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About
Sona Mahendra is a Product Manager at The Benefit Counsellor. She focuses on tech and tech-enabled businesses in South Africa, with an interest in African early-stage startups and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Experience
- The Benefit CounsellorProduct Managercurrent2025 — presentSomerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
- Testing different business ideasFoundercurrent2025 — presentSouth Africa
- Secha CapitalOperator-Investor Fellowship2025
- 54 Collective VCVenture Builder2023 — 2024
- 54 Collective VCProgram Manager2023
- 54 Collective VCAssociate Programme Manager2021 — 2022South Africa
- BiologyByCodeBlogger2022 — 2023
- De Novo DairyContent Writer2022
- FoodHack Cape TownContent Writer2022
- Edu(Tech) CompanyChief Operations Officer2020 — 2021
- TRYADCo-Founder2019Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Skills & more
Languages English · Tamil
- Mixpanel Analysis Expert Certification — Mixpanel
- Mixpanel Partner Certification — Mixpanel
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Colleagues at Founders Factory Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sona Mahendra?
- Sona Mahendra is a Product Manager at The Benefit Counsellor. She focuses on tech and tech-enabled businesses in South Africa, with an interest in African early-stage startups and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
- Where does Sona Mahendra work?
- Sona Mahendra is Junior Venture Builder at Founders Factory Africa.
- Where did Sona Mahendra go to school?
- Sona Mahendra studied at University of the Witwatersrand (BSc, Molecular Biology); Milpark Business School (Post graduate studies, Business Administration); DigitalCampus (Certificate: Principles of Project Management).
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Also worked at Secha Capital6
Also worked at 54 Collective VC40
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