r/indianstartups is a subreddit with 119k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses startup, founder, india, ai, and marketing, 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
: "Need help from Deeptech startup founders for getting out of this stuck phase"
14 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "Huge thanks - successfully raised our bridge round"
9 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Posturing economy on twitter is unbeatable. To everyone faking they know Kunal Shah personally, we see you and we laugh at you!"
8 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Tired of spending ₹300+ on Ola/Uber every day just to get to college? Would you use a carpooling app made specifically for students?"
6 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Affordable GPS Tracker for Pets Is It Possible to Build One on a Very Low Budget?"
4 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "I have unlimited free raw material (water hyacinth) + land + manpower in rural UP. Looking for investment or a co-founder to build this into a real business"
4 posts
#7
Money Talk
: "Looking to invest in D2C startup with atleast 5l/month revenue"
2 posts
#8
News
: "Bengaluru founder calls out Bombay Shaving Company over WhatsApp spam, CEO apologises: 'Should not have happened'"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/indianstartups
#1
Startup
: "A few months ago this felt impossible. Now I'm flying across the country to pitch my Startup to VC"
84 posts
#2
Founder
: "Need help from Deeptech startup Founders for getting out of this stuck phase"
29 posts
#3
India
: "Kunal Shah as New WhatsApp Chief | Another Indian at Helm of Global Tech Giant"
20 posts
#4
Ai
: "Hype Cycle: Are people cancelling their Ai subscriptions?"
17 posts
#5
Marketing
: "Started an AI-powered Marketing agency from a small town in Gujarat — here's what actually surprised me in the first few months"
14 posts
#6
Tech
: "Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp. Meta puts $900M into CRED. My honest take."
13 posts
#7
Struggling
11 posts
#8
Tired
9 posts
#9
Development
: "Does new age indian startups gone from solving problems to squeezing the middle class?"
8 posts
#10
Looking For Cofounder
8 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
: "Tired of spending ₹300+ on Ola/Uber every day just to get to college? Would you use a carpooling app made specifically for students?"
39 posts
#2
How do I?
: "We closed a $4,200 deal with a company in Australia... for an app nobody will ever download."
27 posts
#3
Business Ride Along
: "TIL that a barcode costs atleast 48k rupees in India"
21 posts
#4
How to Grow?
: "We got our first 5,000 users, but distribution turned out to be harder than building the product"
19 posts
#5
Other
: "we're a 4-person brand and just lost ₹1 lakh to Zocket for ads that basically never ran"
17 posts
#6
Case Study
: "Does new age indian startups gone from solving problems to squeezing the middle class?"
14 posts
#7
News
: "Kunal Shah as New WhatsApp Chief | Another Indian at Helm of Global Tech Giant"
9 posts
#8
Hiring
: "Weekly thread: Post your hiring requirements or if you're looking for work"
9 posts
#9
Co-founder search
: "Looking for a Co-Founder / Investor for my manufacturing business"
8 posts
#10
Meme
: "Hype Cycle: Are people cancelling their AI subscriptions?"
6 posts
Member Growth in r/indianstartups
Yearly
+47k members(65.8%)
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Last updated: July 1, 2026