xto10x

Work out whether xto10x fits what you need

xto10x is a scaling advisory and learning firm, not an incubator or accelerator. There is no startup cohort it funds and no equity involved, so approach it the way you would approach a specialist advisor or a founder-education programme, not a seed programme.

Choose the right academy

• A founder trying to scale an existing company: Founders' Academy, which runs over a short window and focuses on practical scaling playbooks and work on one critical scaling challenge.
• A founder planning to take the company public in the next two to three years: the IPO Academy, which runs as a small cohort and includes a dry run in front of institutional investors.
• A company that wants to develop its own managers and senior leaders: Managers Development and Leaders Development, which are run for the people inside an organisation.

How to get in touch

There is no public application form or deadline. Each programme page routes interest to the xto10x team, through a "Talk to us" prompt on Founders' Academy and a request-a-demo or contact route for the corporate learning programmes. Expect the first step to be a conversation about fit rather than a form.

xto10x Technologies is a scaling advisory and learning firm for founders and growth-stage companies, built around the idea that scaling a company is hard and can be made easier. It was co-founded by Binny Bansal, who co-founded Flipkart in 2007, and is run by a team of operators who have scaled companies in the Indian startup ecosystem. It works with startups and enterprises across India, the Middle East and North Africa, and South East Asia.

xto10x is not a startup incubator or accelerator. It does not run a funded cohort it takes startups into, it does not take equity, and it does not offer coworking or a portfolio. What it offers instead is two things: advisory services that help a company scale across areas such as growth, organisation design, planning and execution, people transformation, operations and leadership hiring; and a set of learning programmes, or academies, for founders and for the leaders inside an organisation.

What it offers

The advisory side works with a company on the operating problems that come with scale. The learning side is organised into academies. Two are aimed at founders: Founders' Academy, a short programme that teaches scaling playbooks, and the IPO Academy, a cohort programme for founders preparing to take a company public. Two are aimed at the people inside a client organisation: Managers Development and Leaders Development, which build leaders from within a company.

Programmes

Founders' Academy is a learning programme, as short as five weeks, that teaches founders scaling playbooks through expert-led sessions, mentorship from startup veterans, one-on-one guidance, and hands-on work by the xto10x team on one critical scaling challenge. Its playbooks draw on xto10x's first-hand work with startups.

The IPO Academy is a cohort-based programme for a small group of companies preparing to go public over the next two to three years. It is delivered by senior industry figures and combines expert playbooks, founder trust-groups and an investor dry run with institutional investors.

Managers Development and Leaders Development are learning programmes for people inside a client organisation rather than for independent founders: the first to build managers into leaders, the second to help senior leaders take more ownership of the business.

Who runs it

xto10x is led by its co-founders. Binny Bansal, Co-Founder and Chairman, co-founded Flipkart in 2007 and worked on scaling it in Indian e-commerce. Saikiran Krishnamurthy, Co-Founder and CEO, spent fifteen years at McKinsey & Company, which he left as a Senior Partner in early 2015, and then led Ekart, Flipkart's supply-chain business, and Marketplace at Ola. Neeraj Aggarwal, Co-Founder and COO, has worked on scaling companies in the Indian startup ecosystem including Ekart and Cure.Fit. The IPO Academy brings in senior external figures to deliver sessions, among them T. V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Aarin Capital Partners, Harsh Mariwala, Chairman of Marico, Ireena Vittal, and a former Whole Time Member of SEBI.

Where it works

xto10x works with companies across India, the Middle East and North Africa, and South East Asia. Its pages describe its services around core scaling pillars and the functional experience of its team, rather than a single office location.

How to apply

xto10x does not publish an open application form or deadlines for its programmes. Founders interested in the academies are asked to contact the team through the prompts on each programme page, such as "Talk to us" on Founders' Academy, and the advisory and corporate learning engagements are arranged through a request for a demo or a conversation with the team. Questions can go to hungryforimpact@xto10x.com.