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We work with a small number of founders at a time. If you're building something serious in India — this is where it starts.

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Team

We back exceptional founders. Tell us who’s building this and why you’re the team to make it happen.

Are you full-time or part-time on the startup? *

Number of Full-Time Founders *

Founders are individuals with over 10% equity. If you’re part-time or not yet incorporated, enter ‘0’ and add all co-founders in the section below.

Total FTE Employees *

How many full-time equivalent employees (including founders) are currently at your startup?

Founders are individuals with over 10% equity. If you’re part-time or not yet incorporated, enter ‘0’ and add all co-founders in the section below.

Founder Detail

Tell us who’s building this.

CEO *

Relevant Experience *

In a few sentences, highlight your most relevant professional, startup, or industry experience.

Focus on track record, domain expertise, and past wins.

Are you technical enough to build the product end-to-end?

Startup Detail

Help us understand your startup. The problem you're solving, your solution, and where you are today.

Startup Name *

Pitch your startup in one sentence. *

What do you do and for whom? E.g. “AI-powered therapist for Gen Z”

Startup Description *

What problem are you solving? What are you building?

(Choose from: B2B / Enterprise Applications, Consumer Applications, Deep Tech, Quantum, AI Native, Infrastructure / Dev Tools, Healthcare, GovTech, Other)

Where do you intend to build your startup? *

When was your startup founded?

Company Website

Anything else we should know? (optional)

If there’s something that doesn’t fit elsewhere, drop it here.

Additional Information

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Any additional information you share with us adds important context that we review and significantly improves the strength of your application. Please share these below.

Traction (optional)

If you’ve launched and started measuring traction, we’d love to see the data.

Funding History (optional)

Give us a quick snapshot of your fundraising to date.

Active Fundraising Round (optional)

Provide details about your current fundraising round.

Referral (optional)

If you were referred, please provide their contact information.

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Team

Are you full-time or part-time on the startup? *

Number of Full-Time Founders *

Total FTE Employees *

Founder Detail

CEO *

Relevant Experience *

Are you technical enough to build the product end-to-end?

Startup Detail

Startup Name *

Pitch your startup in one sentence. *

Startup Description *

Where do you intend to build your startup? *

When was your startup founded?

Company Website

Anything else we should know? (optional)

Additional Information

Traction (optional)

Funding History (optional)

Active Fundraising Round (optional)

Referral (optional)

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