Dwize Startup Program.
For first-generation Indian entrepreneurs with a real venture and limited capital. Dwize executes the full stack — Site, App, Store, or Brand inside a Care Year — in exchange for 7–12% common equity, 18-month vesting. No cash up front. No platform lock-in.
A founder-friendly economic structure.
First-generation founders without seed capital still need a real product. Equity for the first Care Year removes the capital constraint without removing the operating discipline.
Zero cash. Full Care Year.
A first-generation founder gets a fully-delivered Site / App / Store / Brand inside a 12-month operating contract — the same Care Year a paying customer gets — without writing a cheque. Apple Developer, Google Play, and domain pass-throughs are the only out-of-pocket items.
Dwize bears the delivery risk.
If the venture fails or the founder walks, Dwize's upside disappears with it. That is the point. The program is structured so Dwize only wins when the founder wins, which keeps both sides honest about scope, timeline, and what actually moves the business.
Aligned for 18+ months.
7–12% equity vests over 18 months tied to delivery milestones. After Year 1, the founder either renews the Care Year (cash) or carries the system forward — Dwize's equity remains. Both sides have reason to keep the system useful for years, not just to launch and walk.
A clean, founder-friendly term sheet.
7 — 12%
Common equity, fully diluted. Calibrated by scope: Site only ~5%, full Brand + ongoing ~12%.
18 months
Tied to delivery milestones. 1-year cliff, milestone-vested through month 18.
Zero
No cash from the founder. Apple Developer / Google Play / domain pass-throughs only.
Indian SHA template
No preference, no anti-dilution beyond standard, no board seat. Founder-friendly.
Delivered inside a 12-month Care Year.
Every every Startup Program build is sold as a year of operations under eight written covenants. One named operator. Locked-price renewal. No vendor abandonment.
Read the Care Year- 01
Same-price renewal
Year 2 is cash, not equity — locked at the cash equivalent of your tier (₹6,99,000 for a Brand build).
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Named operator
Same operating discipline as cash customers. Your operator does not change because you didn't pay cash up front.
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99.95% uptime SLA
Equity does not buy a degraded service tier. Uptime measured monthly, credit applied to your Year-2 cash if missed.
Three intakes per year. Three founders per cohort.
Selective by design. The first cohort builds the program's track record before we scale to larger intakes.
Cohort starts 1 August 2026
Applications close 15 July 2026
Cohort starts 1 December 2026
Applications close 15 November 2026
Cohort starts 1 April 2027
Applications close 15 March 2027
Apply → term sheet → live system → year-2.
What actually happens between sending an application email and operating a real Indian business on a Dwize-built system.
- Day 0
Apply
One concise email. Idea, background, what you need, equity offer, 12 / 36-month vision.
- ≤ 14 days
Response
Selected founders get a one-page term sheet. Declined founders get a one-paragraph reason.
- Day 30
Term sheet signed
Standard Indian SHA template. No preference, no anti-dilution beyond standard, no board seat.
- Build
Care Year executes
Same delivery rhythm as cash customers. Site/App/Store/Brand timelines apply. Production from week one.
- Year 2
Renewal decision
Cash renewal at locked price (covenant 01) or self-host with no-lock-in handover (covenant 08). Dwize equity remains.
What we're looking for.
Our selection bar is whether the venture is real and whether you'd be hard to walk away from after 18 months. We don't optimize for "founder-market fit" theater or pitch-deck polish.
- Indian-registered or registrable entity
- At least one founder full-time committed (not a side project)
- Real commercial intent (B2C or B2B), not a science project
- Not a direct competitor of an existing Dwize customer
- Not in a regulated category Dwize cannot serve (lending, clinical software, anything requiring SEBI/IRDAI/RBI sandbox approvals)
- Bikaner / Rajasthan preference: 1 of 3 slots per cohort reserved for a Bikaner-region venture; 2 are open India
- A Care Year fully delivered (Site / App / Store / Brand as needed)
- Monthly founder mentoring with Arun Ranga
- 1 technical session per month with Divyanshu
- Bikaner co-working seat (optional, Year 1)
- Introductions to Dwize's MSME network as early customers
- Right of first refusal on Dwize Suite at cash rates with founder discount in Year 2
- 7 — 12% equity in your venture
- A Year-1 portfolio that becomes proof for paid customers
- A direct line into early-stage Indian D2C / services
- Material for the Government of India impact narrative
- Right of first refusal on your Year-2 raise (informational only)
What founders actually ask.
01Is this an accelerator?
No. There is no demo day, no batch, no curriculum, no investor introductions promised. The program is a build relationship: Dwize executes a full Care Year (Site, App, Store, or Brand) for equity instead of cash. We don't teach founders how to fundraise; we ship the product they need to start operating.
02What if my idea changes mid-build?
Up to 25% scope drift is in scope — that is normal, especially for first-generation founders calibrating against early customer signal. Beyond 25%, we refresh the term sheet to match new scope. The vesting clock pauses if scope is re-baselined more than once; this prevents Dwize from over-delivering against a moving target.
03Why 7–12% specifically?
The band reflects the cash-equivalent value of the build at conservative seed-stage valuations. A Site-only build (~₹10,699 cash) calibrates near 5%. A full Brand build (~₹6,99,000 cash) calibrates near 11–12% at typical seed valuations. We do not negotiate this with founders — the band is published exactly so the conversation stays about fit, not equity haggling.
04Do you take board seats?
No. No board seat, no observer seat, no veto rights. Standard information rights only. We are operationally engaged for 12 months as your build partner; we are not a governance shareholder beyond that. This is a deliberate choice — it keeps the program founder-friendly and Dwize's influence proportional to its actual contribution.
05Can a Bikaner founder still apply if it's not the reserved slot?
Yes — the Bikaner / Rajasthan reservation is one of three slots per cohort, not a cap. If two Bikaner ventures are stronger than the open-India applicants, both get in. The reservation guarantees Bikaner gets at least one seat per cohort; it does not exclude additional Bikaner founders from the open slots.
Apply by email.
One concise email to hello@dwize.in with the subject "Dwize Startup Program application". Include: idea (3–5 sentences), founder background (2–4 sentences), what you need from Dwize (Site / App / Store / Brand / combination), your equity offer, your 12-month and 36-month vision.
We respond within 14 days. Selected founders get a clean term sheet and 30 days to sign.