Startup Stories

The verified origin story of Zerodha: how Nithin and Nikhil Kamath built India’s most profitable, fully bootstrapped brokerage.

Vandita Purohit built Mauji, India’s first pay-by-the-hour time cafe, after three earlier ventures didn’t work out as planned.

From a Karnataka village with no internet to a NASA contract, Awais Ahmed’s Pixxel journey shows what a real deep-tech bet looks like.

Two Indian students built Tsenta, an AI tool that auto-applies to jobs, after facing thousands of internship rejections. Y Combinator just backed them.

At 14, Jainam Jain built AI startup Mengo Engine and works from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Here’s the story behind the viral headline.

Kenyan engineer Joseph Nguthiru founded HyaPak after getting his boat trapped in invasive water hyacinth. His water hyacinth biodegradable plastic startup has since won the UN’s top award for young …

Aman Sanger started coding at 14. By 25, he’s looking at a $2.7 billion payout after SpaceX agreed to buy Cursor, the AI coding tool he co-built, for $60 billion. …

Pune-based SunCharge Motors, founded by 24-year-old Sanskar Modi, has begun delivering India’s first solar-powered commercial electric three-wheelers, charging while driving without any external charging infrastructure.

Rohit Sharma has gone from FITTR’s brand ambassador to equity partner, investing in the fitness platform right after it posted its first profitable year, with ₹128 crore in FY25 revenue.

Key Takeaways Insurge AI, a Hyderabad-based SaaS startup founded by two engineering students, is turning heads across India’s tech scene in 2026. Rohith Vegesna from Manipal Institute of Technology and …