eChai Ventures has been bringing founders together since 2009. Today, across 25+ cities in 10+ countries, founders at every stage meet at eChai meetups to discover the ecosystem, find their people, and grow together.

India

Ahmedabad 73 founders · 20 events Hyderabad 11 founders · 4 events Bengaluru 8 founders · 5 events Surat 7 founders · 2 events Pune 3 founders · 2 events Delhi-NCR 2 founders · 2 events Jaipur 2 founders · 1 event Indore 1 founder · 1 event Mumbai 1 founder · 1 event Udaipur 1 founder · 1 event Vadodara 1 founder · 1 event Bhopal 1 event Nagpur 1 founder Raipur Rajkot

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AI x Manufacturing
Honest discussions about AI on the shop floor, pilot to production, and what is actually working.
6:30 PM · House of Starts · Ahmedabad
Brajrajsingh Rao Viraj Rajani H Brajrajsingh, Viraj + 23 going
21 new RSVPs this week
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20
jun
Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
11:00 AM · DevX Noida · Delhi-NCR
Saurabh Jadhav San Giri Saurabh, San going
2 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
6:00 PM · Urban Vault 477 · Bengaluru
K Sarvan S Kushi, Sarvan + 5 going
7 new RSVPs this week
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21
jun
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
11:00 AM · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
A Anjan going
1 new RSVP this week
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21
jun
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
11:00 AM · DraperU India · Hyderabad
T A Thirumal, Ananya going
2 new RSVPs this week
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25
jun
eChai Startup Demo Day - Ahmedabad Edition
An open house where founders demo their startups to the community.
6:30 PM · GVFL Ahmedabad · Ahmedabad
Brajrajsingh Rao Kush Prajapati Viraj Rajani Brajrajsingh, Kush + 16 going
16 new RSVPs this week
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14
jun
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
Jun 14, 2026 · DraperU India · Hyderabad
Silaparasetty Ashritha S V Silaparasetty , Subhash + 53 went
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14
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eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Jun 14, 2026 · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
Sidheswar Apata P S Sidheswar , Prem + 28 went
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13
jun
eChai After Party of 21by72 Private
An eChai after party alongside 21by72. tea, snacks, and easy networking.
Jun 13, 2026 · Surat
Harsha Bhurani Anuj Dalal Rahul Kumar Harsha, Anuj + 16 went
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13
jun
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
Jun 13, 2026 · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
Sidheswar Apata D K Sidheswar , Don + 26 went
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13
jun
Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Udaipur Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · DevX Paras Prime · Udaipur
Ritwik Joshi K H Ritwik, Kailash + 7 went
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Bengaluru Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · Urban Vault 477 · Bengaluru
Jatin Chaudhary S S Jatin, Saravanan + 27 went
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Indore Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · DevX Vijay Nagar · Indore
V Akash Rathore S Veer, Akash + 1 went
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13
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Vadodara Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · DevX Vadodara · Vadodara
Malav Warke Koumal Kalantry Ojas Gandhi Malav, Koumal + 8 went
Snapshot from Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Vadodara Edition
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13
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Bhopal Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · IBT Pvt Ltd · Bhopal
Riya Shah Anshuman Sharma R riya, Anshuman + 2 went
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13
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Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Hyderabad Edition
Jun 13, 2026 · DevX Hitec City · Hyderabad
Vishnu Chitanya Silaparasetty Ashritha S Vishnu, Silaparasetty + 20 went
Bhavesh Patel
Ahmedabad
Bhavesh Patel
Co-founder · Brands.live

Building Building India's Most favourite Branding and Business Growth tool Brands.live which help them to go digital first in just seconds. With 10M Downloads leading the MSME content space with power of Ai for Bharat. Raised Funds from Indian Quotient and DevX. Looking for partnership.

About Co-founder and Advisor, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Series A, backing Pre-seed / seed and Growth, in SaaS + B2B / enterprise + Media / creator.

Find me

Hoping to meet Startups to invest in, Founders past $1M ARR, Founders with US / global reach, Bootstrapped, profitable founders, Growth & marketing leaders, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.

Pinned play.google.com

Went to eChai Social with eChai Partner Brand Founders · 1 Jun

Anil Motwani
Ahmedabad
Anil Motwani
CEO & Founder · ATOA Technologies

Building Building technology platforms and growth systems for businesses across industries. Currently focused on helping founders create more predictable sales processes, streamline operations, and scale without everything depending on them.

