Backing India’s most driven founders, from
@beforedayzero
to greatness. Follow for true venture bets on India, deep dives with India's best founders & more.
Over 170 of India's smartest thinkers have joined Before Day Zero to figure out their next big move.
Here is everything that is happening inside India's most exclusive startup community:
Unpacking the $80+ billion ONDC opportunity
In a first-of-its-kind industry report, we explore 👇
— How ONDC could create India’s next unicorn wave
— The landscape of who’s building in what & why
— How the network will grow, who will win, and more
Read 👉
With experience building Web3 products at Makerdock and SuperteamDAO,
@saxenasaheb
is kickstarting his entrepreneurial journey in the Web3 space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
👋 Attention all college students 👋
Especially, the dreamers, the do-ers, the hackers, the geeks, and everyone else.
The Antler India Fellowship (AIF) is back and if you are among the rare ones who want to startup out of college, here's what you need to know.
So
@tarunsmehta
dropped by today to share his journey as a founder and the story of
@atherenergy
with 66 future founders of the Antler India Residency Program.
Here's a summary of over an hour of learning and laughter 👇
The very first Antler India Residency is a go!
60+ founders, hundreds of ideas and one common agenda: finding a co-founder and kickstarting their entrepreneurial journey.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Looking to build a world-class startup of your own? On the lookout for an ideal complementary co-founder and a platform to bring your idea to life?
Join the country’s top 1% builders and operators at The Antler India Residency.
850+ builders wanted to attend our 1st Web 3.0 event in partnership with
@CoinDCX
ventures &
@0xTPH
While we could only accommodate 120, here are the best takeaways from a night filled with insights from
@sandeepnailwal
,
@nitinsharma1
& India's brightest web 3.0 founders 1/n👇
We are thrilled to announce our investment in
@hexoai
and be the Day Zero backers of
@kunalbhatia91
and
@tweetvbaskaran
in their journey to build and scale Generative AI solutions for enterprises:
We are thrilled to lead the pre-seed round of Guardians, a team formed at the Antler India Residency that is building India’s first full-stack medical emergency response platform.
Read more:
@drkaranraj
@shubhjai172
The finest of wisdom is found in the quirkiest of places.
@saxenasaheb
and
@srishtiime
are taking over our account to share things they overhear at the Antler India Residency.
Shit Founders Say - Season 1
And that's a wrap of the 1st phase of the
#AntlerIndiaResidency
Program!
Three weeks ago 66 founders walked away from the well trodden path and embarked on a journey of discovery, debate & development.
We can't wait to see what they will create as they enter the 2nd phase 🚀
Today 66 very special individuals will walk away from well paid jobs, promising careers, and comfortable lives and take the entrepreneurial leap at the
@MSFTResearch
Lab, Bengaluru.
Join us in welcoming the latest cohort of the Antler India Residency Program!
#antlerindia
India’s SpaceTech industry is witnessing the playing out of a paradigm shift driven by a factor common with most tech disruptions: a dramatic fall in cost.
How will the confluence of a few trends define the next era for SpaceTech in India?
#TheoryofNext
4 weeks since the launch of The Antler India Residency and we heard from 1500+ promising aspiring founders. Founders with unwavering hunger and ambition to build the next generation of companies.
🥁 Starting today we begin announcing The Antler India Residents. Watch this space.
In our most extensive ONDC deep dive yet, we explore why and how this Digital Public Good (DPG) can be a game changer.
From DPG fundamentals to exploring new possibilities with
@SujithNairK
here's what is in store in our new Theory of Next episode 👇
A consumer behaviour researcher and founder of
@thesaladorg
,
@arunachawla_
is on a mission to enable the sexual well-being of millions of Indian women through products, experiences, and experts.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
The Mental Health Tech landscape in India is at the twilight of revolution. The space is in its nascent stages, and the only way to go is up. In each category, builders need to crack a key innovation in order to disrupt the ecosystem. Here’s how we think it will pan out🧵
As we ring in the new year and gear up for the launch of the second cohort of Antler India Residency next week, we’re thrilled to announce the cohort in the 🧵 below.
