The aim is to pass on the actionable playbook to a wider set of founders. "Our key aim with the program is to democratize what we have learned…Our key issue so far has been our scope of interaction has been limited to a few set of companies, about 1,000 plus...and also limited to a few cities," said Abhinav Chaturvedi, Partner at Accel. "We want to share highly-curated insights, networks and playbooks from founders, investors and operators of the Indian startup ecosystem," added Anand Daniel, Partner at Accel. Over the last year, top venture capital firms including Accel, Sequoia and Chiratae have made structured programs to snap up startups early. These include launching separate seed-stage funds, specialized accelerators and mentorship programmes. For funds, getting in early helps garner the right ownership as well as rights in follow-ons to make potentially outsized returns, while structured programs increase the odds of those wins.