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 5 upcoming events Bengaluru 4 upcoming events Hyderabad 3 upcoming events Surat 1 upcoming event Pune 1 upcoming event Delhi-NCR 1 upcoming event Mumbai 1 upcoming event Indore Jaipur Udaipur Vadodara Rajkot Bhopal Nagpur Raipur

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wed
17
jun
eChai Startup Cricket Night in Ahmedabad
Box cricket with the eChai crew. Play, watch, talk shop between overs.
10:00 PM · Fireball Box Cricket · Ahmedabad
Jatin Chaudhary S Ayyan Karmakar Jatin, Sanket + 4 going
6 new RSVPs this week
thu
18
jun
How Founders & Operators Use AI | Ahmedabad
Founders and operators on the AI tools they actually use.
6:30 PM · GVFL Ahmedabad · Ahmedabad
R Ashutosh Raval D Rudraksh, Ashutosh + 11 going
13 new RSVPs this week
fri
19
jun
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 + 43 going
41 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
11:00 AM · DevX Noida · Delhi-NCR
Saurabh Jadhav M Ratan Bajaj Saurabh, mani + 8 going
10 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Product Management Meetup | Mumbai
Product people on the actual work of shipping.
11:00 AM · DevX Dynasty · Mumbai
K N Amit Mozar Kaushik, Nikunj + 6 going
8 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
How Founders & Operators Use AI | Surat
Founders and operators on the AI tools they actually use.
11:00 AM · DevX Piplod · Surat
Hemish Pancholi Ankit Jesar Jaymin Bhavsar Hemish, Ankit + 6 going
8 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
How Founders & Operators Use AI | Pune
Founders and operators on the AI tools they actually use.
4:00 PM · Ideas To Impacts Baner · Pune
Aaleen Mirza P Aaleen, Psaxena going
2 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Ahmedabad Startup Day
Founders, investors, and operators across sectors, in one place.
5:30 PM · iHub Gujarat · Ahmedabad
Rushabh Shah Viraj Rajani S Rushabh, Viraj + 18 going
20 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
6:00 PM · Urban Vault 477 · Bengaluru
K M P Kalesh, Mugesh + 21 going
23 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
How Founders & Operators Use AI | Hyderabad
Founders and operators on the AI tools they actually use.
6:00 PM · DevX Hitec City · Hyderabad
Aparajita Singh A Vishnu Chitanya Aparajita, Aravind + 4 going
6 new RSVPs this week
sat
20
jun
Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation with Founders & Investors | Bengaluru
Founders and investors on what a raise actually takes.
6:00 PM · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
R R Nivin Joseph Rishabh, Rupa + 8 going
10 new RSVPs this week
sun
21
jun
eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
11:00 AM · DraperU India · Hyderabad
Vijay Ps Y S Vijay, YOGI + 13 going
15 new RSVPs this week
sun
21
jun
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
11:00 AM · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
G S A Gagan, Shabaz + 6 going
8 new RSVPs this week
thu
25
jun
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad
Where founders show what they're building.
6:30 PM · GVFL Ahmedabad · Ahmedabad
Rushabh Shah Brajrajsingh Rao Kush Prajapati Rushabh, Brajrajsingh + 20 going
21 new RSVPs this week
sat
27
jun
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru
An open house where founders show what they're building.
6:00 PM · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
sat
27
jun
eChai Startup Demo Day in Hyderabad
An open house where founders show what they're building.
6:00 PM · CoKarma Durgam Cheruvu · Hyderabad
A Aravind going
1 new RSVP this week
sun
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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sun
14
jun
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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sat
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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sat
13
jun
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
Jun 13, 2026 · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
Sidheswar Apata D K Sidheswar , Don + 26 went
sat
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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sat
13
jun
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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sat
13
jun
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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sat
13
jun
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
sat
13
jun
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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sat
13
jun
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
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Nadeem Jafri
Ahmedabad
Nadeem Jafri
Founder · Heartymart

Entrepreneur | Startup Mentor | IIMA Guest Speaker | Speaker.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
Nikita Lalwani
Ahmedabad
Nikita Lalwani
Founder & First Bicycle Mayor from India · Crooze Fitness App

Founder, Pre-seed, in Healthtech.

