A Nationwide Movement

The Next Founder Is From

From every district of India, we empower driven founders to build revenue-earning companies.

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🇮🇳 A mission to build founders across 800 districts of India

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Shifu Fellowship

What we do for Shifu Fellows.

Capital, mentorship, and a network - six pillars that turn early-stage builders from Tier 2+ districts into revenue-earning founders.

Up to₹5L

Grant

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01Funding

The capital to go full-time.

02Multiplier

Stretch the grant by 25×.

CloudOpenAIHostingTools

03Credits

Up to ₹1Cr in credits.

04Visibility

Storytelling that travels.

05Learning

Workshops + mentorship.

06Network

Warm intros, real rooms.

Explore Shifu Fellowship

80% of districts contribute less than 1% of startups.

If you're a founder from Tier 2, 3, or 4 - the Fellowship is for you.

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Tier 1 · 8 metros

Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, etc

~55%

of the total startups

Tier 2 · ~50 districts

Jaipur, Kochi, Surat, Bhopal, etc

~33%

of the total startups

Our Focus

Tier 3 · ~100 districts

Hisar, Tirunelveli, Bhagalpur, etc

~11%

of the total startups

Our Focus

Tier 4+ · 600+ districts

Dumka, Begusarai, Bastar, etc

~1%

of the total startups

Our Focus

From Bharat

Founders from places like yours.

Real builders from districts across India who started exactly where you are.

Atoba Longkumer

Tabernacle Technologies

Quit during the pandemic to prove SaaS could come from Nagaland.

Kohima

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Atoba Longkumer

Tabernacle Technologies

Quit during the pandemic to prove SaaS could come from Nagaland.

Kohima

Sai Krishna

Superblog

From a 4-hour bus ride to school - to thousands of users.

Pamuru

Neeraj Singhal

Taggbox

Bootstrapped a $2M ARR SaaS from Jaipur. No funding. No noise.

Jaipur

Vikash Kumar Prajapati

Bulk Mockup

Stayed in Bokaro. Built a Photoshop plugin used by thousands globally.

Bokaro

Vituonuo Valerie Suohu

Tabernacle Technologies

Co-building a B2B SaaS from Kohima - where software barely exists.

Kohima

Bhanu Teja P.

SiteGPT

Quit an ₹18L job. Built SiteGPT solo. Now used worldwide.

Nellore

Harshvardhan Kariwala

VComply

Started his first company at 18. Now runs global SaaS from Kolkata.

Kolkata

Atoba Longkumer

Tabernacle Technologies

Quit during the pandemic to prove SaaS could come from Nagaland.

Kohima

Sai Krishna

Superblog

From a 4-hour bus ride to school - to thousands of users.

Pamuru

Neeraj Singhal

Taggbox

Bootstrapped a $2M ARR SaaS from Jaipur. No funding. No noise.

Jaipur

Vikash Kumar Prajapati

Bulk Mockup

Stayed in Bokaro. Built a Photoshop plugin used by thousands globally.

Bokaro

Vituonuo Valerie Suohu

Tabernacle Technologies

Co-building a B2B SaaS from Kohima - where software barely exists.

Kohima

Bhanu Teja P.

SiteGPT

Quit an ₹18L job. Built SiteGPT solo. Now used worldwide.

Nellore

Harshvardhan Kariwala

VComply

Started his first company at 18. Now runs global SaaS from Kolkata.

Kolkata

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The Ecosystem

Find your district on the map.

A live map of every founder, patron, and partner across India — built district by district.

See who's already there. Watch the country light up — one founder, one company, one district at a time.

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shifufoundation.org/ecosystem

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From non-metro districts

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Bhanu Teja
Nellore
VK
Vikas Kumar
Bokaro
AL
Atoba Longkumer
Kohima
NS
Neeraj Singhal
Jaipur

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Your district is waiting.

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Founders from every district of India

Shifu Foundation · Section 8 nonprofit · Building India's first district-level startup movement.

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