Cocoa

Agra-based founder of Tiggle, Anuva Kakkar shares her journey of building her startup around premium hot chocolate powder. The brand empowers cocoa farmers from Tamil Nadu and employs those who lost their job during the lockdown.

Pascati has developed at least 14 different types of products. The cocoa beans are sourced from collectives in Kerala, impacting the livelihoods of over 2000 farmers.

“As consumers, we are not often aware of our purchase decisions and their impact on farmers and workers down the production chain. If we were aware of the ground realities, then we would not take a decision knowingly to support exploitative production methods.”

Team FurryArmy, consisting of a labrador, a golden retriever and a shih tzu, is helping individuals and corporate employees de-stress with therapy dogs.