India continues its momentum of being one of the most vibrant landscape for startups worldwide, strengthening its position as the third largest startup ecosystem across the world. In 2017, the Indian startup ecosystem added over 1000+ tech startups, taking the total number of tech startups to over 5000 with a total current market valuation of over US$ 32 Bn. Indian ecosystem continues to remain attractive for investors with almost US$ 6.4 Bn of funding in first half of 2017 demonstrating 167% growth over H1 2016. The start-up ecosystem also witnessed mushrooming of a significant base of companies building solutions for India centric grass root level problems across Healthcare, Education Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Clean Energy and Agriculture. Startup India Foundation was founded by a group of entrepreneurs who have build successful businesses themselves and walked the path. Having built startups from scratch, raised multi million dollar investments and built global businesses, distribution networks and strategic partnerships, the entrepreneurs understand what it takes practically for another first time entrepreneur to build and scale a startup. Startup India Foundation has been formed to support these first time entrepreneurs, especially from smaller Tier II and Tier III towns, to successfully build their startups. This support is provided by arranging no-nonsense startup events where early stage startups and those in the startup ecosystem willing to support them can meet, interact, develop relationships and help each other. Besides events, it focuses on reaching out to hundreds of incubators around the country and providing them the guidance, access to mentors and resources.