gradCapital launches USD 1 million fund for graduates to grow startups

Student-focused venture capital firm gradCapital said on Wednesday it has launched a $1 million (Rs 7.3 crore) fund to help graduates grow their ideas into businesses.

GradCapital said that it will invest $25,000 in each of the 20 startups it will select over the next year. It plans to invest in 100 startups in the next three years.

GradCapital will launch an eight-week program for the budding entrepreneurs as part of which they will be trained in various aspects of running a business.

“We genuinely believe in academic spaces…entrepreneurship is a way to bring such strong ideas to life and create value for society. We are betting on such ideas. With this mission, we help students build the companies of the future,” said Abhishek Sethi, co-founder of gradCapital.

The company said it has hired associates from across the country and decentralized operations to identify startups.