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Real Estate & Construction
Pgiit helps students and young professionals find verified PG rooms and hostels near their college or coaching institute. Every listing is checked in person, with real photos, rent, food and rules shown upfront, so moving to a new city stops being a gamble.
Raising ₹25 LTravel & Hospitality
Vacanto is a booking platform for resorts, heritage hotels and homestays, combined with a travel community where travellers share real trip plans, reviews and tips. We start with Rajasthan, India's favourite leisure destination.
Raising ₹25 L
Education & Skills
Metakops is a social learning network for college students — a place to follow classmates and mentors, share notes and projects, join study groups and discover internships, built for students in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.
Raising ₹2 L
Human Resources & Work
Staffwallah is a smart local job search and hiring platform that connects job seekers and employers quickly. Businesses find the right staff nearby, and candidates discover nearby full-time, part-time and daily-wage jobs with ease.
Raising ₹1 Cr
Mobility & Automotive
Deepako rents electric scooters to daily commuters and delivery riders on simple weekly and monthly plans, with charging and maintenance included.
Raising ₹1 LEducation & Skills
Techlyup is an AI-powered platform for creators and educators to host live webinars and sell online courses — with landing pages, payments, automated reminders and AI tools for content and marketing, all in one place.
Raising ₹1 LEvery step happens inside Idea to Start, so both sides stay safe and nothing gets lost.
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Apply to our own programmes for idea-stage and pre-revenue startups. Each one lists its eligibility and amount upfront.
See open programmesAngels, funds and incubators who have shared exactly what they look for.
FeaturedVenture Capital Fund
Jaipur-based early-stage investor supporting idea-stage and pre-revenue startups with small first cheques and hands-on help. I work with founders on product, go-to-market and fundraising, and connect them with my network of operators and investors across Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Cheques ₹500 – ₹50K
Angel Investor
Udaipur-based angel investor backing early-stage founders from Rajasthan and across India. I invest my own capital from the idea stage onwards and stay close to the founders I back — helping with first customers, local partnerships, hiring and the next round. I'm especially keen on businesses that solve real problems for Bharat: farming and food, retail, clean energy, mobility and manufacturing.
Cheques ₹1 L – ₹80 LEvery account confirms its email before it can do anything, and paid founders carry a verified badge.
Phone numbers, emails and links are hidden in chat and on profiles, so introductions happen the right way.
Upload your deck and papers once, then share them in any conversation with a tap.
Still unsure? Read how a connection works from first profile to a locked deal.
How Idea to Start worksFounders of early-stage Indian startups and investors — angels, funds, family offices, syndicates and incubators. Every account is verified with a code sent to its email before it can be used.
Joining is free and investors don't need a plan. Investors can create a profile, discover startups, follow members and chat with their connections. Sending a connection request uses credits, which investors can buy in packs from their credits wallet.
Any active plan — the free one too — keeps your startup listed on Idea to Start for its validity period and lets you connect and message. Paid plans also add credits to your wallet. Sending a connection request to an investor or another startup uses a set number of credits. If they decline or don't reply in time, the credits come back. You can buy more credits from your wallet whenever you need them.
Anyone on Idea to Start — founders can connect with investors and with other startups, and investors with founders and with other investors. Whoever sends the connection request uses credits, and you can message as soon as it's accepted. To keep everyone safe, phone numbers, emails and links are hidden in chat — when you agree terms, lock the deal and our team takes it forward with both of you.
When a founder accepts an investor's offer in the chat, the deal is locked. Our team contacts both sides within 24–48 hours to help with the next steps.
No. Investors make their own decisions, and our programmes select startups against the criteria published on each programme page.
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