Soniya Sadhnani - Manager - Seed & Acceleration, IIMA Ventures

Soniya Sadhnani

Manager - Seed & Acceleration, IIMA Ventures

An Investment Professional with 6+ years of experience across VC Investments, Portfolio Management and Corporate Finance projects. Deeply passionate about innovation, market cycles and business strategy!

Currently working at IIMA Ventures. As part of the Seed Investments Team - my role involves carrying out end-to-end investment process, managing the portfolio startups and building investment thesis.

I have also co-authored reports on: Ag-Tech Policy Recommendations (2020), Digital Innovations in Mental Health Sector (2021), Building an Ecosystem for Cultivated Meat in India (2021), Digital Therapeutics Playbook (2022) and AI for Enterprises (2024)

Leading Studio, a venture creation initiative, at IIMA Ventures (2023 - present)

Email : [email protected]

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Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad Startup Day — Where the City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Comes Alive

iHub Gujarat
June 21, Sat, 05:00pm (GMT+05:30)
156 slots booked
Ahmedabad Startup Day — Where the City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Comes Alive
Sohil Patel - Co-Founder, OIZOM Purav Parekh - Co Founder, GLIB.ai Kush Prajapati - Founder, Redicine Medsol Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles Ekta Shah - Co-Founder & CEO, Biziverse Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Kumar Manish - Founder, Communicate Karo & UrbanVoices.in | Communication & Social Media Strategist Balkrishna Agarwal - Founder, Tezi App - Automate & Chill your business communications. Janvi Khombhadia - Editor, Foodism Prempal Pal - BRANCH MANAGER Kunal Chaudhari - Co-Founder & Engineer, eChai Ventures. Father. Novice Farmer. Proud Indian. Koumal Kalantry - Founder, Bignano Ventures Marmik Bhatt - Founder, Monk Tech Malav Warke - Co-Founder, Creatosaurus Parth Jala - Founder 'TheNiche' Pranav Vasavada - Branch Manager, National Polymer Co. imam Husain - "Founder, Softlooms.in" Rahul Rathod - Product Engineer at EduFund Harsha Bhurani - Founder, HummingBird Consulting Group Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UI/UX & Graphic Designer Satyen Engineer - Founder, YHonk Tech Pvt Ltd Anuj Dalal - Founder & CEO, Zestard Technologies HARSHIL PATEL - Founder @theimagineindia Pranav Patil - to be founder Ronak Panchal - Product Owner, Oplinnovate Aditya Mehra - Trainer PuniT Desai - Sarvakala Harsh Rathod - Software Engineer, Rysun labs Ashray Patel - Software Developer , Hyperlab Chanchal Dass - MD, Dass SRL and Dass OTP Nikhil More - Managing Director, Aureous Vision Infotech Private Limited Harsheet Maliwal - Co-Founder Hyperlab Mayank Chandnani - Consultant Janesh Senjaliya - Data scientist, TCS Rakshit Agarwal - Software Developer Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Ronak Shrivastav - Founder & CEO Dhruv Dave - Co-founder, WebSeek and a student Yuti Acharya - Founder, BizPulse Utkarsh Modi - Idea innovator SHASHANK SHUKLA - Software/ML Engineer Pooja Chopra - Consultant - CFO Ravi Patel - Business development manager Arjun Rathod - Growth marketer Jay Gajjar - Co-Founder, Digivana.co Sachin Gevariya - Founder & CEO, Essence Solusoft Mitesh Patel - Digital marketing expert, with in depth experience with ecommerce, lead generation and customer acquisition. I have experience developing and executing digital strategies for large national and global brands in a variety of business verticals, including retail, education, healthcare, etc. Perin Modi - PM Apurva Prajapati - Founder & CEO at Vaishvi Technology Shubham Sah - Software Developer VIREN MEHTA - AI/ML Engineer Nachiketa Soni - Co-Founder, Deep Digi Ecommerce Nripendra Pathak (aka Neil) - Founder, Connect10x Sweety Patel - Director, Dolphin Web Solution Anantha Bhaskar - Founder, Fusion Cards Dev Rajpurohit - Team Manager, Kinetiq HITESH HANOTIA - Co-Founder Dream Dip Delight Paresh Gami - Ruhiverse Technologies - Co-Founder, MilkWala - A Complete Dairy Solution Ronit Kaushal - UI UX Designer Dr. Preksha Chavda - Doctor 098_ Janki_Thakkar - Intern Bhargav Pithva - Project manager in IT company and founder of Import Export consultancy. Janak Priyani - Co-Founder, Prius Consulting (Digi-tx) Anjali Rana - Founder Jay Patel - Owner, Marvel Tourism Vinay Jain - Co-Founder, Dubflix Rahul Patel - Founder, verbix.ai Anjesh Agrawal - Product Manager Anuj Shah - QA | Scrum Master Adhirajsinh Jadeja - Sports Guy Meet Patel - Brand Designer Jash Rathod - Co-Founder, Omara Technologies Prakhar Prajapati - Student , Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDPU) Jaimin Bhavsar - Operations Manager, Shira Medtech Akhilesh Jain - Finance Manager, Dentsu SHUBHAM S PANCHAL - Consultant at Green Cross Kumar Shanu Verma - WEB DEVELOPER, YenDigital 067_Dhara_ Panchal - Intern at Resto'lution Jaydip Ramani - Software Development Services Utkarsh Mishra - Manager, Startup & Investor Relations @Growth91 Rutvik Gajjar - Software engineer, Ignosis Nirav Mehta - Chief Do'er at Wedberry Pinakin Soni - Founder & CTO @ HorizonCore Technologies LLC Sanjaykumar Patel - Founder & Principal IP Attorney, EXCELON IP Sarthak Patel - Owner and founder at Pricus Inc. I've more than 8 years knowledge and expertise on web and mobile app development. Raj Chhatwani - Backend Engineer, AhuraTechnosoft Alok Singh - Head of Education & Programs, STEMpedia | Educational Leadership | EdTech & AI Ankit Chauhan - Idea Innovator Arpit Almal - Entrepreneur Zalak Patel - BDM Akhil Sharma - Managing Head , Zspeedo Global Solutions Sudhansu - CEO & Founder, Metaninza Gaming Ridham Modi - Founder, Highen Inc Suraj Lulla - Custom WordPress | Reactjs Developer, Websiters Sneha Singh Lulla - Asst. Product manager Deep Panchal - Managing Director & CEO Nilesh Jain - Founder, Trulot Technologies Sunil Rajput - Co-Founder, Nakoda WorldWide Sandeep Solanki - Founder UniqueCrafter Urvashi Khandhediya - Business Development Manager Naresh Poddar - Investor Sarthak Shrey - Founder, Think Next Innovation Harsh Solanki - Founder, Vzeya Krusharth Panchal - Sales Development Representative Kandarp Bhatt - Click it pictures Vishesh Sompura - Founder, Marcodefence Simit Shah - CFO, iiiEM Global Edutech Pvt Ltd. Nikhil Kumar - Founder & Director, Plantstiks International or Plant based Bottle Packaging Sarthak Goswami - Assistant engineer,perfect pump industry Dev Patel - Sports Wale Anand Chapla - Founder voicehireats.com Nagendra Mishra - Lead UX UI Designer, Proclink Consulting Services LLP Mishra Om - Founder, EnviroWealth Sumit Kasardekar - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India FCA. KUNAL MEHTA 🇮🇳 - Partner at Mehta and Jagwani CA. Paresh R - Software Engineer Dhruv Rakeshkumar Patel - Co-founder Jeet Patel - Backend Engineer Gadhavi Kaushik - Co founder Star Astro GPT - ai astrologer Jay Patel - Founder and CEO - Swan Digital Labs Sagar Panchal - Digital marketer - freelance Khitab Mankad - Sr. Software Engineer at Bliss Labs ABHISHEK DHANANI - Senior Software developer, BOSC Tech Labs PVT Dhruv Dattani - Amazon seller account manager, Param medical devices Abhishek Gehlot - Founder, Gcorps Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Shlok Chauhan - Founder, Vitanix Consumer pvt ltd
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: June Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
June 26, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
41 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: June Edition
Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Kshitish Dixit - Gateway group Amisha patel - Content creator Mahek undefined - Artistry Advert Nimesh Patel - Trader imam Husain - "Founder, Softlooms.in" Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UI/UX & Graphic Designer Arpit Zala - Founder & CEO at Zenithive Reeturaj Verma - Managing Partner, S V J K and associates, Chartered Accountants Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - Unity Sangam, Founder Setu Hariyani - Founder and CEO of Bookastors Siddharth Panchal - Freelancer, Branding & Avertising Mayank Agrawal - Business Analyst and Project Manager, DataSlush anmol mehta - Production engineer, innova international pvt ltd Yogesh Mali - Intern Jeet Patel - Backend Engineer Anuj Dalal - Founder & CEO, Zestard Technologies Ronak Panchal - Product Owner, Oplinnovate TIRTH SHAH - Associate Software Engineer | Moweb Technologies Jay Patel - Founder and CEO - Swan Digital Labs Nirav Prajapati - Business Development Executive MAHARSH SHAH - Co-Founder, MealPe Manohar Singh Rana - Accounts & Marketing in ECGC Ashutosh raval - Cyber Security Professional & Founder RedHacks1 IT Security Dr Kashyap Sheth - Founder, NucleonHealth Amit Savaliya - Building, Bozarro Harsh Bhalodiya - Director - Procomac Consultancy Services Private Limited Manoj Nandanwar - Co-Founder , CTO, GENIXBIT LABS PRIVATE LIMITED Nikhil More - Managing Director, Aureous Vision Infotech Private Limited Nimesh Patel - Director, Dolphin Web Solution Private Limited Bharat Modi - Co Founder @ thynkWISE Anand Chapla - Founder voicehireats.com Jay Gajjar - Co-Founder, Digivana.co
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: July Edition

