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growth &
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my role · forge residency cohort 01

the right people.
the support to build.

I worked across growth, partnerships, and founder selection for Troy—Forge Residency's first cohort in Bengaluru.

I helped secure nine tooling and infrastructure partnerships and helped select 12 founders from 1,500 applications.

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12founders helped select from 1,500 applications

01 / partnerships

tools to build.
room to focus.

I helped secure nine tooling and infrastructure partnerships, assembling a credits stack that reduced build costs for residency founders.

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partnerships secured.

Practical support for founders, and a stronger reason for applicants to choose Forge.

toolinginfrastructurefounder credits

partnerships i helped bring to forge.

02 / founder selection

helping bring
the room together.

I helped select 12 founders from 1,500 applications, focusing on how quickly they built and how clearly they understood the problem.

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how they built.

I helped run the selection process, looking at how applicants moved their ideas forward and turned intent into working products.

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how they thought.

I weighed clarity of the problem alongside progress, looking beyond credentials to understand the founder's approach.

03 / inside the cohort

troy, from the inside.

31 days in Bengaluru. A shared house, focused work, and a month that ended with demo day.

Cohort members gathered together inside the residency house
The people behind the month. Together in the residency house. Select a photograph to view the original.
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Life, work, and everything in between at Forge Residency.

04 / cohort outcomes

what the cohort
went on to build.

The founders carried their work beyond the residency. Across the cohort, they have raised $3.3 million, with approximately $1 million more in the pipeline.

$3.3Mraised by cohort founders
~$1Madditional funding in the pipeline

Cohort-wide figures shared September 2026. Pipeline funding is separate from capital raised.

05 / the cohort documentary

the story behind the month.

Watch the cohort film