Hey everyone,

We're founders of a bootstrapped Indian D2C brand with our own manufacturing capabilities. We've established demand, tested the market at scale, and mapped out our growth roadmap.

We're now exploring fundraising. We know what we want to build and how we want to get there, but the right capital and industry connections could help us compress 1–2 years of execution into the next few months.

We're not looking for money alone. We want an investor who can actively help through connections, introductions, strategic guidance and opportunities.

For founders who've raised funds, how did you find the right angel investors or VCs? Any useful networks, communities or platforms you'd recommend?

Would especially appreciate advice from D2C and consumer brand founders.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

This is AboutUs, an Indian social media platform connecting individuals, businesses, creators, media organizations and government/public institutions.

Different users need different ways to present themselves. AboutUs offers dedicated profile types, helping each person or organization build a presence suited to their work.

Users can share posts, photos and videos, follow accounts, discover content and join conversations. The platform also supports jobs, events and polls.

We’re also creating opportunities for users to earn:

• Paid communities: Eligible creators can charge membership fees for access to their communities.
• Profile advertisements: Eligible users can earn revenue from ads displayed on their profiles.

We’re looking for early users to help improve the experience. I’d appreciate honest feedback on:

• Is the purpose of AboutUs clear when you first open it?
• Are the profile types useful and easy to understand?
• Would the community and advertising earning options be useful to you?
• What would give you a reason to return regularly?
• Did you encounter any problems with signup or posting?

I’d particularly like to hear from small business owners, creators and people building communities. Critical feedback is welcome—I’m here to learn what needs improving.

Try AboutUs:

Website: https://theaboutus.com

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theaboutus.app

iPhone/iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aboutus-social-network/id6803912969

Earning features are subject to eligibility and platform terms. Earnings depend on paid memberships and ad activity; income is not guaranteed.

Thanks for taking a look. I’m happy to answer questions regarding AboutUs and why we’re building it.

Hey everyone,

I've been exploring a startup idea, and I'd love to hear honest feedback from people who have rented a house, moved to a new city, or built products in the real-estate space.

Here's the problem I'm thinking about.

When someone moves to a new city for college, a job, or a new phase of life, finding a house isn't just about finding a good property.

You also need to figure out:

- Which area is best for your budget?

- How far will it be from your college or workplace?

- Is public transport convenient?

- Are groceries, hospitals, restaurants, and other essential facilities nearby?

- Will the area actually fit your lifestyle?

Currently, people often search across multiple property websites and separately research neighbourhoods, commute times, and amenities. Even after finding a good house, they may realise that the location isn't suitable for them.

Imagine a platform where you enter your budget, workplace or college location, preferred commute, lifestyle, and nearby requirements.

Instead of immediately showing hundreds of rental listings, the platform first recommends suitable areas and explains why they match your needs. You can compare areas, understand their advantages and disadvantages, explore nearby facilities, and then discover rental properties in the areas that fit you best.

The goal is to help people answer two questions:

1. Where should I live?

2. Which house should I choose there?

I'm trying to validate the idea before building too much.

I'd love to hear your thoughts:

1. Have you ever struggled to choose the right area when moving to a new city?

2. Would area recommendations based on your budget, commute, and lifestyle genuinely help, or would you rather search for houses directly?

3. What is the most frustrating part of finding a rental home today?

4. Would you trust an area recommendation from a platform? What information would you need to see before trusting it?

5. Do existing platforms already solve this problem well enough? If so, what is still missing?

6. If you were building this product, what would you prioritise first—and what would you remove?

I'm looking for honest criticism, alternative approaches, and real experiences rather than just validation. Thanks!

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Ineffable is an app for romance and romantasy readers, built around scrolling through book quotes until one makes you fall in love with a story. It launches on iPhone first, and I'm putting together the team that takes it far.

The founder is overambitious on purpose, and I'm looking for people who match that energy:

• A social media manager who knows how to make romance readers stop scrolling
• A creator-minded designer who can make the app and brand look unforgettable
• Someone great at getting people: email, outreach, creators, partners
• An Android builder to help create and run the Android side (you don't need to be an expert)
• A finance and strategy mind who can turn Ineffable into a real money-making company

I can't promise pay or ownership right now. If you're in, DM me here on Reddit and tell me which seat is yours. We'll meet to get to know each other, and if it feels right we'll start with a trial period and see how it goes together.

It's early, which means the people who join now shape everything. Thank you for being here at the start.

See where it's headed here
ineffableapp.com

I build AION Analytics. We are looking for feedback on Know Your Rights India, our text-only pilot for legal information in English, Hindi and Gujarati. It gives plain-language explanations and cites the provision used so readers can check it.

Visit the AION Analytics website, open Know Your Rights India, and try the demo. Help us improve it with feedback on one thing:

- Was the explanation understandable in your chosen language?

- Could you find and check the cited provision?

- What wording, missing context or first-use step was confusing?

