Zehra Naqvi

Zehra Naqvi

Lore · AI search engine for fandoms

Lore is an AI search engine built for fan communities, turning niche knowledge into a navigable index. New York based, raising on conviction.

Listen to Zehra on Brown Girls, Money Moves with her investor Marina Girgis of Precursor Ventures.

Jaiya Varshney

Jaiya Varshney

Tydra Labs · Ocean tech biomaterials

Tydra develops biomaterials from ocean inputs, replacing synthetic plastics with naturally derived alternatives at industrial scale.

Maya Bakhai

Maya Bakhai

Spice Capital · Pre-seed fund

Spice Capital is a pre-seed venture firm investing in technical founders pre product.

Listen to Maya on Brown Girls, Money Moves S2 Ep 1 with her investor Nitya Subramanian.

Simran Kang

Simran Kang

MyFO · Family office software

MyFO builds software for family offices, replacing decades of spreadsheets with a single source of truth for the next generation of wealth.

Maria Cabral Menezes

Maria Cabral Menezes

WashWise · Reimagining laundry as a daily ritual

WashWise is rethinking laundry from the ground up not as a single product but as a daily behavior. Two launch products designed to extend the life of clothes, reduce unnecessary washing and dry cleaning, and give time back. Penn alum, ex finance.

Trisha Sakhuja-Walia

Trisha Sakhuja Walia

Brown Girl Magazine · The platform for the South Asian diaspora

Brown Girl Magazine is the leading digital media platform for South Asian women across the diaspora a decade strong publication covering culture, identity, politics, and creative work. Trisha is CEO and co-founder.

Lisa Mattam

Lisa Mattam

Sahajan · Clinically proven Ayurvedic skincare

Sahajan is the first clinically proven Ayurvedic skincare brand, blending ancient South Indian wisdom with pharmaceutical grade science. Founded by Lisa in 2015, Sahajan is carried at Sephora Canada and stocked across 400+ luxury hotel properties globally. Former pharmaceutical executive, Kerala roots, Toronto based.