Startups are male dominated areas and due to a combination of factors – ranging from family responsibilities to high risk – women are unable to found as many startups as men. But, here are few women who bucked the trend and created their mark in the startup world.
Eligibility:
- Must be predominantly based in India
- Should be a cofounder of a startup that is currently in operation and less than 5 years old
If there are women who are missing in the list use the comment section to let us know.
Name |
Startup |
Background |
|---|---|---|
| Revathi Kasturi | Laqsh Job Skills Academy | A graduate of IIT Bombay, Revathi worked for Wipro and Novell before setting up Laqsh |
| Nita Goyal | Founder of Tavant Technologies and ngpaya | Nita has a PhD from Stanford University and worked at HP before founding Tavant. |
| Neetu Bhatia | Founder of Kyazoonga.com – portal to buy movie and concert tickets | Has a MS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked for Mckinsey and Lehnmann before founding Kyazoonga |
| Upasana Taku | Founder of ZaakPay – online payment platform | Has a MS from Stanford and worked for Paypal and Mobikwik before founding Zaakpay in 2010 |
| Suruchi Wagh | Founder of NextLeap -virtual career counselor to help admissions to US and Indian universities | Has a masters from University of Southern California. Worked at TCS and Risk Management Solutions before launching NextLeap |
| Krithika Nelson | Founder of Shopo.in – Chennai based ecommerce site for accessories and others | RJ for Big FM and worked at Sun TV as a program manager before founding Shopo |
| Preeti Mittal | Founder of BlueBit Systems – Panchkula SEO and Website development company | Worked as a freelance online marketing consultant before found Blue Bit systems |
| JyotiRamnath | Founder of CraftMyGift – online gift site | Has a BE in Computer Science and worked at HP before founding CraftMyGift in 2008 |
| Shradha Sharma | Founder of YoutStory.in – Indian entrepreneur site | Has a Masters in History and worked at Times of India and CNBC before founding Yourstory in 2008 |
| Arpana Priyadarshini | Founder of PringOO – custom mugs and tshirts | Has MBA from Old Dominion University and worked for SMEs like CafePress and HiPage before founding PringOO |
| Trusha Shah | Founder of ShareUrJoy.com | Has a finance degree and worked in animation industry before founding shareurjoy |
| Anjali Gupta | Co-Founder at Tinker an idea lab that has produced a few products like Dubzer – Crowdsourced language translation and Lipikaar – typing solution for Indian languages | Has a MBA from Wharton and worked form various companies including Amazon and Persistent systems before founding Tinker |
| Neha Gupta | Co-Founder at Tinker an idea lab that has produced a few products like Dubzer – Crowdsourced language translation and Lipikaar – typing solution for Indian languages | Has a BE in Computer Science and worked at a startup before co-founding Tinker with Anjali Gupta |
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