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Goa

Last meet: eChai's Goa Startup Mixer earlier

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People from Goa on the network, plus folks from elsewhere who've shown up at an event here.

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Goa
Malcolm Dsouza
Co-Founder & CTO, Spintly
From Goa
Building

Co-Founder & CTO, Spintly

Spintly brings to you "SMART ACCESS"​, a smart access control system which allows easy and secure entry to your modern workplace area. It allows you to unleash the power of your smartphone by converting it into a smart access card. Spintly-Smart Access is very easy to install, adopt and use.

Spintly uses a fully wireless back-end system eliminating the need for wired Weigand standard.

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Goa
Jervis Pereira
CMO, AdLunam Inc
From Goa
Building

Mr. Jervis Pereira is the Founder of Digital Kwills and the Head of Strategic Partnerships at AdLunam. 

He is the Regional Head of Idealabs FutureTech Ventures and the Co-founder of the Blue Economy Hub. A product of the Goa University, Mr. Jervis Pereira went on to enhance his educational profile at the William Glasser Institute, USA. His career spanning about two decades envelopes diverse industry experience. He is a certified trainer. 

He served in the capacity of Manager Projects for J.J.Builders & Engineering Assistant for Turner Construction International. He was the Project Co-ordinator and Assistant Director of the Goa Chamber of Commerce. 

He also served as the Director of the Goa IT Innovation Centre and the CEO of GEMS (Goa Entrepreneurs Mentoring Services Trust) 

He was the Regional Head of Business Development for a Naval Architecture and Engineering firm, Buoyancy Consultants, and the Vice President of the Goa Technology Association. 

He has National and International experience as a PR Consultant and served as the PRO to the Chief Minister of Goa in 2016-2017. 

He is known to be an excellent guide, trainer, motivator and mentor. He's worked across 11 sectors 2 states and 2 countries and is always watching out for new opportunities to explore

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Goa
Jason Fernandes
CBO, NFTechnologies
From Goa
Building

Jason Fernandes is an entrepreneur, blockchain speaker and crypto analyst. As a teenager Fernandes founded the internet portal ZeoCities.com, non-profit LDKids.org and wrote for CHIP Magazine. Later, while studying at the University of Texas, Austin, Fernandes co-invented the world’s first legal Internet-based DVR, RecordTV and was part of the founding team at PerceptiveI (a company that developed ECRM software for Fortune 500 clients).

In 2012, Fernandes was appointed monthly technology columnist for Indonesia’s GlobeAsia Magazine, and subsequently went on to found multiple award winning companies in the IOT/Blockchain space. He now leads TokenJay.TV, a blockchain/cryptocurrency focused media outlet. A TEDx Speaker and ICOBench expert, Fernandes also speaks regularly on the subject of Blockchain/Cryptocurrency and has served as advisor to various international blockchain firms, political parties and state governments.

In 2019, Fernandes was conferred with the Karmaveer Chakra, a United Nations global civilian award for his work promoting social and financial inclusion through blockchain technology. On behalf of AEToken and FUNL, he's received first-place awards at the Malta Blockchain Summit and the Seaside Startup Summit respectively. He’s also the recipient of the Startup@Singapore Award, the First National Technopreneurship competition Award (Singapore), Childnet International Award (UK) and the "Best Business Plan" award from Sybase at the Global Entrepreneurs Challenge at Stanford University, California. Fernandes has been featured in international outlets like the BBC, LA Times, Associated Press, MTV, Channel NewsAsia, Bloxlive.TV and national outlets like India Today, ZeeTV and the Times of India.

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Goa
Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal
GM, BITS BIRAC BioNEST, Goa
From Goa
Building

I am a community person who loves communities, build communities, nurture communities and grow along. #Startup evangelist who wanted to help aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage startups working on sustainable development goals, yes its obviously lobbying for the future generation. A common man concerned about climatic change and life on the planet. One who cares about 'network' than 'net-worth' .

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Founders to meet

Founders from across eChai worth a hello, beyond Goa.

Anuj Dalal
Ahmedabad
Anuj Dalal
Founder & CEO · Zestard

Engineer / builder and Educator / mentor, Seed and Profitable, backing Pre-seed / seed and Strategic / corporate, in SaaS + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • A co-founder
  • Senior hires for my team
  • A startup role I would love, at any kind
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
Utpal Vaishnav
Ahmedabad
Utpal Vaishnav
Founder · Upsquare

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

Building

Transforming my legacy tech business, Upsquare Technologies, into a Lab that does experiments with Digital & Physical AI, Robotics, 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
Jayesh Kadivar
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
Rushabh Shah
Ahmedabad
Rushabh Shah
Managing Partner · STIR Advisors

Solo founder and Advisor, Profitable, backing Strategic / corporate, in Vertical SaaS + AI/ML + Deeptech.

Building

Working on a lot of interesting tech projects, alongside the Investment Banking firm

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
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.

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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
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