EDGE

Pre-Incubation

A 12-week idea-market validation program where early-stage founders can experiment and validate their ideas based on genuine customer and market needs. EDGE enables this by providing a team of facilitators and mentors who are entrepreneurs themselves and help you pick up the nuances of starting a business.

EDGE Cohort 17

Duration: 12 weeks (8-12 hours/week)

Format: Hybrid

Status: Applications Open

Write to us at: edge@dfmail.org

Call us at: 91-951-331-5287

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Are you ready to unlock your entrepreneurial joureny?

Offerings



Funding
Opportunities
Mentorship &
hand-holding
Peer
Network
Infrastructure and
Ecosystem

Roadmap

Roadmap

Impact


191

Startups
Portfolio

110

Startups
Launched

1M

Funds
Raised

500

Community

EDGE Stories


Frequently Asked Questions


Yes! The Program fee for all 3 months is INR 20k/startup team.

The average time commitment required from startup founders would be 8-12 hours per week for the program.

No, we do not provide direct funding. We enable you to get funding ready and redirect you to other funding schemes within the ecosystem. We can also connect you to Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists if, and only if, we feel you fit the funding criteria.

  1. If you simply have an idea, apply immediately.
  2. If you have a product but have doubts about what to do next, apply immediately.
  3. If you are working on a side hustle, apply now!
  4. If you are in the initial stages of your startup, apply now!
  5. Anyone who is pre-seed or in the seed stage and needs to get funding ready, you see where we are going with this, apply!

The core program lasts for 12 Weeks, i.e., approximately 3 Months. We then selectively support the founder's post-EDGE engagement. For further information, contact us below!

Write to us at : edge@dfmail.org
Call us at : +91-951-331-5287



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