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i4 Mentors Foundation
i4 Mentors Foundation is a community of experienced alumni from institutes like IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, dedicated to mentoring early-stage startups in India. They focus on enhancing business scalability and funding readiness across various sectors.
Overview
What i4 Mentors Foundation does
What i4 Mentors Foundation is
i4 Mentors Foundation is a community of experienced alumni from institutes like IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, dedicated to mentoring early-stage startups in India. They focus on enhancing business scalability and funding readiness across various sectors.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
- Approximate age
- About 8 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 19, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
i4 Mentors Foundation as a community
Community overview
i4 Mentors Foundation is a network of experienced alumni from select institutes, including IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, focused on enabling startups to succeed. The organization aims to assist startups in scaling their operations, accessing markets and partners, and raising funds.
Community focus
i4 Mentors Foundation invests in early-stage startups across various sectors, including governance, healthcare, cleantech, mobility, and agriculture. Their approach emphasizes leveraging technology, science, and innovative business models to address challenges in India. They provide mentoring and support to improve business scalability and funding readiness.
Member value
Members benefit from access to a network of experienced mentors, opportunities for funding through angel investors, and participation in programs designed to enhance business scalability and readiness for investment.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 500
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- in-person
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and accelerator
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- Asia
Community activity
Events and activity
Recurring events include the HackOvators Series, which identifies innovative startups, and the i4 Scale Accelerator Program, which culminates in access to angel investors. The i4 EV NET focuses on accelerating the electric mobility ecosystem in India.
Notable members
Notable members include Rajbir Singh (CEO), P Somarajan (Adviser, FITT), Jyoti Sharma (President, Force), and several other experienced professionals from various sectors.
Common questions
What to know about i4 Mentors Foundation
Upseed classifies i4 Mentors Foundation under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 19, 2026
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