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.
Eugenio Cantuarias R
15 years of professional experience working for international business advisory firms. Held executive positions in companies from different industries. Led business development, operational excellence, and capital investment initiatives. Entrepreneur. In 2016 founded AceleraLatam a business accelerator firm and in 2020 AceleraVentures its VC. This year I also helped to launch QickOff...
Eugenio Cantuarias R
Natesh Babu DR
Mr. NateshBabu has vast expertise in IT consulting, advisory services, Innovation, and strategic ideation to commercialization. As a trusted advisor he has consulted start-ups and SMEs for the last 15 years. His exposure to most of the industry verticals combined with expertise in the ICT domain and strong business acumen has proven beneficial. An engineering graduate from the prestigious RV College of Engineering, an Alumnus of Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, and was adjudged as one of the best innovators in INDIA.
Natesh Babu DR
Cheryl Teo
Before Venture Capital, Cheryl was a serial entrepreneur and currently a Venture Fellow at Vantage Venture based in Singapore. We help B2B SaaS founders to scale in Asia, from the pre-seed stage up to Series A. Prior to Vantage, Cheryl has built 2 successful startups in the consumer industry and achieved an exit.
Cheryl Teo
Arun Sikka
Mr.Arun is an accomplished risk executive with 15 years of experience and a successful track record of driving profitability and growth of the portfolio while managing credit risk. He is a risk management expert with deep strategic and operational knowledge across the credit lifecycle i.e. origination, portfolio management, and collections. His experience spreads across three countries and multiple banking products including Personal Loans/Line of Credit, Credit Cards, Auto Loans, Mortgages/HELOC, and Small Business.
Arun Sikka
Kyle Hoedebecke
With 20 years of leadership experience, Dr. Kyle Hoedebecke optimizes key organizational metrics such as quality, safety, member satisfaction & cost savings. He is currently Medical Director for insurance startup Oscar Health. Kyle serves as an advisor and consultant for multiple organizations and is personally invested in 40+ startups. His specialties are medical devices, wearables, digital health, pharmaceuticals & AI. Let's synergy his knowledge and talents with those of your team in order to catapult any organization to the next level!
Kyle Hoedebecke
Andrei Popescu
Co-Founder of COSS.IO & SCX Holdings and Seasoned FinTech/Blockchain Tech Start-Ups Investor/Advisor. Andrei is an active participant in the FinTech sphere, Crypto & Alternative Assets Class Ecosystems, and the Blockchain/DLT communities in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the USA.
Andrei Popescu
Omprakash Chandrashekar
Dr. Omprakash Chandrashekar is a Business Strategy, Regulatory, Product Development, Commercialisation & Compliance Expert who works with Business customers operating in highly regulated markets. With over 25 years of experience, he helps start-ups right from ideation to the product commercialization stage, attains desirable business outcomes
Omprakash Chandrashekar
Sumesh menon
Mr. Sumesh Menon is Dynamic Management Leader with a result Oriented Approach, who happens to be an evangelist of new-age delivery experience and transformation. In his illustrious long professional journey of 25 years across portfolios in outsourcing software services, account management, delivery, and Operations Management, extensive experience in Outsourcing software services, Delivery, and Operations Management, he also has exposures to a couple of merger and acquisition stories for growth. He has served with distinction, several Fortune 500 clients and global brands across Europe, UK, USA, Ukraine, India, and Southeast Asia.
Sumesh menon
Tchagoua Guy Merlin
Mr. Tchagoua Guy Merlin is CEO and Founder of Sunganhou Company group, a company proposing digital solutions to companies, small-sized and medium companies, NGOs, associations, Coordinator of the start-up youth challenges platform, Executive director of the International Forum For Women entrepreneurship and leadership, and Executive director of the International Forum on labor and creativity. He speaks three languages: French- English and Nda'nda'
Tchagoua Guy Merlin
Gisle Alsåker Lien
Mr. Gisle has vast expertise in consulting, advisory services, and strategic sourcing. As a trusted advisor he has consulted start-ups and SMEs for the last 15 years. His expertise in the ICT domain, combined with strong business acumen, and sourcing background has proven beneficial. Gisle has strategic experience from Telecom Operators in the Nordics and Baltics, on digital transformation initiatives and acquisitions.He has mentored start-ups for a Technology Transfer Office for 5 years and consulted with government/public programs.
