India’s startup landscape has no dearth of creative and entrepreneurial potential, but startups often lack the support to navigate challenges & scale. To strengthen India’s startup ecosystem and build a community of local entrepreneurs, we launched Flipkart Leap – with two tracks Flipkart Leap Innovation Network and Flipkart Leap Ahead programs that are tailored to suit the needs of startups in different stages of growth.

Flipkart Leap
AHEAD (FLA)

Flipkart Leap Ahead is designed to identify promising early stage startups which have the potential to disrupt the digital ecosystem and provide equity based funding and growth acceleration.

This program will be the cornerstone of seed-stage investments made by Flipkart Ventures, the $100M venture fund in 2022 by Flipkart. The accelerator will invest in seed to Seed to Series A startups, with a cheque size of $200K – $500K.

In addition, to boost the growth of these startups that are at the cutting edge of the latest technology, they will undergo a 60 day program designed to set them up for rapid scaling and growth. The program culminates in a demo-day with invite only VCs to enable future rounds of funding. Click here to read more about FLA Cohort 1 and Cohort 2

Program offerings

Equity based investment for the startups upto $500K

Customized curriculum by founders and industry experts across fundraising, finance, product, marketing etc.

Mentorship with senior Flipkart leadership and subject matter experts in core functions

Connects within the Flipkart ecosystem and the wider VC and investor community

Co-develop the core product solution, underlying strategy and scale the offering

Who should Apply?

Flipkart Leap Ahead will invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups across varied sectors, which have disruptive and innovative business models.

Early stage startups working in the following sectors can apply to this program

Fintech

Healthtech

Logistics / Supply Chain

AI/ML

Consumer Tech
(Social/Content/New Ecom models)

Retail SaaS

Sustainability

FLA Cohort 2 Timeline

  1. 24 NOV 2022

    Call for Applications

  2. 10 JAN 2023

    APPLICATION
    CLOSURE

  3. FEB 2023

    Interactions with select startups

  4. 31 MAR 2023

    FINAL SELECTION

Flipkart Leap
INNOVATION NETWORK (FLIN)

The Flipkart Leap Innovation Network is an initiative to foster an exchange of innovation with tech startups through commercial partnerships in areas of interest to Flipkart.

The selected startups in the Innovation Network will have an opportunity to deploy their solutions on Flipkart with its large base of customers. They will also have the opportunity to interact with the relevant product and technology leaders across the different business units of Flipkart.

In the inaugural cohort for FLIN, 8 startups were selected and multiple successful pilots are in the process of scaling up. Click here to read more on FLIN Cohort 1

Program offerings

Paid Pilots

Engagement with Flipkart product and engineering teams

Mentor connects

Commercial partnerships on completion of successful Pilots

Consideration for investment by Flipkart

Who should Apply?

Startups with a working product and proven traction, that are solving for the Indian ecommerce ecosystem in the following themes can apply.

We are passionate about enhancing our core experiences that transform the ecommerce journeys for Indian consumers. Start-ups innovating across the core eCommerce funnel should apply!

Select Focus Areas: Personalization, Automated Content Creation, Video Commerce, Visual / Image search and Selection / Fast Fashion Trends

Start-ups offering scalable technology that drives growth for both prospective and current sellers by improving the ease of doing business, reduce the cost of doing business or improve platform experience – Let’s chat!

Select Focus Areas: Seller analytics and insights, fraud reduction, and process automation like – invoicing, billing, payments reconciliation, value added services

Apply, if you are a start-up rethinking the way products are stored and moved while optimizing for time, cost, and experience, thereby improving speed and reach.

Select Focus Areas: Real time / proactive monitoring of supply chain health, E2E order / inventory tracking, supply chain integrity, image analysis for frauds and quality control

Startups offering solutions for increased customer loyalty, brand reputation and providing effortless shopping experience to our customers can apply!

Select Focus Areas: Deals and offer aggregation, signals for credit risk analysis, debt recovery / collection solutions.

Solutions that solve for the future of commerce through cutting-edge technology deployments in blockchain, metaverse, generative AI or web 3!

Select Focus Areas: generative image and video creation, automated generation of 3D models, AR visualization and virtual try-ons, blockchain based supply chain transparency and traceability, Drone-tech, smart sensors across ecommerce supply chain.

Core Shopping Experiences

Seller Growth and Experience

Supply Chain Advancements

Payments & Credit

Emerging technology

We are passionate about enhancing our core experiences that transform the ecommerce journeys for Indian consumers. Start-ups innovating across the core eCommerce funnel should apply!

Select Focus Areas: Personalization, Automated Content Creation, Video Commerce, Visual / Image search and Selection / Fast Fashion Trends

Start-ups offering scalable technology that drives growth for both prospective and current sellers by improving the ease of doing business, reduce the cost of doing business or improve platform experience – Let’s chat!

Select Focus Areas: Seller analytics and insights, fraud reduction, and process automation like - invoicing, billing, payments reconciliation, value added services

Apply, if you are a start-up rethinking the way products are stored and moved while optimizing for time, cost, and experience, thereby improving speed and reach.

Select Focus Areas: Real time / proactive monitoring of supply chain health, E2E order / inventory tracking, supply chain integrity, image analysis for frauds and quality control

Startups offering solutions for increased customer loyalty, brand reputation and providing effortless shopping experience to our customers can apply!

Select Focus Areas: Deals and offer aggregation, signals for credit risk analysis, debt recovery / collection solutions.

Solutions that solve for the future of commerce through cutting-edge technology deployments in blockchain, metaverse, generative AI or web 3!

Select Focus Areas: generative image and video creation, automated generation of 3D models, AR visualization and virtual try-ons, blockchain based supply chain transparency and traceability, Drone-tech, smart sensors across ecommerce supply chain.

FLIN Cohort 3 Timeline

  1. AUG 2023

    Call for Applications

  2. SEP - OCT 2023

    Interactions with select startups

  3. NOV 2023

    Cohort announcement and Pilots Kickoff

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