The Builders' Fellowship
The Masters' Union University campus in Gurugram at dusk
Masters' Union University · Intake 2027

The Builders' Fellowship

Your Startup. Our Bet.

For final year students with an idea. Build the company without betting your career on it. We fund the idea, waive your tuition and give you a year on campus to ship it.

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Applications close 27 November 2026

₹10L
Grant
Equity free
100%
Tuition waived
On the PGP TBM
12
Months on campus
To build and ship
’27 / ’28
Your start
June 2027 or June 2028
01 · The Fellowship

Don't Choose Between A Startup And A Career. Do Both.

01The FellowshipLess theory. More doing.

Don't Choose Between A Startup And A Career. Do Both.

The best ideas in every batch die in placement season. So we fund them before that happens. You build with ₹10 lakh and no equity taken, your tuition waived, and your placement season still ahead of you. And you build next to people who have done it, with a ₹100 crore fund for founders under 25 waiting after Demo Day.

Students who did it here
1 / 12
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A student presenting to a class at Masters' Union
Grant
₹10 lakh

Equity free, to build your company.

Equity
0%

The company stays yours. All of it.

Tuition
100% waived

On the PGP TBM at Masters' Union University.

Incubation
12 months

On campus in Gurugram, with the labs and the people to ship.

Mentors
On call

The founders and CXOs who teach here, and 500+ mentors on call.

Immersion
Canton Fair

Guangzhou, China. Where the world sources what it sells.

Start
2027 or 2028

Placement offer in hand? Take it. Your seat waits a year.

Team
Solo or team

Apply on your own, or bring your cofounders.

If the company works, it is yours. If it does not, you still graduate, with the network and the placement season that come with it.

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A class at work in the Bloomberg Lab at Masters' Union
02Who should applyHow early is too early to start building?

For Builders At The Start.

No registered company. No finished product. A problem you cannot stop thinking about, and the intent to act on it.

You are
In your final year, at any college in India
Studying
Any discipline. Engineering, commerce, design, the sciences
Applying
Solo, or with your cofounders
Joining
June 2027, or June 2028 after your first job
03 · How to apply

Three Rounds. One Idea.

03How to applyRound one closes 27 November 2026

Three Rounds. One Idea.

A short form and a one minute video to start. One evening's work, not a project.

00Days
00Hours
00Minutes
A student at work on campus
01Round one

The Application

A short form and a one minute video, shot on your phone. The problem, why you, and what you would ship in twelve months.

Clears you toThe shortlist
A founder teaching a class at Masters' Union
02Round two

The Conversation

10 to 15 minutes with a Masters' Union alumnus, a founder who teaches here or an industry leader. No slides. Just how you think.

Clears you toThe finalists
The auditorium at Masters' Union
03Round three

The Pitch

Live, on campus in Gurugram, in front of people who have built before. Every ambitious idea deserves a stage.

Clears you toThe fellowship
Your 60 seconds

Three questions. One minute.

  1. 01What's the problem?
  2. 02Why you?
  3. 03What would you ship in twelve months?

No editing. No slides. Shot on your phone. Clarity matters more than confidence.

Round one closes
27 November 202611:59 PM IST
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Solo or as a team. Apply once, and name your cofounders in the form.

04CampusInside DLF Cyberpark, Gurugram

Twelve Months Here.

Between Cyber Hub's Fortune 500 offices and Udyog Vihar's factories. Labs built for people who make things, and rooms that stay open late.

Two students wiring a prototype in the Makers' Lab
Makers' LabWhere students build the next Apple and Nvidia
The First Coffee cart on the campus lawn
CafeteriasWhere students build the next Starbucks
The commons at Masters' Union
The Commons
A team working around a table
CoworkingWhere students find their companies and cofounders
Two students working under the live stock ticker
The TickerMarkets, in real time
Shelves of products made by students
Students' D2C Brand Store
A tiered lecture theatre with red seats
AuditoriumsWhere students learn from CXOs
The Makers' Lab with a drone on the bench
Makers' Lab
Students with the robot cars they built
Build SprintsIdeas into prototypes, in a weekend
05 · Your year

Twelve Months. Five Stages. One Company.

