Beyond a cheque. An accelerator that builds with you.
Accelerator · Pan-India · Healthcare & Life Sciences, Climate & Energy, Defense & Space, Software · Pre-Seed, Seed
PedalStart is a founder-led accelerator for pre-seed and idea-stage startups in India. It invests at inception, pre-seed and seed stages, leads the round with a $150K cheque (the site states a typical range of $150K to $200K), and works hands-on with founders on problem validation, business model, market testing, product, go-to-market, hiring and fundraising so they can reach their next raise within 3 to 6 months. It describes itself as sector agnostic and says it prioritises problem clarity, market understanding and execution over revenue or stage. The site states 40,000+ startups applied, 2,000+ pre-accelerated, 20+ funded, a combined portfolio valuation of $40M+, $5M+ raised by portfolio companies (the About page puts this at 40 Cr+), and 46% of portfolio startups securing up-rounds at 2.8x MOIC; its PedalInvest arm is an invite-only angel network of 1,200+ members that co-invests in startups that have been through the acceleration process.
Full profile, programmes, who gets in and how to apply on netrik.app.