Mentoring initiative commences worldwide tour

Facebook has commenced the 2015 edition of its mentoring initiative, FbStart.

On their official website, FbStart says they are all about “providing startups with an exclusive community, worldwide events, mentorship from Facebook, and up to $80,000 in free tools and services.”

According to Facebook, the initiative now has 20 partners who have contributed more than $80,000 for companies in the accelerator programmes and $15,000 for startups in pre-launch.

Facebook, in an official statement posted online, said: 'FbStart members are truly part of a global community – more than 60 percent of members are located outside of North America, with India, the U.K., and Brazil among the top five member countries.'