Where India's most exceptional builders
start at -1
The most ambitious risk-takers and outliers deserve partners who'll back them before anyone else will. We commit capital, community, and conviction from day -1, so you can build what only you can.
The Vision
-1 to 0 isn't a side project
Whether you're building a company or deciding what the next ten years should look like, finding your life's work is hard. Like anything hard worth doing, it's better done alongside talented peers.
75+
Members
20
Portfolio Companies
$275M
Fund
Founders in India are ready to take risks. We see whitespace in India's early-stage ecosystem and a chance to redefine how technical talent thinks about building ambitious companies. SPC is purpose-built for risk-taking, and we're helping secure the cultural shift toward high-risk, high-reward bets.
India Portfolio Spotlight
Arctus Aerospace
HARD TECH | BENGALURU
Arctus unveiled their AX1: a tech-demonstrator UAV with a 20,000 ft cruising altitude, 50 kg payload, and 10-hour endurance, built in 150 days by a team of 10.
Zango AI
FINANCIAL SERVICES | GLOBAL
Zango is leading the conversation on AI governance in financial services. Recently, they convened senior financial leaders at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Lisbon.
CentAI
HEALTHCARE | BENGALURU
CentAI’s centre in Koramangala, Bengaluru is India’s most advanced clinical prevention facility built around advanced early detection.
Maya Research
CONSUMER AI | GLOBAL
Maya, a voice-native interface built for the global majority, is one of the fastest growing AI apps with over 200 Million+ downloads so far.
Meet The India Community
Award-winning science writer, former deputy news editor at New Scientist. Author of Why Machines Learn. Professor of Practice at IIT-Madras.
Award-winning science writer, former deputy news editor at New Scientist. Author of Why Machines Learn. Professor of Practice at IIT-Madras.
Career-high ATP ranking 62 and two-time NCAA Singles Champion. Led India to Davis Cup World Group. Arjuna Award and Padma Shri recipient. Now a coach, mentor, and commentator.
Career-high ATP ranking 62 and two-time NCAA Singles Champion. Led India to Davis Cup World Group. Arjuna Award and Padma Shri recipient. Now a coach, mentor, and commentator.
Product-tech executor, 15+ years building and scaling 0-1 and 1-10 consumer platforms: Myntra, Jabong, Dealshare (Co-founder).
Product-tech executor, 15+ years building and scaling 0-1 and 1-10 consumer platforms: Myntra, Jabong, Dealshare (Co-founder).
Serial entrepreneur and angel investor in 80+ startups. Founded TaxiForSure (exit in 2015) and Koo.
Serial entrepreneur and angel investor in 80+ startups. Founded TaxiForSure (exit in 2015) and Koo.
Formerly CTO @Insider.in, SVP @Paytm. Ran product and engineering for a 100M MAU app and built novel ticketing tech behind most of India's sports industry.
Formerly CTO @Insider.in, SVP @Paytm. Ran product and engineering for a 100M MAU app and built novel ticketing tech behind most of India's sports industry.
Membership Residency
6 months · No cost or equity · Ideation & Exploration
A talent-dense community of technical founders, researchers, and domain-experts testing each other's ideas, finding collaborators, and reaching conviction on what to build and how to build it.
Funding
$1M to $10M · Exploration & Conviction
Funding from $1M to $10M for founders who want to build a venture-scale company. Not all our members are ready for funding; for those who are, we're ready to write the first check.
What You Get With Membership
Access to Funding
Members can apply for funding any time — no cohort cycles, no waiting windows.
Credits & Deals
From OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GCP, Figma, Baseten, and more.
Exceptional Talent Density
Daily collaboration with people in their zone of excellence — serial entrepreneurs, top talent from the IITs, and ex-leaders from Google, Meta, X, Amazon, Disney and more.
Global Community, Team & Programming
Access to all our offices (BLR, SF, NY), plus global programming, Slack communities, and SPC Partners.
Freedom to Explore
You don't have to start a company at the end of your time here. This is the only place that enables open-ended exploration as seriously as most environments enable venture-scale thinking.
Storytelling as Your Edge
A dedicated storytelling team helps you build narratives people believe in, turning technical founders into compelling communicators.
Members can apply for funding any time — no cohort cycles, no waiting windows.
From OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GCP, Figma, Baseten, and more.
Daily collaboration with people in their zone of excellence — serial entrepreneurs, top talent from the IITs, and ex-leaders from Google, Meta, X, Amazon, Disney and more.
Access to all our offices (BLR, SF, NY), plus global programming, Slack communities, and SPC Partners.
You don't have to start a company at the end of your time here. This is the only place that enables open-ended exploration as seriously as most environments enable venture-scale thinking.
A dedicated storytelling team helps you build narratives people believe in, turning technical founders into compelling communicators.
Events
Fireside Chats, demo nights, hackathons, skills workshops, mixers, and more. Building in public, together.
