About Edugild
Edugild exists to make founding a company from a campus in India less lonely, less arbitrary, and less expensive. We fund, mentor and incubate student-built startups — regardless of which college the student is from.
Why we exist
Most student founders fail for the same three reasons: they never got a first cheque, they never got matched to a mentor who had actually shipped something, and they never got a room to work out of. Edugild is built to remove all three.
We are a program, a network, and an incubation stack — and we are open to every student in India with a credible idea, not only students inside the MIT India network.
Our principles
We back people who have thought hard about a problem, not people who went to the "right" school.
A cheque is the easy part. We stay close for 12 months — weekly reviews, warm intros, hard questions.
Edugild is MIT India's platform, but the door is open to any student in India. Your college does not decide your ceiling.
We publish essays, numbers and post-mortems so the next cohort can move faster than the last one.
Our institutions provide labs, faculty and infrastructure — not permission slips.
We judge a cohort on what it is 5 years in, not on a demo day headline.
Backed by MIT India institutions
Students accepted into Edugild get access to this network regardless of where they study.
Engineering faculty, labs and makerspace access for product and hardware teams. confirm
Research collaboration, Northeast India student network, climate and sustainability focus. confirm
Distance-learning cohort and continuing education infrastructure for working student founders. confirm
Design, storytelling and user-research resources for consumer-facing startups. confirm
Commerce, finance and liberal arts talent pool — ideal for operations-heavy ventures. confirm
Early-stage exposure to entrepreneurship for school-age innovators. confirm
The team names + bios needed
Founder & Chair
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Director, Edugild
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Head, Programs
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Head, Investments
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