What is systems change innovation?
An innovation that has the potential to impact millions of people and solve the problem by intervening at high leverage points in the system. For this to happen, the non profit needs to have a clear pathway to scale its innovation.
How can we help you start high impact non-profits?
We run a 6 month accelerator program in Delhi NCR. During this time we work intensively with founders on deeply understanding the problem, innovating on solutions, launching pilot & preparing them for fundraising. In short, we become your co-founding team for the 6 months.
Support strong founding team
Build an MVP that
intervenes at high leverage points
Identify Doer-at-scale & Payer-at-scale
Identify a big problem & theory of change
Iterate to reach product market fit
Build a scale up & fundraising strategy
Who should apply?
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Want to work full time on their non profit idea & bring large systemic impact in their domain
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Can move to Delhi NCR for the duration of the program
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Have a bent towards using technology for scalable change
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Prefer people with at least two years of work experience or previous co-founding experience
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People who have worked in tech or startups are highly encouraged to apply.
ACE Timeline
Invitation for applications
Start Date: 1st September
Idea Brainstorming Sessions with mentors & founders
Start Date: January 2024
Cohort Starts
Start Date: June 2024
Online startup bootcamp & 1x1 nurturing sessions with founders
Start Date: 1st October
One week in-house program & offer
Start Date: February 2024
Who are we?
Varun Aggarwal
Co-founder Fast India,
Previously founded Aspiring Minds with $100M exit, MIT alum
Shubham Bansal
Former CEO & founder at Leap Club - a Y-Combinator backed company. IIT Delhi and EPFL alum
Shailendra Nath Jha
Product leader, ex-MMT, Spinny,
ISB alum