Launching the biggest cohort of our Residency to date 🚀
Validate your idea, build your team and access capital to launch and scale your company. Applications are open for solo founders and early teams.
Political Consultant turned Entrepreneur,
@kunalbhatia91
co-founded SuperLearn to build a platform for kids to explore interests beyond the academic curriculum. He’s now building at the intersection of Web3 and Creator Economy.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
ONDC promises to change the way India transacts online, bringing the next 500 million+ consumers and 90 million+ MSMEs online.
We are joining hands with
@NandanNilekani
, FIDE, and
@ONDC_Official
to supercharge venture creation on ONDC.
Learn more here:
As the founding team member of Plaksha University, Susovan (
@whysosuso
) helped set up one of India’s largest collective philanthropic initiatives to reimagine tech education. He’s now donning the founder hat to build in the education space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
The
#Budget2023
is out and the Indian startup ecosystem has quite a lot to look forward to.
From Digital Public Infra for Agri to AI accelerators and relaxed regulations, here are your key startup takeaways from Shrimati
@nsitharaman
's address 👇
It’s been a hard year for crypto. But we continue to be bullish on resilient founders. Wagmi after all!
We’re bringing together India’s top Web3 founders to discuss what 2023 holds for the ecosystem.
Invite only. Limited spots.
We’re going out of office…
...only to take over coffee shops across the city!
If you are a founder, we would love to meet you IRL in Bangalore.
Come share ideas, problem solve and brainstorm with us, all over coffee ☕
🗓️ 3rd April
Request a slot:
For the fourth cohort of the Residency, including solo founders and early teams, 9200 founders applied with 7700+ applications.
With a high selectivity of 1.4%, over 110 founders joined to build and launch their companies.
Read more about the founders here:…
Venture capitalists and founders have a strange codependent relationship.
@saxenasaheb
and
@srishtiime
are taking over our account to give startup twitter a sneak peak of this relationship at the Antler India Residency.
LFG!
The world may be slowing down, but AI is accelerating.
So we analysed the entire
#AI
value stack to help founders stay ahead by exploring
— Where opportunities exist
— How to make the most of them
— What are the focus areas while building & more!
Read:
.
@dhruvagga
spent the last four years solving for mobility for India and SEA with Shuttl and A.P. Moller - Maersk. Using his extensive engineering experience, he’s now on a mission to make engineering teams happier, globally.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Banker turned entrepreneur,
@mitalikalra
built Crostini in 2012 to make healthy food accessible and affordable to urban Indian consumers. Having held leadership roles to help scale Swiggy, Vahdam, and Snapdeal, she’s now building in the HealthTech space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Udit (
@thecoffeehog
) previously built a pet care startup to provide pet care services and supplies. This Fintech PM is kickstarting his entrepreneurial journey again to build in the Web3 space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Software engineer turned Founder,
@hardikbavishi
is disrupting how small businesses approach customer engagement. Having delivered growth across verticals for Google Cloud and the ‘Next Billion Users’ team, he is now charting his own entrepreneurial path.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
We are bringing together top founders and investors to discuss the next big ideas 🚀
From diving deep into emerging spaces like AI & Climate to discussing whitespaces in SaaS & understanding how to build venture scalable startups, here is what is in store for the NEXT100 series👇
🤩 30 aspiring founders
🙌 Experienced founders, operators and investors
⛰️ Brainstorming in a setting like no other
If you are tinkering with an idea and looking for a solid sounding board, bring out your hiking shoes and sign up to
#HikewithAntler
.
We are opening our doors for aspiring founders to discuss ideas, brainstorm with our team, and connect with fellow founders, operators, and investors.
Sign up 👇
60+ exceptional founders came together to meet, learn and co-create with the ultimate goal of finding a co-founder and kickstarting their entrepreneurial journey.
Here's a glimpse of how things unfolded ✨
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
@WeWorkIndia
We are thrilled to back 21-year-old award-winning game developers and designers, Harsh and Aditya, who, with
@cricinshots
, aim to redefine gaming experiences for the next generation of gamers and cricket fans in India and beyond.
@harshsaver
@misterkasi
✈️ The incredibly honest and insightful
@varunkhona
, co-founder of
@headout
dropped in to record an episode of
@beforedayzero
with us. He talked about
- Building Headout
- Insights on travel
- 101s on failure, purpose, & values
Here's a sneak peek into the episode!