About Founder and Agency, Bootstrapped and Profitable, backing Pre-seed / seed and Growth, in B2B / enterprise + AI/ML + Marketplace.

Find me

Hoping to meet Founders solving interesting business problems and Conversations around growth, sales, and scaling.

Pinned linkedin.com

Went to AI x Marketing · 12 Jun

Utpal Vaishnav
Ahmedabad
Utpal Vaishnav
Founder · Upsquare

Building Transforming my legacy tech business, Upsquare Technologies, into a Lab that does experiments with Digital & Physical AI, Robotics, and Reusable Systems, models & architectures.

About Founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, backing Angel and Syndicate / scout, in Fintech + Insurtech + Deeptech.

Find me

Hoping to meet Startups to invest in, Bootstrapped, profitable founders, Engineering leaders / CTOs, Product leaders, Growth & marketing leaders, Others in my exact role to swap notes with, and Founders & operators in my city.

Pinned utpalmv.com

Went to AI Cafe · 5 Jun

Shikha
Shikha
99yellow

About Founder, Profitable, in HR tech / future of work.

Find me

Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers, Enterprise / GCC buyer intros, Founders past $1M ARR, Founders with US / global reach, Bootstrapped, profitable founders, Founders & operators in my city, and Network with fellow founders.

Going to Bengaluru Startup Meetup · 20 Jun

Vaibhav Patel
Ahmedabad
Vaibhav Patel
Co-founder, CEO · Artists on Demand Pvt Ltd.

About Co-founder and Investor / angel, Bootstrapped and Profitable, backing Pre-seed / seed and Strategic / corporate, in D2C / consumer + Marketplace + Media / creator.

Find me

Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers, Enterprise / GCC buyer intros, Founders past $1M ARR, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.

  • Naval and Nivi: The AI Industrial Revolution with Guillermo Rauch, Blake Scholl, Max Hodak

    Naval and Nivi: The AI Industrial Revolution with Guillermo Rauch, Blake Scholl, Max Hodak

    Naval and Nivi sit down with Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Blake Scholl (Boom Supersonic), and Max Hodak (Science) on AI as the next industrial revolution. The conversation covers software factories and waste tokens, vibe coding hardware (Blake's turbine blade), the regulatory frontier (why China's FDA is beating ours), and the autonomous company (what it means when your job becomes training the agent). Worth watching for how three founders building in very different stacks converge on the same questions.

    Jatin Chaudhary · 7 Jun 2026

  • Nikunj Kothari built Nock: a Claude Code skill that pitches like him

    Nikunj Kothari built Nock: a Claude Code skill that pitches like him

    Nikunj Kothari (partner at FPV Ventures) used Claude Code to build Nock, a personal skill grounded in his real conversations. He pulled 200+ founder pitch notes captured by Granola, narrowed to ~53 with the strongest debate, layered in his essays on the kind of founders he loves, then iterated against 5-10 real decks until the output matched what he'd actually ask in the room. Founders raising can try it at nikunjk.com/nock; VCs who want their own can build at nikunjk.com/buildnock.

    Jatin Chaudhary · 7 Jun 2026

  • Can Tech Legends Find the Liar? Mafia with Founders Fund

    Can Tech Legends Find the Liar? Mafia with Founders Fund

    Founders Fund gathered Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, Bryan Johnson, Dylan Field, Moxie Marlinspike, Tim Urban, Ryan Petersen, Liv Boeree, Cyan Banister, Trae Stephens, Josie Zayner, and Michael Solana for an evening of Mafia, the murder-mystery parlor game. Players are secretly assigned roles and must use deception and debate to eliminate the opposing team before they are outnumbered. Worth watching for how some of the sharpest people in tech read each other under pressure.

    Jatin Chaudhary · 7 Jun 2026

  • How eChai Built a Global Startup Community from Ahmedabad

    How eChai Built a Global Startup Community from Ahmedabad

    Jatin Chaudhary on the Magenta Insights podcast, telling the story of eChai's journey from casual chai meetups in Ahmedabad in 2009 to a global network across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Singapore, London, and San Francisco. The conversation covers community-led growth, why impact matters more than numbers, the economics of running a community platform, and what most communities get wrong about sustaining engagement.

    Jatin Chaudhary · 6 Jun 2026

eChai Partner Brands

eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.

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