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Operators and experts who shape our founders — sharing playbooks, opening doors, and seeing emerging companies before anyone else.
- 5,300+
- mentors in the network
- 27
- programs run
- 7
- countries
Why 2080 for mentors
Our programs run on operators who have done the specific thing a founder is stuck on. It is a real commitment and a narrow one: a handful of sessions inside a cohort, on the topic you actually know, with founders who have been screened before they reach you. In exchange you see companies in markets most deal networks never surface.
What you get
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Scoped sessions
You mentor inside a defined cohort window on a defined topic, not an open-ended promise.
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Screened founders
Teams are filtered before they reach your calendar, so the hour is spent on the problem rather than the pitch.
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Deal access
Mentors see the cohort early and can participate in the syndicate where it fits.
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A global bench
Operators across Korea, Japan, the Gulf, the Caucasus and Southeast Asia — you meet them too.
Where the bench comes from
Operators from the programmes and funds below have mentored inside our cohorts. 5,300+ mentors in the network.
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