sobotka
Marco Agrati
A highly motivated and driven professional with 15+ years of international experience in medical device sales and marketing. A strategic thinker and outcome-driven person, with an excellent teamwork attitude, gained from growing international career exposure. I’m now partnering with highly innovative MedTech companies to help them Go To Market and create sustainable value for their customers, patients, and healthcare systems.
Marco Agrati
Tiberiu Iacomi
Tiberiu is an entrepreneur and a startup coach focused on mentoring tech startups, especially in impact fields (health, education, sustainability, social entrepreneurship). He has worked with hundreds of startups in the MENA region as well as globally through incubator and accelerator programs such as Techstars, Startupbootcamp, 1776, and more. Through these, he has guided founders on their ideation, customer discovery, business model iteration processes as well as branding, go-to-market, scaling up strategies while contributing to their fundraising through connections with angels and VCs and teaching them how to design comprehensive pitch decks and how to present to and persuade investors.
Tiberiu Iacomi
P K Sambamoorthy
P K Sambamoorthy (Sam) is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and a Company Secretary with over 30 years of managerial experience in early-stage, large and mid-size corporates. Sam has been associated with Start-up ventures for the last 15 years. He has mentored and advised multiple start-ups. He is a member of the reputed Indian Angel Network and Venture Catalyst. He is currently the Managing Partner of Venture Hub (www.venturehub.co.in), a niche start-up advisory firm based out of Bangalore India focusing on early-stage companies providing strategic advisory – both finance and business-related.
P K Sambamoorthy
Roelof Vuurboom
Highly experienced in IT startup and scaleup business coaching and founder mentoring with a focus on startups in data sciences and machine learning (AI). IT delivery and change management in the roles of mentor, business coach, program manager, business manager, and change (transition/turnaround) manager with a passion for mentoring, coaching, and continuous improvement. MSc (cum laude) in Computer Science and BSc in Applied Mathematics.
Roelof Vuurboom
Arijit Banerjee
Arijit has been designing and building consumer tech products for almost 7 years now. Over the years, he has worn many hats. He’s a Mentor and a Product Manager at heart, and has been helping young entrepreneurs achieve their dreams by helping them scale up on Product, Design, Marketing & Growth. He has worked in E-commerce, Marketplace, and Music Streaming/OTT industries. He has also been actively involved in building the Product Management community and has been training a lot of aspiring PMs from top-notch colleges (and professionals as well) to help them break into Product Management. He believes in the power of community.
Arijit Banerjee
Brendan Barbato
Brendan is a 2x founder, early Lime employee, and has advised dozens of startups. Brendan's expertise lies within marketing, business development, and go-to-market strategy. As of late, Brendan is mentoring 4 startups across B2C and B2b, where he supported raising seed rounds between $500k-$2m.
Brendan Barbato
Bobby Umar
Bobby Umar is a 5x TEDx speaker and serial entrepreneur who has mentored dozens of startups and thousands of leaders with his 25+ years of experience in personal branding, digital storytelling, relationship building, content creation, thought leadership building and leveraging LinkedIn.
Bobby Umar
Selvaggia Fagioli
Selvaggia is a Strategy Advisor, supporting both founders and professionals in defining their business model and SMEs reaching operational excellence and employees motivation to deliver customer value output within their C-suite. She has an Executive MBA from MIP-Politecnico di Milano and is a certified Startup Expert of PoliHub Milan.
Selvaggia Fagioli
Devesh Chawla
Devesh Chawla is an ingenious strategist, a mentor, an investor, TEDx Speaker, an efficient leader and to sum it all, an all-rounder! A highly sought after speaker and yet a very good listener. He is known and highly regarded for his brisk planning and execution. He is deeply committed to add value to the start-up ecosystem and revolutionize the entrepreneurship picture globally. ‘Chatur Ideas’ is his heartfelt and sincere effort to create a ONE STOP solution for start-ups and entrepreneurs which he has successfully done.
Devesh Chawla
Javier Díaz Rey-Cabarcos
Javier is a Spanish entrepreneur living in Madrid. With over 20+ years in the fields of technology, mobile digital experience, internet, general management, and marketing, Javier has a lot of experience in start-ups, internationalizing them, and creating new business build-ups. Also, he is an angel investor and advisor to numerous tech and digital start-ups.
Javier Díaz Rey-Cabarcos
Haricharan Mylaraiah
Entrepreneur, Start-up Mentor, and high growth marketeer working in the IT Products/Services space. Have helped multiple entrepreneurs to find marquee customers for products, develop the right product-market fit and transform vision to action. I can entrepreneurs to write a marketing story that has a compelling message to connect with customers.
Haricharan Mylaraiah
Edward White
EJ is an entrepreneur and marketing professional with a passion for advising early-stage D2C e-commerce brands. He has experience building CPG brands in the US and abroad in Dubai. He is currently the Director of Digital Marketing at the medical education startup Knowledge to Practice.
Edward White
Mirko Maiorano
A pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and my favorite shoes, my inseparable Converse, this is my professional outfit. If you were expecting the classic marketer in a suit, I’m sorry to disappoint you this isn’t me. I based my personal and professional story on an extreme curiosity and a constant study of new methodologies, techniques, and strategies aimed at growing digital businesses.
Mirko Maiorano
Lavina Ramkissoon
Harvested a blended spread between multidisciplinary, multi-sector, and multi technologies. Areas include technology, psychology, startups, strategy, AI, blockchain, and ethics space and have therefore developed skills in Humanise technology, Startup Growth Hacking, Ideation, Scalability, all things AI, Blockchain, Venture Investing, and Entrepreneurship. Mentored students to business in the field of AI Ethics, Applied AI, Applied merged technologies, and more.
Lavina Ramkissoon
Malcolm Grba
Malcolm Grba is a Fulbright Alumnus and Investment Analyst at Angel Ventures, a leading venture capital firm based in Mexico City. Outside of working with and reviewing numerous startups on a weekly basis, Malcolm is an active mentor as part of MassChallenge and the Impact Network in Latin America.
Malcolm Grba
Randy C Adams
As a C-Level founder/co-founder/technical leader of nine venture-backed technology companies. Randy has published more than 30 consumer software applications that collectively have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, raised more than $100MM in the venture, and have had five successful start-up exits returning more than $1B to investors. Presently he is using his experience to mentor entrepreneurs on Product/Market Fit, MVPs, marketing, & fundraising.
Randy C Adams
Taylor Ryan
Mr. Taylor Ryan is an American entrepreneur living in Copenhagen, Denmark. With over 13+ years of marketing experience, Taylor has founded 6 startups and worked across 10 industries within large and small organizations. Also, he is an angel investor and advisor to numerous tech startups around Copenhagen. Over the last 4.5 years, Taylor has built and run the marketing departments for some of the fastest-growing startups in Denmark.
Taylor Ryan
Christos Kritikos
Christos Kritikos is a US-based startup coach and product expert, and the founder of Emerging Humanity that helps entrepreneurs tackle startup chaos, gain market traction and become fundable. He has participated in several companies and mentored numerous founders working with innovation initiatives around the world like SBDC, NSF I-Corps, Cornel Tech, and others. His education includes an M.S. in Computer Science (UCLA, Fulbright Scholar) and certifications in Design Thinking, Product Management, Brand Management, and Product Marketing. He specializes in consumer-facing startups in fields like health & wellness, education, travel & hospitality, economic development, social impact, and lifestyle.