1 upcoming event
Next: How Founders & Operators Use AI | Pune this Saturday
People from Pune on the network, plus folks from elsewhere who've shown up at an event here.
Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Vadodara Edition · 13 Jun
About Engineer / builder and Product (PM), Idea stage and Pre-product (building).
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup, A co-founder, A startup role I would love, at any kind, and Vetted service providers (design, dev, legal).
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Aspiring founder (exploring an idea), Idea stage, in SaaS + Healthtech + DevTools / infra.
Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers and A co-founder.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Building on the side, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in HR tech / future of work.
Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers, Partners for my services or agency, and Founders & operators in my city.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Co-founder, Idea stage and Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in Healthtech and Counselling.
Hoping to meet Startups to invest in, Intros to paying customers, Partners for my services or agency, Growth & marketing leaders, and Others in my exact role to swap notes with.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Solo founder and Engineer / builder, Idea stage, in Fintech + SaaS + DevTools / infra.
Hoping to meet Others in my exact role to swap notes with.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Engineer / builder, in Fintech and SaaS.
Hoping to meet A startup role I would love, at any kind.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
Building CEO and founder of MH12 Pav Bhaji. Also CFO at Bootstart Spaces & Hospitality.
About Founder, in Foodtech / F&B and D2C / consumer.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
Building Co-founder and CEO of Cheesiano Pizza, built under Turophile Foodworks. Growing a homegrown pizza brand across India.
About Co-founder, in Foodtech / F&B and D2C / consumer.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
Hoping to meet New startup ideas.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Solo founder, Pre-product (building) and Pre-seed, in Fintech + B2B / enterprise + Deeptech.
Hoping to meet Intros to paying customers, A co-founder, and Bootstrapped, profitable founders.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Co-founder and Engineer / builder, Idea stage and Pre-product (building), in Healthtech and Logistics / supply chain.
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup, Startups to invest in, Partners for my services or agency, Founders past $1M ARR, Founders with US / global reach, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Founder, Idea stage and Pre-product (building), in Healthtech and Logistics / supply chain.
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup, Startups to invest in, Partners for my services or agency, Senior hires for my team, Founders past $1M ARR, Founders with US / global reach, and Growth & marketing leaders.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Founder and Building on the side, Pre-product (building) and Acquired / exited, in Insurtech and E-commerce / retail.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Solo founder, Bootstrapped, in Climate / clean energy.
Hoping to meet Startups to invest in, Senior hires for my team, Founders with US / global reach, and Bootstrapped, profitable founders.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Co-founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in Foodtech / F&B.
Hoping to meet Growing bhsiness.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Aspiring founder (exploring an idea) and Engineer / builder.
Went to Pune Startup Meetup · 13 Jun
About Co-founder, Idea stage, in Foodtech / F&B.
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Founder, Bootstrapped, in SaaS and Marketplace.
Hoping to meet Founders past $1M ARR, Founders with US / global reach, Growth & marketing leaders, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Vadodara Edition · 13 Jun
About Engineer / builder, Idea stage, in Fintech and Deeptech.
Hoping to meet Growth & marketing leaders, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
About Engineer / builder and Looking to join a startup.
Hoping to meet A startup role I would love, at any kind, Founders with US / global reach, Bootstrapped, profitable founders, and Engineering leaders / CTOs.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Pune Edition · 13 Jun
Across eChai
Founders from across eChai worth a hello, beyond Pune.
About 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, and Growth & marketing leaders.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Ahmedabad edition · 13 Jun
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.
About Founder, Pre-seed, in Healthtech.
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, and Distribution.
Went to Climate Startups Meetup · 5 Jun
About Founder, Bootstrapped, in HR tech / future of work.
Hoping to meet Founders & operators in my city.
About Founder, Pre-seed and Seed, in Agritech.
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup and Connect to milk federations or large diary brands.
About 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, and People obsessed with AI workflows.
Went to eChai AI Soundboard · 9 Jun
About Co-founder, Profitable, in Media / creator.
Hoping to meet Enterprise / GCC buyer intros, Founders past $1M ARR, People obsessed with AI workflows, and Founders & operators in my city.
Pinned digipple.com
Going to AI x Manufacturing · 19 Jun
About Founder, Bootstrapped, in Climate / clean energy + Mobility / EV + Media / creator.
Hoping to meet Angel / seed investors for my startup.
Went to Scaling Food Brands: Growth, Franchising, and Operations - Ahmedabad edition · 13 Jun
Building AI that reads any health document and turns it into clinical intelligence.
About Co-founder, Seed, in AI/ML and Healthtech.
Hoping to meet Enterprise / GCC buyer intros and Founders with US / global reach.
Network
Stories, podcasts, and notes from across eChai. A few of the most recent. tap any one to read in full.
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.
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.
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.
eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.
