New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- India's startup ecosystem has produced capital, scale, and ambition, but not always enough first-time builders who are ready to navigate uncertainty from day one. That gap is whatNikhil Kamath and Kishore Biyani are aiming to address with the launch of The Foundery, a residential business launchpad designed to turn raw entrepreneurial intent into investable ventures.

Positioned as a co-founder factory, The Foundery compresses the earliest and often messiest phase of startup creation into an intensive90-day immersive programme.Part school, part accelerator, and part venture studio, the initiative is built around one premise: founders are forged by doing, not by instruction.

"Most of what we call education was built ...