Build a businessinvestors take seriously.
Forge is an eight week engagement. We work alongside you to clarify the opportunity, choose the strongest model on the evidence, close the gaps investors will question, and run a focused growth plan. The deck, financial model and diligence pack build in parallel.
What you walk away with.
Judged against an agreed baseline and stage-appropriate milestones, not a generic promise of funding.
01
A clear customer, problem, value proposition and business-model decision.
02
A prioritised improvement plan with owners and evidence of what changed.
03
A tested growth approach and a scorecard of real results, including what did not work.
04
A consistent pitch deck, financial model and organised due-diligence pack.
05
A justified decision on investor outreach and the next phase of building.
Eight weeks, four moves.
A suggested sequence, not a fixed promise. Deck, financial and diligence work runs through every phase.
Clarify and choose
Diagnose the business, set a baseline and clarify the target customer. Compare business-model options and identify the gaps investors will question.
Fix and test
Close the highest-priority gaps and launch focused customer, pricing, sales and growth experiments. Review early results and decide what to change.
Execute and strengthen
Repeat what works, stop what doesn't, and sharpen the operating process. Track growth and economics against the agreed baseline.
Review and connect
Assess progress, business quality and readiness. Where it fits, agree a relevant investor or partner shortlist and prepare the introductions.
Completing eight weeks does not automatically mean a business is ready to raise. Introductions, when they fit, come after — subject to readiness, recipient interest and a separate agreement on scope.
We start from your gaps.
Each agreed fix has an owner, a due date and a visible test of completion. What cannot be closed in eight weeks is recorded openly, not dressed up as resolved.
Unclear customer or problem
Narrow the priority customer and test the problem and offer.
Problem statement, customer evidence, positioning.
Unproven business model
Compare plausible models, pricing and routes to market.
Model decision, assumptions and economics to test.
Weak or inconsistent growth
Find the bottleneck and run focused experiments.
Growth backlog, experiment results, weekly scorecard.
Investor concerns
Review the business through an investor lens and prioritise fixes.
Gap register with impact, owner, action, evidence.
Inconsistent fundraising story
Align claims with operating and financial evidence.
Deck and model that tell the same story.
Missing diligence material
Organise records and make omissions visible.
Data-room index, document tracker, open-issues list.
The materials, as the business learns.
Editable, consistent and honest about what is actual, hypothesis and forecast.
Pitch deck
An editable deck across problem, customer, solution, market, model, traction and plan. Claims separate actual results from hypotheses and forecasts.
Financial model
A driver-based model linking revenue assumptions, costs, hiring, cash needs and key economics, with actuals kept apart from forecasts and scenarios.
Due-diligence readiness
An organised data-room index and tracker across company, financial, commercial, product and IP records. Missing items are flagged, not hidden.
Business evidence pack
A model note, gap register, growth scorecard, experiment log and investor Q&A — a traceable basis for the story and the open risks.
Hands-on, with clear roles.
The Big Blind
Diagnose the business, challenge assumptions, prioritise fixes, structure experiments and review the evidence. Prepare the deck, financials and diligence materials, and pursue suitable warm introductions once progress and readiness support them.
The founder
Own the business decisions and execution. Make the time, speak with customers, run the agreed actions and keep the tracker current. Provide accurate information, disclose material risks, and approve every recipient before anything is shared.
A weekly working session, a shared action and metrics tracker, async review between sessions, and phase-end reviews at weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8. Session length and cadence are agreed at kickoff.
The commitment, stated plainly.
Data room and diligence
An indexed data room and tracker, built as the business is. Preparation is not an audit, valuation or legal opinion; specialist review may still be needed.
₹1,50,000 + GST
Hands-on business-building and readiness support. It does not guarantee revenue, funding, terms, introductions or meetings — investors and partners decide independently.
Relationships that open relevant rooms.
India-focused, with founder, investor and ecosystem relationships here and internationally. Selected relationships include Anthill Ventures, T-Hub, Kairos CoLabs and haf.vc. Introductions are case-specific and do not imply investment commitments.
Start with a baseline and a plan.
Agree the starting point, the priority outcomes and the cadence. Then we begin.