Based in Tamil Nadu, The Good Doll was founded by Suhas Ramegowda and Sunita Suhas. A Sustainable Substitute for Barbie and Other Plastic Toys is their goal.

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Conscious gifting, handcrafted by women, meaningful presents, environmentally friendly packaging, thoughtful & minimalist gifting are its specialties.

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The Good Doll is an effort to revive the sustainability and vintage appeal of these cloth dolls in urban homes. They offer you a variety of fabric dolls that have been carefully crafted.

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All of them are created by women from marginalized communities utilizing locally obtained, ethically sourced natural and upcycled materials.

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The pre-consumer textile waste is the source of the cloth used to make the doll dresses, introducing circularity into the process and reducing the carbon footprint.

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The founders valued their company at Rs 10 crore and requested an investment of Rs 50 lakh in exchange for 5% equity.

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They informed the "sharks" that Nithin Kamath of Zerodha had helped them fund Rs 40 lakh.

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The founders left with nothing as the sharks stated different reasons to refrain from investing in the Good Doll.

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