Escape Velocity is a venture studio that welcomes ideas from entrepreneurs in India's Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. We help good ideas find their footing and grow into companies that last.
We are not a fund, and we don't write cheques. What we do is work alongside founders on the problem in front of them: the product, the first customers, hiring, paperwork or the next decision. We do this for founders across Bharat, wherever they are based. Our support is completely free, with no cost to you and no equity taken in your company.
Ideas from every district of Bharat, not only the metros.
Hands-on help with the specific problem you are stuck on.
Peers and mentors across Bharat, so no founder builds alone.
Some of India's most promising founders are building in places that rarely get attention. We want to widen the path for them, so that a great idea from a Tier 2 or Tier 3 city has the same chance as one from a metro.
Yes. There is no fee to apply, no cost for our support, and we don't take any equity in your company. You won't be asked to pay us at any stage.
No, we're not a fund and we don't write cheques. What we do is help with the problem in front of you, like finding customers, building the product, hiring or making your next decision.
Any founder with an idea, whether you're in a metro or a small town in Bharat. We especially want to hear from people in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
Yes. Many good ideas start as a rough thought, so just tell us what you're trying to solve and where you are today.
Describe the problem you're trying to solve, what you've done so far, and where you feel stuck. A few honest sentences are more useful to us than a polished pitch.
Yes, the form asks for one or the other. Upload your product pitch deck or a short product video, whichever you have, and keep it under 20 MB.
Pitch decks can be PDF, PPT, PPTX or Keynote files. Videos can be MP4, MOV or WebM.
Try compressing it or exporting a smaller version. If that doesn't work, email founders@escapevelocityco.in and we'll find another way to get it to us.
So we can reach you quickly if we need to talk through your idea. Please enter a 10-digit Indian mobile number, with or without +91.
We read every submission and reply to the email you give us. If there's a good fit, we'll set up a call to talk about where we can help first.
It's the first group of founders we're working with. Click "Cohort 1 starts" at the top of the page to jump to the form.
Yes. Email founders@escapevelocityco.in with a short note and we'll reply.
Share the problem, what you have so far and where you are stuck. We read every submission.