Founders. Investors. Operators.
Campus Hype's mentor network is 40+ hand-picked founders, investors and senior operators who have built companies, raised rounds, hired teams and made the mistakes so you can skip them. Each mentor commits real hours — no drive-by advice, no LinkedIn theatre.
Six mentors from our current bench
A snapshot of the kind of mentors you'll be paired with. Real founders. Active investors. People who currently run companies — not "advisor-emeritus" types collecting board seats. Every listing here has open bandwidth for a discovery call.
Rajiv Menon
Dr. Anita Sarin
Karan Bhagat
Meera Iyer
Vikram Aditya
Priya Deshpande
Eight areas of deep expertise
Every founder needs a different kind of help at a different time. Here are the eight areas our mentor pool covers most deeply — you get paired based on where you are, not who's available.
Idea validation
Testing whether a problem is real, sharp and worth 5 years of your life. Before you build anything.
Co-founder & team
Finding the right co-founder, first-hire prioritisation, equity split, founder-founder conflict.
GTM & sales
First-100-customer playbook, ICP definition, pricing, positioning, outbound frameworks.
Fundraising
Deck reviews, valuation framing, investor targeting, negotiating term sheets, dilution math.
Legal & compliance
Company registration, ROC, GST, IP, employment contracts, ESOP structures for early-stage.
Product & tech
MVP scoping, tech stack choices, hiring engineers, technical debt management, security basics.
International expansion
When to think about US / SEA markets, GTM shifts, legal entity setup, cross-border compliance.
Partnerships & BD
Enterprise sales, channel partnerships, distribution deals, negotiating first big customer contracts.
Six ways to work with a mentor
Mentoring isn't one-size-fits-all. A pre-seed founder needs different sessions than a Series A CEO. Pick the format that matches where you are — or run several in parallel.
Discovery call (free)
30 minOne-off intro session. Understand the problem you're solving and match you with the right long-term mentor.
Ongoing 1:1
Bi-weekly · 60 minCommitted mentor pairing for 3–6 months. Same person, deep context, actual accountability.
Deck review
45 minSend your pitch deck 48h ahead. Written feedback + live walkthrough with a partner-level investor.
Pitch practice
30 minMock investor pitch, filmed, followed by frame-by-frame feedback on delivery + slides + narrative.
Cohort workshops
90 minGroup sessions on specific topics: GTM, hiring, fundraising. Interactive, cohort-only.
Emergency office hours
On demandA crisis moment? Late-night term-sheet review? Cofounder blowup? On-call for enrolled cohort startups.
From "I need a mentor" to your first session
The whole matching process runs on a 5–7 day cadence. No decks required. No waitlists. If you're serious about your startup, we have a mentor for you.
Register
Sign up as a member or apply through the startup incubator to unlock mentor booking.
Discovery call
Book a 30-min free discovery call. Tell us where you are and where you're going.
Get matched
We pair you with a mentor whose experience fits your stage + sector — usually within 3 days.
Start meeting
Bi-weekly 1:1s begin the following week. Mentor commits for a full quarter (or longer).
Browse all active mentors
The full mentor bench across every domain. Filter by expertise inside the members' dashboard once you're logged in.
Prakhar Gangwar
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Before you book
Do I have to pay mentors?
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Ready to talk to a mentor?
Two ways to get started — pick the one that fits.
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