Amrita Bhasin is an award-winning venture backed startup founder whose work has influenced the retail and logistics industry and senate bill legislation and public policy.
You can learn more about Amrita’s company Sotira here.
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BUSINESS
February 13, 2025
Sotira secures $2M pre-seed to help brands monetize surplus inventory
Sotira, an AI-powered surplus inventory management platform, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to help brands offload and capitalize on their surplus inventory...
Source: FreightWaves (Noi Mahoney)
BUSINESS
February 4, 2025
Sotira lands $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory
An estimated 20% to 30% of all inventory in the U.S. is surplus, with much of it ending up in landfills. A startup called Sotira wants to help address this problem...
Source: Yahoo Finance (Aisha Malik)
BUSINESS
February 4, 2025
Sotira lands $2M to help brands offload and monetize their surplus inventory
An estimated 20% to 30% of all inventory in the U.S. is surplus, with much of it ending up in landfills. A startup called Sotira wants to help address this problem...
Source: TechCrunch (Aisha Malik)
776 Climate Fellow
A 2 year program for young people who want to build a better future. Backed by the founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian. Selected as 1 of 20 fellows out of 1600 worldwide.
Halcyon Fellow
Halcyon’s Climate Fellowship is an immersive eight-week in-person residency in Washington, DC that empowers entrepreneurs across the United States and the globe creating solutions that address climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.
Blackstone Launchpad Fellow
Supported by the Blackstone Charitable Foundation.
Soma Capital Fellow
Providing visionary builders uncapped funding and an unmatched network.
1st Place at Shoptalk 2025
Shoptalk is the leading retail conference in North America and the SharkReef Pitch Competition is the most prestigious award in retail. Forbes calls Shoptalk the most important event for retail and e-commerce innovation.
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1st Place at Reverse Logistics Association 2025
RLA is the global face of the reverse logistics, returns and overstock industry. The pitch competition is the top award in reverse logistics innovation.
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2nd place at AWS Startup Competition
Awarded out of 1000 companies nationwide. This is the biggest startup competition for founders in the United States.
Grant Awardee by Stop Waste
Each year, StopWaste awards nonprofits and businesses grant funding for projects focused on waste prevention and upstream infrastructure through repair, reuse, redistribution, and food waste prevention and recovery. The program engages businesses and community-based organizations to reduce waste y while helping to address some of the county’s most pressing environmental and equity issues and helping member agencies advance their sustainability goals.
Grant Awardee by California Dream Fund
Dream Fund provides grant funding to support businesses and startups based in the State of California to grow and scale.
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