Build Challenge Enter the Build challenge

India's first true  co-builder
venture studio

A venture studio built for India's best technical founders. Capital, a proven operating system, and hands-on co-building from first idea to scale.
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Not a VC

Not an accelerator

Not another pitch competition

We are builders who happen to have capital.

The problem we’re solving

The system rewards pitchers.
Not builders.

VCs write checks & disappear

Traditional investors hand you capital and expect quarterly updates. When you hit a wall at 2 AM, you’re on your own.

Accelerators are too short

12- week programs promise transformation but leave you mid-journey, Real product-market fit takes 12-18 months, not 12 weeks.

pitching beats building

The best storytellers get funded, not the best builders. Founders who can ship get overlooked because they “can’t fundraise.”

We built HyKr to fix this

HyKr is the co-founder you
wish you had.

We don’t just invest. We work alongside you on product, go-to-market, and growth. From first idea to first revenue to real scale, we are your co-builders, not your spectators.

₹100Cr
Capital committed
20
Startups by fy27
15-20%
co-founder equity
2
cohorts per year
Krishna Dunthoori
Founder & CEO
apty inc.
Founder & CEO. Series A from Companyon, 645 Ventures, Reformation.
Excers Inc.
Scaled to $20M+ ARR.
ProsperWay Ventures
Managing ground-up residential development in Texas.
LP Investments
Active LP in US and India VC funds.
I’ve been the founder at 2 AM with no one in the trenches with me. HyKr exists because I wished it existed when I was starting out.
The difference

Most venture studios talk about co-building.

 We actually do it.

The Other Way
  • Pitch a deck. hope for the best
  • Get funded, figure it out alone
  • Advice from the sidelines
  • 12 week program, then you’re on your own
  • Demo day - slideshow day
The HyKr Way
  • Ship a product, prove you can build
  • Get a co-founder with institutional muscle
  • Operators embedded in the trenches
  • 6-18 month partnership through PMF
  • Demo day = live product + real customers
Choose your entry point

Two paths.
One destination.

Build Challenge

Prove you can ship.

You’re obsessed with a problem, have a clear hypothesis and skills to build version one, and the drive to validate.

For: Pre-product founders ready to build and validate.

Prizes

₹20L first • ₹10L second • ₹5L third
All finalists: studio consideration with up to ₹2-4 Cr funding

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Studio Track

Scale what you have built.

You’ve built something, have a live product and early traction, proven you can execute, and now need capital and a scaling partner.

For: Post-product founders with traction, ready to scale

What you get

₹2-4 Cr in milestone-based funding
Embedded operational support • Enterprise networks • GTM playbooks

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Where we invest

Our strongest
tailwinds.

Deep Tech
  • AI agents for enterprise
  • Developer tools & infrastructure
  • Edge AI & on-device intelligence
  • Robotics & automation
  • Data Infrastructure & MLOps
Health & Bio
  • Digital diagnostics & imaging
  • Healthcare workflow & operations
  • Digital therapeutics & mental health
Construction & PropTech
  • Construction tech & site intelligence
  • Sustainable built environment

Before you join HyKr,
prove you can ship.

The HyKr build challenge isn’t a pitch competition. It’s a proving ground. Build a real product in 8 weeks. No decks. No theater. Just shipping.

2ND PRIZE
₹10L
1ST PRIZE
₹20L
3RD PRIZE
₹5L

WHAT BUILDERS GET

Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

community

A guild of builders, operators, and investors. Shared learnings. Shared customers. Shared talent pool.

Customers

Enterprise networks. Design partner programs. GTM playbooks. We open doors that stay closed to solo founders.

Capital

₹2-4 Crore per startup in milestone-based tranches. You hit targets, we unlock capital. No vanity metrics.

CRAFT

Embedded engineering, design, and product teams. We build alongside you, not from the sidelines.
AFTER YOU PROVE YOURSELF

HyKr OS:
The builder’s operating system

Idea lab

06 weeks

Build with our embedded engineering team. Ship weekly. Land 3-5 pilot customers.

MVP Sprint

12 weeks

Build with our embedded engineering team. Ship weekly. Land 3–5 pilot customers.

PMF Accelerator

16 weeks

Find repeatable revenue. Retention. Monetization. Enterprise readiness.

Growth Studio

ONGOING

Sales engine. Strategic alliances. Internationalization. Scale what works.

Ready to build something extraordinary?