We are thrilled to lead Motif’s pre-seed round and partner with
@karthikjhegde
,
@aayushsinghla
, and Udit
@thecoffeehog
, a team formed at the inaugural Antler India Residency as they transform the way SaaS is sold through a powerful demo experience platform.
Engineer and two-time entrepreneur,
@bhaskerkode
has built Bon, a neobank, and Hover, an ad tech product. This former gig economy entrepreneur is now building a community to help artists and teams in web3 monetize better.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
We put our money where our mind is 🧠
Here’s a spotlight on some
@AntlerGlobal
portfolio companies that are set to disrupt the Mental Wellness space globally👇
In 2018, Engineer turned Entrepreneur,
@Bhanu423
co-founded Foodmonk, a technology stack for the catering industry. Having built and scaled engineering teams across industries, he is on his entrepreneurial journey again.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
With a background in Physics and Engineering and experience working at Graviky Labs and Hyperloop India,
@anshu4321
is now building in the ClimateTech space.
🥁 We are thrilled to begin announcing the second cohort of the Antler India Residency!
A business leader who scaled operations for and Decathlon,
@anubhavjain03
is now building in the Health & Wellness space.
A fitting pairing of Hitesh and Nishant, one that was formed at the first-ever Antler India Residency, is set to build the future of how companies approach their decarbonization goals.
Read more about their trajectory:
As the Differential Privacy Lead at OpenMined,
@chinmayshah899
formed and led a global engineering team. Having worked with organizations such as SatSure and BlockchainedIndia, he’s now building in the SaaS space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Software Engineer turned Entrepreneur,
@aashnashroff16
is using her experience in designing transformational experiences in Education to build in the Ed-Tech space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
At the first-ever Antler India Spotlight, 10 of our most innovative startups walked an audience covering over 100 funds through their vision and progress 💥
Here’s a peek into the startups that took the spotlight:
Having spearheaded Marketing for Pine Labs,
@sanchaysarahana
is now building a new-age EdTech platform to make the work lives of millions of professionals happier.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
A certified orthopedic surgeon with extensive HealthTech experience from Tata 1mg, Fortis Healthcare and Aktivhealth,
@drkaranraj
is now turning entrepreneur to improve healthcare outcomes at scale.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
With a Robotics degree from Northwestern University and having worked at Hitech Robotics, Rapyuta and Thorvald,
@ayushsharma061
is now building at the intersection of SaaS and Machine Learning.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
With experience leading growth for some of the best brands in the country such as Discovery, Uber, and HealthifyMe,
@manjunath2137
is now building in the E-Commerce space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Mental Healthcare has had a history of associated social stigma, struggles with scale, and limited funding.
Can tech be the solution to a problem that affects 845 mn people across the world? We explore that in the new episode of
#TheoryofNext
On the last day of the IRL phase of the
#AntlerIndiaResidency
program,
@sinhaanurag14
, co-founder of
@GetOneCardIN
dropped by to share a masterclass on
— Becoming a founder after working for 10+ years 🧗♂️
— Co-founding a fintech unicorn 💳
— and more!
Let's dive in! 👇 1/n
Segwise is building powerful AI Agents to empower the product and growth teams that run the trillion-dollar mobile economy.
We are excited to join
@bbharadwaj
,
@gupsho
, and the
@segwise_ai
team on their journey 🚀
As a part of Adidas India's Senior Leadership Team,
@saviods
spearheaded the D2C strategy for Adidas in India. With experience leading teams globally, he is kickstarting his entrepreneurial journey to build in the D2C space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Global Managing Director of Shortlist,
@mridvika
had led and scaled key functions across India and Kenya. With diverse experience across Consulting, Non-Profit, Ed-Tech, and HR-Tech, she’s now building in the education space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
We’re coming to Mumbai!
If you are actively thinking about starting up and want to understand an investor's point of view to evaluating ideas at the earliest stage, join us for this session with
@nitinsharma1
.
