We Founder Circle (WFC), founders-led early-stage startup investment platform, has completed its first year with 33 investments, making it the year's second-largest early-stage investor. The platform has grown to become one of the fastest-growing angel network groups, with funds totaling $20 million distributed among the 33 firms in which it has invested.

Aside from financial assistance, WFC is a global community of over 2,000 founders and strategic strategic angels from over 16 countries that provides seed funding, strategic business partnerships, and global networking opportunities to entrepreneurs at an early stage, ensuring a 360-degree support system of investments, business prospects, and community. It was founded in August 2020.

WFC, which was founded in the midst of the pandemic with a sector-agnostic approach, has sponsored businesses in over ten industries, including fintech, healthtech, agrotech, EV, D2C, and more.

Neeraj Tyagi, co-founder and CEO, We Founder Circle, explains the founders’ mantra, saying, “Gaurav VK Singhvi (co-founder) and I have together invested in 105 startups over the last five years. We understand that as investors, you need to go beyond just providing capital support; you also need to mentor a budding company on the business front. In order to ensure this, we started WFC with an aim to help new startups connect with strategic angels and founders of established firms.”

Given the changing trends in the startup ecosystem, even family offices are investing in unique startups. “We want to open avenues for investments from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities which can encourage this burgeoning community. I am from Surat, and I understand that the local business community and SMEs have a lot of interest and desire to join the mainstream. So, business investments that can bring capital and experience can provide value addition to startups,” Singhvi adds.

The way forward WFC has now launched EvolveX, its first global accelerator programme, to help startups expand by providing guaranteed funding, coaching, and worldwide corporate contacts. It has also already made investments in three worldwide startups. “While we attracted over 2,000 angel investors from 16 countries, we also launched several global chapters across the US, UK, UAE, Australia and Singapore. Though our primary focus remains India, we will soon begin investing in global businesses too,” says Bhawna Bhatnagar, head of global partnerships and co-founder at WFC.

WFC plans to unveil its much-anticipated tech platform for angel investors and the startup community in the first quarter of 2022, where they may effortlessly engage, co-create, and invest. “Our tech driven community platform will empower startups and investors from across the globe, thereby engaging and democratising the ecosystem transactions,” said Deo Saurabh, tech head and co-founder, WFC.

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