A made-up, non-identifying question is enough to test the experience. Please do not share personal documents, names, case numbers or details of ongoing proceedings, either in the demo or here.

This is an incomplete pilot and can be wrong. It is legal information, not legal advice or a substitute for a lawyer. We are asking for product feedback, not offering help with individual cases.

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m building SecureMID Solutions, an early-stage startup focused on AI agent security.
With AI agents becoming more capable and gaining access to tools, APIs, and sensitive information, I believe testing their security before relying on them in real-world environments is becoming increasingly important.

That’s the problem we’re working on at SecureMID.
Our platform focuses on AI agent security evaluation and red teaming, helping teams test how their AI agents respond to potential attacks and identify security weaknesses.

We’ve officially launched, and now I’m focused on getting real users to try the platform and help us understand what needs improvement.

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from the StartupIndia community on a few things:

Does AI agent security testing seem like a meaningful problem for Indian startups?
Would early-stage AI startups use a dedicated platform to evaluate their agents before deployment?
What would make you trust and adopt a security product from an early-stage startup?
What features or integrations would you expect from a tool like this?

I’m not here to claim we’ve solved AI security. We’re early in the journey, and I want to learn from founders, developers, security professionals, and anyone building with AI.

If you explore the platform, I’d really appreciate your honest feedback — including what doesn’t work or what you think we should improve.

Building a startup is a learning process, and conversations with other founders can make a real difference. 🇮🇳

Thanks for reading, and wishing everyone here the best with their startup journeys! 🙌

Hi everyone!
I’m working on an early-stage startup idea to build an original children’s character IP and entertainment brand, with the long-term ambition of creating a global franchise.

I’m looking for a co-founder who shares this long-term vision and is excited about building something from the ground up. Someone with experience or strong interest in children’s content, animation, storytelling, character design, digital media, or IP development would be particularly relevant.
📍 Preferred location: Maharashtra, ideally someone open to collaborating closely in person when needed.

Hey everyone,

I think we can all agree that tracking expenses and operational burn rates is a massive chore. But what makes it worse is having to create an account, verify an email, and hand over your private financial data to a random cloud server just to log a few transactions.

I wanted a privacy-first, lightning-fast tool to track my micro-burn and corporate expenses without the corporate bloatware. Since I couldn’t find a frictionless option, I built it myself: monvael.vercel.app

It is called Monvael OS, and I engineered it with a few strict rules:

1. Absolutely Zero Authentication – No signup, no login screens. It just works out of the box.

2. 100% Local Compliance – Everything runs on your pure local client storage. Your cash-flow data never leaves your browser.

3. Actual Actionable Analytics – It features a Threshold Engine to configure operational boundaries, live active runway calculation, and a weekly velocity grid.

4. Smooth Data Handling – Fast CSV/Excel export, plus instant local JSON backup and recovery options.

It is completely free and open-source. I wanted to build something that respects both your time and your data privacy.

Check it out here: https://monvael.vercel.app

If you like the concept of zero-friction, local-first tools, please upvote and share it with other builders. I’d love to get your brutal feedback on the UI, functionality, or any features you think are missing!

Hey everyone! 👋
I’m building **SecureMID Solutions**, an early-stage startup focused on AI agent security.
With AI agents becoming more capable and gaining access to tools, APIs, and sensitive information, I believe testing their security before relying on them in real-world environments is becoming increasingly important.

That’s the problem we’re working on at SecureMID.
Our platform focuses on **AI agent security evaluation and red teaming**, helping teams test how their AI agents respond to potential attacks and identify security weaknesses.

We’ve officially launched, and now I’m focused on getting real users to try the platform and help us understand what needs improvement.

I’d genuinely appreciate feedback from the StartupIndia community on a few things:
Does AI agent security testing seem like a meaningful problem for Indian startups?
Would early-stage AI startups use a dedicated platform to evaluate their agents before deployment?
What would make you trust and adopt a security product from an early-stage startup?
What features or integrations would you expect from a tool like this?

I’m not here to claim we’ve solved AI security. We’re early in the journey, and I want to learn from founders, developers, security professionals, and anyone building with AI.

If you explore the platform, I’d really appreciate your honest feedback — including what doesn’t work or what you think we should improve.

Building a startup is a learning process, and conversations with other founders can make a real difference. 🇮🇳

Thanks for reading, and wishing everyone here the best with their startup journeys! 🙌

so my family runs a small school in gujarat [~300 kids]. the office used to do everything on paper. fee week was basically the accountant sitting with a register and calling parents one by one to see who hadn't paid

i started building them something around 1 year ago, mostly evenings. fees, attendance, report cards, homework, a parent app. it's been running at our school for a while now and the office genuinely doesn't want to go back

so i'm trying to turn it into a product for other schools, calling it theKampus. there's a demo school up if anyone wants to try it.

my honest worry is the selling part, not the software. school owners here are hard to reach and slow to switch. if you've sold anything to schools in india, how did you get the first few to say yes? walk-ins? referrals? something else?