Soumya Verma is Senior Correspondent at StartupFeed, covering startup policy, government schemes and early-stage funding in India. She writes from inside the ecosystem she reports on — working within one of North India's largest startup incubation centres, where she evaluates early-stage ventures on technology readiness and investor preparedness, and drafts funding proposals at crore scale under national innovation schemes. She has guided more than 75 plus founders through pitch, valuation and compliance, and reports on the same programmes she works with every day