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Operators-Turn-Founders Fuel New Startup Launches
Financial Express Lucknow
|June 12, 2025
A growing number of former operators—seasoned professionals who once scaled teams and built platforms at marquee startups—are now turning founders themselves.
In the last two years, nearly 250 operators started their own ventures, making it one of the most active periods for operator-led ventures in India, according to a report by venture capital firm RTP Global and Tracxn.
This story is from the June 12, 2025 edition of Financial Express Lucknow.
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