From No Funding to a Full Startup Ecosystem ft. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta

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🎯 Sometimes startups don’t need more ambition. They need more ecosystem. When Sanjeev Kumar Gupta looked at early-stage founders, the gap wasn’t talent or ideas. It was access. A founder can build a POC. But where does the seed fund come from? Who writes the first angel cheque? Which accelerator helps them scale? Here’s the problem: We expect startups to grow in isolation, without building the systems that support them. And when they stall, we blame the founder. Sanjeev’s approach was structural: 🔺 Create a ₹75 crore cluster seed fund 🔺 Build the Karnataka Accelerator Network 🔺 Enable institution-to-institution mentorship, not just startup mentorship 🔺 Back cohorts with government funding and active angel participation The result? A connected pathway from idea to scale, even ded…

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