About The Founders Circle
The Founders Circle is a founders-only networking community in India. Members share leads, referrals and advice in a private WhatsApp group and at casual meet-ups.
We started in June 2025 with one simple idea: building a business is easier when you are not doing it alone.
Why we built it
Most founders know the feeling. You are making decisions every day, and nobody around you has faced the same problem. So you spend weeks messaging strangers on LinkedIn, hoping someone replies. You wait for the right networking event, and when you go, it is full of business cards and very little real talk.
Meanwhile, the answers you need are usually with another founder who is one or two steps ahead of you. A supplier contact. A tip on pricing. An introduction to your first customer. The problem was never that these people do not exist. The problem was that they were hard to reach.
We built The Founders Circle to fix that. One room, only founders, where asking for help is normal and giving it is the point.
What happens inside
Leads and referrals
Members share opportunities, introductions and customer leads with each other.
Honest advice
Real answers from people who are building too, not theory.
A private group
A private WhatsApp group that is fast, simple, and where founders already spend their day.
Casual meet-ups
No suits, no stage, just founders talking over chai or coffee.
Who it is for
Idea stage
Testing if the idea is worth building.
Building
Launching, finding first customers.
Running a business
Leading a team and growing it.
Founders and business owners in India, whether you are still validating an idea or already running a team. If you are building something and want to learn from people doing the same, you belong here.
How we keep it useful
Founders only
This is not a space for sellers looking for an audience.
Give before you ask
The best members are the ones who help first.
Respect and privacy
Respect each other’s time and privacy. What is shared in the group stays in the group.
Get in touch
Questions about the community? Write to us, we reply personally.