THE PROCEEDING

Twenty-one days, from filing to finding.

Published timelines, and we hold them. If we're going to be late, you'll hear that too.

DAY 0 — You apply

One form, about twenty minutes. A deck helps but isn't required — we'd rather read how you describe the problem in your own words than watch it get compressed into ten slides. You get your case number immediately.

DAY 1–7 — We screen

Eligibility checks first, then a first scoring pass against the published rubric. Every applicant hears back at this stage, including the ones we can't take forward. That is the part nobody else does, and it's the part we care most about.

DAY 8–14 — We hear you

Shortlisted founders get thirty minutes. It isn't a pitch. It's a conversation about the parts of the score a form can't read — why you, why now, and what you'd actually do with the next twelve months.

DAY 15–21 — We find

Deeper diligence, reference conversations, final score. You receive the number, the five sub-scores behind it, and the reasoning — whichever way it goes.

AFTER — We introduce

Companies scoring 75 and above are written into a memo and circulated — with your written consent — to our private investor network. Members who are interested meet you directly and invest directly into your company. We never handle the money and we take no cut of your raise.

Sunwai is a startup evaluation and introduction platform. It is not a SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Fund. It does not pool, hold or manage investor capital, does not solicit investment from the public, and does not provide investment advice.

Submitting an application does not guarantee evaluation, shortlisting, introduction to any investor, or investment. Any investment that follows is a private transaction agreed directly between the founder and the individual investor, on terms they set between themselves. Sunwai is not a party to it.

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