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The Founding Co. presents

A new age of building

A program for startups

In it for the long game.

Build deep. Stay long.

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Hyderabad, India

For the people building companies

The Founding Company.

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Everyday life in the house

An initiative to support founders building their own companies, based in Hyderabad.

We run live-in programs, invest in companies we believe in, and connect founders with operators, customers and investors who can help.

It began with one house and twelve founders in July 2026. They lived, worked and built together for 90 days. Assembly is the next chapter: 70 days for founders and co-founders to focus on their company.

The first cohort together in the Residency living room
The first cohort · July 2026

It began with one house and twelve founders.

Twelve founders moved in.

On 3 July 2026, the first Founders Residency opened its doors in West Hyderabad.

For 90 days the founders lived, ate and worked under one roof, with a build floor that never closed.

The Residency record
Founders and the team together in front of The Founding Company backdrop at Demo Day
The first cohort, together at Demo Day · September 2026
Founders laughing together in the gaming chairs
Late evenings
Founders laughing around the dining table over a bowl of watermelon
The dining table

A demo in the living room.

Each week, the founders stood before the house and showed what had changed.

Between demos, guests from Hyderabad’s startup community came for sessions, meetups and long dinners.

The living room full of people watching a founder present at a weekly demo
A weekly demo · 10 July 2026
Niraj Munot presenting Volrix in front of a screen
Volrix
A founder presenting DiagnoBac’s in front of a screen
DiagnoBac’s
A packed living room listening to a guest session
A guest session
Founders eating together on the sofas
Founder dinner
Founders and guests laughing together in the gaming chairs
Evenings in the house

Demo Day at T‑Works.

On 19 September 2026, the Residency closed with The Grand Demo Day.

At T-Works, Hyderabad, the founders presented their companies to investors, operators and the city’s startup community.

See the companies
A full hall at T-Works watching a founder present on a large screen
T-Works, Hyderabad
A founder speaking into a microphone during her pitch
On stage
Guests in the audience listening to a pitch
In the room
A founder presenting with a microphone in front of the audience
The pitches

Our next program

70 days in Hyderabad for founders and co-founders building for the long run.

Program length
70 days
Begins
November 2026
Where
Hyderabad
Only when you raise funding
1% equity
  • Shared accommodation
  • Two meals a day
  • High-speed internet
  • Access to a community fund
  • Open days and demo days
  • Founder dinners and community events

Joining costs you nothing. We take 1% equity only when your startup raises funding.

What we do.

Programs

Live-in programs where founders build side by side. The Residency came first. Assembly is next.

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Investment

We invest in the founders we work with, and bring in investors who want to see the work up close. A place in a program is never a promise of investment.

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Introductions

We connect founders with the operators, partners and customers across Hyderabad who can move their company forward.

Partner with us
Founders and guests from Hyderabad’s startup community gathered in the residency
An evening in the house

Hyderabad doesn’t lack talent. It lacks rooms where founders build side by side. We are building those rooms.

The case for the city

With support from

Our partners.

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