SPLIT_Capital, deployed immediately
Into every selected startup, with revenue-driven follow-on funding. No valuation theater.
APPLICATIONS OPEN
We can write a cheque of up to ₹1.5 crore. That's not the interesting part. The interesting part is what happens before the cheque.
Hustle bohot ho gaya. Now build repeatable systems.
UNFAIR LEVERAGE
NON-DILUTIVE. INSTITUTIONAL.
What SPLIT actually gives you.
Deep-tech & innovation labs
Prototyping and R&D through our institutional network: IITs, IIMs, IISER, AIIMS, and the RISE Foundation. We hand you the keys.
Government & non-dilutive grants
We navigate the grant machinery for you. Non-dilutive capital is a system, and we operate it so you keep building.
Cross-country footprint
Headquartered in Kolkata, with hubs launching next in Bengaluru, Delhi, and Kathmandu.
THE THESIS
Split is redefining how Indian startups are built. We invest ₹1.5 crore in a highly selective cohort, move the founders to Kolkata for one month of high-intensity, zero-bullshit execution, and put them in front of India's top-tier investors on Demo Day.
98% of Indian founders are brilliant product builders, not traditional CEOs. We engineer the systems that bridge that gap.
Demo Day ends. Our backing, our alumni network, and our commitment to your company do not.
NODE:KOLKATA HQ
NEXT:BENGALURU
NEXT:DELHI
NEXT:KATHMANDU
FACTORY ARCHITECTURE
4 SYSTEMS, ONE ROOF
What happens inside Split.
Operational Environment
Shared infrastructure and a physical operating environment in Kolkata. Research, execution, and nothing else, under one roof.
4 WEEKS · ALL STARTUP · 24/7
Network Acceleration
Ten founders. One room. One obsession. Micro-cohort cells of 6 to 10 companies, engineered for speed and brutal honesty.
MULTIPLE COHORTS / YEAR · HYPER-SELECTIVE
Systemic Infrastructure
Legal. Finance. Manufacturing. Vendors. Compliance. The unglamorous machinery, installed before you need it.
SYSTEMS OVER HEROICS
Programmatic Capital
₹1.5 crore deployed into every selected startup, with revenue-driven follow-on funding. No valuation theater.
IMMEDIATE DEPLOYMENT
THE DEAL
A ₹1.5 crore cheque.
80 / 20, MILESTONE VESTED
A ₹1.5 crore cheque.
You keep the majority and stay CEO.
80%
STAYS WITH YOU
THE SPLIT · 80 YOU / 20 US
You keep 80%. Your company, your call. You stay CEO from day one to exit.
SPLIT takes 20%, milestone vested. We earn our stake beside you at the table, not in the term sheet.
Capital is a commodity. Structural leverage is not.
WHERE WE SIT
When the round happens, we are on your side of the table.
PARTNER NETWORK
Institutional access, arranged.
IIT NETWORK
IIM NETWORK
IISER
AIIMS
TiE
RISE FOUNDATION
Access is arranged per cohort and per venture. No logos borrowed for decoration.
THE VENTURE REGISTRY
The Venture Registry.
Typography first. No logos, no vanity metrics. Open a record to read the ledger.
- Venture Thesis
- Sealed until public announcement.
- Operating Model
- Documented internally. Published at launch.
- Current Stage
- Bootstrapped, revenue first.
- Key Learnings
- Logged in the playbook. Unsealed with the venture.
RECORD SEALED · IDENTITY WITHHELD BY MANDATE
- Venture Thesis
- Sealed until public announcement.
- Operating Model
- Documented internally. Published at launch.
- Current Stage
- Pre-seed, systems being installed.
- Key Learnings
- Logged in the playbook. Unsealed with the venture.
RECORD SEALED · IDENTITY WITHHELD BY MANDATE
- Venture Thesis
- Sealed until public announcement.
- Operating Model
- Documented internally. Published at launch.
- Current Stage
- Expansion, footprint growing.
- Key Learnings
- Logged in the playbook. Unsealed with the venture.
RECORD SEALED · IDENTITY WITHHELD BY MANDATE
- Venture Thesis
- Sealed until public announcement.
- Operating Model
- Documented internally. Published at launch.
- Current Stage
- Operating, compounding quietly.
- Key Learnings
- Logged in the playbook. Unsealed with the venture.
RECORD SEALED · IDENTITY WITHHELD BY MANDATE
FIELD LOG
In founders' words.
LOG_01
"One 45 minute call rewired our entire roadmap. We walked in with a feature list and walked out with a company."
LOG_02
"Split looked at our DNA, not our deck. Nobody else even asked."
LOG_03
"The brainstorming is infectious. They were mapping labs and grants for us before the cohort had even started."
LOG_04
"An elite operator network that pushes for speed. You feel the tempo change in the first week."
LOG_05
"They were solving problems with us before investing a single rupee, over a Google Meet."
LOG_06
"Split cuts straight through the typical investor fluff. The one month sprint in Kolkata is going to be legendary."
THE PARAS MANI EFFECT
SPLIT turns builders into unfuckwithable* founders.
FOOTNOTE_01 *
An unfuckwithable founder is someone whose conviction, judgment, and execution become so aligned that obstacles stop changing their direction. They only change their route.
PARAS MANI · FOUNDER, SPLIT
IMAGE · PARAS MANI PORTRAIT
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Philosophy
Why Split exists, and the thesis behind investing in operators over decks.
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How the 10-Minute Blitz works, and how to walk in ready.
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Equity, capital, Kolkata logistics, and everything else founders ask first.
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In-house brand and design work for portfolio companies.
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Build the system.
Own the market.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 23 JULY 2026 · 09:00 PM IST
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