Startup Advisor & Growth Mentor for Founders in Asia
As a founder, I know the grind firsthand. I work with startups across Asia as an advisor and mentor — helping founders navigate growth, GTM strategy, and scaling challenges with clarity and a founder-first mindset.
Work with Me as a Mentor/Advisor
Advice Grounded in Experience
I work with founders from pre-seed to pre-Series A to turn momentum into repeatable growth.
That usually looks like tightening positioning, pressure-testing GTM, building a pragmatic acquisition engine, and putting the right dashboards and operating cadence in place so decisions aren’’t made on vibes.
I’ve done this from the inside—as an operator, advisor, and investor—supporting teams across SEA and Bangladesh as they move from “scrappy” to scalable.
I'm not just an advisor who's read the playbooks — I've lived them. That means I understand both the day-to-day struggles of a founder and the long-term demands of scaling.
Built 2Stallions into an award-winning, multi-country agency with a 40+ person team.
Scaled ChutneyAds from idea to 200+ screens, on track for 1,000+ with a vision of 1 billion monthly impressions.
Backed and mentored startups across Asia personally as well as through CG Ventures and accelerator programmes.
Startups I've Backed or Advised
Mentorship & Advisory That Moves the Needle
My work with founders focuses on three areas where the right advice makes the biggest difference:
Product
Refining the vision, roadmap, and user journey so your product meets market needs
Leadership
Building resilience as a founder, shaping company culture, and developing the mindset needed to lead teams through uncertainty.
Growth & Marketing Strategy
Aligning sales, marketing, and operations so you can scale sustainably.
I don't believe in "office-hours only" mentorship. As an advisor, I make myself available when you need me most:
Quick questions via WhatsApp
Deep-dive hour-long calls to work through your biggest challenges
Honest, founder-first guidance from someone who's been through the trenches
What Founders Say
Dhawal has been mentoring me for the past few months, and his support has been truly transformative. With his guidance, I was able to develop a comprehensive SOP for Palki Motors, which led to more than 25% increase in overall productivity. He also helping us design a seamless customer journey - both online and offline - so customers can easily purchase locally made electric vehicles.
Mustafa Al Momin
Founder & CEO, Palki Motors Limited | Zayed Sustainability Prize Winner | Electric Mobility
Dhawal has been mentoring our team for the last 18 months. During this period he has brought much needed direction to the product and marketing teams. His insights and experience has helped shape our product vision and strategy. As a result our teams have adopted a data driven mindset, developed a culture of experimentation and regularly conducting user testing with prototypes before jumping into production. We are now using industry best practices and tools when pushing out any new features or when launching new marketing campaigns. Dhawal has been a great mentor to our internal teams!
Reyasad Chowdhury
Stanford MBA '26 | Forbes 30u30 | Co-founder at Shuttle