In a bid to accelerate India’s role in shaping global innovation, Accel has teamed up with Prosus to expand Atoms X , its early-stage founder programme. The collaboration will focus on nurturing LeapTech companies—startups leveraging technology to solve large-scale, future-oriented challenges.

Under this partnership, Accel and Prosus will co-invest in breakthrough ventures from inception, with Prosus matching Accel’s funding in each company to ensure consistent backing as founders move from seed stage to scale.

Global venture capital firm Accel’s Pratik Agarwal believes India’s startup ecosystem has reached an inflection point where founders can now build world-leading companies rather than follow global trends.

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Agarwal said the ecosystem is ready to “change gea

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