The proving ground

Startup Championship

A national competition that surfaces India’s strongest early-stage teams and puts them in front of the people who can fund and build with them.

How it works

Open application

Any Indian startup under five years old. No referral, no fee, no gatekeeper.

Judged in twenty-five cities, so you pitch near where you build.

The strongest teams present to the full Venture Alliance in one room.

Capital conversations, a mentor match, and permanent Network membership.

The other three

The capital

A syndicate of angels, funds and family offices who see vetted dealflow first — with the diligence already done.

The guidance

Operators who have built and sold companies, matched to founders by sector and stage rather than by availability.

The company

The peer group that outlasts the programme. Founders who are eighteen months ahead of you, and eighteen months behind.