Brigade

How applications work

Brigade REAP keeps applications open year-round rather than running to a fixed deadline, so there is no single window to wait for. The programme page is where you confirm the current intake and reach the live application form, which is handled on a third-party platform.

Who the programme is for

Apply only if you are building across the built world: PropTech and ConstructionTech, smart buildings and IoT, sustainability in real estate, urban mobility and infrastructure, cleantech for the built world, retail tech and hospitality, or a cross-sector idea linking real estate with finance, retail or health. The programme says it looks for founders who have already built an MVP or have early transactions and are ready to scale, so be ready to show that traction.

What to prepare

Frame your application around a real problem in the built world and the evidence that you are past the idea stage. Because the programme centres on pilots with developers and introductions to UrbanTech investors, it helps to be clear about where a pilot or a customer conversation would take your product next.

Brigade REAP, the Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program, is an UrbanTech accelerator backed by the Brigade Group. It works with early-stage founders building across the built world and runs from the Brigade Gateway Campus on Dr. Rajkumar Road in Malleswaram, Bangalore. Its own pages describe it in two ways that do not fully agree: the programme page and homepage call it "India's pioneering accelerator" for UrbanTech founders, while its about and investments pages call it "Asia's first UrbanTech accelerator". Both are its own claims.

What they support

Brigade REAP backs founders building across the built environment rather than real estate alone. Its programme page describes the scope as PropTech and ConstructionTech, Smart Buildings and IoT, sustainability in real estate, urban mobility and infrastructure, cleantech for the built world, retail tech and hospitality, and cross-sector ideas at the intersection of real estate with finance, retail or health. It looks for founders who have built an MVP or have early transactions and are ready to scale.

Programmes

Brigade REAP runs a single accelerator programme over 16 weeks. It brings together mentorship, pilot opportunities, investor access and go-to-market and fundraising support. Mentorship is one-to-one, covering product, go-to-market, capital and strategy, and comes from REAP coaches and industry leaders. Selected startups get the chance to pilot with developers, including the Brigade Group, and curated introductions to venture investors, family offices and corporate partners who work in UrbanTech. The programme also offers market-access introductions to decision-makers across real estate, government and infrastructure, and support across go-to-market, fundraising, brand and PR. Founders join an alumni community that the programme page puts at more than 80 UrbanTech startups.

Track record

Brigade REAP's about page reports its own numbers for the programme: 82 startups mentored, 1,752 formal applications received, and 4,572 initial conversations. It also reports an average monthly growth rate of 4.2 times across its portfolio. These are the programme's own figures.

Who runs it

Brigade REAP is a programme of the Brigade Group, and its about page lists Nirupa Shankar, Joint Managing Director of the Brigade Group, among its people. The programme is based at the Brigade Gateway Campus in Malleswaram, Bangalore.

How to apply

Applications are open year-round. The programme page routes applicants to a third-party application platform, where the current intake is handled. For general queries, Brigade REAP publishes the address info@brigadereap.com. The programme page is the place to check the current intake and the live application link.