r/indianstartups is a subreddit with 114k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses startup, india, founder, business, and marketing, and they frequently recommend/review payment gateway, text to speech, and co-working space.
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
: "How to Start a Business in India in 2026 — Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Wasted 6 Months"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Amazon Music Removed Ad Free Option And Downloads From Its Standard Plan, Got Massive Backlash"
8 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I Build a cheap UPI prepaid AI coding/API gateway for Indian developers. Looking for honest feedback."
7 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "Bootstrapping an AI Research Lab From India after working in a 9 to 5"
7 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "We built LienPay → It turns your Groww/Zerodha mutual fund portfolio into an instant UPI credit line"
7 posts
#6
Ideas
: "Need some startup ideas which I can make and manage as a solo dev"
2 posts
#7
Money Talk
: "$5mil+ Seed fundraise - Investment Committee suggestions?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/indianstartups
#1
Startup
: "I talked to 6 developers for my Startup idea. Got quotes from ₹3 lakh to ₹28 lakh for the exact same app. How is this even possible?"
203 posts
#2
India
: "Everyone asks why India can't build its own social media. I spent 400 days trying to answer that."
62 posts
#3
Founder
: "Spent 40 days in San Francisco as a Founder from Bangalore"
51 posts
#4
Business
: "How to Start a Business in India in 2026 — Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Wasted 6 Months"
40 posts
#5
Marketing
: "Some will call this bad Marketing. But this small café just wanted attention and got it. Reminds me of every quick commerce app and their "FREE delivery." We all know.😅"
34 posts
#6
Ai
: "Bootstrapping an Ai Research Lab From India after working in a 9 to 5"
32 posts
#7
Tech
: "Non-Technical founders: what's the most embarrassing Technical question you've had to Google/GPT during a developer meeting?"
18 posts
#8
Technology
: "Deepinder Goyal starts new Tech venture after Temple?"
17 posts
#9
Product
: "Confused about How to Proceed to Build the Product"
13 posts
#10
Ecommerce
: "Looking for agencyto build custom erp for Ecommerce"
13 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
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
Co-working Space
2 reviews
#1
Co-Working Space
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/indianstartups
#1
Startup help
: "Why aren’t more companies using Sarvam-105B? Isn’t it the cheapest most capable model?"
46 posts
#2
How do I?
: "I talked to 6 developers for my startup idea. Got quotes from ₹3 lakh to ₹28 lakh for the exact same app. How is this even possible?"
34 posts
#3
Other
: "Spent 40 days in San Francisco as a founder from Bangalore"
28 posts
#4
How to Grow?
: "A water bottle for free....With ads labeld on that...."
24 posts
#5
Business Ride Along
: "My app has 6 paying users but I just realized that I'll never get more than 50 users"
24 posts
#6
Case Study
: "“Zomato’s Biggest Loophole? Restaurants Might Be Secretly Bypassing The App”"
22 posts
#7
Co-founder search
: "Nobody talks about how stressful packaging and its delays are"
6 posts
#8
Ask Me Anything!
: "I made a big framework. Let's discuss. It's about marketing."
5 posts
#9
Hiring
: "Hiring Social Media Manager ( Freelancer ) For D2C Brands"
5 posts
#10
News
: "Byju is going to jail. What he could have done different? He is a cautionary tale to entrepreneurs,"
4 posts
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+46k members(67.9%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026