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Women-led impact & social enterprise startups in India
Livelihoods, financial inclusion, climate, waste and rural markets — companies built to move a number that isn’t only revenue.
Impact is the category that resists a clean pitch deck. The founders here measure success partly in things venture math ignores: a weaver paid on time, a first bank account, waste that never reaches a landfill. Some run as tight commercial businesses that happen to do good. Others are structured as social enterprises from the first day. What they share is a stubbornness about the problems most startups quietly route around.
75 companies · 2 with a founder story · Last updated 14 August 2026
75 companies · 2 with a founder story
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Priya Krishnamoorthy
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2002
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1993
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Berinag, Uttarakhand
- Founded
- 1997
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Panaji, Goa
- Founded
- 2005
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2000
Preeyam Budhia
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Indore, Madhya Pradesh
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Founded
- 2001
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2006
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1989
Anita Reddy
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 1999
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Auroville, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2009
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2007
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Guwahati, Assam
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Dimapur, Nagaland
- Founded
- 2008
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2003
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Founded
- 2018
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2000
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 1984
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 1988
Robin Chaurasiya
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2008
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mhaswad, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1997
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2008
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2003
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Guwahati, Assam
- Founded
- 1995
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Almora, Uttarakhand
- Founded
- 1995
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1997
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2010
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bikaner, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2006
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh
- Founded
- 1979
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Vadodara, Gujarat
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2012
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2008
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bhuj, Gujarat
- Founded
- 1969
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Agartala, Tripura
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 1995
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded
- 2017
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Founded
- 2012
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2009
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 1987
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- New Delhi, Delhi
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 1985
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2013
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh
- Founded
- 2002
Paulmie Gogoi
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Guwahati, Assam
- Founded
- 2020
- Industry
- Impact / Social
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2020
200 Million ArtisansPriya Krishnamoorthy | Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2020 |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2002 | |
| Impact / Social | Pune, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1993 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2013 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Impact / Social | Berinag, Uttarakhand | Bootstrapped | 1997 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Panaji, Goa | Bootstrapped | 2005 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2000 | |
Cafe ICanFlyyPreeyam Budhia | Impact / Social | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 2017 |
| Impact / Social | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | Seed | 2018 | |
| Impact / Social | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Bootstrapped | 2001 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2006 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1989 | |
DwarakaAnita Reddy | Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 1999 |
| Impact / Social | Auroville, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2009 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Impact / Social | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2010 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2007 | |
| Impact / Social | Guwahati, Assam | Bootstrapped | 2014 | |
| Impact / Social | Dimapur, Nagaland | Bootstrapped | 2008 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2003 | |
| Impact / Social | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2013 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Series B | 2011 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2011 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | Pre-Seed | 2018 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2000 | |
| Impact / Social | Jaipur, Rajasthan | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 1984 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 1988 | |
KrantiRobin Chaurasiya | Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2010 |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2008 | |
| Impact / Social | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2019 | |
| Impact / Social | Mhaswad, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1997 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2008 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2003 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
| Impact / Social | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Bootstrapped | 2011 | |
| Impact / Social | Guwahati, Assam | Bootstrapped | 1995 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | Almora, Uttarakhand | Bootstrapped | 1995 | |
| Impact / Social | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1997 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2010 | |
| Impact / Social | Bikaner, Rajasthan | Bootstrapped | 2006 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 1979 | |
| Impact / Social | Vadodara, Gujarat | Seed | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2013 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2012 | |
| Impact / Social | Jodhpur, Rajasthan | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2008 | |
| Impact / Social | Bhuj, Gujarat | Bootstrapped | 1969 | |
| Impact / Social | Agartala, Tripura | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2019 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Series C | 2015 | |
| Impact / Social | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 2015 | |
| Impact / Social | Gurugram, Haryana | Series A | 2014 | |
| Impact / Social | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 1995 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2016 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2020 | |
| Impact / Social | Kolkata, West Bengal | Bootstrapped | 2017 | |
| Impact / Social | Udaipur, Rajasthan | Bootstrapped | 2012 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2009 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 1987 | |
| Impact / Social | New Delhi, Delhi | Bootstrapped | 2020 | |
| Impact / Social | Gurugram, Haryana | Bootstrapped | 1985 | |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Bootstrapped | 2013 | |
| Impact / Social | Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh | Bootstrapped | 2002 | |
Woven Tales of North EastPaulmie Gogoi | Impact / Social | Guwahati, Assam | Bootstrapped | 2020 |
| Impact / Social | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Pre-Series A | 2020 |
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What the data shows
Companies tracked
75
With a full founder story
2
Leading sectors
Impact / Social
Most-represented cities
Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi
Common funding stages
Bootstrapped, Seed, Series A
How we choose what’s on this list
This collection is built straight from our verified startup directory. Every women-led company that matches this theme appears automatically, and any founder we've profiled also gets the in-depth "Read our story" link. We confirm a woman founder or co-founder, and corroborate each company's details across multiple independent sources, before it is counted — and we never pad the list to make it look fuller.
See our editorial & verification policy for how every entry is checked.
Frequently asked questions
+ – How many companies are in "Impact & Social"?
75 women-led companies right now, 2 of them with a full founder story on Women Can Startup. The list grows as we verify and profile more founders.
+ – How is this collection put together?
This collection is built straight from our verified startup directory. Every women-led company that matches this theme appears automatically, and any founder we've profiled also gets the in-depth "Read our story" link. We confirm a woman founder or co-founder, and corroborate each company's details across multiple independent sources, before it is counted — and we never pad the list to make it look fuller.
+ – Can I get my company added to this collection?
If your company has a woman founder or co-founder and fits this theme, pitch us your story. Curated collections only include companies whose published profile supports the claim, so a full founder story is the way in.
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