12/18/2024
“Ultimately, it is Agrawal’s love for her son and her desire to clean up some of the mess previous generations have left for him that drives Hiro Technologies. But environmentalist values have driven each of her ventures, from Wild, which reimagined pizza as a locally-sourced, gluten-free food; to Thinx, which helped divert millions of tampons and pads from landfills; to T***y, which diminishes the need to cut down trees for toilet paper and funds corporate give-back programs in India and reforestation projects across South America.
For her latest venture, Agrawal’s staunchest advocate is all in. As the lead investor in Hiro Technology’s seed round, Radha is convinced that her sister’s new diaper-eating mushroom company is “the most incredible, billion-dollar idea, and it’s going to save the planet.” But at this particular moment, such lofty ambitions will have to wait. Hiro’s mom is late for a date at the climbing gym.”
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