Mentor network

The people in the room with our students.

Edugild mentors are founders, operators, investors and faculty who have built things — and are willing to sit with a 20-year-old at 9pm on a Tuesday. Every team gets an operator-mentor plus a domain specialist. real mentors needed

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The model

Two mentors per team. Weekly. For 12 weeks.

Each Edugild team is matched with two mentors. One is an operator-mentor — someone who has built and shipped in your category. The other is a domain specialist — a professor, researcher, or senior practitioner with deep vertical knowledge.

Weekly 60-minute sessions during the active sprint. Office hours and Slack access between. Post-program, most teams continue meeting their mentors monthly for a year.

Operator-mentors

Founders & senior operators

People who have built companies, led product teams, or scaled go-to-market.

A

[Mentor Name]

Founder, [Company]

Previously [role at company]. Mentors: consumer & marketplace teams.

B

[Mentor Name]

VP Product, [Company]

Shipped [product] to 50M+ users. Mentors: product & UX.

C

[Mentor Name]

Partner, [VC firm]

Invests across early-stage India. Mentors: fundraising & narrative.

D

[Mentor Name]

Founder, [Climate-tech co.]

Built & exited [company]. Mentors: hardware & deep-tech teams.

E

[Mentor Name]

Head of GTM, [Company]

Mentors: sales, B2B & pricing strategy.

F

[Mentor Name]

Angel investor

100+ angel cheques. Mentors: first-cheque conversations.

G

[Mentor Name]

CTO, [Company]

Mentors: engineering, architecture & hiring.

H

[Mentor Name]

Design Lead, [Company]

Mentors: brand, design systems & early storytelling.

Domain specialists

Faculty, researchers & industry veterans

Drawn from the MIT India network and beyond.

I

[Prof. Name]

Faculty, MITAOE

Specialism: [engineering domain]. Works with hardware & robotics teams.

J

[Dr. Name]

Faculty, Avantika

Specialism: design research & consumer insight.

K

[Prof. Name]

Faculty, MIT Univ. Shillong

Specialism: climate & sustainability.

L

[Prof. Name]

Faculty, MIT ACSC

Specialism: finance, commerce & operations.

Join the network

Want to mentor the next generation of Indian founders?

We are always looking for senior operators, founders and investors to join the Edugild mentor network. Time commitment: ~2 hours/month.

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What mentors get

  • Direct visibility into India's emerging student founder pool
  • First look at Edugild portfolio companies for angel investment
  • Invitations to Demo Day and Edugild founder events
  • A small group of mentor peers you actually like

Students

Want to work with these people?

Every accepted Edugild team gets matched. Apply with your idea.

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