14 Promising Startup Founders Join 12-Day Residential Accelerator by Draper Startup House
Jayesh Ranjan to Grace Demo Day as Chief Guest
Hyderabad, July 31, 2025: Draper Startup House, a global entrepreneurial ecosystem committed to enabling one million entrepreneurs by 2030, has launched the first-ever Draper Founders Program in India, hosted at its Hyderabad hub.
This 12-day residential accelerator brings together 14 high-potential founders from across India, offering them immersive learning, mentorship, and global exposure to scale their startups.
And the 14 start-ups and their founders include Medscore–Mannuri Vamshi Krishna; Reoxide–Basil Paulose; Salaah Shots–Astha Darshika (Founder & CEO); Finstone AI–Rushikesh Chavan (Founder); Cumma–Gautham Palaniswamy (CEO); FinStackk–Nithin Reddy (Co-Founder); Macrocosmos Creation–Dr. Abhishek Mani Tripathi; Neuralcraft—Niyas; Brick Pay–Shubham Shah; Xaults–Shubham Sharma; ALGOXIA–Sandeep Yama; Weez.AI–Sayyad, Nisa & team; Lohas Stays Pvt Ltd—Harsha and Spaecs—Karthik Nagapuri
The program is designed for early-stage, bootstrapped founders and aims to equip them with practical tools, global investor access, and the confidence to pitch and scale globally.
Speaking about the initiative, Mr. Chaitanya, Director of Draper Startup House Hyderabad, said,
“India has no shortage of exceptional founders. What they need is structured early-stage support, global visibility, and access to investors. The Draper Founders Program addresses this gap — equity-free, community-driven, and high-impact.”
This program is part of the global Draper Startup House network founded by Tim Draper, a legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
Tim Draper has backed some of the world’s most successful companies, including: Tesla, Skype, Hotmail, Baidu, Coinbase, Robinhood, SpaceX (indirectly)
These investments helped shape the modern tech ecosystem.
Draper Startup House combines co-working and co-living, making it one of the few platforms in India offering a residential entrepreneurial experience.
The Hyderabad edition marks a strategic move to position the city as a gateway for Indian startups to the global stage, leveraging its vibrant tech and innovation ecosystem.
A highlight of the program is the Draper Startup House Demo Day, to be held on 1st August from 3 pm to 8pm, where all 14 participating startups will pitch to a curated audience of investors, mentors, and ecosystem leaders.
To further globalise the experience, Nacho from the Draper New York team has flown in to mentor the participants. Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, Special Chief Secretary, Govt of Telangana, will grace the Demo Day.
The Investors, Mentors & Ecosystem Leaders Joining on the Demo Day inclue Pras Hanuma – Next Unicorn Fund; Sanjay Nekkanti – Founder, Dhruva Space; Vikranth Varshney – SucSEED Indovation; Dr. Vinod – Infipotential | Life & Business Coach; Ratnakar Samavedham – CEO, Hyderabad Angels; MSR (Mahakali Srinivas Rao) – Ex-CEO, T-Hub; Vishnu Chundi – Founder, AasaanWill; Anish Anthony – Investor, Factoryal; Naveena Reddy – Investor, Lead Invest; Renuka Bodla – Ex–SilverNeedle Ventures; Ekta Bahl – Mediator, Samvad Partners; Meenakshi Baruah – Untangling Labs, Mentor; Mili Kataria – Pandora’s Box, Mentor; Vikas Sukand – Sunjosho Ventures, Mentor; Suryakant – AIC–BIMTECH, Mentor; Dr. Raju – ThinkBio.AI – Head of Partnerships & Sales and Vivek Verma – Advisor, Draper Startup House
More about Draper Startup House: Co-working and co-living combined is a unique evolution of the traditional co-working concept, and Draper Startup House is among the pioneers bringing this model to life. Co-Working + Co-Living is considered the new Age Startup Habitat
While co-working spaces offer entrepreneurs a place to work, co-living + co-working takes it a step further — creating a fully immersive entrepreneurial ecosystem where founders live, learn, and build together under one roof.
This model blends Workspaces for collaboration, living spaces that foster community, Mentorship and workshops and Networking with global founders, investors, and mentors. It’s not just about sharing desks. It’s about sharing dreams, risks, failures, and breakthroughs in real-time.
While co-living hubs are emerging globally, India is just beginning to explore this concept — and Draper Startup House Hyderabad is among the first to make it real. Draper Startup House isn’t just a place to work — it’s a place to belong. It’s where entrepreneurs live the startup life, together.