Sundararajan: Build-A-Venture avoids fixed cohorts for bespoke mentoring
Sriram Sundararajan · Navigating Startup Success: Insights on Venture Capital, Market Disruption, and Mentorship · Jul 21, 2025 · at 35:42
Sriram Sundararajan, Managing Partner of Hypergrowth Labs Capital, explains the operating structure and mentorship model of the Build-A-Venture accelerator.
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“The accelerator is really there, and it's a bespoke accelerator. We don't take in cohorts of like, 1015, 20 people, and then make them go through the cohort. We really bring in founders that we think we understand well in terms of what their needs are and how they have to probably go after product market fit and then fit them with mentors just in those areas where we think they need help.”
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