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Get connected to the best mentors in the ecosytem
About Startup Mentor Collective
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.
Who can avail Mentorship
Startups having Unique ID / registred with Kerala Startup Mission are eligible to avail mentorship.
How 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.

200+

Mentors

300+

Startups

600+

Engagements

Meet Our Mentors
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BIJITH NELSON
BUSINESS HEAD
DERIK GROUP
Business strategy
Biju Chandrasekharan
CEO
ByteWave Digital
Business Development
Biju Nair
Founding Partner
Legalitech
Product/Service design
Bindu Sankarapillai
Advocate, CLO
2ndInnings
Business Development
Binu Jacob
Experion Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Business strategy
Binu Koshy
Ex. Director
Ernst& Young & CEO-10xds
Go to Market
Binu Sankar
EY
Business strategy
Brajesh
Director
Experion Technologies
Business strategy
Brijesh Madhavan
CEO
Curvelogics
Product/Service design
Bushair AP
CEO
Woolly farms
Business strategy
C Balagopal
Business strategy
Chacko Cherian
Founder & CEO
Rawdata Technologies
Business strategy
Chandy
Robotics
Product/Service design
Chummar AC
Capital structuring and Fund raising
Cyriac Meppuram
Director, Mentor
Wellnexion Platforms Private Limited
Business Development
Deepak Balachandran
Director
Syntex Natural Resource Group
Business strategy
Deepthi Bendi
Assistant Professor and Innovation Ambassador
National Institute of Technology Calicut
Product/Service design
Deepu
MD
FAYA USA
Product/Service design
Devaki R Menon
Business Consultant
Kacchapi, The Business Clinic
Business strategy
Devarajan Krishnan
Global FP&A Head - Corp Functions
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Capital structuring and Fund raising
Dilip
Independent Consultant AI
Independent Consultant AI
Product/Service design
Dittin Andrews
Scientist E/Joint Director Cyber Security
CDAC
Product/Service design
Doulos Jose
Growth Evangelist
Tremis Capital
Business strategy
Dr Anil Kumar
Asst. Professor
NIT Calicut
Product/Service design
Dr Irfan Khan
Founder and CEO
eBikeGo
Capital structuring and Fund raising
Dr Manesh Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
Manipal-Government of Karnataka Bioincubator
Product/Service design
Dr Nakul Parameswar
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Go to Market
Dr Varghese Thomas
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr K M Cherian Institute of Medical Sciences, Kallissery, Chengannur
Product/Service design
Dr. Asharaf
IIITMK
Business strategy
Dr. Basil Kuriachen
Assistant Professor
NIT Calicut
Product/Service design