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PedalStart has announced the launch of its latest flagship initiative ‘PedalCircle’ – India's first-of-its-kind cohort-based offline program focused on accelerating the journeys of early-stage start-ups from Proof-of-Concept (POC) to their maiden round of fundraising.
This three-month long groundbreaking in-person innovation hub program will be held in Bengaluru – India’s undisputed startup capital – from March till June 2024. It shall endeavor to empower selected founding teams through unparalleled access to knowledge, mentorship, market access, infrastructure and growth capital, and beyond - all aimed at fast-tracking and multiplying the progress of their ventures.
Speaking about the program, Manas Pal, Co-Founder, PedalStart commented, “After tremendous success of our previous online cohorts like Zero-to-One, One-to-N etc., we at PedalStart are now looking to replicate the same via offline. And to that end, we are delighted to introduce PedalCircle as the one-stop solution committed to bridging the numerous critical gaps faced by today’s start-ups in their early stages – including issues such as lack of right guidance from those who have built ventures from the grounds up earlier as well as the pressing requirements of resources, talent and capital. Through the PedalCircle cohort, we will be accelerating the progress of the selected startups and essentially providing them a readymade launchpad for success. The participants will engage intensively at our Innovation Hub throughout the entire duration of the program, enabling them to learn collectively, avoid potential mistakes, and form strong long-term peer relationships that last well beyond the program itself.”
Aditya Darolia, Co-Founder, PedalStart adds, “In today’s day and age, startup success, especially in its initial phase, hinges on finding that sweet spot whereby a product or offering perfectly aligns with market demands. Many ventures stumble due to a lack of Product-Market Fit, while others struggle with financial constraints and resource crunch. With PedalCircle, we hope to change that scenario for the better and foster an enabling, supportive ecosystem for these passionate startup founders. And by doing so, the program will surely supercharge their entrepreneurial journeys”.
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Even after completion of the PedalCircle cohort, the startups will continue getting access to PedalStart's wider founder community platform, consisting of 1600+ entrepreneurs; this lifelong community can be leveraged by them for potential partnerships, knowledge-sharing opportunities, and future growth needs.
The application registration for PedalCircle is currently ongoing. From a huge applicant pool of thousands of budding start-ups, the PedalCircle program will carefully pick only 25 promising early-stage startups for the PedalCircle cohort through a 5-step screening process, which is highly founder-friendly yet thorough in nature in terms of assessing the applicants.
Startups who are interested to be a part of the upcoming Investors Mixer event and the PedalCircle cohort can apply through this link: https://zfrmz.in/Uun0optJfSJA7bubdFcy
About PedalStart
PedalStart is a platform that solves a single major problem statement of the ecosystem: building startup founders. The platform helps build founders through their startup ideas, with the help of ex-entrepreneurs, successful startup founders, domain experts, and angel investors.
The team at PedalStart uses real-life experiences over traditional theoretical knowledge, to build and empower startup founders. With more than 40,000+ startups having joined the wishlist, 20,000 hours of one-to-one brainstorming completed, 2000+ founders building ideas, and having managed cumulative $2M investments till now, PedalStart has been transforming big ideas into high-potential businesses since 2021.
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