US–India Startup Corridor

The platform for
the US–India
corridor.

The trusted platform for founders building with India. Intelligence, community, and execution infrastructure — for startups operating across both sides of the corridor.

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By the numbers

Built on real
relationships.

300+
Founders, investors & operators in the corridor network
2.5K
Newsletter subscribers across the US–India corridor
6+
Events across NYC, SF, DC & Bangalore
10+
Startups supported with hiring, expansion & introductions
40+
Engineers placed in founding and senior roles
∞
Cross-border introductions between founders and investors
Companies We've Supported

Founders we've worked
alongside on the corridor.

From founding engineering teams to cross-border expansion support, CorridorX has worked directly with teams building across the US–India corridor.

Proptech · NYC · Nano GCC
Findigs — 17-person India team in 45 days
17
Engineers placed in 45 days
50+
Team size today

NYC-based proptech startup Findigs needed to build an India engineering team fast. CorridorX stood up a 17-person team in 45 days. The team has since grown to 50+ — a fully operational nano GCC.

AI · YC-Backed · NYC · Founding Team
YC NYC startup — founding engineering team in 3 weeks
3 wks
From brief to founding eng team

A YC-backed NYC startup needed to move fast on their India founding engineering team. CorridorX sourced and placed the full team in three weeks — no agency fees, no intermediaries.

Bay Area Startup · Pipeline Build
Bay Area startup — 75+ candidate pipeline for 5 founding hires
75+
Profiles sourced
5
Founding engineering hires

Built a robust candidate pipeline for a Bay Area startup's 5 founding engineering hires — sourcing 75+ profiles spanning Big Tech engineers, IIT graduates, and alumni of top Indian startups.

Organizations Across Our Network

The ecosystem
we've helped build.

CorridorX has worked alongside founders, investors, policymakers, and startup organizations building across the United States and India. These relationships were developed through events, partnerships, company support, and community building.

Venture Capital
Leo Capital Antler MVP Ventures Sierra Ventures Elevation Capital Cota Capital Operators Studio Bold Capital Z47 South Park Commons
Startups
Findigs ProposalGPT Checkr Curvo Kloudgin Guickly
Policy & Ecosystem
The Asia Group Indiaspora Consulate General of India, New York
Community Partners
SVB TiE Headstart Columbia Business School NYU Stern Startup India iSPIRT

Representative organizations we've collaborated with through CorridorX events, partnerships, company support, and community initiatives.

Events & Community

Where corridor
founders convene.

Founder Dinners

Closed-door roundtables

Intimate dinners for 10–20 founders across NYC, SF, and Bangalore. No panels, no sponsors. Real conversations about what's working and what isn't across the corridor.

Events

Flagship corridor events

From Startup Week Bangalore to Founders & Funders NYC — larger cross-border gatherings that bring both sides of the corridor into one room. 6 events and counting.

VC Network

Cross-border investor relationships

Active relationships with funds investing on both sides — Elevation Capital, early-stage US funds, and India-focused VCs who understand the corridor. Warm introductions, not cold outreach.

WhatsApp Groups

Founder communities

Active WhatsApp communities for corridor founders at different stages — pre-seed, seed, and growth. Real-time signal sharing, hiring referrals, and warm intros between members.

Introductions

Curated cross-border introductions

The most valuable thing CorridorX does. Direct, warm introductions between founders, investors, and operators who have built across the corridor. Opt-in, relationship-first.

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Past Events
Mar 2026
Building Across Borders · Luma →
Nov 2025
US–India AI Summit · Bangalore
Oct 2025
Fundraising in the Valley · SF · Partiful →
Sept 2025
US–India Policy Corridor · DC
Jul 2025
Founders & Funders · New York City · Luma →
Feb 2025
Unlocking the US–India Market · Bangalore
The Person Behind CorridorX
Shiv Desai

Shiv Desai

Startup operator and Schwarzman Scholar. Previously at Better.com and SoFi, where I worked on partnerships and growth across financial products reaching millions of users. CorridorX grew out of five years of building relationships across the US–India corridor — running events in New York, San Francisco, DC, and Bangalore, forming partnerships with Tier 1 VCs, and working directly with founders building on both sides.

The platform exists because the intelligence layer didn't. Most founders making corridor decisions — on hiring, expansion, or GCC strategy — were doing it without data.

Currently open to ecosystem, partnerships, and GTM roles at companies building global developer infrastructure.

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The platform for
the corridor.

Join the network of founders, investors, and operators building across the US–India corridor. Intelligence, community, and execution infrastructure — in one place.

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