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She bootstrapped a ₹100 Cr brand from a hostel room

No VC money, no co-founder, no MBA. Just relentless customer obsession and a WhatsApp group of 200 early users.

No VC money, no co-founder, no MBA. Just relentless customer obsession and a WhatsApp group of 200 early users.

India’s startup ecosystem is entering a new chapter — one defined less by valuation and more by velocity. This story is illustrative demo content shipped with the Pitch Karo Bharat theme; replace it with your own reporting.

Across sectors from spacetech to agritech, a new generation of founders is building with homegrown technology that rivals global standards. The platform exists to give them visibility, capital and community in one place.

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Ritika Nair
Founder, Bloom & Co.