100X.VC
A Mumbai early-stage venture fund that backs startups in numbered classes using iSAFE notes, investing ₹1.25 crore per startup in its Class 12 cohort announced in January 2025.
₹12.5m invested · equity not published
Status unknown
Accelerator · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
PedalStart Start-up Sprint
An early-stage accelerator with offices in Gurugram, Bengaluru and Hyderabad that runs small Start-up Sprint cohorts for idea and pre-seed founders and states a minimum $150K cheque per selected startup.
Status unknown Run by PedalStart
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
- Funding
- not published A minimum $150K cheque per selected startup ("$150K assured")
- Instrument
- not published
- Equity taken
- not published
- Programme fee
- No fee Start-up Sprint is free for selected participants
- Duration
- not published
- Cohort size
- not published
- Cohorts
- not published
- Delivery
- Hybrid
- Stages
- Idea, pre-seed, seed
- Sectors
- Sector-agnostic
- Open to founders from
- India
- Perks
- not published
Aims to take founders from idea validation to their next raise in 3–6 months; Sprint cohorts of up to ten startups, with 15 to 18 startups selected a year; eighth Sprint concluded July 2025 in Bengaluru.
Application dates
Status unknown
Dates not published.
Who can apply
- Idea-stage and pre-seed startups
- Problem clarity prioritised over revenue or stage
- Stage: idea, pre-seed, seed
Companies it names as alumni
UpKraft, InsightAI, Flowatt, Game State Labs, Dartle
What founders should check
- The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
- It charges no programme fee.
- It mixes remote and in-person sessions in Bengaluru. Ask how much time on site it expects.
- Dates for the next cohort are not published.
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ClosedApplications closed 6 September 2026.
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