Founding Editor
Ajit Kumar
Founding editor of The Rising Story, reporting on early-stage founders outside the metros — the companies that raise nothing, raise quietly, or never get written about at all.
Stories by Ajit Kumar
Founder Stories
LifeMate Is Building a Personal-Assistant Service for Everyday Tasks in Mumbai
Founded by Gaurav Chavhan, LifeMate is building a personal-assistance service in Malad West for people who need everyday tasks handled when they do not have the time or availability to do them themselves.
Cleantech
How an Ahmedabad Student Built an AI Waste Sorting Startup
Two engineering students used a ₹70,000 grant to prove that India’s recycling crisis can be solved instantly at the trash bin, rather than the landfill. Now, they are discovering that navigating municipal bureaucracy is much harder than building edge-AI hardware.
Healthtech
At 19, Ajit Kumar Left Engineering to Build LocalPill Around One Simple Question: Where Is My Medicine?
A medicine can be sitting in a nearby pharmacy and still feel out of reach when nobody knows where to find it. In Patna, Ajit Kumar is building LocalPill around that everyday problem, starting with neighbourhood pharmacies.
Founder Stories
How Accesco Living Is Building a More Connected Commerce Network for Everyday Life
Accesco Living is building a connected commerce system that brings consumers, suppliers, inventory and logistics closer together across groceries, food, fashion and everyday essentials.