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ACLR8 S24 Cohort

Our Summer 24 cohort features some of the most exciting early stage consumer internet companies in India today.

Lea Clothing Company

Founder: Lavanya Aneja

Lea is building India's largest size inclusive, sustainable, occasion wear fashion brand.

Travel Buddy

Founders: Saurav Chakroborty, Paromita Bir

Travel Buddy is a community powered marketplace for authentic experiences

FitFeast

Founder: Aditya Poddar

FitFeast is building India's largest healthy and tasty protein snacks brand.

Habbits

Founders: Prashant Chourasia, Ravi Gupta, Nimish Goyal

Habbits is building a luxury oral care brand for GenZ and Millenials.

Jaey

Founder: Jaini Haria

Jaey is building the Raymond's for women in India, but more fun and vibrant!

Cybees

Founder: Avi Bhargav

Cybees is an automated influencer marketing platform connecting brands and creators.

Nytarra

Founder: Tara Malhotra

Nytarra is an honest and purpose-driven aromatherapy brand that preaches the value of nature and the need for sustainable living.

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.

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