In India’s booming direct-to-consumer (D2C) startup ecosystem, some of the most successful businesses are born from personal problems rather than grand business plans. One such inspiring example is Twisty Locks, a kids’ jewellery and accessories brand founded by Isha Agarwal, a former finance professional who left her corporate career to build a business focused on […]
In India’s startup ecosystem, companies are often associated with billion-dollar funding rounds, aggressive advertising and rapid expansion. Zerodha is different. Founded by brothers Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath in 2010, Zerodha built one of India’s largest stockbroking businesses without following the traditional venture-capital playbook. The company started with a simple idea: make trading cheaper, simpler
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India’s space industry has entered a new era, and Skyroot Aerospace is leading the transformation. Founded by two former ISRO scientists, the Hyderabad-based startup has achieved what once seemed impossible by developing and launching India’s first privately built orbital rocket. Who Founded Skyroot Aerospace? Skyroot Aerospace was founded in 2018 by Pawan Kumar Chandana and
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In an era where consumers are becoming increasingly conscious about what they eat, one Indian startup has managed to stand out by embracing a simple yet powerful principle: complete transparency. The Whole Truth, a clean-label food brand founded by Shashank Mehta, has grown from a small startup into one of India’s most recognized health food
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India’s technology industry is now one of the largest in the world, but few people realize how difficult the journey was in the beginning. Long before startups raised millions from investors and before Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley, a small group of engineers started a company with limited money, limited technology, and almost no support
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While most Indian startups focused on fintech, AI, or e-commerce, one company chose an industry most founders ignored — seafood. Captain Fresh is now building a global seafood business by combining technology, logistics, and supply-chain efficiency. From supplying premium seafood to international retailers and restaurants to becoming profitable while scaling rapidly, the company is transforming
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India’s startup ecosystem is full of flashy tech founders, but every once in a while, someone builds something powerful in a completely “boring” industry. Tarun Gupta, the founder of Henfruit, is one of those rare entrepreneurs who turned a simple product like eggs into a premium, trusted brand. Starting with just ₹5 lakh borrowed from
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In a world where many professionals aim to settle abroad for better salaries and stable careers, two Indian brothers chose a path that looked almost irrational at the time. Instead of staying in Germany and continuing high-paying corporate jobs, Anurag Kaushik and Alok Kaushik returned to India to build a nutrition brand from scratch. Sensible
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India’s retail market is often associated with big cities like Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore. Most large brands compete aggressively in these metro hubs, chasing urban consumers. However, one entrepreneur saw a completely different opportunity—small-town India. Lalit Agarwal, the founder of V-Mart Retail, built a powerful retail empire by focusing on Tier 2, Tier 3, and
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Despite rising fitness awareness, most Indian diets remain protein deficient. At the same time, the “healthy snack” aisle is crowded with products that either taste like cardboard or hide behind misleading labels. In 2022, three friends decided to fix that. This is the story of Stroom, a fast-growing Indian protein snack brand that went from
