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THE FOUNDERY

THE

FOUNDERY

A venture builder that forges entrepreneurs into co-founders and builds companies with them from the ground up.

A venture builder that forges entrepreneurs into co-founders and builds companies with them from the ground up.

Every co-founder is matched with an idea from our Idea Vault, aligned with their strengths, experience, and conviction. Over a 90-day venture build at The Foundery Sanctum in Alibaug, they move from thesis to operating company, backed by capital, operators, mentors, and the execution infrastructure needed to build from day zero.

The Foundery Cohort 01 with their co-founders: Kishore Biyani, Nikhil Kamath & Ronnie Screwvala.
The Foundery Cohort 01 with their co-founders: Kishore Biyani, Nikhil Kamath & Ronnie Screwvala.

Most startup ecosystems ask whether someone is ready to be a founder.

The Foundery starts with a different belief: Readiness is forged by the environment around you. That environment is the hive.

The Foundery starts with a different belief: Readiness is forged by the environment around you. That environment is the hive.

The Foundery starts with a different belief: Readiness is forged by the environment around you. That environment is the hive.

Every founder is building a different company, but no one is building in isolation. Knowledge moves across the room, from product to packaging, from consumer insight to distribution, from hiring to fundraising. What one team learns becomes part of the ecosystem’s intelligence.

Every founder is building a different company, but no one is building in isolation. Knowledge moves across the room, from product to packaging, from consumer insight to distribution, from hiring to fundraising. What one team learns becomes part of the ecosystem’s intelligence.

This is not passive mentorship. It is active transfer.

This is not passive mentorship. It is active transfer.

Founders learn from operators. Operators learn from founders. Companies learn from each other. The system gets sharper because information does not stay in one place. 

India has always produced entrepreneurs through constraint, through scarcity, gaps, and the instinct to do more with less.

Founders learn from operators. Operators learn from founders. Companies learn from each other. The system gets sharper because information does not stay in one place. 

India has always produced entrepreneurs through constraint, through scarcity, gaps, and the instinct to do more with less.

The Foundery is built on a different possibility:

The Foundery is built on a different possibility:

what happens when that same founder instinct is surrounded by access?

what happens when that same founder instinct is surrounded by access?

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IdeasIdeas
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Ideas travel. Experience compounds. Founders get forged.

Ideas travel. Experience compounds. Founders get forged.

Ideas travel. Experience compounds. Founders get forged.

The Foundery FWD

The Foundery FWD

The Foundery FWD

Our annual investor showcase, where the companies built through the 90-day Residency are presented to a curated room of investors, founders, operators and mentors.

It’s the moment where the work moves out of The Foundery and into the ecosystem of capital, conviction and scale.

It marks the end of 90 days of forging and the beginning of what every company moves towards next.

Our annual investor showcase, where the companies built through the 90-day Residency are presented to a curated room of investors, founders, operators and mentors.

It’s the moment where the work moves out of The Foundery and into the ecosystem of capital, conviction and scale.

It marks the end of 90 days of forging and the beginning of what every company moves towards next.

Inaugural Edition

Inaugural Edition

Mumbai | 09. 07. 26

Mumbai | 09. 07. 26

Mumbai | 09.07.26

The inaugural edition brought together 220+ investors and generated over ₹550 crore in non-binding expressions of investment interest across 18 companies, representing an indicated valuation of over ₹1,400 crore.

Every company was designed to be experienced, not just presented.

Every company was designed to be experienced, not just presented.

Every company was designed to be experienced, not just presented.

Among the investors in attendance were

Day 90 of the venture build at The Foundery FWD Santosh Desai and a co-founder answer investors' questionsThe Foundery co-founders and mentors sitting through founder pitches at The Foundery FWDA cohort 01 co-founder pitching to 200+ investorsNikhil Kamath, Kishore Biyani and Ronnie Screwvala at The Foundery FWDA live bidding platform generated Rs 550 crore+ in non binding expressions of investor interestCo-founder's product booth at The Foundery FWDSuncare brand booth at The Foundery FWD
Cohort 01 product samples Samples to try and take home at The Foundery FWDProduct samples at brand boothsInvestor conversations at The Foundery FWDLive race track for a brand at Foundery FWD18 brands took the stage at The Foundery FWDKishore Biyani on the principles that are the backbone of The FounderyThe 12-week journey at The Foundery Sanctum
Day 90 of the venture build at The Foundery FWD Santosh Desai and a co-founder answer investors' questionsThe Foundery co-founders and mentors sitting through founder pitches at The Foundery FWDA cohort 01 co-founder pitching to 200+ investorsNikhil Kamath, Kishore Biyani and Ronnie Screwvala at The Foundery FWDA live bidding platform generated Rs 550 crore+ in non binding expressions of investor interestCo-founder's product booth at The Foundery FWDSuncare brand booth at The Foundery FWD
Cohort 01 product samples Samples to try and take home at The Foundery FWDProduct samples at brand boothsInvestor conversations at The Foundery FWDLive race track for a brand at Foundery FWD18 brands took the stage at The Foundery FWDKishore Biyani on the principles that are the backbone of The FounderyThe 12-week journey at The Foundery Sanctum
Day 90 of the venture build at The Foundery FWD Santosh Desai and a co-founder answer investors' questionsThe Foundery co-founders and mentors sitting through founder pitches at The Foundery FWDA cohort 01 co-founder pitching to 200+ investorsNikhil Kamath, Kishore Biyani and Ronnie Screwvala at The Foundery FWDA live bidding platform generated Rs 550 crore+ in non binding expressions of investor interestCo-founder's product booth at The Foundery FWDSuncare brand booth at The Foundery FWD
Cohort 01 product samples Samples to try and take home at The Foundery FWDProduct samples at brand boothsInvestor conversations at The Foundery FWDLive race track for a brand at Foundery FWD18 brands took the stage at The Foundery FWDKishore Biyani on the principles that are the backbone of The FounderyThe 12-week journey at The Foundery Sanctum
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