Why ACE
Develop entrepreneurs passionate to take up difficult but important problems and build scalable solutions to them through a first principles thinking and multi-disciplinary approach, to have an ecosystem impact.
Offerings:
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Unrestricted funding upto ₹20 Lakhs
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120+ hours of 1:1 mentoring from experienced founders & product leaders
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Mock pitch to real investors
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Free office space + aws, zoho credits
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Strong network of industry experts
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Support with recruiting, finance & legal compliances
About ACE
Engaging High touch program
Work with the founders and mentors for 6 months in a co-located office space from idea discovery to pilot, and scale.
Funding at idea-stage
Receive a fellowship of ₹6 Lakhs ( ₹1 lakh/month) upto ₹20 Lakhs based on progress. Additionally, over ₹10 Lakhs worth of perks, including office space, HR/Finance support, AWS credits, and more.
Leverage strong connections
Work & get support from seasoned entrepreneurs, domain experts and mentors for problem solving & execution. You are never alone in this journey!
Cohort 2024 Theme
​​ACE will support both for-profits and non-profits.
ACE Timeline
Invitation for applications
Start Date: 1st September
Idea Brainstorming Sessions with mentors & founders
Start Date: February 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: April 2024
We will help you bring your startup idea to life and take it to new heights.
ACE Founders
Varun Aggarwal
Founder, Aspiring Minds with $100M exit, MIT alum
Shailendra Nath Jha
Product leader, ex-MMT, Spinny,
ISB alum
Shubham Bansal
Founder Leapclub.in - a YC backed startup, EPFL & IITD alum
ACE Team
Vindhya Agrawal
Jitesh Bhasin
Akshat Grover
ACE Cohort 2023 Candidates
Transforming Videos using AI
AI enabled workflows
AI led Consumer Services
Outcome based Financing for Non Profits
Incubator for Aspiring Politicians
Transforming Videos using AI
Transgenders at Workplace
ACE Mentors
Himanshu Aggarwal
CDO - SHL, co-founder & CEO - Aspiring Minds, Investor
Akshaya Saxena
co-CEO & co-founder at Avanti Fellows
Saurabh Deorah
CEO and Co-Founder at Advantage Club
Mayur Chaudhary
Global Head, UxDesign & Research, OLX Autos, ex-Myntra, Microsoft, Cisco
Soumitro Ganguly
Adtech & Martech leader, Amazon, ex-CarDekho
Mukul Singhal
Co-founder, Partner at Parvega Ventures
Vibhu Bhushan
Co-founder Gradeup (acquired by Byjus), ex-Yahoo, ex-Naukri
Anirudh Maitra
Product at WhatsApp (Meta), ex-Google, MakeMyTrip
Vikram Sharma
Co-Founder and CEO at Wify
Toshit Bharara
Senior Commercial Director - APAC at foodpanda | Ex Zomato, BCG, ITC
Hanisha Vaswani
Founder and Managing Partner, Majority- early stage impact fund
Kavita Gupta
Senior Director Client Development at Kantar
Tarun Bhalla
Founder & CEO at Avishkaar
Abhimanyu Bish
ex CEO - Venture Catalyst, Raising his own fund
Bigyan Bista
Biotech Investor, MIT Alum
Tarun Cherukuri
Co-Founder and CEO at Indus Action
Pranav Bhasin
Director Product & Engineering, Amazon, ex-MMT, Trilogy & entrepreneur
Jairaj Bhattacharya
Managing Director at ConveGenius Group
Ashish Dua
Principal Product Manager at Amazon, ex-Wynk Music, MakeMyTrip
Jinen Shah
Founder@AltX Ventures, YC Alum
ACE Cohort 2023 Testimonials