05Your yearOur startup track · Seven editions since 2021

Twelve Months. Five Stages. One Company.

The year runs on the same startup track that has produced 185+ student companies at Masters' Union since 2021.

A team working around a table
01Months 1 to 2

Validate

Talk to a hundred customers before you build anything. Find out if the problem is real.

WhereThe Commons, with your mentors
Students with the robot cars they built
02Months 3 to 5

Build

Ship the first version in the Makers' Lab, the Food Lab or the Bloomberg Lab, whichever your idea needs.

WhereMakers' Lab
The students' D2C brand store on campus
03Months 6 to 8

Sell

Put it in front of paying customers: the students' D2C store on campus, Swiggy, Flipkart, your first B2B pilot.

WhereThe D2C Brand Store
Students at Bloomberg terminals
04Months 9 to 11

Scale

Fix what the market tells you. Then fly to the Canton Fair in Guangzhou and see how the world sources what it sells.

WhereCanton Fair, China
A founder pitching on stage at Masters' Union
05Month 12

Pitch

Demo Day. Present to 150+ venture capitalists and angels, with your pitch streamed live.

WhereThe auditorium
06 · Built at Masters' Union

Students Who Did It Here.

06Built at Masters' UnionBacked by equity free grants since 2021

Students Who Did It Here.

Each of these companies began as a student idea at Masters' Union, backed by a grant from us.

185+
Startups
Built on our startup track
₹11 Cr+
In grants
Equity free, since 2021
₹3.08 Cr+
Committed on the night
At the last Demo Day
₹100 Cr
MU Ventures fund
For founders under 25
Eight NetworkCohort 1

Audio streaming. 5M+ downloads, 80,000 paying subscribers, ₹13 Cr+ ARR.

₹17.5 lakh grant from us
→₹27 Cr raised

Yugal Tamang, Mohit Paliwal, Mohit Goswami

Seeds AICohort 4

Secure access to 25+ AI models for enterprises, with privacy and compliance built in.

₹15 lakh grant from us
→Acquired by Girnar Finserv, Nov 2025

Vansh Miglani, Shubham Khatri

PlaySuperCohort 4

Rewards as a service. ₹42 Cr ARR, backed by 100X and Nazara.

₹12 lakh grant from us
→₹13.4 Cr raised

Souradeep Chakraborty, Upamanyu Chatterjee

GuardexCohort 5

AI on the CCTV factories already own. A 12 factory pilot and 250+ qualified B2B leads.

₹25 lakh grant from us
→₹1.5 Cr+ ARR

Naman Jain, Aniket Goel

AnvikCohort 6 · Now building

Real time buyer risk for Indian MSMEs. ₹15L+ MRR, and the only founder from India selected.

Started in Cohort 6
→1 of 20 founders worldwide at nAItive

Anadya Singh, Raghuvar Arora

Almost every major fund attends our Demo Days
SequoiaBlumeNexus Venture PartnersKae CapitalAntlerInfo EdgeIvyCapTitan CapitalBeenextTribe CapitalAvaanaInflexorJSW VenturesSauce.vcHuddleGoodwaterTrifecta CapitalWaterbridge Ventures100 UnicornsFireside VenturesAlter CapitalV3 VenturesNext BharatTiger FeatherShe CapitalUnicorn India VenturesAlkemiSequoiaBlumeNexus Venture PartnersKae CapitalAntlerInfo EdgeIvyCapTitan CapitalBeenextTribe CapitalAvaanaInflexorJSW VenturesSauce.vcHuddleGoodwaterTrifecta CapitalWaterbridge Ventures100 UnicornsFireside VenturesAlter CapitalV3 VenturesNext BharatTiger FeatherShe CapitalUnicorn India VenturesAlkemi
A graduating class throwing their caps on campus
The Builders' Fellowship · Intake 2027

Ship In 12 Months. Or Learn Why Not.

A short form and a one minute video. Applications close 27 November 2026.

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