Sign up here:
Ultrahuman is leading the way on building a global consumer brand from India. Join us for a session with Mohit (
@deeppurpled
) and Rajiv (
@telljeeves
) to get deeper into building a consumer-first health tech brand rooted in human psychology.
Sign up here:
⚡️We're bringing together builders, founders, and investors for an invite-only
#EV
meetup⚡️
Join us to discuss
- Critical developments across the EV stack
- Opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups in EV mobility
📅 17th Feb
Save your spot 👉
Data Scientist from Jio,
@arunankdsharan
has built award-winning products across EdTech, Recruitment, and HealthTech. With extensive experience in Machine Learning, he is now building in the EdTech space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
The Antler India Residency is where the best builders from the ecosystem will come together to ideate, and iterate their ideas, with the ultimate goal of finding the ideal co-founder.
With expertise in FinTech, Karan worked at the RBI on financial diplomacy and international economic cooperation policies. A commissioned officer in India’s Territorial Army, he is now building a platform to empower small local businesses through tech.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Dr. Pramod is a visionary technologist and as the co-creator of the open source Beckn Protocol, he is leading the efforts on ONDC.
In a fireside chat hosted by
@SusmitPat
, we deep dive with him on achieving population scale on ONDC.
Sign up:
@pramodkvarma
Radhika Patil (
@radhikagandhi
) joins
@nitinsharma1
and
@nandiniv
to share her journey of building
@cradlewise
, an award-winning smart crib for babies.
Watch for advice on building global consumer hardware products, dealing with rejections and focusing on deep customer-centric…
⏩Yesterday, we launched "Antler Forward", an accelerated learning program for our founders to learn from some of the startup ecosystem's best and Antler's very own founders.
Here's what we learned and from who 👇
With ONDC testing in full swing, it promises to be the world’s first interoperable commerce platform.
@Vineet_Agarwal_
and
@SusmitPat
take the stage to discuss what the rise of India Stack means for the ecosystem.
Sign up to attend the session IRL:
At the launch of the Antler ONDC platform, co-founder of Infosys and FIDE
@NandanNilekani
talks about how India’s unique approach of Digital Public Infrastructure is enabling the country’s transition to a mega economy.
Watch the full video👇
As we prepare for a grand launch of The Antler India Residency this evening, we are thrilled to partner with
@WeWorkIndia
!
Through this collaboration, the founders get exclusive opportunities to own their office space at WeWork's 800 locations worldwide!
We’re excited to lead Adaptive's pre-seed round of ~$1M as Ronak, Debarshi and the team transform the current state of DevOps, empowering technical and non-technical stakeholders at software companies globally.
@adaptive_live
@Ronak16
@it_is_debarshi
.
@aksanoble
founded Mountblue to transform good programmers into exceptional software engineers. Having held tech roles at organizations such as the Rainmatter foundation, he is on his entrepreneurial journey again.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Why is this wave of AI important? What will create big outcomes and put India on the map, and what will not?Will 2024 be the year of AI in Enterprise? What can we expect out of the next generation of Agents? Insights on these and a lot more!
Join us for an invite-only session…
We are thrilled to back
@arunachawla_
,
@karishmarathaur
and the
@grabsalad
team in their journey to building a comprehensive solution to help manage the hormonal health of women at its root. 1/7
@_duxfemina_
takes The Product House stage to dive deep into various opportunities in Web3, concrete action items to involve yourself in the new era of the internet and how to engineer your own Web3 aha moments.
⏰ April 2nd, 8 PM IST
📍
@0xTPH
okay so now you know that web3 is the future🙃
but you still wonder🤔
👉 how to break in web3
👉 what are various career paths
👉 which companies are hiring
join us in a very interesting session with
@_duxfemina_
to find out 🔥🚀
2 April, 8 PM IST 🕗
Having consulted and invested in a diverse range of startups,
@rahilbhansali
is on his entrepreneurial journey again to build in the Fintech space.
#TheAntlerIndiaResidency
Harshil Mathur (
@harshilmathur
), Co-founder & CEO of
@Razorpay
joins
@nitinsharma1
and
@telljeeves
, Partners at Antler in India to share his remarkable journey of creating one of the leading financial products in India, advice to founders on early-stage hiring, growth, and…