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Ireu Magazine

India's startup and innovation magazine — where the founders reshaping India tell their stories, share their lessons, and inspire the next wave of builders. In print and digital, every quarter.

Ireu Magazine — India's startup publication
Ireu Magazine

The startup stories India deserves to read

Founder profiles, investor perspectives, sector deep-dives, IISc research spotlights, policy analysis — quarterly in print, continuously digital.

28,000+ subscribers and growing
Top 30 Under 30 Creators — annual flagship list
Cover story features for Ireu portfolio companies
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About the Magazine

The publication India's founders deserve

Ireu Magazine was born from a simple observation: India produces extraordinary founders — but India's startup media is dominated by funding announcements, valuation headlines, and stories about a handful of unicorn companies. The 99% of founders actually doing the hard work of building rarely get a platform.

Ireu Magazine tells the full story — early-stage founders sharing their first customer wins, domain experts writing about the markets they know intimately, investors explaining what they actually look for beyond the pitch deck, and policy makers outlining how government programs can work for startups.

Published quarterly in print and continuously in digital — distributed across Ireu campuses, partner institutions (IISc, IIT Madras), corporate offices, and via subscription to 65,000+ community members.

Ireu Magazine

The AI Issue

Q3 2026 · Issue 07
In This Issue
The 10 AI Founders Reshaping India
Inside IIT Madras Pravartak's Deep-Tech Pipeline
How Ravi Onkari Built a CFO Career Across HSBC, UBS & Academia
MeitY AI Mission: What Founders Need to Know
Ireu Startup Launchpad: Cohort 3 Graduates
Editorial Pillars

What we cover

01

Founder Stories

In-depth profiles of founders at every stage — from the student who built their first MVP, to the serial entrepreneur on their third company. Real stories, real numbers, real lessons.

02

Investor Perspectives

Angels, VCs, family offices, and fund managers explain what they actually invest in, how they evaluate teams, what red flags they see in pitch meetings, and where they see the next decade of Indian startup growth.

03

Sector Deep-Dives

Each issue features a comprehensive analysis of one sector — market size, key players, regulatory landscape, technology trends, and the white spaces where the next big companies will be built.

04

Policy & Regulation

SEBI updates, DPIIT program changes, state government startup policies, and the regulatory shifts that every founder needs to track — explained in plain language, without legal jargon.

05

IISc & IIT Research Spotlight

Translating academic research from IISc and IIT Madras into startup opportunities — identifying the next 5 years of deep-tech startup categories before the market catches on.

06

Top 30 Under 30 Creators

Ireu Magazine's flagship annual list — recognising the 30 creators, founders, and innovators under the age of 30 building the media and content companies that will define India's digital culture.

Ireu Magazine

Building the media voice of India's founders

The quarterly publication that tells the real stories of Indian entrepreneurs. From idea to exit, in their own words.

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