Your Gateway to the US-India Cross-Border Startup Ecosystem

Problem Statement / What’s Broken?

The world is more interconnected than ever. LinkedIn, Twitter (X), and Slack communities have made it easier to reach anyone, anywhere. But, when it comes to startup networking- especially across borders- the process of connecting with the right people is fundamentally broken. Here’s why:

• Democratising the ability to reach anyone around the world has turned these platforms into an unfiltered sea of profiles—making it harder to find the right people.


• The real issue isn’t how big these platforms are—it’s that they were never built for curated, vetted, startup-specific networking.


• Instead, they optimise for higher scroll-times, not the number of real, outcome-oriented connections you make. They are feed-oriented and content-heavy; making the user experience noisy and distracting.


• This design flaw makes connecting with high-value people on LinkedIn or Twitter a time-consuming, low-return effort. Even if you do manage to find the right person, cold outreach has a low success rate.

This is especially true in US-India startup networking— where lack of trust is a major roadblock. As a result, most cross-border connections are a function of who you already know—and remain gated by insider networks that limit merit-based discovery and deals.

It all adds up to one thing—the core problem:

Startup professionals across the US and India struggle to discover the right people and make meaningful connections, while navigating a fragmented, low-trust market of service providers and specialised talent.

The two ecosystems remain siloed while being disconnected and inefficient within themselves. The impact of this problem is huge:

• Founders waste months networking inefficiently
• Investors miss great deals
• Deep-tech research is rarely commercialised
• Breakthrough global startups never get built.