Turning founders to legends. And startups to giants!
Introducing our flagship accelerator program for early stage startups led by unicorn founders & investors from India.
Backed by the best!
At ACLR8 our goal is to give early stage founders an opportunity to learn from the most iconic founders, VCs and angel investors in the country.
Apurva Chamaria
Head of Startup & VC, Google
One of India’s best early stage investors. 100+ investments including many unicorns and listed companies.
Malika Datt Sadan
Founder, The Moms Co
Founder & CEO of The Moms Co. Sold the business to MyGlamm Group for INR 500 crores.
Brijesh Agrawal
Co-Founder, Indiamart
Co-Founder of the largest B2B marketplace business in India with $100M ARR. Took the business from idea to IPO!
Ankit Agarwal
Founder & CEO, Insurance Dekho
Founder & CEO of the fastest growing insurance platform in India. Valued at $600M after 3 years of launch.
Jitendra Nagpal
Founder, Capinity Partners
Ex-CFO of Zepto, PharmEasy and Country Delight. Raised over $1.5B. Now running Capinity, a $30M growth stage fund.
Akshay Ghulati
Co-Founder & COO, Shiprocket
Founder of the largest D2C shipping platform for SMEs in India.
Chakradhar Gade
Co-Founder, Country Delight
Disrupting the $70B milk industry in India.
Tushar Garg
CBO, Blusmart
Chief business officer of Blusmart, the largest and fastest growing EV ride hailing platform in India.
Arjun Vaidya
Co-Founder, V3 Ventures
One of India's best early stage investors, Arjun runs V3 Ventures, a $100M fund focused on D2C and D2C enablement startups in India.
Neeraj Bhargava
Managing Partner, Aistra Labs
Neeraj has founded and invested in 5 unicorns through his 30 years long career. He is now building Aistra Labs, as one of the leading AI companies in the world.
Rishav Agarwal
Founder and CEO of Picxele
Bootstrapped Startup operating in Gig Economy space with 10Cr+ Revenue, An active Angel Investor in 60 Startups and Community Enabler.
Karan Jindal
2x Founder & Angel Investor
2x founder and early stage investor in 30+ companies. Passionate about helping consumer internet founders build large brands.
Philosophy
This is India’s century! As we grow from a $3T economy to a $10T economy, there are going to be unprecedented opportunities for founders to build large companies. At ACLR8 we want to build one of the best accelerator programs in the world, that helps founders from Bharat build large, generational and iconic companies.
So if you have an idea that can change the world, then we will bring the best of India’s startup ecosystem to you, so that you can build the next disruptive company from India.
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More about the ACLR8 program!
ACLR8 is a 100 day program led by the leading founders, operators, VCs and angel investors in the country.
Our goal at ACLR8 is to give early stage founders access to the best of India’s startup ecosystem. The program is followed by a best in class demo day, where our cohort founders get a chance to pitch their business to leading VCs and raise funding.
The ACLR8 Summer 2024 program will go live on 1st March 2024. This is a 100 day program that will feature mentorship sessions for our cohort founders from some of the leading founders and investors in the country. Founders will get training on GTM, product market fit, marketing, distribution and fundraising. The program will end with a best in class Demo Day featuring 45+ leading VCs in the country. The applications for the program will be live from 15th Dec till 15th Feb.
This is a completely online program. You will need to give 8-10 hrs every week for the sessions with your mentors. You can also choose to opt for office hours with the ACLR8 team for any support that you may need.
We take a 3% equity and INR 25,000 fee from the selected startups for this program. We will be interviewing close to 5000 companies to select a small batch of companies for our first cohort. There is a high chance that you will be able to raise your round from marquee investors post completion of the program.
- Learn from the best founders, investors and operators in the country.
- Raise from marquee investors
- Grow your business from 0-1 through amazing GTM partnerships
- Build an amazing community of like-minded founders
This program is for any and every founder who believes they have an idea that can change the world. Whether you are a first time founder, student founder, you are starting up for the 3rd time, you are a mom-preneur, you are a creator - this program is for everyone. Click on apply now to submit your application today.
Feel free to connect with us on WhatsApp, email or block our calendars. We look forward to hearing from you.
Introducing the ACLR8 S24 cohort!
Our Summer 24 cohort features some of the most exciting early stage consumer internet companies in India today.
Lea Clothing Company
Lea is building India's largest size inclusive, sustainable, occasion wear fashion brand.
Travel Buddy
Travel Buddy is a community powered marketplace for authentic experiences
FitFeast
FitFeast is building India's largest healthy and tasty protein snacks brand.
Habbits
Habbits is building a luxury oral care brand for GenZ and Millenials.
Jaey
Jaey is building the Raymond's for women in India, but more fun and vibrant!
Cybees
Cybees is an automated influencer marketing platform connecting brands and creators.
Nytarra
Nytarra is an honest and purpose-driven aromatherapy brand that preaches the value of nature and the need for sustainable living.
Our Partner Ecosystem
At ACLR8 our goal is to help our portfolio companies with access to the best partners and resources to help them scale. Below is a list of our partners where our portfolio companies can get credits and support
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