Rejected From More Than 500 Internships To Raising $7.2M To Build Flying Boats: Meet Sampriti Bhattacharyya

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Rejected From More Than 500 Internships To Raising $7.2M To Build Flying Boats: Meet Sampriti Bhattacharyya

"I grew up in a very chaotic family," said Sampriti Bhattacharyya, the leader of maritime tech company Navier. "I did not grow up close to my parents, so I became very introverted in many ways." Growing up in Kolkata, India, at just 12 years old, Bhattacharyya became fascinated by space. "Watching the Apollo Mission to the Moon had a profound impact on me. The idea that humans can actually go outside of this planetary body and go somewhere, you …