Meet "Aurora", our new Entrepreneur in Residence Program

Turning
Ideas to Successful
Businesses

India’s Leading Venture Studio, working with businesses and startup founders in their execution journey

Because Launching
Startups is Hard

We’ve co-built in hundreds of companies throughout over 5+ years of experience, creating products that have generated millions in enterprise value

Need an operating partner for your seed-stage startup?

Our unique launch & scale playbook makes us the best partner for founders at all stages of their entrepreneurial journey, driving them towards sustainable success.

First500days Ecosystem

  • 2020
    Founding Year
  • 109
    Ventures Supported
  • 500+
    Jobs Created
  • 200+
    Mentors
  • 5000+
    Investors
  • 2000+
    Community

Your journey

Build with us
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    Fall in love with an idea with us and be the founder of your own start-up
  • 1
    Work with our multidisciplinary team and get access to capital, network and successful entrepreneurs
  • 2
    Validate a business model and lead the launch of your start-up while ensuring product-market fit
  • 3
    Secure the best talent to build your team and set the right culture
  • 4
    Scale your business globally
  • 5
    Obtain follow-on investments and our expert assistance in a potential exit
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Our
Portfolio

We specialise in building startups that digitalise customer journeys in vertical industries.

Testimonials

Vinit Joshi

Co-founder @ Savvology Game

I chanced upon the First500days community on Linkedin. Shivam and team have built this incredible program to help startups in every aspect - from handling tech to fundraising & 24*7 community support. They help get investor connections at institutional VC firms. We got our first cheque through the community. Excellent work, Shivam and team!

Srinath Mitragotri

Co-founder @ Schrocken

Shivam has been extremely helpful in our fundraising initiatives. I think this is one of a kind plattorm in today's day & age where they are helping startups just for the joy of it without any preconditions or hefty financial fees. Can't express my gratitude enough to Shivam and folks in his team. Thanks so much and Wish you & your team the very best.

Saurabh Kumar

Co-founder @ Oho Living

An excellent program with so much to learn from, everyone is so good at what they do you naturally push yourself to be better and do better. Each founder you interact with helps you learn startup skills and motivates you to keep going and growing. There's nothing that's hidden from you, from discussions to recommendations. Everything is transparent.

Abhishek Porwal

Co-founder @ Oho Living

Being an early-stage startup founder is quite challenging to connect with founders from various backgrounds or even with the startup ecosystem, which is discussing the relevant problems among startups. Their program iprovides all required resources to build startup. Here people are full of energy to share their thoughts and questions. Best for EdTech startups.

Ayush Sharma

Co-founder @ AuraML

We had a very smooth experience with Shivam and First500Days. From the initial call to the final pitch, we had a great experience. It was swift as well, and Shivam was there every step of the way to help us. From setting up the initial WhatsApp group where we shared all our information with prospective investors to finally pitching to them, First500Days made the whole process quite easy.

Surendra Yeleswaram

Co-founder @ FinRep

Shivam & First500days has been great for our financial marketplace platform, FinRep. The program gave us clear, actionable advice on how to grow and manage our business. The support from mentors and the networking opportunities were really useful. I’d recommend First500days to anyone who’s serious about growing their startup.

Co-Building with Top Organizations

The Team Makes the Difference

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We are a team of specialists with multidisciplinary experience in starting and running profitable businesses that consistently produce significant financial value.

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Meet us

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Shivam Pal

Founder @ First500days
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Sonam Jain

Partner @ First500days
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Sarvesh Tusnial

Partner @ First500days
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Deepak Rai

Tech & Product @ First500days
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Tech & Product @ First500days
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AI & ML @ First500days
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AI & ML @ First500days
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Legal @ First500days
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Legal @ First500days
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Marketing @ First500Days
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Marketing @ First500Days
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