Bengaluru Social Innovation Bootcamp

Validate your startup with customers and get investor feedback

Join our next cohort and accelerate innovation towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by solving a social, health or environmental problem in India.

Learn to apply a proven social entrepreneurship framework alongside a cohort of innovators and startup founders. Receive 1-1 mentorship to refine your idea, product, customer acquisition strategy, business model, and investment pitch. Pitch your startup to investors and the innovation community at Demo Day and receive feedback.

Teams that validate interest for their solution will be eligible to receive an investment offer from our partner fund.

Key Features

Social Entrepreneurship Framework

Apply MIT's "Disciplined Entrepreneurship", Google Venture's "Sprint", HubSpot's "Flywheel" and "Theory of Change" frameworks to design your solution and validate your startup with customers.

Expert Mentorship and Innovation Hub Visits

Expert Mentors from BonBillo provide guidance to design your solution, customer acquisition strategy, business model and investment pitch. Visit and learn from successful local entrepreneurs and corporate innovation leaders.

Co-Working Space
and Amenities

Work alongside a cohort of innovators and entrepreneurs in a vibrant environment with office space and amenities in Central Bangalore.

Bengaluru
Excursions

Understand and appreciate the history and culture of Bengaluru with a tour of the oldest neighborhood in the city and a vibrant market.

$50K in Partner Perks

Receive benefits and discounts worth more than $50,000 from our partners including HubSpot for Startups, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud for Startups Program, Shoobx, Miro, Customer Camp and The Capital Network, to help accelerate your growth.

Demo Day

Pitch your social impact startup to the innovation community and receive investor feedback.

Bengaluru is India's largest tech and innovation hub

By Cubbon Park, Vidhana Soudha is a Neo-Dravidian legislative building in Bangalore

Swapnil Shah, Founder and CEO of Freight Tiger, sharing his journey during a site visit

Pushkar Mukewar, Co-Founder and CEO of Drip Capital, sharing his startup journey with our founders

Site visit to Marico for founders to refine their go-to-market strategy with Rukaiya Kanchwala

Visit to Bombay Sweet Shop, which is reviving the art of making Indian deserts

Bollywood dance workshop during a city tour

Day 1 - Program Introduction, Opportunities in India

Program orientation and introduction.

Learn about India's rapid growth, challenges and opportunities from a leading Impact VC Investor.

Welcome dinner with the entire cohort.

Day 2 - Identify your Target Customer

Apply the “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” framework to select a problem and identify your target customer.

Visit a successful local startup and hear about the founder's journey.

Day 3 - Define your Value Proposition, Competitive Positioning

Apply the “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” framework to define your value proposition, core and competitive positioning.

Hear from a successful local founder about their journey and key lessons learned.

Day 4 - Define your Team Culture and Values, Customer Acquisition Strategy

Define your team culture and values.

Design your go-to-market and customer acquisition strategy.

Visit an innovation hub and learn from corporate innovation leaders.

Day 5 - 8 - Design and Test your Solution, Local Excursions

Apply “Sprint” to design, prototype and test your solutions with customers.

Understand and appreciate the history and culture of Bengaluru with a tour of the oldest neighborhood in the city and a vibrant market.

Day 9 - Design your Business Model and Social Impact

Design your business model to maximize value creation for customers and align timing of value creation to your payouts.

Develop your Theory of Change with clear impact metrics to communicate your social impact with all stakeholders.

Day 10 - 11 - Design your Pitch, OKRs and Fundraising Strategy

Design your pitch to the local innovation community.

Set goals to achieve your next startup milestones.

Develop a strategy to fundraise or achieve sustainable revenue.

Visit an innovation hub and local startup. Learn from local Impact VC investors.

Day 12 - Demo Day Pitches

Pitch your solution to the local innovation community in Bengaluru.

Dinner celebration with the entire cohort.

What participants say?

Jabulani Kunene
Software Engineer, ParkUpp

The one thing I took away from Bonbillos incredible program is my new found confidence in global thinking... Throughout the whole program I was constantly surprised at how much I was learning. Proof that there is no one standard way to become a successful entrepreneur.