Forge Residency's second cohort, Alexandria, running 22 days in Goa inside Edge City India: a sanctuary for contrarian founders living and building under one roof.
What happens
Founders live together for three weeks while Forge works with them on the product, the story and the next raise. Forge says it finds founders at minus one to zero and gives them the proximity, capital and resources to make the leap.
Getting in
Application only, with a published deadline of 5 October 2026. Forge states an acceptance rate of roughly 1.7 percent across its cohorts.
Cohort size and results
Two official pages disagree and neither is treated as settled here. Forge's own site describes 12 to 14 founders over 22 days and says all twelve founders from its previous cohort raised a combined 6.7 million USD. Edge City's programme page describes 30 contrarian founders for 21 days and says the Bangalore cohort raised 3.3 million USD by demo day.