FAILED STARTUPS
Two ventures I founded young, and neither worked. I keep them here on purpose: a portfolio that only lists what succeeded is a portfolio you cannot learn anything from.
One ended quietly and one ended expensively, and the second is the reason I take other people's money as seriously as I do.
2
that did not make it
2018
first thing I shipped
MAVENS
An FMCG venture I co-founded with my brother on ₹40 lakh raised, selling and distributing shop to shop across Ranchi.
We launched straight into COVID and it did not scale. I returned what was left of the investor money in full rather than winding down quietly. Everything I have built since runs on the trust that decision taught me to protect.
₹40L
raised
RETURNED
remaining capital, in full
CAREER GEEKS
An edtech product I built and ran while I was still a student. It did not go anywhere, but it was the first thing I ever shipped, and it taught me that shipping is a different skill from having ideas.