Kerala Startup Mission since its initial inception has been maintaining a strong panel of mentors for supporting the startups in its various stages of growth. The mentoring support offered to the startups has brought obvious advantages for the startups and KSUM has witnessed this transformation. Being the nodal agency the number of startups that KSUM now is catering to has spread across 3000 and in this regard KSUM is expanding its mentor network through this initiative Startup Mentor Collective. Startups having Unique ID registred with Kerala Startup Mission are eligible to avail mentorship. Startups can browse through the list of mentors classified based on their areas of expertise below. Once they identify the necessary mentor they can use the "Connect Now" button to connect with the mentor. The startup will be asked to login using their KSUM Unique ID credentials (or Startup India Credentials). Once loggedin the startup can send a connection request to the mentor. This will invoke a approval request to the mentor chosen. Once the mentor approves the request a meeting link is auto generated and details are shared with the startup and mentor.