Building the world's leading mentorship platform
Welcome to Persto – where we're dedicated to enhancing lives through the power of mentorship. If you're here, chances are you've experienced firsthand the positive impact of a mentor in your journey.
At Persto, we're on a mission to create the world's premier mentorship platform. Whether you're a student, a driven professional, or a business owner, our commitment is backed by data that demonstrates the transformative effects of mentoring on success and mental well-being.
Our initial focus is on Venture Mentoring Communities, those dynamic hubs connecting founders with experienced business mentors. Tailored to this sector, our debut product offers a suite of features, including automated scheduling, precise data tracking, outcome measurement, intelligent data insights/automations, and a robust community page fostering meaningful connections between founders and mentors.
But we're not stopping there. As we perfect our mentoring solutions within this niche, our vision extends beyond. Persto is poised to become the go-to product for businesses, high school and college student/alumni groups, and governmental organizations – refining and redefining the landscape of mentorship across diverse sectors.
Join us in building a world where mentorship is not just a resource but a transformative force, driving success and well-being for individuals and communities alike.
Our Team
Andrew Ashur
CO-FOUNDER
Meet Andrew, a serial entrepreneur who embarked on his startup journey during his junior year at Davidson College. His inaugural venture, Lucid Bots, specializes in crafting robots designed for labor-intensive tasks.
Andrew attributes much of his initial success to the invaluable influence of mentors he encountered through LaunchCLT, a prominent Venture Mentoring community. Inspired by the impact of mentorship, he has spent the last two years volunteering as a mentor within the community, guiding early-stage companies toward success.
Driven by a profound passion for entrepreneurship and a commitment to empower others on their journey to success, Andrew identified a critical need within mentoring communities. Recognizing the absence of suitable software for managing and fostering organizational growth, he took the initiative to build Persto alongside his co-founder and wife, Ana.
Ana-Clara Ashur
CO-FOUNDER
Ana-Clara is a community builder, having spent her years volunteering and working for an array of non-profits. Her career has been deeply intertwined with impact and mentorship opportunities, dating back to her college days at Duke.
More recently, Ana served as a program administrator for a Venture Mentoring community. During her tenure, she was surprised to see how much of the program was run through manual processes and spreadsheets, rather than integrations and automations that could simplify operations.
Ana intimately understands what it takes to run a successful mentoring community because she's been there and done it. Her learning lessons through this experience have served as a guiding beacon for Persto's development and journey to positively impact as many people as possible through mentorship.