Providing a
Global
Ecosystem
For Gen alpha, Gen z Nerds,College Dropouts, Aspiring; Hustler; Growth Stage & First-Generation Start-Up
The Founders Lab. Asia is a start-Up ecosystem platform designed to nurture ideas, empower founders, and accelerate ventures from concept to scale. We connect entrepreneurs with investors, mentors, institutions, and global partners through a structured, outcome-driven ecosystem.
Our Foundation
Vision, Mission
&
Philosophy
Vision
We want to create an ecosystem that “OUTSMARTS” the current “Silicon Valley” aspirants /dreamers from Indian Origin (Over 70% of the company’s CEOs in US are now Either Indian Origin or Indians), stop this brain drain & re-direct it to “INDIA” again to make our Nation “A GOLDEN SPARROW in it’s true ancient narrative”
Mission
To build One-Stop Start-Up Ecosystem Platform for Gen alpha ,Gen z Nerds, College Dropouts, Aspiring; Hustler; Growth Stage & First Generation Ambitious Start-Up Founders with raw concepts, into Unicorn creators — guiding them from Concept to DNA Alignment (& there-by observing a Founder-Market Fit), Product-Market Fit, MVP, Fund Readiness, Pre-Seed to different Funding Rounds, IPO readiness and Investor Exit & simultaneously making them World Proof, by giving them an access to unlock & leverage Global Start-Up Ecosystem of TFL Asia.
Philosophy
We believe in building founders ; before building start-ups. TFL focuses on long-term capability building, ethical growth, and creating real-world impact through collaboration.
Our mission is to remove the friction, that the founders faces by opening pathways to learning, capital, collaboration and cross-border opportunities-empowering them to build with conviction, clarity & globally competitive Environment.
Meet Our Team
Leadership &
Founders
Experienced leaders committed to building a founder-first ecosystem
that democratizes access to start-Up resources and opportunities.
Mr. RITESHKUMAR SHRIVASTAVA
Founder Director
Riteshkumar Shrivastava is known for his “Never Say Die” attitude and marathon-runner mindset when it comes to building long-term ventures. From creating platforms like Buy Smart to Health Smart, his entrepreneurial journey has consistently focused on solving real-world problems at scale. With this vision, he culminated the development of one of the most ambitious and disruptive ecosystem platforms aggregating the Indian Healthcare fraternity and its ancillary space — “FirstDoctor” & now building “The Founders Lab. Asia” around the start-up ecosystem to help start-up founders to build & grow their businesses globally.
On January 22nd 2020, he played a pivotal role in investing and anchoring the landmark ABS (Ashoka Business School) pitching event in Nashik, which became the foundation stone for The Founders Lab. Asia Inspired by the US-based Dragon’s Den format, this event went on to become one of the largest live start-up pitching platforms in the region, where six out of fifty two promising start-ups received on-the-spot funding from reputed investors including 100X, Venture Wolf, Bank of Maharashtra, and the Ashoka Group (Nashik).
Mr. JITENDRAKUMAR BADAMI
Co-Founder
With over 33 years of cross-industry experience, (including 10+ years in strategic leadership roles as a Founder, Co-Founder, CEO at Infiniaum Trading, The Founders Lab Asia and FirstDoctor & as a National Business Head-at Various Other Companies during his professional journey), he brings a rare blend of start-Up agility and enterprise-scale vision. At a high-growth start-up, he helped take the journey from idea to USD 0.5 million in pre-seed funding, and as National Head, drove 400% revenue growth, enabling a successful Series A raise of USD 1.5 million. This phase also involved navigating a rigorous Deloitte India–led due diligence process, which equipping him with deep investor-readiness and scale-up experience —foundational to the vision of building The Founders Lab. Asia as a globally competitive start-up ecosystem for India, aimed at reducing brain drain and reclaiming our nation’s spirit of reclaiming it’s famous ancient narrative of a “GOLDEN SPARROW”.
Long before India’s start-up wave gained mainstream visibility through platforms like Shark Tank, The Founders Lab Asia made headlines in Jan.2020 at Ashoka Business School, Nashik, where 52 early-stage start-ups pitched live to leading investors including 100X.VC, Venture Wolf, Bank of Maharashtra, and the Ashoka Group (Nashik)—with 6 ventures securing on-the-spot pre-seed funding. For the past six consecutive years, he has mentored founders from raw ideas to pitch-ready, investor-aligned businesses, with a clear mission to identify high-potential Gen alpha to Gen z innovators and founders, align their DNA to build fundable start-ups, and nurture them toward building scalable, high-impact ventures—aspiring to create the next generation of unicorns, under his vision of building AN ICONIC “UNICORN CLUB”, having same international repute of the likes of “Y-Combinator” & Others.
