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India's first platform for founders

Main bhi founder.

We help your business get famous and find buyers. We make videos about your story, give you a spot at our big event where buyers come to meet you, and help you with government forms and opening in new cities.

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Invitations are open now. The MBF app opens on 1 November.

Keep going6Six ways we help
every founder.
How MBF helps a founder — 40 sec

How MBF helps founders

6 ways we help your business grow.

You run your business. We bring in the right people and do the work with them. Under each point, you can see who helps.

  1. A creator filming a founder on a phone
    Way 01

    We tell your story.

    For six months, we make reels and a podcast about you. Creators share them, and people start to know your name.

    WithCreators
  2. A trophy
    Way 02

    We give you a stage.

    You get a spot called a dugout at our big event. 2,000 people cheer when your name is called on stage.

    WithYour citySponsors
  3. A buyer at a booth
    Way 03

    We bring buyers to you.

    Big companies come to your dugout to place orders, find suppliers and hire. You meet many of them in one day.

    WithBuyers
  4. A filled form
    Way 04

    We help with government forms.

    We fill your grant forms with you and follow up till the end. The government decides who gets the grant; we do the work.

    WithLawyers & CAsCity partners
  5. A city gate
    Way 05

    We help you grow bigger.

    We set up a franchise, so your business can open in new cities. And when you want to raise money, we get you ready — your numbers, your story, your papers. On selected plans, your pitch can go into our deal room for investors and partners. We never sell an introduction.

    WithMBF teamInvestors
  6. Two chairs, side by side
    Way 06

    We help you find the right people.

    A partner to build with, people to hire, and mentors who have faced the same problems as you.

    WithMentors & talent

Why it works

When you win, everyone wins.

Everyone who helps you also wins when you grow. That is why nobody here works against you. Watch how it goes round.

When you groweveryone wins
  • How the deal room works →

Tap a name to see how they win

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Who this is for

Founder mentality

Being a founder is not about how big your business is. It is about how you work. Here are seven kinds of founders.

A student at a hostel desk building something that glows

Final year of college. Building something matters more than getting a job.

The student founder
Click the arrows or swipe to see the next one

Sound like you, or someone you know? Then this platform is for you.

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Every city has founders. Who will stand up for yours?

Every city makes something India uses. The first founders from a city get the first spots, and they represent their city.

Spots open

Lucknow

Chikankari, kebabs and IT parks. Old crafts and new tech in one city.

Represent Lucknow →Spots open

Bikaner

Bhujia, rasgulla and papad. Snacks the whole country eats.

Represent Bikaner →Spots open

Ludhiana

Hosiery, cycles and machine tools. A lot of India's winter clothes are made here.

Represent Ludhiana →Spots open

Rajkot

Groundnut oil, engineering and brass. Many family workshops run here for three generations.

Represent Rajkot →Spots open

Surat

Diamonds and sarees. Most of the world's diamonds are polished here.

Represent Surat →Spots open

Pune

Tiffins, colleges, car parts and lots of startups.

Represent Pune →Spots open

Jaipur

Jewellery, block print and marble. Handmade goods sold all over the world.

Represent Jaipur →

Don't see your city? Ask for an invite and represent it. We open new cities when enough founders from there join.

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One founder's story, from Bikaner

Everyone in Bikaner knows them. The rest of India doesn't. Yet.

A bhujia brand that sells well in three districts, in a plain packet. Haldiram also started as one shop. Here is how we help at each step.

Watch the film · 2 minOne founder, one city — and everyone who wins with him.
1

Today

Plain packet, handwritten label. People in three districts love the taste. Nobody knows the brand name.

3 districts · no brand
2

The story

For six months, we tell his story with reels, a podcast and creators. People know his face before they know his packet.

We tell it
3

The stage

He gets a dugout at our big event. Buyers come to him all day. He signs an order, and his name is called on stage.

We host it, we bring buyers
4

Twelve cities

Others now run his business in new cities. His grant form is filed. The same packet, now with a brand name, sells from Jaipur to Hyderabad.

We build it, we file it
3 districts→12 cities
Reach
12 cities from 3 districts
Team
40 people from 8
Videos made
60 clips from 0
Buyers met
18 in one day at an MBF event

This is an example to show how it works. The numbers are not a promise of any order, grant or result.

For creators and influencers

India's first platform for creators to back founders.

You make videos about founders. Your best reels get pushed on our website, our app, our pages and at our events — and instead of a one-time fee, you earn credits in the founder's company. If the founder grows, your credits are worth more. Joining is free, and it stays free.

Credits, not a fee

Each approved reel earns you credits in that founder's company, based on how it does — views, comments, reshares. They don't expire.

Pushed from every side

The founder, MBF and our partners all share your best work — on the website, the app and the event floor.

Levels can't be bought

10K–50K, 50K–200K, 200K+ and Celebrity, our pick. Real followers only; our team approves each level.

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Your reach

One good video, pushed from every side.

Credits are one part. The other part is reach. A great video doesn't stay on your page:

Your pageThe foundermainbhifounder.comThe MBF appMBF's own pagesPaid boosts by MBFSponsors and partnersThe main stage

Why it works

When the founder wins, everyone wins.

  • MBF earns only if the founder grows, so it pushes the best founders and creators.
  • You hold credits, so the founder's growth is your growth.
  • Investors and sponsors want the same thing, so they share the work too.

The big event

One day a year, the whole city cheers for the people who build it.

2,000people, one hall
30founders in dugouts
12hours of main stage, 10:00 to 22:00

No long speeches. No pitching. Up to 30 founders are called on stage one by one. People back them by dropping coins in their jars. Buyers walk the floor, some ideas become real companies by night, the best artist from the region gets an award from the headliner, and a big music act closes the day. It is not a conference. It is a celebration.
Next: Chandigarh, Jan – Feb →

For investors and partners

Want to back a founder? Here's where you find one.

Not on WhatsApp forwards. Not in cold LinkedIn pitches. In a private room where MBF has already checked the founder. Some founders here are raising, some want a partner, some want a co-founder or a sleeping partner, and every one of them says which. You see their record and their financials, and reach the founder from inside the room. Access is never sold.

  • Every founder checked by MBF: identity, background, papers, numbers
  • Their backers, the creators promoting them, their city rank, and financials behind a lock
  • A closed room for investors and partners at every MBF city event
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Your city is waiting.

Right now, you need an invite to join, and we are opening city by city. Tell us what you do and which city you want to represent. We will get back to you.

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