3
Cohorts
10+
Portfolio Organisations
$2M+
Follow-on Funding Raised
Two Cohorts. One Standard.
We are sector agnostic but opinionated about scaling levers. If your solution involves one or more of these, we want to hear from you.
Tech Cohort
Does your work leverage recent developments in AI and digital infrastructure to build solutions that were not possible before?
If you're using TECHNOLOGY as a core drive for scale, this is your cohort.
Policy & Community Cohort
Do you leverage government partnerships to bring policy reforms, or improve existing government programs? Or are you mobilizing communities & self-help groups to drive deep behavioral change?
If you're using GOVERNMENT or COMMUNITY as your core scaling lever, this is your cohort.
What We Offer
Your co-founding team for the next 9 months. No generic advice but scale toolkits.
₹25L Unrestricted Seed Capital
Unrestricted capital for you to invest in research, pilot, hiring or whatever helps you scale.
Strategic Support
Weekly 1:1 office hours, off-the-record talks from leading non-profit founders and funders.
Access to Network
Raise follow-on capital, recruit potential board members & forge government partnerships.
Our past cohorts have found breakthroughs
Its not all just talk. We have helped our cohorts make non-incremental progress.
Got embedded in government system
BEFORE
Operating through direct field programs
AFTER
Forged first state government partnership to improve the design of one of the highest budgeted schemes in the country.
Strengthened organisation's capacity
BEFORE
Founder-led execution with limited team capacity.
AFTER
Built a 3-person policy and research team to deliver on strategic outputs.
Built data-driven narrative
BEFORE
No clearly differentiated thesis in the sector.
AFTER
Published first global evidence synthesis & established as sector thought leader.
Raised catalytic capital
BEFORE
Chase one grant after the other
AFTER
Raised an angel round and went back to building a high-quality product.
Not yet another accelerator
We are founders at heart
Our team has built and scaled organisations.
We understand the trade-offs: speed vs. depth, growth vs. quality.
We wrote the scale playbook
We authored The Playbook for Non-Profit Unicorns — the first data-backed study of how India's best nonprofits scaled.
We have distilled learnings from 30+ organisations to get you to scale.
Tried & tested
We have completed three cohorts, backed 10+ organisations who have gone on to raise $2M+ in follow-on funding and unlocked pathways to scale.
Who Should Apply?
We are looking for ambitious teams who are obsessed with impact at scale.
You are a domain expert and have deep insights in your problem domain.
You have a strong hypothesis to leverage Tech, Government, or Community to scale your impact.
You are obsessed with data, execution, and measurable outcomes.
We partner with organisations at all levels of funding and maturity.
The goal of the program is to take you from where you are to clear pathways to scale.
What Is Expected of You?
Founders must be willing to commit time and bandwidth to think and act on strategically important pieces to take their work to the next level.
The program runs in hybrid mode.
In-person sprints
Focused working sprints
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July 1–15
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August 1–15
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October 1–15
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December 1–15
Virtual Check-ins
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Weekly group office hours & cohort check-ins
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Mentor talks on Thursdays
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Readings and discussions
Strategic Reviews
Formal review points in:
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September
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November
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January
Myths about the program
Myth 1: We only work with non-profits.
We don't care about your legal structure. Non-profit. For-profit. Section 8. Private limited. What we care about is whether you're building for meaningful impact at scale.
Myth 2: This is for early stage organisations.
It's not. The program is best suited for orgs where founders have spent 3+ years on the problem, already have something running and are now in a place where they want to scale.
Myth 3: This will be a distraction.
During the program, we will nudge you to step back, make strategic trade-offs, redesign your model and even your organisation. It can be uncomfortable. But that's the point.
Meet the People Behind Change Engine
We have all been founders & builders with experiences scaling products, startups, and non-profits.
Shubham Bansal
Founder Leapclub.in - a YC backed startup, EPFL & IITD alum
Shailendra Nath Jha
Product leader, ex-MMT, Spinny, ISB alum
Varun Aggarwal
Founder, Aspiring Minds with $100M exit, MIT alum
ACE Mentors
We have partnered with mentors who bring in a wealth of experience as entrepreneurs, seasoned investors, and operators, all to accelerate your journey.
Our Portfolio Founders
Over the last two years, we have supported 10 organisations tackling meaningful challenges. Meet the mavericks who dare to change the world for the better.