iHub Gujarat
July 05, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
25 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: July Edition
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Menka Gurnani - Founder, Hidaa Life Science LLP Ankita Dobariya - Startup Founder Amisha patel - Content creator Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UI/UX & Graphic Designer KINSHITA CHATURVEDI - Student-PDPU Dr Shilpa Parasrampuria - CEO Yogesh Mali - Intern Shailesh Agrawal - Tru Payz Ashutosh raval - Cyber Security Professional & Founder RedHacks1 IT Security Jay Patel - Founder and CEO - Swan Digital Labs Nirav Prajapati - Business Development Executive Harsh Rathod - Software Engineer, Rysun labs Major Lav Singh - Consultant, EY Sweety Patel - Director, Dolphin Web Solution Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Harsh Bhalodiya - Director - Procomac Consultancy Services Private Limited Rahul Rathod - Product Engineer at EduFund Er. Pranav Veerani - Unity Sangam, Founder Dr. Isha Goswami - Co-founder, Mutanex Genomics Nachiketa Soni - Co-Founder, Deep Digi Ecommerce Alok Singh - Manager, Educational Initiatives
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: July Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
July 31, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
5 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: July Edition
MAHARSH SHAH - Co-Founder, MealPe Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - Unity Sangam, Founder Aalap Pandya - Co-Founder
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: August Edition

iHub Gujarat
August 02, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
4 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: August Edition
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Amisha patel - Content creator Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UI/UX & Graphic Designer Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: August Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
August 28, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
3 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: August Edition
Jeet Patel - Backend Engineer Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: September Edition

iHub Gujarat
September 06, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
3 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: September Edition
Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UI/UX & Graphic Designer Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: September Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
September 25, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: September Edition
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: October Edition

iHub Gujarat
October 04, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: October Edition
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: October Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
October 30, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: October Edition
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: November Edition

iHub Gujarat
November 01, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: November Edition
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: November Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
November 27, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: November Edition
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: December Edition

iHub Gujarat
December 06, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: December Edition
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel
RSVP
Ahmedabad

eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: December Edition

GVFL Ahmedabad
December 25, Thu, 06:30pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: December Edition
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder
RSVP
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