One conviction. Two platforms.
A unified continuum.
Shaping India's innovation ecosystem at home
Deepening engagement between India's startup ecosystem and policymakers, so ideas move from ground to policy tables and back into action.
Extending that influence globally
Opening pathways for global stakeholders to access India's innovation landscape, and for Indian companies to scale internationally.
What is the Startup Policy Forum?
SPF sits at the intersection of startups and policy in India, bringing founders, policymakers, and industry leaders into the same room so conversations turn into actual change.
Policy advocacy
New-age advocacy for India's new-age companies
Global outreach
Positioning Indian startups on the world stage
Community
A curated network of founders and ecosystem enablers
Thought leadership
Shaping conversations that matter across startup policy
SPF Centres
NEC partners gain access to SPF's specialised centres where policy, innovation, and industry converge and move.
AI Builders' Centre (ABC)
Where AI builders, policymakers, and industry turn emerging technology into real-world applications, in India and beyond.
Centre for Frontier Fintech (CFF)
How finance is evolving across innovation, regulation, and digital infrastructure, with India at the centre of that shift.
Centre for DeepTech Policy Research (CDPR)
Bringing deeptech and policy into alignment so breakthrough innovation isn't slowed by outdated systems.
Centre for New Age Public Companies (CNPC)
Supporting companies preparing for public markets, with the right approach to governance, scale, and transition.
Kartik Rajaram
General Manager & Country Leader, ElevenLabs
"For a company like Eleven Labs, India is strategic. India is now our second-largest enterprise market and one of our key growth engines, because it brings together scale, language diversity, and real-world deployment complexity. I'm just not talking number of users, I'm talking revenue. In a market as complex and as nuanced as India, it's always good to work with operators like the SPF team, who understand and can help us navigate."
Chetan Krishnaswamy
Vice President – Public Policy, Amazon India
"I congratulate the Startup Policy Forum. The New Economy Collective is a very timely intervention. It holds a great degree of promise and would be transformational in the days to come. More than anything else, if you look at innovation hubs across the world, what really makes it happen is Big Tech, large firms working symbiotically and synergistically with the startup ecosystem. It's wonderful to see NEC take shape."
Shweta Rajpal Kohli
Managing Partner, New Economy Collective
"With the New Economy Collective, we are institutionalising a long-term vision we've always believed in. India as both a launchpad and a landing ground for global innovation. It's about turning conversations into collaborations."
Harshil Mathur
Co-Founder & CEO, Razorpay
"As the landscape shifts – where nearly every company is becoming AI-shaped in some form – initiatives like the New Economy Collective by Startup Policy Forum, feel especially relevant. At Razorpay, we're actively thinking through what an AI-first future looks like for us, and platforms like this create valuable opportunities to engage with AI-native companies, exchange perspectives, and learn in real time."
Pragya Misra
Head of Strategy & Global Affairs, India OpenAI
"The New Economy Collective is a timely initiative as economies navigate a fundamental shift driven AI. The real opportunity at this stage lies not just in innovation but in how effectively ecosystems translate capability into real-world impact. Platforms that bring startups, industry, and policymakers closer can accelerate responsible adoption, unlock productivity, and ensure the benefits of AI are broadly shared."