CA Varun Deep Singh / CFO Shruti Chopade & Team.
TFL Asia’s Official CA & CFO Service Partners
CA Varun Deep Singh is a seasoned practicing Chartered Accountant with deep expertise in corporate finance, investment structuring, governance, and capital readiness & mainly audit accounting & taxation & CFO Shruti Chopade is offering CFO Services mainly focussing on Investment Bankers. With them, there is a team of seasoned professionals like Mr. Ankit Lodha, Mr.Shreyas Baheti & Ms. Kumkum Jain, to jointly offer their valuable services to TFL Asia’s Alumni.
As an official CA Service Partners, they help guide TFL Asia’s curated start-ups by strengthening their financial foundations, ensuring investor preparedness, and enabling access via TFL Asia’s platform to facilitate Investments from VCs, Angel Investors, Family Offices & HNIs.
Their work focuses on building structured financial systems, compliance readiness, and long-term value creation for emerging ventures on TFL Asia’s platform.
Our Ecosystem
10 Pillars of
Support
A comprehensive ecosystem designed to support founders at every stage of their
journey, from concept & ideation to scale.
01. Ecosystem Pillar
Stakeholders
Ecosystem Enablers, Users & Growth Hackers Comprising the Nurturing Environment Spokes of The Wheel
TFL Asia brings together founders, mentors, institutions, corporates, service providers, and ecosystem partners, from across the Globe, into a single collaborative network. This vertical ensures that every participant in the start-up journey finds the right connections at the right stage.
02. Learning Engine
TFL Asia Institute
Structured Learning for Serious Enterpreneurs
As The Practical learning engine of TFL Asia, focused on founder DNA alignment, education, capability building, and practical start-up knowledge ; From idea validation to financial modelling and growth strategies.
03. Capital Access
Investors
The Core Engine Fuelling The Cashflow To The Ecosystem
A structured capital access layer connecting founders with VCs & Angel Investors and TFL Asia’s Investment Partners. TFL Asia creates curated investor pathways aligned with founder readiness and venture stages.
04. Leadership Backbone
Founders Assembly
A Team of Experienced Professionals from the respective niche that has been there & done that, for years
A structured capital access layer connecting founders with VCs, Angel Investors & TFL Asia’s Investment Partners. TFL Asia creates curated investor pathways aligned with founder readiness and venture stages.
05. Global Network
Affiliations Network
Top of the Niche Institutions, Universities, Collages & School Campus and Subject Matter Experts that contributes to build the caliber, dignity & value proposition of TFL Asia’s Global Image
National & International partnerships with institutions, universities, colleges & schools, accelerators, government initiatives, and private organizations that strengthen the reach, sell their admission seats & courses for their online & offline batches from TFL Asia’s 360 degree ecosystem.
06. Community Activation
Events World
A Stage that gives Once in the International & Twice at the National Level Live Pitch Experience for TFL Asia’s Start-Ups, Plus a Signature Gala Event of TFL Asia the whole start-up fraternity craves for, throughout a Year.
Offline and online engagements including seminars, summits, demo days, workshops, podcasts, ecosystem meetups, exhibitions and founder-investor interactions in Live Pitch-Rooms that activate the community and enable real connections.
07. Excellence Recognition
Awards, Rewards & Recognition
A Global Stage for Deserving Categories securing Momentum & Unparalleled Value, Through Global Icons across Categories
Celebrating excellence across the ecosystem by recognizing founders, contributors, mentors, and ecosystem leaders who create meaningful impact and innovation with a gamified approach with “TFL Asia’s Different Level of Badges ( bearing “Worldwide Accreditation”).
08. Thought Leadership
The Business Reviewia
Decoding Business Beyond Headlines
Thought leadership through content, founder stories, ecosystem insights, podcasts, and curated communities that build continuous learning, engagement & futuristic insights.
09. Strategic Matching
Start-Up Matchmaking
A Start-Up Founder’s LinkedIn to Choose the Right Co-Founders, Godfathers, Investors, Influencers & Communities, that contributes to help skyrocket their professional growth
A strategic matchmaking platform that connects founders with co-founders, advisors, subject matter expert /consultants thru TFL Asia’s Googolplexers Tab, Web & App, investors, and distribution channel partners & C&Fs based on aligned vision, skills, and growth goals.
10. Social Impact
CSR Activities
A Social Upliftment Stage, for Corporates & Non-Profit Trusts to get the notable resources with right causes, to align their targeted spend for social upliftment.
TFL’s commitment to social impact, inclusion, and sustainable development through community-driven initiatives, education access, and ecosystem upliftment programs.
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Founders Lab. Asia
Ecosystem
Become part of a growing global community of founders, investors,
mentors, and partners shaping the future of innovation.