India's Founder-First Network

Where India's Next Great Founders Grow Together.

Join 250+ founders building startups, agencies, AI companies and SaaS products while learning real business from founders actively building companies.

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Trusted by builders across India's fastest-growing companies
ShipFast AI
Loopwise
Growthbox
Nirvana Labs
Fintrail
Cartwheel
Studio Ninety
Northbeam
Clearform
Pivotly
The Network

Founders building right now.

A snapshot of the builders inside The100Founders — across AI, SaaS, D2C, and agencies.

Why Join

Not a WhatsApp group. A founder ecosystem.

Every part of The100Founders is designed around one goal — helping you build faster, with the right people around you.

Learn from founders

Practical playbooks from founders actively running companies today — not theory from outside observers.

Grow your network

Get introduced to founders solving problems adjacent to yours — across industries, stages, and cities.

Founder visibility

Get featured in the directory and spotlight sections — build credibility with the people who matter.

Business opportunities

Find co-founders, clients, hires, and partners from inside a trust-based, founder-only community.

Practical education

Structured lessons on sales, marketing, AI, hiring, and leadership — built for founders, not students.

Real experiences

Unfiltered stories of what worked, what failed, and what founders would do differently next time.

Spotlight

Founders worth knowing.

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Artificial Intelligence

Rohan Kapoor

Founder & CEO, ShipFast AI · Bengaluru

Rohan left a stable product role to build ShipFast AI after watching D2C founders struggle with shipping delays. Eighteen months in, ShipFast now powers logistics decisions for 40+ growing D2C brands across India.

40+Active customers
₹1.2CrARR crossed
5Team members hired
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Marketing Agency

Manav Verma

Founder, Growthbox · Mumbai

Manav started Growthbox from his hostel room, running ads for three local businesses. Three years later, Growthbox manages performance marketing for over 30 founder-led brands, with a lean team of specialists.

30+Brands managed
₹2Cr+Ad spend managed
12Team members
The Founder

Meet Soyab.

Soyab, Founder of The100Founders
"I didn't want another WhatsApp group. I wanted a place where builders actually help builders — with no ego, no gatekeeping, just real progress."

Soyab founded The100Founders after spending years inside founder communities that talked a lot but built very little. He set out to create something different — a space where practical knowledge, real accountability, and genuine relationships come before hype.

2021

Started as a solo builder

Ran his first startup while learning sales, ops, and marketing entirely through trial and error.

2023

Began mentoring founders informally

Started sharing frameworks and lessons with early-stage founders inside small group chats.

2024

Founded The100Founders

Turned informal mentorship into a structured, founder-first education platform and network.

Today

250+ founders and growing

Leading a fast-growing ecosystem of founders across AI, SaaS, D2C, agencies, and beyond.

Directory

Find your next collaborator.

Search the founder directory by name, company, or industry.

Learning Hub

Practical education for founders.

Real lessons on the topics that actually move a startup forward.

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Sales

Closing frameworks founders actually use.

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Communication

Pitching, negotiating, and leading with clarity.

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Marketing

Growth loops, positioning, and channel strategy.

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Branding

Building a brand people remember and trust.

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AI

Using AI to build, ship, and scale faster.

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Hiring

Finding and keeping your first great hires.

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Leadership

Leading teams through ambiguity and growth.

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Business Systems

Operations that scale without breaking.

Testimonials

What founders are saying.

★★★★★

"The100Founders gave me a real network — not just contacts, but people who actually respond when you need help. I found my first enterprise client through here."

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Ayesha Sheikh
Founder, Loopwise
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"I've been part of a dozen founder groups. This is the only one where people actually share what's working — not just wins, but honest failures too."

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Sana Patil
Founder, Nirvana Labs
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"The learning hub sessions on hiring alone saved me from two bad hires. Worth being part of this community for that reason alone."

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Karan Thakur
Founder, Fintrail
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"I met my design partner through the founder directory. We shipped our first project together within three weeks of connecting."

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Neha Vora
Founder, Studio Ninety
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"Most communities feel like noise. This one feels like a room full of people quietly building — and that energy is contagious."

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Manav Verma
Founder, Growthbox
★★★★★

"Soyab built something rare — a founder community where showing up and helping others is the actual culture, not just a tagline."

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Rohan Kapoor
Founder, ShipFast AI
Inside the Community

A peek inside The100Founders.

Ayesha SheikhJust crossed 100 paying customers on Loopwise 🎉 thank you all for the pricing feedback last month!
Rohan KapoorLet's gooo. Sending you our onboarding flow doc, might help with retention.
Karan ThakurAnyone have a good CA recommendation for a Series A startup? DMs open 🙏
SoyabNew Learning Hub session this Thursday — "Hiring your first 5 employees". Drop questions below.
Founder Wins, weekly

Every week, founders share real milestones — revenue, hires, launches — celebrated by the whole community.

Founder events & meetups

Regular online sessions and in-person meetups across Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi NCR.

Direct founder-to-founder help

Ask a question in the community and get real answers from founders who've solved it before.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Any founder actively building — whether you're pre-revenue, bootstrapped, or venture-backed. The only requirement is that you're building something real.

No. WhatsApp is where daily conversations happen, but The100Founders also includes a structured Learning Hub, a founder directory, spotlight features, and in-person events — a full ecosystem, not just a chat.

Joining the WhatsApp community is free. Some Learning Hub sessions and events may have a small fee to keep quality high and attendance genuine.

Every member is vetted for being an active founder. The focus stays on practical knowledge and real accountability, not networking for its own sake.

Yes — once you're part of the community, you can request a directory listing to increase your visibility to other founders.

Build Faster With The Right Founders Around You.

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