Mentagrate

Question/Answer Marketplace

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Education
  • Location Berkeley, CA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded August 2013
  • Employees 5
  • Website mentagrate.com

Company Summary

Finding the right tutor is hard. Asking for help is even harder. Booking hours with tutors is unrealistic and expensive. Instead, we’re crowdsourcing knowledge and gamifying the study process with a two sided Q/A marketplace built on AI and algorithmic matching. Students help each other with specific knowledge in a hyperlocal network and make cash doing it. We charge a 15% fee for each transaction on the site.

Team

  • Chuck Katis

  • Akshay Kolte
    CTO

    15+ years technical experience. Software engineer at Infosys, co-founder of Top Sprouts, Wrapview, Moodsnap and started the Graduate Business Tutor to assist MBAs in their educational pursuits.
    Akshay spearheads all technical progress at Mentagrate and moreover manages any additional technical consultants required.

  • Santiago RS
    Board

    Associate at Sageview Capital and former investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan. He started his own SAT/GMAT tutoring business. BA in Economics from Boston University, magna cum laude.
    Santiago shares Mentagrate's vision with Chuck and Akshay and assists both in implementing, serving as Chuck's business right hand while he's competing in the pool.

Advisors

  • Eric R. George
    Seed/Board
    Unconfirmed

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