🇮🇳 #India: It's been a FUN week in the world of #entrepreneurtourism! March is my favourite month of the year. It's a celebration of life and being on many levels: from birthdays to my gender, driving movements for gender equity, etc.

Last week on a panel with Moina, Shruti, Maithreye, Charu, we discussed launching startups, challenges in the entrepreneurial world, and on a less conventional topic of support systems to tide through hurdles, we dived deep and personal over a closeknit roundtable.

The journey can be lonely (sometimes more so as a woman), but how do we navigate that?

It is heartening to hear that support systems for these empowered women range from families and supportive partners, communities, micro-communities, to having access to like-minded peers in the same business social circles, alongside professional networks such as Women in Investing Network and Women in VSEA.

Earlier that day, I caught up with Aashraya who's one of the few #web3 founders in #Hyderabad – we shared a panel on network states and virtual nations last year in #Bangalore. We discussed ambitions and future plans for Illuminated.

Just yesterday, Deeksha from Anthill Ventures was passing through #Bangalore. Coincidentally, me too! So we couldn't pass on the opportunity to catch up in person at Draper Startup House in #koramangala and explore collectively driving progress in the startup community. It's always cool to meet a fellow woman in VC – i always have something to learn from them.

💫 On a personal note over birthdays and wishes, I hope that people continue to be the progress they want to see in this world.

The future belongs to the dreamers and visionaries who believe in the beauty of their dreams, and I'm always grateful and humbled by the community that shows me, without fail, everyday:

The future is here 🚀

🇸🇬 #Singapore in peak bustle on a Thursday!

HEX's TENTH Singapore cohort of founders took the stage and pitched their businesses yesterday evening. One of the memorable demos was EduKate, promoting STEM education for girls through dolls 👧🏼♀️Pleasant surprise to bump into Remi and Benedict who were the judges, and hella proud of Jaclyn Benstead and Shirley Pham who led this program and made it epic!

Worlds colliding 🌏💥 when Jodie meets Mihaela meets HEX! The startup ecosystem welcomes everyone – innovators from all walks🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️🚶 (for context: Jodie is an excellent UX researcher/designer and Mihaela is working on her phD in financial inclusion + 

I missed Accelerating Asia Ventures's demo day this week and the FOMO got to me 😢 but I'm truly glad that everyone passes through the Draper Startup House HQ whenever they're in town... (👋🏽 hi Amra 🥲)

Paying for beer in Singapore with #India rupees 🍻💰 I'm grateful for this fellow globetrotting buddy Ibrahim who recently passed through Hyderabad, and exchanging notes and insights on the city!

It's been an epic two weeks in Singapore; I'm happy to be home! ...If you think I'm taking off soon, you guessed right 😉

🔜 NEXT STOP #HYDERABAD 🔥🚀

I'll be around for a month(ish), excited to CONNECT with the entrepreneurs, founders, investors, operators, and the startup community and learn from everyone 🤩 

ASK: Who should I meet / grab chai with? 👀

🇸🇬 Singapore: Unleashing our inner tigers 🐅 It was fantastic to meet a delegation of 18 Startups from India who visited us at Draper Startup House #singapore today

Organised by Carve Startup Labs 🚀
➡ Alisha Davis
➡ Vishnu Nagaraj

Startup Delegation:
➡ Ramees Ali, Founder of Interval
➡ Dipti Sundar Mohanty, Founder of Mo Ambulance
➡ Midhun A kunj, Founder of Vowels 9M Healthcare Private Limited
➡ Soumya Bhattacharya, Founder of SustLabs
➡ Bhavana M., Founder of Bert Labs
➡ Sreenivas Paluvuri, Founder of VEHITO
➡ Bikash Mohanty, Founder of Smaket Solutions Pvt Ltd
➡ Meenu Sasikumar, Founder of AMG Invest Financial Services
➡ Layak Singh, Founder of Artivatic.ai
➡ Rohit Kochar, Founder of Bert Labs
➡ Karan Deep Singh from Anscer Robotics
➡ Sarat Tadanki from JK Nanosolutions
➡ Jitendra Saini, Cofounder of AquaAirX
➡ Prabhu Stavarmath from Bharat Pi
➡ Havish Sreenath from Infiction Labs
➡ Jayasudan Munsamy, Founder of DeepVisionTech.AI
➡ Raghavendra G. Shetty from RDL Technologies Pvt Ltd
➡ Susheel Chilashetty, Founder of Rootstart

Thank you to the wonderful speakers:
➡ Jaclyn Benstead
➡ Ashish Jain
➡ Anna Joke Breimer Bharati