India poses unique hurdles, rewards for female founders: Saathi CEO

Role models are essential 'no matter if they're a man or a woman'

20230526 Saathi Co-Founder and CEO Saathi Kristin Kagetsu

Saathi co-founder and CEO Kristin Kagetsu talks about her startup experience in India on May 26. (Photo by Yuki Nakao) 

SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Founding and leading a startup in India as a woman poses unique challenges, but they are not insurmountable and the process can be rewarding, entrepreneur Kristin Kagetsu told Nikkei's Future of Asia forum on Friday.

Kagetsu is the co-founder and chief executive of Gujarat-based Saathi, which produces and distributes compostable menstrual pads along with knowledge of women's health across India.

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