STAGE 01
Spark
FREEA registered idea and a founder profile. This is where everyone starts.
- What you get
- Your idea is scored within seven days of every session, against the same criteria an incubator would apply, with honest written feedback on where you stand.
- Cost
- Free, always.
- Why it matters
- You find out whether your idea holds up before you spend months building the wrong thing.
STAGE 02
Ember
FOUNDER SPRINTShortlisted founders join the Founder Sprint, a paid working cohort. It starts at the ₹1,999 Saturday Founder Workshop, your lowest-risk way in.
- What you get
- Structured work on your problem, customer and business model, with live facilitation and peers building alongside you. You leave with a validated idea and a scored one-page business model.
- Cost
- Paid. This is where you invest in turning an idea into something real.
- Why buy in
- Guidance, structure and honest challenge that a founder working alone rarely gets. You stop guessing and start building on evidence.
STAGE 03
Flame
VENTURE SERVICESBuilding for real. The unglamorous company-building work, done with you.
- What you get
- Incorporation, legal, brand and MVP support to stand up an actual company, engaged by your choice for cash, or cash plus a small advisory equity share of 0.5 to 1 percent.
- Cost
- By engagement, structured the way you choose.
- Why it matters
- You reach investors as a real company, not a pitch deck.
STAGE 04
Blaze
ALWAYS FREERevenue-generating and investment-ready.
- What you get
- Presentation to angels, incubators and diaspora investors, through NestOne Bridge, the group's US and India advisory practice.
- Cost
- Always free. Investor access is never sold.
- Why it matters
- The founders who reach here are the ones investors trust, because they came up the ladder on merit.
The point
Promotion is earned, never sold. That is why what comes out the top is worth an investor's time, and why the paid stages in the middle are an investment in becoming that founder, not a fee to skip the line.