Founders · By Commissionसंस्थापक

Founders gifting silver. One piece, one room, one decision.

For the anniversary that matters. The advisor stepping down. The key hire on day one. The peer founder you'd take a 2 AM call from. Single-edition silver in 999, sculpted to the moment, finished in Delhi NCR.

₹35,000+
Per piece · entry
1
Minimum · single edition
10–14
Days · lead time
999
Pure silver · hallmarked
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Editorial · single sculpted silver paperweight on marble, hand-written card just visible
Working format
Single Edition
Founder-signed · one of one
For founders, advisors & key hires · NCR
01 · The founder case for silver

The gift that says you noticed.

Founder gifting is a different category from corporate gifting. The recipient is rarely on a list. The brief is usually one sentence long: “He's been on the board for eight years, he's leaving on Friday, what should I give him?” The answer can't come from a catalogue.

Silver carries the right register here because it's the opposite of expense-account gifting. It's personal. It survives in the recipient's home, not their desk drawer. And the material rewards specificity — an engraved tenure, a cast signature, a sketch in relief — in a way that wood, acrylic, or paper does not.

We make most of these as single pieces. One paperweight for the founder's tenth. One diya pair for a co-founder's wedding. One pocket coin for the mentor who took the call. The brief comes through the founder personally, the karigar makes the piece by hand, the founder signs the underside. That's the whole loop.

1 of 1
Edition
BIS
Hallmarked
NDA
On request
02 · Recommended pieces

Six commissions our founders keep returning to.

Each is a starting point. Every brief is built to the moment — the year, the recipient, the line we want them to read.

Sculpted paperweight · founding-year face · marble plinth
01 · Founder · year ten

The decade paperweight

A sculpted 999 silver paperweight, 300–500g, with the founding year and the tenth-anniversary year on opposite faces. Set on a black marble plinth, numbered on the underside.

Matched pen-rest pair · mirrored finish · engraved
02 · Advisor · tenure end

The matched pen-rest pair

Twin silver pen-rests, mirrored — one keeps with the founder, one gifts to the advisor. Engraved with the advisor's tenure on the underside. The understated way to mark a clean-break.

Silver seal box · crest cast lid · monogrammed
03 · Key hire · welcome

The seal box

A weighted silver box with the company crest cast into the lid, monogrammed inside with the joiner's name. For the head of engineering, the first GM, the first CFO.

Sculpted diya pair · engraved base · 999
04 · Co-founder · anniversary

The diya pair, sculpted

Two hand-raised diyas in 999 silver, on a single base, engraved with both names and the founding date. The gift that goes home, not to the office.

Pocket coin · 30g 999 · walnut sleeve
05 · Mentor · thank-you

The pocket coin

A 30g 999 cast coin, hand-finished, with the founder's signature on one face and a single line on the other. Walnut sleeve, ink-and-card note inside. Small, considered, kept.

Cast plinth · deal-date relief · signed underside
06 · Peer founder · post-acquisition

The signed plinth

A weighted silver plinth, 200–300g, with the deal date cast in relief and a line from the joint-press release engraved across the face. Hand-signed by the founder on the underside.

03 · How we work

Two weeks. Five steps. One line on the underside.

Founder briefs go through the founder, not a relationship manager. NDA on request before any names move.

Start a confidential brief
  1. Day 1

    The single-sentence brief

    WhatsApp the founder. One sentence — occasion, recipient, the moment you want to mark. We ask three questions back.

  2. Day 2–3

    Two sketches

    We sketch two directions on paper. One safe, one specific. No CAD, no mock-ups; we want you reacting to a line.

  3. Day 4

    Weight & quote

    Itemised quote against the day's silver rate. Single-piece quotes lock for 7 days.

  4. Day 7

    Wax model

    For sculpted commissions, a wax model arrives at your address. Hold it, weigh it, sign off — or change the line.

  5. Day 10–14

    Hand delivery

    Hand-delivered in NCR. Couriered insured pan-India. Plain outer carton, Nazarana box inside.

04 · Price bands

Three tiers. Each one starts a different conversation.

Pricing is weight-linked against the day's silver rate. Single-piece quotes lock for 7 days. GST extra.

Tier 01

Considered

₹35,000 – ₹65,000

Pocket coins, matched pen-rest pairs, seal boxes. The right band for an advisor thank-you, a key-hire welcome, or a quiet mentor gift. 80–200g of 999 per piece.

Minimum1 piece
Tier 02

Anniversary

₹65,000 – ₹1,20,000

Sculpted diya pairs, weighted seal boxes, signed pocket plinths. For founder anniversaries at year five through ten, and for board-advisor tenure-end gifts.

Minimum1 piece
Tier 03

Decade & beyond

₹1,20,000+

Single-piece commissions. Sculpted paperweights at 300g+, signed plinths, hand-raised diya sets. The piece that ends up in the recipient's home, not their office.

Minimum1 piece
05 · Lead-time planner

Two weeks. Ten days at a push.

Single-piece commissions are made one at a time. A rushed founder gift looks rushed; we don't ship those.

Day 1–3

Brief & sketch

One-sentence brief, two sketches on paper, a few clarifying questions.

Day 4–6

Quote & wax

Itemised quote, wax model for sculpted commissions.

Day 7–11

Production

999 silver pulled, hand-raised or cast, finished, hallmarked.

Day 12–14

Engrave & dispatch

Hand-engraving, founder's signature on underside, hand-delivery.

Editorial · single 999 silver pocket coin in walnut sleeve, ink-and-card note, soft afternoon light
1
Piece · 11 days · Bengaluru
06 · Case study · 2025

“He had been my first investor. Two lines did it.”

A Bengaluru SaaS founder briefed us in early 2025: a single piece for his first angel, who'd written a ₹25 lakh cheque eleven years earlier and was now stepping off the cap table after the Series D. Not the largest cheque on the round — the first one.

A 60g pocket coin in 999 silver. One face: the angel's initials cast in relief. The other: a single line from the founder's seed-deck. Walnut sleeve, ink-and-card note in the founder's own hand. Hand-delivered in Indiranagar on a Sunday morning. The founder sent us a voice note that evening: “He held it for a long time. Two lines did it.”

₹48,000
Single piece
11 days
Brief to delivery
60g
Pocket coin · 999
07 · Frequently asked

The questions that come up before a founder commission.

Anything else, the founder is on WhatsApp.

Five recurring ones. Founder anniversaries (year five, ten, fifteen, twenty). Board-advisor thank-yous (post-round, post-exit, end of tenure). Key-hire welcomes (the head of engineering, the first GM, the first CFO). Peer founder-to-founder thanks (post-acquisition, post-mentorship). And quiet milestones that don't ship publicly — a partner's promotion, a co-founder's parent's anniversary, a difficult quarter survived together.

Founder commissions · by appointment

The founder writes the brief. The karigar makes the piece. You sign the line.

Single-edition silver for the people who built the room with you. NDA on request before any names are exchanged.

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