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WHAT IS COMMENCE
About Us
Commence Mint is a venture development firm for early stage startups, helping them to go-to market, grow, scale and raise funds. Commence helps entrepreneurs improve their odds of success through the program and a unique funding model.

We help startups build scalable businesses by providing coaching, capital and compass. For us, this means creating an eco-system where your business idea can live and thrive. Our eco-system is rich in investor networks, industry experts, mentors, advisors and entrepreneurs to engage and learn from faster, to build impactful businesses.
What About Funding?
Funds are always cool to have but your venture needs more than funds. It needs efficient use of funds that sustains your idea. It needs support in accounting, legal, infrastructure and marketing and more. And it needs reasonable time to grow legs. Then there is you! You need to build knowledge of the turf, a network where you can meet potential co-founders, key-employees, mentors and collaborators.

At Commence, you get an expense account to meet important expenses for your venture. Call it your venture’s seed fund! Commence has a cluster of shared services for a venture to draw upon. And then, there is a collaborative workspace for you for 12 months. Commence also has a House Fund of INR 10 Million that us up for grabs for top performing startups in the Commence program.

WHAT WE OFFER
Three C's of Commence
COACHING

World class mentor network and structured inventions in the Commence Program fuel the pace of the venture in right direction. And Founder Development Program nurtures the entrepreneur to build business and leadership capabilities.

CAPITAL

Every venture needs funds to sustain, grow and then scale. Commence funds the venture with a pre-seed investment and with the house funds for best performing startups. Also, investor showcases are conducted for our startup cohort at regular intervals.

COMPASS

An entrepreneur is as good as his network! Commence exposes the founders to opportunities to build their network with investors, mentors, startup community, corporates etc. through investor showcases, masterclasses and meetups.


Investor Showcase
When you have to prove the value of your idea by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of wooly thinking. ~Tom O'Reilly

Commence Mint makes way for you to pitch to investors by conducting investor showcases for its home ventures!
This helps in boiling down of the frighteningly ambitious long term plans to real answers to questions like:

WHO
is the target
customer?
HOW
to make
money?
HOW
to scale for the
masses?
WHY
an investor should
bet on you?

Global Exposure
New market creating innovations come from re-imagining businesses and delivering products and services that unexpectedly delight the consumer.

It is important for startup founders to keep their eyes and ears open to the ‘business buzz’ around the globe and seize the right opportunities. And that is where global exposure plays a key role in keeping you ahead of others in the race. Commence collaborations provide opportunities to in-house ventures to discover global markets for their ideas.
 

WHAT WE DO
1
Mentoring at Commence
From creating an entrepreneurial advantage to providing the direction to focus on critical business issues, mentors are of immense value add. Commence brings in a rich network of Mentors who are industry experts, entrepreneurs and professionals.
2
Global Exposure
The only way to win is to learn quick! Exposure to international markets becomes critical when we support startups with global vision. Commence just doesn't support your venture but also works on you to leverage opportunities by experiential learning.
3
Business Support Services
Do one thing everyday that scares you! Everything else that a business needs to kick off, is right here:
  • Cloud based technology infrastructure
  • Accounting and Legal support
  • Investor agreements and contract drafting
  • Key employee hiring support
4
Venture Promotions
We help promote your venture while you build your unicorn:
  • PR for Founders / Venture promotion
  • Digital Promotions
  • Facilitation for print mediag
  • Electronic media promotions
MEET THE TEAM
  • SUBHASH DHAR SUBHASH DHAR
  • ARUN K SINGH ARUN K SINGH
  • NEHA BAHL NEHA BAHL
  • SANJAY DUTT SANJAY DUTT

  • DEVEN VED DEVEN VED
  • RAJIV THULASIDASAN RAJIV THULASIDASAN
SUBHASH DHAR
SUBHASH DHAR

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SUBHASH DHAR
Co-Founder

Subhash is the Founder of Enterprise Nube that runs India’s leading impact consumption network - Gudville. Earlier, he was the global head of sales and member of executive council at Infosys, where he worked for 14 years. Prior to that, he was the founding team member of India’s pioneering web portal - IndiaWorld. Subhash also serves on the Board of Governors of his alma mater IIM Bangalore. In 2007, the World Economic Forum selected him to its prestigious Young Global Leader group.

