📈 nVentures & TiE Colombo Bridge Mentorship Gap via "Founder’s Table"

nVentures and TiE Colombo have concluded the first cohort of "Founder’s Table," an initiative providing structured, one-on-one mentorship by matching high-potential startup founders with experienced business leaders in Sri Lanka. • Key Objective: The initiative addresses a critical barrier for first-generation Sri Lankan entrepreneurs: a lack of access to established professional networks, strategic guidance, and industry-specific expertise. • Sector Focus & Impact: Mentorship conversations centered on long-term strategy, finance, and go-to-market planning, moving founders beyond basic product development. Startups like Talvin AI and Cecrafto reported immediate clarity and early course-correction. • Ecosystem Growth: The program leverages Sri Lanka's "net-giving" business culture and TiE’s global network to connect local ICT/BPM and tech-driven entrepreneurs with international founders and investors, aiming to scale domestic startups into globally competitive companies.