A 9-week online programme with two tracks. Students and solo founders start from an idea, and we help you validate it and register your company. Registered startups build the artefacts grant committees ask for. Both tracks are scored on the same rubric by the same jury.
Every registered participant receives a Certificate of Entrepreneurship. Not just the winners.
Most grant programmes only accept companies that already exist, which quietly excludes every student and solo founder who has not incorporated yet. We run two tracks so that a strong idea and a running startup can each be judged fairly against the same standard.
For students, recent graduates and solo founders with an idea but no registered company. No entity, no recognition certificate and no traction needed to join.
Verified with a student ID, or a signed declaration if you have graduated.
For startups already registered as a Private Limited Company, LLP or Registered Partnership, with or without revenue.
Verified with your Certificate of Incorporation at week 0.
The higher startup fee covers services a registered company needs and a student does not: data room verification, compliance review, cap table review and three extra mentor sessions. It buys no advantage with the jury. Jurors are not told which track a submission came from or what the applicant paid.
The hardest part of starting up as a student is not the idea. It is not knowing whether to file a Private Limited or an LLP, what a director identification number is, or whether the idea is worth incorporating for at all. The support desk exists for exactly that.
Before you spend anything on registration, two mentor sessions test the problem: who has it, how often, what they do today, and whether they would pay.
Private Limited, LLP or Registered Partnership each carry different cost, compliance load and investor readiness. We walk you through which fits your plan and budget.
Guided help through name reservation, director identification, digital signature, incorporation filing, PAN, TAN and the company bank account.
Once incorporated, we walk you through the national startup recognition application, which is free and unlocks government schemes for years afterwards.
The programme runs nine weeks from the cohort start date to the declaration of results, entirely online. Live sessions are recorded, so a missed session is never a missed module.
1 Aug 2026 — 30 Sep 2026
1 Oct 2026 — 21 Oct 2026
22 Oct 2026 — 4 Nov 2026
5 Nov 2026 — 18 Nov 2026
19 Nov 2026 — 2 Dec 2026
Every submission is scored out of 100 on the same published rubric, for both tracks. Three jurors score independently, without seeing each other marks and without being told which track a submission came from.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Problem clarity and evidence | 20 |
| Solution and differentiation | 15 |
| Market opportunity | 15 |
| Business model and unit economics | 15 |
| Go-to-market plan | 12 |
| Traction and validation | 10 |
| Team capability | 8 |
| Fund utilisation and milestones | 5 |
| Total score | 100 |
