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India
14 founders on our radar building from India.
Dhawal Jain
Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree; second-time founder tackling India's mental health crisis with a novel wearable device, covered by Inc42 and Forbes.
Amritanshu Jain
Fast-growing AI infra startup attracting Nvidia interest and multiple funding rounds in quick succession, positioning for major scale.
Jitendra Kumar Saini
Named to Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (2026); launched India's first commercial amphibious drone 'Avataar' with national media coverage and growing headcount.
Puru Rastogi
Raised $3M pre-seed led by Version One Ventures with angels including Soumith Chintala; expanding to the US market, addressing a large industrial automation opportunity.
Manish Seth
Series A deep-tech startup solving a globally relevant rare-earth supply chain problem, with patents and OEM pilots underway.
Tanay Lohia
Raised ~$1.9M pre-seed co-led by Activate and Antler with strategic biotech angels, and is an Emergent Ventures Fellow, tackling a globally significant deep-tech problem.
Shalmali Kadu
DUSQ became the fastest Indian healthtech company to cross $1M on Kickstarter and raised ₹24 Cr seed led by Fireside Ventures, with Antler backing.
Kunal Shrivastava
SUIND raised ₹20.5 Cr ($2.2M) seed led by Transition VC and IIMA Ventures, bringing total funding to $2.8M, and is scaling commercial drone deployment.
Nikunj Bajaj
Leading a well-funded AI infra startup backed by Intel Capital with enterprise traction, in a fast-growing AI deployment segment.
Raghava K
Deep technical pedigree (8 years at ISRO, 40+ launch missions) building next-gen NAV-COM satellites; company has raised pre-seed/seed funding and grown to ~26 employees.
Meghana Jagadeesh
Grew GoCodeo to 40K+ developers with zero paid spend and closed a $150K seed round from 100X.VC; gaining media profile as a non-technical AI founder.
Himanshu Sahu
Building integrated EV powertrain (motor, controller, software) with institutional backing and headcount growth (+30.8% YoY) in India's growing EV component market.
Deepak Reddy
Deep aerospace/robotics engineering background (Skyroot, SS Innovations) and T-Works incubation, but no confirmed funding round or public traction metrics found.
Sreekar Kothamachu
Company received US FDA clearance and has operated since 2016 with modest funding (~$1.1-1.6M); long operating history and slow growth suggest it is past the very-early 'rising' stage.
