National, November 28, 2025: Start-up accelerator PedalStart has announced the second edition of its flagship multi-city offline series ‘Founder-Investor Fusion’ that unites the country’s most promising start-up founders and influential investors under one roof. Over the next couple of months, Founder-Investor Fusion 2.0 by PedalStart will unfold across four metro cities of India – Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR, bringing together a powerful network of investors, angels, HNIs and experts, alongside a curated group of early-stage start-ups. The event series aims to enable high-intent investing, networking and opportunities, and unlock faster deal flow and drive meaningful momentum within India’s early-stage ecosystem.
Founder-Investor Fusion 2.0 has been strategically designed to help PedalStart’s portfolio startups raise their uprounds, while simultaneously providing them visibility across multiple cities and direct access to decision-making investors. The initiative aims to accelerate fundraising cycles for companies already demonstrating strong execution and scale potential, while enabling investors to engage with high-confidence ventures backed by India’s fastest-growing operator-led accelerator.
Following the resounding success of its debut edition, Fusion 2.0 is expected to bring together 250+ investors and 100+ carefully selected startup founders across four cities. In every (city-level) chapter, multiple PedalStart-backed high-potential ventures will pitch live to a curated investors-only audience for their uprounds. Alongside live pitching, the event will host real-time investor interactions, insights-led discussions, strategic networking, on-the-spot funding commitments and more.
As today’s investors increasingly prioritize traction, momentum and execution, Founder-Investor Fusion 2.0 gives them early access to startups that are already performing well and/or winning in the market, yet early enough to offer significant upside. Investors attending Fusion 2.0 will also gain access to PedalInvest –PedalStart’s exclusive community of more than 1200 elite investors – a first-of-its-kind club where members contribute not just funds, but also knowledge, connections and hands-on support to enable start-ups holistically.
Manas Pal and Aditya Darolia, Co-Founders of PedalStart said, “We are elated to introduce the second edition of Founder-Investor Fusion – a game-changing platform created to enable our portfolio startups raise their uprounds faster and at stronger valuations. The first edition proved how powerful curated rooms can be, and Fusion 2.0 is set to take that impact to the next level. Investors today want quality, and founders need visibility; and when both are curated with intent, capital moves faster. With Fusion 2.0, we are not only ensuring this, but also doubling down on our mission to back early-stage founders well beyond MVP – supporting them until they achieve meaningful scale or raise Series A. For investors, this is an opportunity to evaluate ventures that are already executing with clarity and pace, are backed by PedalStart and ready for their next phase of growth”.
Positioned as an outcome-focused, high-impact platform rather than a generic networking event, Fusion 2.0 reinforces PedalStart’s commitment to enabling real results for founders by combining visibility, access and capital acceleration. Through Fusion 2.0 and similar other offline initiatives, PedalStart aims to nurture a closely-knit, powerful community of new-age founders who are connected with investors nationwide, facilitating collaborations, growth and helping them navigate fundraising and business milestones with ease.
Notably, the first edition of PedalStart Founder-Investor Fusion, held earlier this year, saw 150+ investors and 60+ founders in attendance, resulting in INR 5 crore+ in cumulative funding for four PedalStart portfolio startups. With more curated investor participation and stronger traction profiles of startups pitching this time, Fusion 2.0 is expected to deliver outcomes at an even higher velocity.
Investors and start-ups looking to join Founder-Investor Fusion 2.0 can register here. Participation is invite-only and free-of-cost for the selected startups.
About PedalStart
PedalStart is India’s fastest-growing operator-led startup accelerator, designed to empower early-stage founders with hands-on execution support and strategic growth. Through a rigorous three-month evaluation process, PedalStart selects only 15–18 high-potential startups each year for deep mentorship and investment. . As an accelerator, we go beyond mentorship by actively investing in these startups, leveraging our deep industry expertise to help them scale, expand market presence, and build a strong foundation for long-term success. Backed by a high-impact ecosystem of operators, mentors and investors, we are committed to transforming early-stage ventures into high-growth companies.
Website: www.pedalstart.com
