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Startups for environmental solutions feature - India - 5 selected

Are you building solutions to India’s environmental challenges? If yes, your work deserves the spotlight. Makers of New Bharat is a flagship series by News with Navya that highlights homegrown startups and innovators shaping a better future for India. For a special edition of Makers of New Bharat, we are looking to feature companies building solutions in: • Waste Management • Education • Water Crisis • AI for Climate Action • Wildlife Conservation Technology • Sustainable Fashion • Sustainable Materials & Alternatives to Plastic • Carbon Capture, Climate Data & Monitoring We want to hear your story and learn how your work is contributing to a more sustainable future. That’s what will make this special edition of Makers of New Bharat truly stand out. If you think your startup fits the spotlight, DM us or write to us at [email redacted] with a brief overview of your mission. We will be collaborating with just 5 startups for this special edition, selected on a rolling basis. Let’s show the world what Bharat is building!

Insights from AI Founders-VCs on Solving India-Specific Challenges

Unpopular opinion: most AI startups in India are still solving investor problems, not India’s problems. Everybody wants to say they are building in AI. Very few are asking whether their product can survive Indian reality. Indian reality is not a clean dataset. It is messy operations, multilingual users, compliance burdens, weak process discipline, legacy systems, low willingness to pay, and enormous pressure to show ROI quickly. That is exactly why AI in India is a much deeper opportunity than in many mature markets. Because if a startup can make AI work here, it is not just building software. It is building resilience. The question is no longer: “Can your model generate outputs?” The real questions are: Can your product reduce workload? Can it improve decision quality? Can it work in low-structure environments? Can it handle trust, governance, and accountability? Can a real institution adopt it without needing a digital miracle first? India does not need more AI theatre. It needs AI embedded into sectors where inefficiency is still treated as normal. Healthcare. Education. Compliance. Agriculture. Public service delivery. MSMEs. Legal workflows. Manufacturing. This is where the next generation of serious Indian startups will emerge. Not from hype. From grit. My belief is simple: The most valuable AI startups in India will not be the loudest. They will be the ones that make broken systems quietly function better. That is where value will be created. That is where trust will be earned. That is where India can build globally relevant companies. Founders need to think beyond model demos. Investors need to look beyond pitch vocabulary. Policymakers need to enable responsible experimentation. Institutions need to stop treating AI as a branding exercise. So here’s the real question: Are we building AI for India’s complexity — or are we still building presentations for each other? Would genuinely like to hear responses from founders, VCs, academic leaders, enterprise buyers, and policymakers.

Non-Founder Women in Tech Startups for Employee Experience Podcast

Looking for non-founder women in tech startups to come on my podcast Hey everyone! I recently launched Non-Founder Crew, a podcast dedicated to helping startup employees understand the unwritten rules of working in tech that nobody tells you about. Things like equity compensation, tender offers, what actually happens during a liquidity event, and how to advocate for yourself when you're not the one at the top of the org chart. I'm a woman who has spent over a decade working at different tech startups, including as an early employee at a company that later went on to IPO, so this stuff is pretty personal to me. I started this podcast because I kept running into the same knowledge gaps over and over and couldn't find resources that spoke to the employee experience specifically. I'd love to have women from this community come on as guests. So much of the startup advice out there is told through the founder lens, and honestly, through a pretty specific demographic of founder. I want Non-Founder Crew to reflect the full range of people who actually do the work at these companies, which means going out of my way to include voices that aren't the typical white male in tech perspective. If you're a non-founder woman working at (or who has worked at) a startup and you have thoughts on any of this: Navigating equity, raises, or layoffs What it's actually like to be an employee during an acquisition or IPO Office politics, career growth, or knowing your worth Anything else the startup world doesn't talk about honestly ...I want to hear from you. You can check out the trailer here: https://youtu.be/e6puV71JRP4?si=f\_4l1JzvMYZ2YZZ2 Drop a comment or DM me if you're interested. All experience levels and functions welcome, engineering, ops, marketing, finance, you name it. Let's build the resource we all wish we'd had. Thank youuuu!

Tech Startup Industry Experts in Costa Rica for Feature

Buenos dias from Colombia. I'm heading to Costa Rica next month and will be working on a piece about the interesting tech startups there. I'm also looking for expert voices on the industry. If you're in-the-know when it comes to Costa Rican startups, or can point me in the direction of someone who is, feel free to jot details below. ps travel tips for Costa Rica welcome too. I'm spending just under a month there. #journorequest

Expert Source on Europe Growth Fund Trends for Sifted

I’d love to hear from you: do you think the growth fund trend will continue in Europe? Are the funds being raised big enough? What else needs to be done to meet the needs of the maturing startups in Europe? [url=mailto:[email redacted]]Send me a note.[/url]

Tech Startup Leaders on Privacy Law Impact for The Guardian

I am writing a story about the impact of new privacy regulations on small tech startups, specifically focusing on how these companies are adapting their data practices and what challenges they face. I am looking for founders, CTOs, or data compliance officers at small tech firms who can share their experiences and insights. If you work at a tech startup affected by recent privacy law changes, please get in touch to share your story and the changes your company has implemented or is planning to implement.

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