Building Fitness community of 37K users, making fitness fun through Rewards, Challenges, and National Fitness Leagues backed by DST, IT Ministry, IIMA Ventures, i-Hub & Mahindra Rise. Now pivoting to B2B2C Corporate Fitness Leagues and urgently looking for a CTO / Tech Co-founder.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Intros to paying customers
  • A co-founder
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Co-founder
  • Fundraising
  • Distribution
Shrijay Sheth
Ahmedabad
Shrijay Sheth
Founder · Legalwiz.in

Founder and Solo founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Seed, in SaaS and E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Capital for my next round
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
Kush Prajapati
Ahmedabad
Kush Prajapati
COO · DI AI

Co-founder, Seed, in AI/ML and Healthtech.

Building AI that reads any health document and turns it into clinical intelligence.

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Founders with US / global reach
Bhavesh Patel
Ahmedabad
Bhavesh Patel
Co-founder · Brands.live

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

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.

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
  • Founders & operators in my city
play.google.com
Anuj Dalal
Ahmedabad
Anuj Dalal
Zestard

Founder and Engineer / builder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Seed, in SaaS + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • A co-founder
  • Senior hires for my team
  • Growth & marketing leaders
Rahul Kumar
Ahmedabad
Rahul Kumar
Founder & CEO · Retner.ai

Co-founder, Seed, in SaaS + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
A
Ahmedabad
Abhishek Jain
Director · Naapbooks

Co-founder and Investor / angel, Profitable and Raising now, backing Syndicate / scout and Family office, in Fintech + SaaS + Web3.

Hoping to meet
  • Startups to invest in
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
J
Ahmedabad
Jayesh Kadivar
Founder · Growthnest Advisors LLP

Founder and Educator / mentor, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Pre-seed, in Healthtech + Deeptech + Mobility / EV.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Startups to invest in
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Founders & operators in my city
Anil Motwani
Ahmedabad
Anil Motwani
CEO & Founder · ATOA Technologies

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

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.

Hoping to meet
  • Founders solving interesting business problems
  • Conversations around growth, sales, and scaling
linkedin.com
Utpal Vaishnav
Ahmedabad
Utpal Vaishnav
Founder · Upsquare

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

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

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
  • Founders & operators in my city
utpalmv.com
Danish Shikoh
Danish Shikoh
Founder · Rugfine

Founder, Bootstrapped.

Building Building Rugfine to bring handcrafted Indian rugs to homes, designers, and hospitality projects worldwide. Scaling international sales, expanding B2B partnerships, and creating a global luxury rug brand from India’s Carpet Capital

Hoping to meet
  • Founders with US / global reach
C
Chaitanya Mehandru
Senior Consultant · PTC

Aspiring founder (exploring an idea) and Looking to join a startup, Idea stage and Pre-product (building), in Healthtech + Proptech / real estate + Law.

Hoping to meet
  • A startup role I would love, at any kind
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Product leaders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • Founders & operators in my city
V
Vivek Jaiswar
Founder · ZennialHub Technologies

Founder, Pre-product (building), backing Pre-seed / seed, in SaaS + B2B / enterprise + D2C / consumer.

Building Building a product like Cloud storage, a network monitoring tool, and Cloud PC, looking for someone who can join and scale to market

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Capital for my next round
  • Partners for my services or agency
Shiva Sogi
Shiva Sogi
Founding member · Flexype

Aspiring founder (exploring an idea) and Building on the side, Seed, in B2B / enterprise + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Capital for my next round
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
  • Networking/ Learning
Arjav Shah
Ahmedabad
Arjav Shah
Founder · Impixal Media

Solo founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in Full Service Design & Marketing Agency.

Building Building a creative & strategic partner that helps businesses stand out, win more clients, and grow with confidence.

Hoping to meet
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Founders & operators in my city
Pramod Tyagi
Pramod Tyagi
Director · BitMonkey IT Services Pvt Ltd

Founder and Solo founder, Bootstrapped, in AI/ML + Edtech + Deeptech.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
P
Psaxena
Insightogram

Co-founder and Building on the side, in AI/ML.

Hoping to meet
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Others in my exact role to swap notes with
  • 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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