Wadhwani Foundation invites early stage startups to a free 12-Week Growth Program; Apply now

Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation. Its primary mission is to accelerate economic development in emerging economies by driving job creation in India and other emerging economies through large-scale initiatives in entrepreneurship, small business growth, innovation, and skilling. Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr Romesh Wadhwani found the NPO in 2000. Further, today, the foundation is scaling impact in 20 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

The Wadhwani Foundation works in partnership with various institutes. This includes governments, foundations, corporations, and educational institutes through various initiatives. Presently, the foundation invites early-stage startups in a growth program to mentor, coach and help them raise funding.

The objective of the program is to:

• enable founders to stabilize and grow their ventures​
• optimize and scale early-stage startups
• also provide access to funding through Wadhwani Catalyst Fund and others for eligible startups​
• 1-1 mentoring and group workshops​
• provide access to potential customers and team members​

Moreover, this 12-week program will be fully virtual laced with world-class toolkits and ​self-paced guides created by Industry experts​. It is also free of cost, without equity dilution​.

Some of the toolkit topics are:

Pivoting, Extending Runway & Conserving Cash, Raising Funds, Customer Acquisition, Digital Marketing, Making Operations Lean, Restrategizing Expansion Plans, and Increasing Sales Effectiveness

What are the benefits of the program?

You will have access to investors, mentors, markets/customers, world-class digital assets; also customized connect with subject matter experts; and masterclasses on topics that concern growing companies are some of the program offerings. Moreover, you get all these without diluting or parting with your equity.

Who is Eligible?

• High-Potential, growth-stage Startups ready to scale ​
• Coachable leadership team​
• Pre-COVID Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) between INR 1-10 Crore​
• Employ 10 or more people

The Wadhwani Foundation VFT Growth Program is open to founders/co-founders along with their startup teams. Further, the participation of the founder/co-founder is compulsory.​

You can register for the program by simply signing up here, and you can also read through the program on the official website.