Chapter 01 · First Revenue
Sell in your first term.
Launch an online store and sell to real customers in under four months.
500+
Students
150+
Businesses
₹10 Cr+
Revenue
Entrepreneurship at Masters’ Union
Build the company
before you graduate.
Here, you don’t study startups — you run one. Sell in your first term, raise in your last, and get paid to keep building after.
200+
startups founded by students
₹593 Cr
combined valuation · 30+ incubated
6
pitches on Shark Tank India
Your record
Not ideas. Companies.
Every stage below is something our students have already done — with names, cohorts and numbers you can check.
Cohort ’25 · Dropshipping Challenge
50 teams.
One term.
₹3.38 Cr
Total revenue generated
₹4L+
Average revenue per team
Chapter 02 · First Company
From zero to one.
Build the product, own the P&L and win your first customers.
Mohit Goswami, Mohit Paliwal & Yugal Tamang · PGP Co ’21
Eight.Network
~$5M ARR · $3.1M raisedIndian audio streaming platform, backed by Kae Capital and Venture Highway.
Upamanyu Chatterjee & Shouradeep Chakraborty · Co ’24
PlaySuper
$1.5M raised · 100X.VC, IAN FundIndia’s first gaming commerce company — turns in-game currency into real rewards.
Naveen Balaji, Rhea Melwani, Ayush Melwani & Alex Francis Puthusserry · Co ’24
Lexi’s Gourmet Sandwiches
₹1 Cr+ ARRGurgaon’s highest-rated gourmet sandwich brand, launched from Food Lab — rated 4.5+ on Swiggy & Zomato within 3 months.
Nikhil Gaur · Student venture
Hive School
₹2 Cr run rate · 3 cohortsIndia’s first sales school — students learn on live pipelines with real quotas, calls and commissions. Three cohorts in, it runs at a ₹2 Cr run rate and its graduates are hired into sales roles while still studying.
Dharmil Bavishi · Student venture
Bullspree
$1.88M seed · Aman Gupta, Peyush BansalA stock-market playground that turns learning to invest into streaks, leagues and friendly competition. Started as a term project, it closed a $1.88M seed round while Dharmil was still on campus.
E
Ishita Gupta & Mayuresh Jadhav · Co ’24
Eat Atlas
Student venturePremium chips and dips with global flavours — Korean chilli, peri-peri, truffle — built as a D2C brand end to end, from first customers at the Dropshipping Fair to a real supply chain.
Ventures built on campus
Chapter 03 · First Cheque
Turn down a
placement.Build.
A monthly salary, a first cheque and a safety net if it doesn’t work.
₹50,000
Monthly Founder Fellowship stipend
₹1.2 Cr+
Grants from Masters’ Union
$10M
MU Ventures fund
100+
VCs at Demo Day
Chapter 04 · National Stage
Six founders. India’s biggest startup stage.
Six Masters’ Union founders have pitched on Shark Tank India — two in their first year of college.
Bullspree
Dharmil Bavishi · PGP TBM · Season 2 · $1.88M seed
HiveSchool
Nikhil Gaur · PGP TBM · Season 4 · ₹2 Cr run rate
MemoTag
Reyansh Juneja · UG TBM Co ’28 · Season 4 · pitched as a first-year student, bootstrapped
HookD
Dia Goel · PGP TBM Co ’23 · Season 5 · Ready-to-eat non-veg snacking
Meta Fashion
Arjun Goel · UG TBM Co ’28 · Season 5 · Phygital commerce
Nexera Health
Himanshu Rajpurohit · CEO Challenge alum · Season 4 · Workplace wellness
How it works
Seven steps from first sale to first cheque.
Each step is built into your time here. You don’t apply to ‘do entrepreneurship’ — you climb.
Sell.
Dropshipping Challenge · Term 1
Launch and run a real D2C store. You leave with revenue, a P&L you owned and customer data.
Get seen.
Content Creator Challenge · Term 2
Build a personal brand and deliver live briefs for 8+ D2C brands. The last cohort — 46M+ reach, 120+ active creators.
Invest.
Masters’ Union Investment Fund
Help run a student-managed ₹5 Cr fund. It has beaten public markets by 20–25% and backed 5+ startups alongside VCs.
Build.
Venture Initiation Programme
Take one idea from zero to one with mentors and a real budget. You leave with a product, first customers and a pitch.
Launch food.
Food Lab
Kitchen, FSSAI licence, supply chain and Swiggy/Zomato onboarding — all handled. A live food brand without the ₹15L+ it usually takes.
Go full-time.
Founder Fellowship
Choose your startup over placements. ₹50,000 a month for up to a year — and you can still sit placements with the next batch.
Raise.
MU Ventures + Demo Day
Pitch for a first cheque, then pitch 100+ VCs. ₹10–20L cheques, with most decisions in under 10 days.
Food Lab
Launch without the usual upfront cost.
Kitchen, FSSAI licence, supply chain and Swiggy/Zomato onboarding — handled.
Visit Food LabWho backs you
Investors and operators in the room.
Not just professors. People who allocate capital, build companies and solve operating problems sit alongside full-time faculty.
Investors
Pratham Mittal
Founder, Masters’ Union · General Partner, MU Ventures
Saksham Kotiya
Managing Partner, MU Ventures
A
Anshu Prasher
Partner, Whiteboard Capital
Practitioners
R
Revant Bhate
CEO, Man Matters
A
Abhijeet Joshi
AVP, Zomato
K
Kabir Chugh
Serial food entrepreneur
A
Ankit Tiwari
Ex-Leela, Oberoi, Salad Days
Founders on campus
Kunal Bahl. Aman Gupta. Ghazal Alagh. Alakh Pandey. Deep Kalra. Peyush Bansal.
Funding & support
What’s on the table.
Capital is paired with mentorship, workspace, tools, founder access, storytelling support and preparation for the next round.
Founder Fellowship
₹50,000 / monthFor up to 12 months · no cap on fellows per cohort
LiveMU Ventures — Dropout Fund
₹15L chequeA 12-month build year with an academic safety net
LiveMU Ventures — Founders’ Fund
₹15–20LFor consumer brands and deep-tech companies
FundMU Ventures — Creator Fund
₹10L500K+ followers or ~80% organic traffic preferred
FundFood Lab
₹15L+ launch supportKitchen, R&D, compliance and working capital
LiveFAQs
Do I need a startup idea before I join?
No. The Dropshipping Challenge gets you selling in Term 1 — many ideas emerge from doing the work.
Can I skip placements to build my startup?
Yes. Founder Fellows receive ₹50,000 a month for up to a year to build full-time.
What if my startup doesn’t work out?
Founder Fellows can sit for placements with the next batch. The Dropout Fund also includes an academic safety net.
Can someone outside Masters’ Union get funded?
Yes. MU Ventures backs founders under 25 at the idea stage, including people who have left college.
I’m building a food brand. Where do I start?
Food Lab provides the kitchen, licences, supply chain and delivery-platform onboarding needed to launch.