cohort 01 · bengaluru · spots filling
partners.
the last cohort got into yc, ef, founders inc, spc. this is the one you don't want to miss.
19
median founder age
17
youngest founder
650+
applications · cohort 0
16
founders selected
up next · cohort 01
bengaluru. the second room.
applications open. partners who anchor cohort 01 get first look at every founder in it.
our partners
cohort 0 · mumbai · march 2026
the room you'd be in.
5 days. 16 builders. one villa. no panels, no decks. partners sat in it.
what you'd be backing
one program.four cities.
the residency · a year of rooms
cohort residencies.
a small, curated room of builders. one city at a time. living and shipping together. partners anchor a city for the year and get first look at every founder in it.
- 01mumbai— march 2026shipped
- 02bengaluru— nextopen · applications live
- 03bali— aug → sep 2026open · applications live
- 04dubai— 2027soon
cohort 0 · the proof
read the storyhow it actually looks
pick anyof the six.
01 · capital
back the founders.
checks into priced rounds, side-cars on the ones that click. allocation agreed upfront.
02 · credits / funds
fuel the room.
compute, saas, infra credits. side-pools, follow-on commitments. the things that keep builders building.
03 · intros
open the network.
founders we should know, customers we should pitch. one intro from you puts them in the right room.
04 · talent
send your people in.
operators, EIRs, hires — your platform team in the house for a week. they leave with the network.
05 · operational
back the room itself.
the venue, the infra, the gear. forge runs on a tight machine — partners who keep it humming get their name on it.
06 · sponsor
anchor the cohort.
anchor the cohort. anchor the void. anchor the year. partners who put weight behind the brand show up in every founder's memory of it.
get in the room
tell us how you'dback forge.
pick any combination. a paragraph is enough. we read every reply.
a small room