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.
Federico Donati
Federico has extensive knowledge in consumer goods, e-commerce and digital businesses.
Federico Donati
Alethia Helena Lyriotakis
Alethia has over 20 years of experience in finance, IT and telecommunications.
Alethia Helena Lyriotakis
Iveta Tancheva-Nikolova
Iveta has over the past 20 years working in investment banking, impact fund management, and equity investments.
Iveta Tancheva-Nikolova
Shiva Mathur
Shiv Mathur, an Electrical Engineer by qualification, is a multi-dimensional professional with 30 years of experience in Navy, IT & Telecom working in senior positions.
Shiva Mathur
Manos Macromallis
Manos is a seasoned technology guru who has strategic, goal-oriented senior executive focusing on Business and Product Development, hence in Operations with more than 20 years of knowledge in leadership positions, many of them at a C-level or as BoD. He has a strong track record of innovative solutions in competitive market environments as well as providing traction for start-ups
Manos Macromallis
Dr. Pritesh Kumar
Dr. Pritesh Kumar earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, with a focus in cannabinoid (cannabis) pharmacology, from the University of Louisville, Kentucky USA. Previously, Dr. Kumar conducted pharmacological testing of FDA- approved drugs as potential ligands for the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) and investigated the pharmacology of cannabinoids.
Dr. Pritesh Kumar
Akshay Chhugani
A serial Entrepreneur turned Angel Investor working in the field of AI&ML focusing towards automating data and using it to create personalised experiences.
Akshay Chhugani
Kevin O’Hara
Kevin has a long history as a startup founder having founded and exited three very successful Australian startups to private equity. Kevin has since completed his MBA with a major in Digital Transformation and has completed postgraduate studies at both INSEAD and Harvard Business School.
Kevin O’Hara
david woll
David has over 50 years of business experience. He has been involved in numerous startups and early stage companies across the US representing a diverse number of business sectors. His core expertise is finance, accounting, legal structuring and development of partnerships and joint venture arrangements and agreements.
david woll
Angela Rovira
Angela is a hands-on leader with a passion for finance and innovation. She holds an MBA and a Master in Finance and has management experience as the leader of multidisciplinary teams in structuring and developing financial projects for multinational companies
Angela Rovira
Rebekah Wu
I am a pitch coach, investor presentation package coach (PPT, one-pager & presentation delivery) and connector to qualified target investors (VCs and strategic investors) – 50+ of my previous clients have been funded and 25 have been acquired totaling $1B.
Rebekah Wu
Vladimir Dyakov
I have 20+ years experience in Banking and Finance, including top positions in Russian Banks (Vice-President, Director for Asset Protection,
Vladimir Dyakov
Mario Arcella
Mario has global expertise in professional project management with a passion for startups and a focus on data protection. Mario's working experience ranges from business consulting to project management and is currently CEO of FINDATA.
Mario Arcella
Mahmoud Hegab
Business geek with + 18 years of business experience, launched 6 startups, exit 2 startups, consulted more than 10 startups. (Business and Financial Modeling, Marketing and Sales Planning).
Mahmoud Hegab
Aditya Putta
I am on a perpetual pursuit of stories that inspire positive action. This is why I love what I do for a living. I meet several hundred founders every year that are contributing to the United Nations SDGs and Transition Goals. At the World Startup Factory and Foodstars, I am proud to lead a team that has contributed to making more than 45 investment deals so far.
Aditya Putta
Vikas Kalwani
Vikas is an out-of-the-box thinker and an experienced product marketer who specializes in scaling startups and finding the right product-market fit. His core expertise lies in performing growth experiments, optimizing conversion rates of marketing processes, and building highly engaging tech products. He has co-founded 2 startups and advised quite a few.
Vikas Kalwani
Arash Rasoulzadeh
I started working in software development in 2008, now with more than 10 years of experience, I am the CTO of two fast-growing companies in cloud & telemedicine. my specialty is back-end development and engineering cloud infrastructures
Arash Rasoulzadeh
MICHAEL KAPILKOV
I am a career technologist with over 25 years of experience working at all size companies. My strengths are product strategy, technology strategy, and execution.
MICHAEL KAPILKOV
Mary Francia
My executive career experience is in public global companies in media, healthcare, professional services, consumer electronics, and telecommunications. As a leader in business innovation and strategy, I launched technology platforms creating new revenues and markets - working closely with business units and instinctively identifying and calculating opportunities and risks for market development, portfolio transformation, and governance.
Mary Francia
Temidayo Tadebayo
Mr. Temidayo is the Founder and Managing Partner of BAYI Capital Management with experience in identifying and nurture high-impact investment opportunities in small-to-medium enterprises (SME) in emerging markets.