Gisle Alsåker Lien
Mohamad Tabbara
Professional Business Developer with more than 4 years of experience in the business development processes. he had been involved in several startups studies, manage and develop new startup business opportunities. Ambitious risk-taker, problem solver, and entrepreneur at heart. He had enriched his experience after creating 3 startups that improved his mental concepts, launch a good business plan, and put in the work and energy necessary to build a successful business.
Mohamad Tabbara
Maximiliano Morales
Maximiliano Morales is an agronomist and startup strategist (AgTech, FoodTech, FinTech, PropTech), with extensive experience in mentoring startups at incubators & accelerators in Chile. PR specialist and content generator for over 20 companies for 18 years with more than 3.000 articles, columns, and reports published in over 70 media in Latinamerica, US, and Europe. He worked as a strategic consultant for CORFO (Innovation Agency of the Chilean Government) and then manager of Nodo Estratégico Chile Vitivinícola 2.0 to face the challenges of climate change and wine frontier extension among ancient vineyards in Chile. Founder of www.andeswines.com and www.amixnews.com.
Maximiliano Morales
Anas Zeineddine
Anas Zeineddine has over 15 years’ experience working with multinational, private equity, and a world-class innovation hub. He has set up successful sustainable innovation-based Public-Private Partnerships and has worked with various startups, especially in the field of education, space technology, and drones.
Anas Zeineddine
Sidharth Balakrishna
Sidharth Balakrishna has over 16 years' corporate experience and has mentored many start-ups. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta and an Economics degree from the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University. His corporate experience includes the media & entertainment, artificial intelligence, energy, infrastructure, renewables, and education sectors. He is an Adjunct Faculty at a number of top management institutes and has presented papers in over a dozen countries.
Sidharth Balakrishna
Ram Alagianambi
Ram Alagianambi is an expert in product management, engineering & tech, and business development. He has been leading, founding product & tech groups in startups and organizations of various sizes across different industries, business models, and domains such as fin-tech, data, cloud, mobile, eCommerce, SAAS, marketplaces. He has a strong track record of advising successful startups that have been acquired and are making an impact on society. Hoping to further the network and aid the startups.
Ram Alagianambi
Andrea Giuliani
Andrea is an experienced Business Mentor who has supported many innovative start-up companies in the Life Science Industry.
Andrea Giuliani
Elton Kuah
Elton Kuah is a 3D skillet based entrepreneur who has experience in digital marketing (certified under few specializations), design thinking, and data research skills. His industry is professional services, SAAS, manufacturing, etc. He is the go-to person if you want to expand or set-up your business in South East Asia.
Elton Kuah
Mohammed Safder Ali
Mohammed Ali is a Technocrat and a senior IT Professional, with an entrepreneurial mindset and offering 22 years of enriched innovative skills and extensive implementation experience, earned during the career run, of industry experience in IT Leadership and solution/data architecture for creating large & complex solutions across multiple domains, enabling them to achieve the corporate objectives/goals. He had the opportunity of working in the USA, Canada, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and India. Currently engaged as Start-up CTO & Solution Architect with Tansy Software Solutions, Dubai, UAE, since Dec 2019.
Mohammed Safder Ali
Lee Chee Khoon
Chee Khoon is a Licensed Financial Planner & a Certified HRDF Trainer with 8 years of experience managing 3 of his startups. Before this, he holds 10 years of experience in both engineering (semiconductor & avionics) & strategic growth consulting - and has successfully concluded numerous Market Validation Projects commissioned by Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC).
Lee Chee Khoon
Sagar Ratilal Bavarva
Mr. Sagar Bavarva is a curious startup entrepreneur based in Netherlands and India working as a Founder / CEO – Chief Researcher @ Bees Digital Farm based in the EU sub. He holds a Management of Technology degree with a specialization in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Breakthrough Innovations from the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. He also holds 3 Exe. MBA Associate Degree from Yale, Harvard, and Stanford University, USA.