100 Cofounders Lab

There is no open application

100 CF Lab is a studio that builds ventures itself and chooses the people it works with. It does not run a public programme you apply to, and at the time this page was checked its site stated it was not accepting new enquiries. If you are interested, the realistic path is to watch the site for it to reopen rather than to submit an application.

Understand the model before you approach

• The studio originates most of its ideas in-house and appoints someone to lead each venture, taking equity in return.
• It also works with ideas from outside individuals, with failing ventures it chooses to restart, and with people who can bring resources to a venture.
• Its focus is narrow: mobile internet and IoT. An idea it describes as a fit is one where everyone is a potential customer, customers come back, the venture can start small, it needs very few people, and it is heavy on mobile internet.

What it looks for in a founder

For the person it appoints to run a venture, the studio describes a ten-point picture of the builder it wants: persistent, willing to take real risk, oriented toward mobile internet, and willing to work for equity rather than a salary.

100 Cofounders Lab (100 CF Lab) is a startup studio based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. It describes itself as a startup studio and a research lab, and in one line on its site as a mobile tech accelerator. Rather than running an open incubator that outside founders apply to, it originates ideas itself and builds ventures around them, concentrating on mobile internet and the Internet of Things.

What it does

100 CF Lab works as a venture-creation studio. It generates ideas in-house, then appoints a CEO co-founder to launch each one and takes equity in the venture it helps start. Alongside this it also builds around ideas that come from outside individuals, steps in to restart failing ventures, and works with people who can bring resources to a venture. It frames its focus tightly around mobile internet and IoT ideas, and one item in its idea framework is that an idea should be heavy on mobile internet.

Who it is for

The studio is built around a small set of venture-creation models rather than a single intake, so who it is for depends on the model. In its in-house model it looks for an individual it can appoint as a CEO co-founder, using a ten-point framework for the kind of builder it wants: persistent, willing to take risks, oriented toward mobile internet, and willing to work for equity. In its idea model it looks for outside individuals whose idea passes a five-point framework, which includes that every person is a potential customer, that the customer comes back repeatedly, that the venture can start in a garage, that it needs close to no employees, and that it is heavy on mobile internet. A third model is aimed at startups that have a strong idea but failed to execute it and are close to shutting down, which the studio restarts using its own resources. A fourth is for people who can invest resources into a venture in exchange for a small amount of equity, with the studio providing guidance and introductions.

How to apply

There is no open application route. The studio builds ventures itself and selects the people it works with, rather than running a public call. At the time this page was checked, the contact section of its site stated that it was not accepting new enquiries and asked visitors to check back later.

Where it is

100 CF Lab operates from Shyam Nagar in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

What is unclear

Two basic facts could not be settled from the studio's own site. The site states no founding year; a copyright line on it reads 2017, while an outside investor database records the studio as founded in 2015. The two do not agree, so neither is published here as settled. Its own pages also describe it in more than one way at once — as a startup studio, as a research lab, and in one hero line as a mobile tech accelerator — which is why this page describes what it does rather than fixing it to a single label.