Accelerator

We Founder Circle

Founders-first, community-based investment platform connecting founders, angels, operators and global funds; give early-stage entrepreneurs funding visibility plus active mentoring and business support, with strong reach into Tier 2/3/4 cities and women founders. Backs founders on knowledge, experience, passion and attitude.

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Ticket size$100K – $20M

StagesPre-Seed · Series B

Sectors8 focus areas

01, Snapshot

At a glance

Key signals founders use to decide if this investor is worth a conversation.

Ticket size

$100K – $20M

02, Focus

Where they invest

Stages and sectors this investor typically backs.

Sector focus

SaaS / Enterprise Fintech Consumer / D2C Healthcare / Medtech Climate / Sustainability Deep TechEdtechAgritech / Food

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Lead / invest stages

Pre-Seed Series B

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03, Thesis

Investment thesis

Themes this investor is mapped to across the VC Dekho directory.

Early-stage builders Founder-led / operator capital Tech-first / product companies India-first / Bharat Growth & scale-ups Fintech / embedded finance SaaS / B2B software Consumer / D2C brands Healthtech / wellness Pre-seed / day-zero Angel syndicates / networks Agri / food systems Edtech / skilling Platform / marketplace builders Accelerator / studio-linked Mobility / EV Climate / sustainability

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04, Portfolio

Portfolio companies

10 companies mapped to this fund.

05, Story

About We Founder Circle

Background and context for founders evaluating this investor.

We Founder Circle (WFC) is a founders-led, community-based startup investment platform established in August 2020 that has grown into one of India's largest angel networks, with a community of more than 13,000 angels spanning over 80 countries. Built on a founders-first thesis, evaluating ventures on knowledge, experience, passion and attitude, WFC gives early-stage entrepreneurs both funding visibility and active mentoring, with a notable focus on Tier 2/3/4 cities (around a third of its portfolio) and women founders (close to 30%). The platform operates a full stack of vehicles: the EvolveX global accelerator, which provides pre-seed startups roughly $20–30K and helps them raise up to $100,000; the Invstt.com community and marketplace platform; a dedicated VC fund, Avinya Ventures; and regulated structures including a SEBI angel fund (Invstt Trust) and a GIFT City fund for global investors. Across these, WFC typically backs companies from seed to Series B with $300K–$1M cheques, sector-agnostically across EV, D2C, SaaS, robotics, fintech, agritech and more. It has invested in over 130 startups through 200-plus deals, producing an IPO (TradeUNO), an acquisition (Flatheads) and a 10x exit, with portfolio names including Zypp Electric, Oben Electric, Stage OTT, ScrapUncle, Anveshan and Garuda Aerospace. Co-founder and CEO Neeraj Tyagi, who led the firm, passed away in August 2025.

Built on a founders-first thesis, evaluating ventures on knowledge, experience, passion and attitude, WFC gives early-stage entrepreneurs both funding visibility and active mentoring, with a notable focus on Tier 2/3/4 cities (around a third of its portfolio) and women founders (close to 30%).

Notes

Founded Aug 2020 (Surat/Delhi). 13,000+ angel community across 80+ countries. Co-founders: Neeraj Tyagi (CEO; passed away Aug 18, 2025), Gaurav VK Singhvi, Bhawna Bhatnagar, Vikas Aggarwal, Deo Saurabh; team ~24–63 incl ~8 partners. Vehicles: EvolveX accelerator, Invstt.com platform, Avinya Ventures (VC fund), Invstt Trust (SEBI angel fund) + GIFT City fund. 134–162 startups, 200+ deals; 1 IPO (TradeUNO), 1 acquisition (Flatheads); 10x exit in OLL. 33% Tier 2/3, ~27% female founders. Portfolio: Pandorum, Zypp Electric, Stage OTT, ScrapUncle, Oben Electric, Anveshan, Garuda Aerospace.

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06, Investors

Investors at We Founder Circle

Partners and principals mapped to this fund in the directory.

07, Recent rounds

Disclosed funding rounds with We Founder Circle

Publicly announced startup rounds in the VC Dekho funding tracker that name this fund.

08, Nearby

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