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
Education
- University of the WitwatersrandBSc, Molecular Biology2014 — 2016
- Milpark Business SchoolPost graduate studies, Business Administration2018
- DigitalCampusCertificate: Principles of Project Management2020
- Durban Girls' CollegeHigh School2007 — 2011
Skills & more
Program Management4Research3Startup Development2
Languages English · Tamil
- Mixpanel Analysis Expert Certification — Mixpanel
- Mixpanel Partner Certification — Mixpanel
- Candidate Natural Scientist — South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP)
- Good Laboratory Clinical Practice (GCLP) — Clinical Laboratory Services (Affiliated with the Wits Health Consortium)
From Sona's professional profile.
Colleagues at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Morris
Product Designer at Founders Factory Africa
Adam Wakefield
Managing Editor at Founders Factory Africa
Adelaide Njoki Muthang'i
Investment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
Alina Truhina
Board Member at Founders Factory Africa
Amara Muoneke
Venture Design Lead at Founders Factory Africa
Andile Masuku
Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa
Andrew Obuoforibo
Head of Product at Founders Factory Africa
Ayotunde Aladejana
Head of Partnerships at Founders Factory Africa
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Sona Mahendra work?
- Sona Mahendra is Junior Venture Builder at Founders Factory Africa.
Same school
Also attended University of the Witwatersrand70
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Shared employers
Also worked at Secha Capital7
Hannah ArnoldVenture Partner at F-Prime Capital PartnersBrendan J. MullenCo-Founder & Managing Director at Secha CapitalDr. Nombuso L. NkambuleCo-Founder at Secha CapitalRushil K. VallabhCo-Founder & Managing Director at Secha CapitalMasedi MadishaOperator - Investor at Secha CapitalMolefe ChoaneOperator-Investor, Head of Acquisition Pipeline Strategy at Secha Capital
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Also worked at 54 Collective VC41
Frank WebsterHead of Corporate Development at Founders FactoryKonstantin BehrAdvisor at SatganaNzwisisa ChidemboCTO in Residence at Enza CapitalAdam MorrisProduct Designer at Founders Factory AfricaAdam WakefieldManaging Editor at Founders Factory AfricaAdelaide Njoki Muthang'iInvestment Associate at Founders Factory Africa
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