i4 Mentors Foundation

In their own words

We are a section 8 company, a not for profit company, founded to help startups and entrepreneurs. We are born out of a close understanding of Startup needs we experienced during a two year run of a Joint Mentoring Program between NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore and FITT, IIT Delhi. The Joint Mentoring Program met the mentoring needs of Startups being incubated at FITT, NSRCEL as well as Outside of these centres. Over a period of two years, with close to 100 Startups going through the program, we identified Business Model Validation, Funding readiness & Scale-up support as areas where we needed to support startups more closely. This led to the creation of i4 Mentors Foundation with a structure that is in a better position to meet the needs of Startups. We are a network of high calibre alumni mentors with deep domain and functional exposure from institutions of repute, passionate about enabling startups on their transformative journey. We help startups create an enabling organisation for achieving the founders mission. This includes helping validate the Business Model, help on selecting Markets, flagging and strengthening the relevant processes that deliver Customer Value, Legal and Brand protection and putting the organisation on the path of building a Scalable Business with a Compelling Value Proposition that makes it “Funding ready”. We also help raise funds for the startups through a network of Angel Investors. We believe startups are looking for both hand holding and financial support. We have therefore launched an accelerator program to provide structured roadmap for growth and funding.

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