India, March 11 -- What started as a simple post on X has turned into a funding round for one ambitious startup. The co-founder shared that a tweet posted in December last year requesting capital resulted in an unexpected windfall, with investors and consumers alike pledging nearly Rs.2 crore. Ultimately raising Rs.1.9 crore, the founder noted that the most surprising element wasn't the money, but the fact that their daily customers were eager to become stakeholders.

"We raised Rs.1.9 crore," co-founder of Up and Run Chanakya Shah posted. He explained, "Two months ago, if someone had told us we could raise money for our startup from X, we wouldn't have believed it. So we needed about Rs.80 lakh, so I posted a tweet. What happened next wa...