r/indianstartups is a subreddit with 130k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses startup, struggling, founder, problem, and business, and they frequently recommend/review payment gateway, software recommendation, and text to speech.
A discussion forum for entrepreneurs to network, help each other and discuss everything about startups in India.
Popular Themes in r/indianstartups
#1
Advice Requests
: "Solo founders: How do you manage everything when you’re building a startup alone?"
17 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "My Startup Has This BIG PROBLEM!!! Help me Solve It"
6 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Could Reliance’s ₹10 ice cream strategy disrupt the market?"
5 posts
#4
Ideas
: "News aggregator app idea for my news app, what do u guys think?"
4 posts
#5
Pain & Anger
: "Indian Logistics ecosystem killed my small business! What am I doing wrong?"
2 posts
#6
News
: "Just had my first-ever VC call, and honestly, I was a bit surprised by how it went. Here’s what happened:"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/indianstartups
#1
Startup
15 posts
#2
Struggling
12 posts
#3
Founder
7 posts
#4
Problem
4 posts
#5
Business
4 posts
#6
Startups
3 posts
#7
Saas
3 posts
#8
Co Founder
3 posts
#9
Ai
3 posts
#10
Tired
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/indianstartups
Payment Gateway
90 reviews
#1
RazorPay
4.1★ from 21 reviews
#2
Stripe
4.3★ from 9 reviews
#3
DoDo Payments
4.1★ from 7 reviews
Software Recommendation
10 reviews
#1
ERPNext
3.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Odoo
3.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Zoho Books
4.0★ from 1 review
Text To Speech
4 reviews
#1
ElevenLabs
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Kaizen
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
AssemblyAI
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/indianstartups
#1
Startup help
: "20 year old from Bihar, no team, no investors, no CS degree — An anonymous "dossier" website called me a fraud. Today, Arcle V1 (5.84B) is officially live, open weights, and trained."
52 posts
#2
Other
: "How much of the “self made” billionaire story is actually self made?"
28 posts
#3
How to Grow?
: "Indian Logistics ecosystem killed my small business! What am I doing wrong?"
24 posts
#4
How do I?
: "20 year old from Bihar, no team, no investors, no CS degree — An anonymous "dossier" website called me a fraud. Today, Arcle V1 (5.84B) is officially live, open weights, and trained."
23 posts
#5
Business Ride Along
: "Made my first $9.99 on the internet. Someone in Kentucky tried my Mac app and bought it within 30 minutes."
17 posts
#6
Case Study
: "SUGAR Cosmetics is raising at an 80% down round. We measured five years of its demand and its shelf, and the interesting part is what replaced it."
12 posts
#7
Hiring
: "hiring for ppl who breathe brands and understands consumers. creative folks, assemble!"
11 posts
#8
Co-founder search
: "Kickass Founding Team building consumer apps (along with core business operations) in Bangalore."
8 posts
#9
Meme
: "My dream job is to be a retired billionaire. What's your actual dream job ?"
4 posts
#10
News
: "Apparently there are up to 15 NGOs for every startup in India."
3 posts
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Yearly
+51k members(64.3%)
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Last updated: September 11, 2026