Our Initiative
Wadhwani Entrepreneur
Inspiring, educating, and enabling thousands of startup entrepreneurs
WE Inspire
Inspiring millions of college students and professionals to get interested in entrepreneurship.
- A content creation and distribution program targeting students and professionals
- Engagement Channels:
- Wadhwani Global Entrepreneur Platform, housing a large target audience, with compelling stories/examples
- WE YouTube channel
- WE “Shark Tank”-like TV show
- Wadhwani Content delivered through TikTok, WhatsApp and other social channels
WE NEN
Activating thousands of college students by showing them why, when and how to do a startup through case-study based education.
- Mainstreaming entrepreneurship education with an experiential 14 weeks’ , 35-hour program, at no cost to institutes & students for creation of “Practice Ventures”
- Faculty training and ongoing refresher training
- Providing a self-service frictionless model for easy delivery of interactive content, webinars, etc. through the AI-enabled Wadhwani Technology Platform
- Wadhwani proprietary & curated open-source courses
- Video and presentation-led case studies
- Master Classes by marquee entrepreneurs, mentors, industry experts
- Learning labs (booster clinics, workshops), pitch simulators & pitch days
- Ecosystem connects:
- Access to incubators/accelerators/early-stage investors; internship opportunities
- A global community of mentors, experts & evaluators (across Asia, Africa, LatAm)
- Validated MVP & investor pitch endorsed by a global jury ; E-Certificate
WE Liftoff
Enabling thousands of startups to improve their business strategy, organization and performance to be successful and get seed capital.
- Self-service Engagement Model with Global Entrepreneur Platform, facilitated with Wadhwani Mentors, and expert assistance and support
- ~6 months engagement with each startup
- Global Entrepreneur Platform will provide:
- Market & Competition data
- Business Model evaluation, Financial Planning & Startup Selection tools and templates
- Master Classes, video & presentation-led case studies
- Videos of presentations & pitches to VCs for seed capital
- P2P network capabilities
- Ecosystem support:
- Access to Mentors, Angels and VCs
- Expert Helpdesk for online advice
WE Venture Fastrack (VFT)
Supporting startups with a well-developed MVP and clearly demonstrated customer traction and growth by reviewing and refining their business model.
- VFT enhances the investment readiness of startups which have:
- Been in existence for at least 2 years
- A serviceable obtainable Market (of at least INR 500 Crores for their products/services)
- At least 2 full-time founders with relevant technical and business experience and a full-time team of at least 5 members
- Received external funding of INR 20 Lakhs+ and have a funding runway for the next six months
- VFT Offerings and customized support:
- Developing a robust business model
- Enhancing investment readiness
- Connects with angel networks and investors (demo days)
- Intensive structured engagement focused on:
- Business model evaluation & refinement
- VFT startup consultants
- Preparing a compelling investor pitch
WE Champs
Awards and Mentoring program in Silicon Valley
- To energize aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage startups
- Top startup leaders from across the globe enrolled in WE programs get an all-paid mentoring and networking trip to Silicon Valley
- A dream exposure to the famed entrepreneurial ecosystem:
- Networking with entrepreneurs
- Mentoring by the very best
- Pitching to investors
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Wadhwani Entrepreneur – Santosh Palavesh, Founder & CEO, UMM Digital
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Fastrack Entrepreneur – Vinoudini Boj, COO, SKaaS
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Wadhwani Entrepreneur – Eshwar Vikas, CEO, Mukunda Foods
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Fastrack Entrepreneur – Dr.Binita Tanga, Director & CSO – Ameliorate Biotech
