Learning is the new collaboration!
Work is not about checking boxes, running processes, or climbing the career ladder. The purpose of organizations is to bring people together so they can learn from each other, grow, innovate, and solve meaningful problems. Together, we can grow faster and better.
With Mentessa we make purpose work - for equal opportunities for everyone in the workplace.
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From hierarchies to networks and from outsiders into insiders
We are a team with uniquely diverse backgrounds, including immigrants, women in tech, high-potentials, nerds, young parents, singles, married couples, and entrepreneurs. We have experienced it all and have found that labels tend to build barriers to whom we meet, what mentors we get, and how we grow. We are here to change this.
How we make purpose work?
We are Mentessa: a team with uniquely diverse backgrounds. As women in tech, immigrants, high-potentials, young parents, and entrepreneurs, we have been part of numerous communities, networks, mentoring programs, and the German start-up ecosystem for 10 over years now. As employees of the largest German companies, we have experienced it all – lack of diversity, human bias, and insufficient collaboration!
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Diversity at the workplace is not just a Sustainable Development Goal, it is the future of work.
In a platform economy value is created and distributed through social networks (not social media!) – live & online.
Remove boundaries to knowledge exchange for a world of work that is both high-tech and high-human.
Simple – use the power of communities to scale the benefits of mentoring to 100% of talent:
It’s a small step for companies,
but a huge one for the #futureofwork.
Our mission is to create a truly welcoming, inclusive, and collaborative - silofree - workplace.
The Story
behind Mentessa
Learn how it all started. Step by step towards where the future works.
An idea was born
Tina had spent years as both a mentor and a mentee, and it was an experience in her last job that gave birth to the idea of Mentessa. Being faced with the challenge of connecting entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and changing needs in a mentoring program, she realized the need for a solution.
Mentessa was founded
Tina quits her job and joins Wayra Germany, the innovation hub by Telefonica. Mentessa graduates from the Founder Institute in Munich and wins its first customers and awards. Its first birthday party is canceled because of the pandemic.
Growing the vision
The new world of work makes it clear that knowledge exchange and meaningful connection are not just for mentoring programs. Mentessa is selected by NASDAQ Milestone Makers - as one of 10 impact startups that strive to create equal opportunities for everyone in the workplace (SDGs 8, 9, 10, 11).
Where we are today
Today, Mentessa operates on three continents, with global customers from corporate HR to NGOs. Where the future works.
The people backing us
We are backed by investors from Sofia to Leipzig. Like us they are committed to building a better future of work.
We are hiring!
The world is changing. Prepare for the unknown by digitally upskilling your talent. Mentessa gives you an engaging platform for sustainable and seamless mentorship, onboarding, and retention. Do you want to get ready for the biggest digital business transformation?
