r/StartUpIndia is a subreddit with 433k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses startup, founder, ai, business, and tech, and they frequently recommend/review payment gateway, cloud provider, and bank.
Startup Community For Indians
Popular Themes in r/StartUpIndia
#1
Advice Requests
: "I’m a small handmade jewellery business owner and I don’t know how to scale it."
19 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "finally got our rto down after 6 brutal months, sharing what helped"
11 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Raising 50L (15% equity) for a jewelry brand scaling traditional South Indian and modern LGD collections"
5 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Looking for startup-minded people to build with 🚀"
5 posts
#5
Ideas
: "So my friend wants to start a masala(Indian spices) business, validating the idea"
4 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "I built a datalogger device via my Electronics firm for RDSO contractor only to be cheated."
1 post
#7
Self-Promotion
: "[Saturday Promo] We’re picking 10 hardware startups to get free CAD design and free prototyping. (Ex-Lockheed/MIT tech team)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/StartUpIndia
#1
Startup
: "Tier-2 college + 1+ YOE full stack dev with production experience, still struggling to get interviews"
40 posts
#2
Founder
11 posts
#3
Ai
9 posts
#4
Business
6 posts
#5
Tech
6 posts
#6
Struggling
4 posts
#7
Co Founder
4 posts
#8
India
3 posts
#9
Looking For Cofounder
3 posts
#10
Internship
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/StartUpIndia
Payment Gateway
7 reviews
#1
HDFC
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Razorpay
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
RazorPay
5.0★ from 1 review
Cloud Provider
4 reviews
#1
AWS
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Hetzner
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Vultr
1.0★ from 1 review
Bank
3 reviews
#1
IDFC
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
IndusInd Bank
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/StartUpIndia
#1
Discussion :discuss:
: "How do people even find problems worth solving?"
47 posts
#2
Ask Startup :ask:
: "Rich kids get 25% equity to build products to sell to their rich neighbours"
43 posts
#3
Investment & Partnership :partner:
: "Looking to Join an Early-Stage Startup (No Salary Needed)"
21 posts
#4
Advice :advice:
: "I’m a small handmade jewellery business owner and I don’t know how to scale it."
20 posts
#5
Job Seeking :job:
: "A founder at ISB told me my cold outreach was embarrassing. 3 months later I'd closed 10 Tier 1 institutions throughout IITs and IIMs for him. Including both the ISBs"
13 posts
#6
Saturday Spotlight :spotlight:
: "My latest crochet creation: Banana Kitty 🍌🐾"
11 posts
#7
Roast My Idea :idea:
: "After mumbai water shortage , I was recommended these by YT, isn't this another business opportunity, i mean they can literally sell unlimited amout of water as the source is free"
10 posts
#8
Hiring :hiring:
: "Hiring: Full-Stack Intern Role at a US-Based AI Startup ($1,200/m+ Stipend)"
8 posts
#9
General :general:
: "Huge kudos to Indian Students for developing a breakthrough technique to separate microplastics from water 💯"
7 posts
#10
Vent & Rant :vent:
: "₹1 lakh gone in 3 weeks: Zocket: the "official Meta & Google partner" that banned every account it gave us"
6 posts
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Yearly
+78k members(21.9%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026