Our Mentors
Dakshin
Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
FounderX Venture Partners
4x Founder | 19 Y/o VC | TEDx Speaker
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Problem Discovery + Solution Ideation & Validation
Chandrakumar
Lead Software Engineer - Frontend,
Rocketlane
Ex Founder - Goburn
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MVP Development
Tamilarasan
Co-Founder & Partner,
FounderX Venture Partners
380,000+ Followers on Instagram & Facebook
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Branding - Instagram, Facebook & YouTube
Sivakami
Founder,
Namma Socials
20,000+ Followers on LinkedIn
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Branding - LinkedIn
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Ishaq
Product Marketing Manager - Orta,
Hamly Globaltech Private Limited
SaaS GTM & Growth Strategist
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GTM & Traction
Raghavender
Partner,
BPCA Partners & Arcwise
CA | Raised $50M+ for Startups | Angel Investor | IPO Advisory | Ex-KPMG
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Fundraising & Scaling
Introducing The
FounderX Residency -
The World's 1st Residential Venture Studio
The Best of Our Campus
Our campus is not just another building in the middle of city filled with traffic. With no one and nothing to disturb you - it's a place that offers a transcending experience, an inception with nature and beyond just for you to build your empire in peace.
3 Acre Campus
Our campus comprises 15,000 sq.ft+ of building area split into multiple buildings within a forest.
Forest Area
90% of our campus is a forest filled with wild pigs, snakes, rabbits, chicks, puppies and sometimes even deer.
Proximity
85km to Tuticorin Airport
45km to Tirunelveli
27km to Courtallam
20km to Zoho Tenkasi Campus
Live + Work
You'll live in a 2,000 sq.ft house with high speed internet, dorm rooms, co-working spaces, a training room, a cafe and fully equiped kitchen.
Swimming
We have a 7 feet deep fresh water swimming pool which can be accessed 15 days once.
Stay Fit
Come around our campus in a forest walk or with cycles, use our nets to practice cricket or play badminton, tennis and pickleball.
Clean + Secure
We have people managing the farm, we have a maid who'll clean the property every day, a full time security to keep you safe, and CCTVs covering the entire property.
Future
We have an 8,000 sq.ft industry shed that'll soon be turned into a R&D lab for manufacturing and testing hardware products by the startups from our future cohorts.
எங்கள் [Our] Mission:
Building Global Startups
Out of Rural
தமிழ்நாடு [Tamil Nadu]
Our பாடத்திட்டம் [Curriculum]
Spread Across 16 Weeks / 4 Months
For Cohort ஒன்று [1]
Sep
Week 01
Founder Self-Mastery & Agentic Thinking
Sep
Week 02
Team Formation + Decision Architecture
Sep
Week 03
Market Immersion + Observation Sprints
Sep
Week 04
Problem Curation + Validation Experiments
Oct
Week 05
Agentic Product Ideation
Oct
Week 06
Problem–Solution Fit Loops
Oct
Week 07
Build-Validate-Repeat
Oct
Week 08
Final Solution Lock-In
Nov
Week 09
Build Weeks (MVP Core)
Nov
Week 10
Build Weeks (MVP Core)
Nov
Week 11
GTM Design & Launch Planning
Nov
Week 12
MVP Launch + GTM Test Campaigns
Dec
Week 13
Metrics Deep Dive + Growth Systems
Dec
Week 14
Storytelling, Positioning, and Pitching
Dec
Week 15
Fundraising Prep + Legal + Terms
Dec
Week 16
Demo Day + Post-Program Acceleration
Important Dates - Cohort 1
Aug' 25
01/08
Applications Start
The applications are open!
Aug' 25
18/08
Applications Close
The applications close at midnight.
Aug' 25
18/08 - 20/08
Mock Startup Sprint
Build a full scale mock startup within 48 hours.
Aug' 25
21/08
Final Interview
Pass our online Interview.
Aug' 25
22/08
Application Result
You'll receive the final decision on your application status.
Aug' 25
27/08
Chennai Launch
Selected 10 cohort members arrive in Chennai for an invite only launch event at the StartupTN office.
Aug' 25
28/08
Tirunelveli Launch
Selected 10 cohort members + FounderX team arrive in Tirunelveli for a launch event there.
Aug' 25
29/08
Housewarming
Housewarming ceremony followed by keynotes, fireside chats and panel discussions at our campus.
Aug' 25
30/08 - 31/08
Exploration
Explore the world famous locations of Courtallam Main Falls, Ambasamudram, Papanasam, Agasthiyar Falls, Nambikovil and more.
Sep' 25
01/09
Cohort Begins
Day 01/120 days of building global agentic AI startups from rural Tamil Nadu.