De-risk your startup journey. Learn what truly moves the needle.

Masterclasses by IIMA Ventures are high-impact virtual learning sessions designed to equip startup founders with the right tools, insights, and frameworks to navigate their entrepreneurial journey. Grounded in real-world knowledge and experience by founders, investors and industry experts, these sessions aim to reduce the risk of failure and accelerate the growth of startups. In this series of masterclasses, we have identified 9 key themes that are particularly beneficial for startups to de-risk their journey.

Thematic Areas & Session Briefs

This is an ongoing series. Upcoming themes and speakers to be announced soon.

What Makes This Series Different?

This is a series of masterclasses that follows a holistic pedagogy, is built on deep conversations with several startup founders and our portfolio managers, and uses a stage-based, research-driven approach to tackle critical startup risks.

Figure: Research from conversations with portfolio managers, founders

The masterclass pedagogy thus takes a curriculum based approach for the following stages in way that addresses the needs, risks and gaps identified by research, for the following pre-seed and seed stages:

• Ideation – evaluating their idea in the context of the sector and validating the market gap,
• Product-market fit – for founders who are working with the early product iterations, market testing, and trying to achieve product-market fit, and
• Scale – for founders who have achieved PMF and are now working towards scaling revenue, deepening market presence, building moats, and strengthening their product, team, and operational capabilities

Each session addresses a key thematic gap, with the right mix of founder stories, expert guidance, and industry insight. Participants also receive access to exclusive ‘Reflection and Action’ toolkits—curated resources to help you work through the session takeaways with your team.