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// About
What is Startup Weekend?
Vertical Velocity is a first-of-its-kind, 6-month cross-border program for AI-first Indian startups building in the healthcare sector.
It combines 1:1 mentorship, tactical playbooks, and immersive access to the US ecosystem — all designed to help startups validate their product, achieve cross-border product-market fit, and grow revenue.
Founders will also be part of Caravan ’25, scheduled from October 6th – 11th, in the Bay Area.
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Editions completed across India
300
Participants
$12,500
in winnings distributed
// Editions
Pune
Jan 2026
Active
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Completed Bangalore
May 2026
Completed Hyderabad
Hyderabad
// Pune Jan 2026
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// Community Partners
// Winners
Edition
Position
Team Name
Members
Industry / Vertical
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Hyderabad Dec 2025
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Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalHealthcare
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PositionSecond
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalMarketing Tech
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PositionThird
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalGTM
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Bangalore Jun 2025
PositionFirst
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalHealthcare
More Info
PositionSecond
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalMarketing Tech
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PositionThird
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalGTM
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Pune Jan 2025
PositionFirst
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalHealthcare
More Info
PositionSecond
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalMarketing Tech
More Info
PositionThird
Team NameNeuralHack3rs
Members
Industry/ VerticalGTM
More Info
Highlights
// Voices from the tribe
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the format like?
24-hour idea-to-MVP sprint for founders, indie builders, tech teams, and student innovators. Solo or teams of two.
What are perks?
$50 OpenAI credit per participant, ~$100 partner infra credits, mentor speed rounds, workshops, swag. IP stays with teams.
What are the build rules?
Core MVP built during the weekend. Pre-built libraries allowed with attribution. Continuing projects declared at kickoff. Use licensed or own data.
// Volunteers
Aneesh Reddy
Co-Founder & CEO, Capillary Technologies
Anshuman Pandey
Co-founder & CEO, Tune AI
Anubhav Arora
Product Partner Strategy, Salesforce
Avinash Raghava
CEO & Founding Volunteer SaaSBoomi
Dev Khare
Partner, Lightspeed India
Keerthi Madhu
COO, SaaSBoomi
Laxman Papineni
Co-founder & CEO, Outplay
Shivangi Sahu
Fellow, SaaSBoomi
// Our Ecosystem Partners
Platinum
AI Partner
Gold
Financing Partner
Banking Partner
Silver