ARUN K SINGH
ARUN K SINGH

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ARUN K SINGH
Co-Founder

Arun has worked in the Indian Equity Markets for over 2 decades which provided him a ring side view of the transformation of Indian economy. His last stint was at Alchemy, a boutique equities brokerage firm focused on Institutional and Ultra HNI investors. He was also part of the founding team at a startup before embarking on his journey of curating emerging businesses to bootstrap in his individual capacity.

NEHA BAHL
NEHA BAHL

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NEHA BAHL
Co-Founder

Neha has diverse experience in Technology and Business Consulting from her stints at Infosys and Ernst & Young. She had her first tryst with entrepreneurship while doing her MBA from Warwick Business School, UK, where she started her own venture and then moved on to join Gudville with Subhash. She has dabbled in various product and marketing roles in startup teams before venturing into Commence Mint.

SANJAY DUTT
SANJAY DUTT

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SANJAY DUTT
Team

Sanjay has crafted and advised businesses for 15 years at Infosys, AT Kearny, Accenture, Wipro and P&G. As a business leader, he has worked in various roles to proactively shape organization's actions for markets and key stakeholders. Since 2006, Sanjay has been an Independent Leadership Coach and Consultant. He has partnered with leaders and organizations in their journeys of realizing their potential - both in terms of business value and human growth.

DEVEN VED
DEVEN VED

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DEVEN VED
Venture Advisor

Deven Ved is a Venture advisor at Commence Mint. He is a post-graduate in Actuarial Science and has worked for over a decade in the Indian Insurance Industry. He is a seasoned Business Analyst with core competencies in business planning and finance analysis.

PARTNERS
Strategic Partners
NSRCEL
Platform Partners
Platform Partners
PROGRAMS
Commence Program
Commence Program is a 12-month program split into 3 phases.
Every phase is defined to achieve goals with the startup team and the enablers at Commence Mint.
 

IGNITE
3 months......

IGNITE

  • Pre-seed investment
  • 3 months Incubation at Commence
  • Weekly Mentor Interaction
  • Master Classes
  • Monthly Reviews & Goal Setting
ACCELERATE
6 months

ACCELERATE

  • Pre-seed investment
  • Weekly & Monthly Reviews
  • Deep Dives & Master Classes
  • Business 101, PR & Test Market
  • Business Support Services
RISE
3 months

RISE

  • Investor Relations
  • Growth Initiatives Global
  • Benchmarking | License | IP
  • Sustenance Fund
  • Founder Development



Commence Fellowship
Commence Fellowship is to support the entrepreneurs still at campus!
We don’t only invest in startups but are also invested in supporting and encouraging entrepreneurs at campus who will shape the future of an our innovation economy. Commence Fellowship is to kick-start their careers in the startup world.
 


Free office space at Commence Centre
Free Access to Events and Master Classes
Access to network of Mentors and Advisors
Access to startup cohort at Commence


WHO SHOULD APPLY
IDEA & YOU!
Ideas fueled with passion make the best of businesses!
We are looking out for innovative solutions for global problems that have the potential to touch millions of lives and make an impact.
 

Well articulated business idea
Working prototype
Early adopters or users
Crazy and a fabulous Team


 

Have an idea that doesn’t let you sleep? APPLY



STARTUPS @ COMMENCE
APPLICATION FORM
Co-Founder Details (one other co-founder who will participate in the Commence Program)
Provide the link to your Video Pitch and/or upload the Pitch Deck
or
Upload
CONTACT US
Find us here:

Commence Mint
Fortune Summit Business Park
244, Hosur Road
Bangalore, Karnataka 560068