Despite hundreds of innovators coming up with innovative hardware solutions, these innovations often stall due to a valley of death between “Trial- ready prototypes”to “production ready MVPs”. Forge helps hardware product innovators & startup founders navigate this major challenge by offering access to technology labs, technical expertise, financial support, etc., to fast-track the innovators’ progress through product design & development, testing, certification, compliance stages and become ready for user-trials and paid pilots.

Phy’gital (Hardware-First & Digital-Plus) startups have a huge potential in effectively addressing the needs and challenges of the public sectors, industrial companies, and MSMEs through innovative and technological products, but traditional procurement processes makes it challenging and financially unviable. Market Access Pathways are critical interventions that leverage open innovation & revamp procurement policies to bridge gaps between startups and public sector and Industrial companies - opening accelerated procurement pathways and enabling strategic partnerships.

The Venture Studio aspect of Forge.Fund’s interventions enables Startups to accelerate their outcomes through: