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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
Column
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Delve into how 11 women founders are breaking the barriers of capital, mentors and a supportive ecosystem
Access to capital is one of the largest barriers for women founders but it is not just an India problem, but a global problem. Then there's access to mentorship and a supportive ecosystem. Our latest issue delves into inspiring stories of 11 women founders who are raging against the machine to create a space for themselves in the world
Startups
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This is me: Indian women founders are taking up space by being unapologetic
An army of new-age founders is scripting a bold story, moving away from the clichéd gender narrative. What's helping them is their valuable higher education, a sizeable corporate stint, and the courage to be unapologetic
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Transition of women founders and cofounders to CEOs important: Aishwarya Arunkumar, Shweta Bhatia
Women have founded companies and held the cofounder and founder chair but today many are transitioning to CEOs, which is an important transition, Arunkumar is vice president at Eight Roads Ventures India, while Bhatia is partner and head of technology (consumer and financial services investments) at Eight Roads Ventures India
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SuperBottoms: An army of young mothers, led by Pallavi Utagi, will defend this baby care brand
SuperBottoms has seen two near-death experiences, including an imposter wanting to clone it, but the force of young moms put together by Utagi will do anything to protect and scale the reusable cloth diaper and baby products
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Beating the odds: Why Melorra's Saroja Yeramilli believes being a solo woman founder is the toughest job
The founder and CEO of the D2C jewellery brand had to face several odds, lows and rejections. But the tenacious founder refused to give up
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Ahana Gautam's Open Secret: Be unapologetic and fight for your dream
Gautam's mom inspired her to fight the odds, and with Open Secret, she is inspiring moms to switch to healthy snacking options for their children
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Why ApnaKlub Shruti doesn't mind being an angry young woman
The cofounder and CEO of of the B2B wholesale FMCG platform channelises her anger to defy norms, discard labels and fight gender bias
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Blissclub: Born out of founder Minu Margeret's passion
Ultimate Frisbee player Minu Margeret discovered the play of 'lift and drag' during her motley corporate stint and wobbly part-time gigs. Finally, she found the perfect trajectory with Blissclub
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Community capital: Tamanna Dhamija's double engine of Baby Destination and Convosight is running on full steam
Tamanna Dhamija started by building a community for mothers with Baby Destination. The first-time founder then went on to create Convosight, one of the biggest global community monetisation platforms from India
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Progcap's Pallavi Shrivastava is on a mission to change the gender narrative
The cofounder and CEO that provides working capital to small and medium sized businesses, believes that after a point gender doesn't matter, so you should ignore the noise and run behind your mission
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Anisha Dossa Aibara is on a mission to create impact in a Jiffy
For this investment banker turned entrepreneur, it's all about creating long-term impact—and she has a career to back it and a startup that's flourishing
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Saumya Mittal's Fitbudd enables fitness coaches scale their businesses through this SaaS platform
The pandemic killed her maiden venture. But the cofounder and CEO is now living her entrepreneurial dream with FitBudd
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Swagatika Das' bold and daring attitude is taking Nat Habit to new heights
The co-founder continues to lead by example with her beauty brand that makes natural, freshly made hygiene and wellness products
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AVIOM: Kajal Ilmi's housing finance company is run by women, for women, and lends to women
The company provides loans to women in rural and semi-urban areas to help them get access to capital and build sanitation-focussed homes
