The straight answers.

We write a ₹1.5 crore cheque to every founder we select, for a minority stake. You keep the majority of your company and you remain CEO.

The exact terms are identical for all ten founders in a cohort and are shared in full during selection, then formalised on Day 1. There are no side deals inside the room.

Yes. That is the point. We take a minority position and build beside you. You make the decisions, you own the majority, and you leave the cohort still holding your company.

Because the terms belong in a conversation with a founder we are seriously considering, not on a billboard. They are consistent, they are fair, and you see every line before you commit. Nothing is hidden. It is simply not a headline.

None of those cleanly. SPLIT is a founder residency and a venture studio. We do not run a curriculum and we do not sit on a panel. We put our own capital and our own build team into ten companies at a time and work beside the founders for ninety days.

Three phases in one order. Co-Found: we build product, brand, and go-to-market with you. Fund: we structure your first institutional round and work it until it closes. Scale: we install the growth systems that keep compounding after the room closes.

The full breakdown is on the How It Works page.

No honest program can guarantee an outcome, and we will not pretend otherwise. What we guarantee is that we sit on your side of the table: we prepare the raise, open warm doors to partner investors, and stay in the process with you. The market still decides. We just make sure you meet it built and ready.

We build it with you, not for you. Our team works beside you inside the ninety days so a real product ships. You stay the owner and the decision-maker. When you leave, the company runs on you, not on us.

No. We take founders at zero to one. A solo founder with a sharp wedge is as welcome as a team with early traction. We select for the builder and the conviction, not the checklist.

Too early is fine. An idea you cannot stop building is exactly the point. Too late is real: if you have already raised institutionally and you are scaling, this is not your room. SPLIT is built for the zero-to-one window.

We are sector-agnostic and founder-first. What matters is a real problem, a defensible wedge, and a builder obsessed enough to see it through. If that is you, the sector is secondary.

Cohort 01 runs in West Bengal, in partnership with RISE Foundation at IISER Kolkata. The room matters, and being in it matters. Exact location and format details are shared with selected founders.

Applying is free. We invest in you; you do not pay us to be here. There is no tuition and no participation fee. The relationship is an investment, set out in full before you sign anything.

The countdown on every page is live. When the ten seats are filled or the deadline lands, applications close. If you are not ready in time, join the waitlist and you will be first in line for the next cohort.

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