At WISE Tech, we believe ‘Clarity is Capital’

Our accelerator is not about generic playbooks or cosmetic feedback—it’s about reshaping how founders think and make strategic choices.

Our approach is diagnostics-led. Using the ‘Clarity-10 framework’, we identify gaps in founder thinking and deliver need-based interventions—from pitch teardowns and 1:1 coaching to targeted workshops. Every element is designed to unlock real founder value.

This programme is for founders still in the process of figuring it out and seeking sharper answers to the very questions that early-stage investors silently ask — and that keep founders awake at night:

Key highlights

Pitch teardowns and story crafting:

‘Where decks die and start-ups rise’.

At WISE Tech, a pitch teardown isn’t just feedback on slides—it’s a line-by-line, candid, and blunt dissection of your pitch. Every founder goes through four to six detailed teardown rounds, each designed to expose gaps in logic that can derail investor confidence. Each session generates a detailed diagnostic report, building a cumulative record that tracks progress over time and keeps the development of the venture on course.

These sessions are not limited to refining a presentation; they often surface underlying issues in problem definition, traction logic, go-to-market approach, and the fundraising plan itself. The insights gained feed directly into mentorship and deep dive sessions, ensuring that adjustments are made where they have the most impact.

By the end of the programme, the pitch reflects more than presentation skill—it captures the clarity and focus achieved through the entire process and demonstrates a business case that has been examined and strengthened through multiple iterations.

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Analyst Pool

‘Brains you can’t hire. Results you can’t ignore’.

At WISE Tech, our Analyst Pool offers start-ups a powerful edge—access to India’s top 1% talent from SPJIMR, rigorously trained to support founders on critical fronts like customer discovery, venture fundability, etc. Working closely with founders, these analysts operate as an embedded strategy team—executing insight-driven work without adding to your burn. From validating assumptions to running customer conversations and structured market analysis, the Analyst Pool brings structure, speed, and sharp thinking, helping start-ups move decisively and scale smarter.

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Diagnostics

‘Investors won’t tell you what’s wrong — but we will’.

In case you are struggling with slow traction, wondering why investors like your idea but don’t commit, or feeling that fundraising is harder than it should be, you’re not alone. Many early-stage founders find it difficult to identify the real gaps. The root causes are often so buried that it’s hard to know what’s actually wrong.

That’s why diagnostics sit at the core of our accelerator. Before we coach, mentor, or run workshops, we first identify where we can create the most impact. Using the ‘Clarity-10 framework’—our proprietary, 10-point structured diagnostic—we map your venture to uncover the clarity gaps that make or break early-stage start-ups.

The outcome is a Startup Diagnostic report: a personalised clarity blueprint that highlights those gaps and addresses the questions investors care about but often don’t articulate. This report becomes the foundation of the entire programme, shaping your mentoring roadmap, customising learning interventions, and tracking your clarity journey over time.

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Deep Dives

‘Where guesswork ends and clarity begins’.

Our accelerator includes 30+ hours of intensive workshops designed to unpack the most critical building blocks of scalable businesses. Each session is informed by the diagnostic insights we gather from every cohort, ensuring founders work on the areas that matter most for their venture’s next stage of growth.

These are hands-on, high-context sessions led by mentors who bring both deep sectoral expertise and founder experience, combining strategic thinking with practical application through live exercises, case-driven discussions, and direct founder–mentor interaction.

Core focus areas include:

Every workshop is designed to help founders draw deep insights and focus on the right strategy to set up and scale.

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Mentor clinics

‘Advice is common. Direction is rare’.

Our mentorship clinics are led by deeply embedded experts who sit at the core of the founder journey—shifting away from broad advisor pools to a focused, high-impact panel of specialist mentors. These are not passive mentors or occasional sounding boards, but thematic anchors who drive clarity, reinforce key learning arcs, and stay closely engaged through 1:1 clinics, targeted feedback, and curated fireside chats. Each specialist begins with a foundational concept-building session tied to their theme and continues to support founders through high-context discussions that go beyond playbooks—bringing in cases, real-world war stories, and nuanced, cohort-wide insights. This model prioritises depth over volume, embedding mentorship directly into the curriculum and founder workflows, with impact tracked through structured feedback. The focus is clear: mentorship that delivers clarity, strategy, and real traction.

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A comprehensive, high-impact, cost and equity-free programme

The WISE Tech Accelerator is supported by an endowment from Sunil Bhatia, which allows us to run this as a true founder-first initiative. Because the programme is fully funded, we are able to keep it cost-free and equity-free, ensuring founders can focus entirely on building clarity and traction without the pressure of giving up capital or ownership early.

We work with a maximum of 10 start-ups per cohort, which makes selection highly competitive but also allows us to deliver a level of personalised, diagnostics-led support that larger programmes simply can’t match. Each founder gets sustained, hands-on attention—ensuring that insights are not just delivered but deeply applied to their venture.

Across past cohorts, some start-ups have even offered equity in recognition of the value created. But the programme is deliberately structured to remain independent of cap tables, so our focus stays where it matters most: working with founders to solve the right problems, refine their approach, and build ventures ready for the next stage of growth.

Applications are now open for the winter cohort 2025.