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Gaurav VK Singhvi and the value of the next introduction
An online accounting venture taught Gaurav VK Singhvi the limits of going it alone. From Surat, the Avinya Ventures co-founder has built a career around finding the people a business needs next.
Gaurav VK Singhvi and the value of the next introduction
An online accounting venture taught Gaurav VK Singhvi the limits of going it alone. From Surat, the Avinya Ventures co-founder has built a career around finding the people a business needs next.
Ajay Ramasubramaniam knows someone you should meet
An unexpected first job in Tanzania led to a career helping businesses find their way into unfamiliar markets. At Startup Réseau and Hindsight Ventures, Ajay Ramasubramaniam gives the introduction a job to do.
Shishir Gupta and the business of getting started
Before StartupLanes, Shishir Gupta had three ventures that failed in a single year. His next enduring idea was to help other founders find the guidance, connections and capital he had once needed.
Sandeep Zanzaria and the distance between power and possibility
From a graduate engineer’s job at BHEL to leading GE Vernova T&D India, Sandeep Zanzaria has spent his career on the connections that make electricity useful. India’s energy transition is bringing that work into sharper view.
Michael Briggs and the work between the machines
From a finance desk to a six-plant campus in India, Michael Briggs has built a career connecting industrial businesses. His expanded Nidec role puts that experience to work across appliances, automotive technology, motion and energy.
Pocket FM sells the next episode.
The audio company found a business in the space between “what happens next?” and “I can’t wait.” Its coin system turns serialized fiction into a very different kind of streaming service.
Sequretek wants security to make sense.
Every security tool promises protection. Sequretek is betting that the work between the tools is where businesses need help - and that fewer moving parts can make a better defence.
Getsvision Solutions: First, reach the inbox.
The Noida company puts email delivery beside campaign strategy, SEO, and website design. Its proposition starts with a practical question: what good is a message that never arrives?
ProcMart makes the small stuff matter
A factory can be brought down by something that fits in your palm. ProcMart built its business around the unglamorous purchases that keep production moving - then decided to make some of them itself.
Porter found a business in the empty truck
A delivery ends. A truck heads home empty. Porter built a marketplace around that wasted journey - and a practical lesson in how small businesses get things done.
CAPGRID and the hidden life of a small part
A component can be cheap to buy and expensive to chase. CAPGRID is building a business around the work between the drawing and the assembly line.
Spinny bought the cars. And the doubt.
To make second-hand cars easier to trust, Spinny stopped playing matchmaker and became the seller. The trade-off: every promise now comes with inventory, workshops and a bill.
Astrotalk sells the next minute
A private question. A public marketplace. How Astrotalk turned the search for reassurance into a business with ₹1,176 crore in annual operating revenue.
NoBroker.com: Remove the broker. Keep the work.
NoBroker.com made direct contact with property owners its opening move. The bigger business grew from everything that still had to happen before, during and after the move.
Iscon Balaji Foods: Small potatoes. Big business.
A potato too small for a crisp became the starting point for a food business reaching more than 35 countries. Iscon Balaji Foods built the missing connections between the field, the factory and the fryer.
BigHaat sells the next move
A seed packet is only the beginning. BigHaat is building a business around what farmers need before they plant, while they grow, and after they harvest.
DealShare made groceries social. The bill came later.
A grocery bargain travelled through WhatsApp and helped build a $1.7 billion company. Making the next order pay proved harder.
ElasticRun found room in the empty miles
A rural shop needs stock. An online shopper wants speed. ElasticRun connects both to a network built from other people’s capacity - and has learned to be choosy about what travels through it.
Fibe outgrew payday.
EarlySalary began with the awkward gap between a bill and a paycheck. Fibe now finances hospital visits, classrooms and everyday purchases - while personal loans still pay most of the bills.
Attero sees a mine in your drawer
An old laptop sent two brothers looking for a responsible recycler. They built a business that buys discarded electronics and recovers the metals manufacturers need next.
Licious sells meat. Trust is the hard part.
A chicken order is a small act of faith. Licious built a cold chain to earn it - then discovered that an online meat brand also needs a shop window.
Wooden Street sells furniture. The real product is confidence.
A sofa looks easy to buy until you have to live with it. Wooden Street built stores, factories and a delivery operation around that inconvenient little fact.
Prozeal Green Energy: First, move the mud.
Solar panels are the visible part. Prozeal’s business lives in the roads, permissions, power lines and financing that make industrial clean energy possible.
Centricity keeps the human in wealthtech
The former private bankers behind Centricity are giving independent advisers a bigger toolkit and wealthy families a clearer view. Their bet: better software can make a relationship business travel further.
Kogta Financial bets on the second life of a truck
A used truck can be someone’s first business. Kogta Financial has built a lending company around that possibility - and the hard work of deciding who can repay.
Medikabazaar: The hospital behind the hospital
A hospital can have the right doctors and still be missing the right supplies. Medikabazaar built a business around that gap - then had to confront gaps in its own controls.
Shiprocket found its business in the last mile
The founders wanted to put small shops online. Then they discovered the harder job: getting the order to the doorstep, and the money back to the merchant.
Veeba won the kitchen. Then the shelf.
A failed restaurant chain sent Viraj Bahl back to sauces. Veeba’s next move was to let restaurant buyers test the business before asking India’s shopkeepers to stock it.
GPS Renewables: The fuel hiding in your leftovers
A food-waste digester became a business building India’s biogas infrastructure. The interesting part is everything that has to happen before the gas reaches a customer.