Building Consumer and D2C Brands : Mumbai Edition

Happened on September 18, Thursday, 2025
6:30pm — 08:30pm (GMT+05:30)
Times of India Building
67 slots booked.
Arjun Vaidya - Co-Founder @ V3 Ventures, Founder @ Dr. Vaidya's (acquired) Abhishek Daga - Co Founder & Chairman, Nasher Miles Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles vikash dubey - Transaction advisory | Legal and Compliance Snehal Madne - Founder, Dhatri Agro Keertan Chandpara - Founder harshit gala - intern at ohhphish Yukta Karkera - Co-founder Raheem Khan PhD - CEO Nirwah Nest, Business coach & Management Strategist Ritesh Agrawal - Founder & CEO, Ritzity Vidhi Jain - Founder of Vjshades A Website Development Company harsh khapekar - Founder - gamihoods Shawn Lobo - Business intern Vedika Agarwal - Senior Manager - 5paisa Anshika Gupta - CEO, System3 Naman Sanghi - Co-founder, Adnoxy Nofil Noor Mohammed - Sales Manager-Noor Fasteners Priyaranjan Kumar - Front-end developer Utkal Jadhav - WeCare Health Plus VeerChand Bothra - Product Builder | Marketing Technologist
Vikas Kumar - Founder, MyAgentic Archana Manjrekar - AI & Cybersecurity Growth Ops Manager | D2C Strategist Shreenidhi Shetty - Investment Analyst at Aeroflex Enterprises (Corporate VC) Harsh Bhojwani - Investment Banking Analyst, Impactful Pitch Surbhi Patel - Founder Akash Singhani - Business owner Tarun Pahuja - Analyst, Fundalogical Ventures Niti G - Founder, Curlyn.in Shilpa Chekuri - Brand Manager Riddhi Momaya - Founder, Reet Luxury Tableware Ashwin Jain - Founder, GoPlaya Tavish Sharma - Founder, Lazi Foods Pranjal Rastogi - Founders office - Craving Digital Sagar Madhani - Founder and CEO at Cyringe.ai Smeet Parekh - IP and Start-up Lawyer Kiran Mandrawadkar - Business Head Preethy Ann Kochummen - Head - Marketing, PR Faraaz Sayed - Techtea by Naaka Bandi food and beverage Jai Gohil - Senior Product @Sully.ai, Founding Team @CloudFiles Technologies Inc Vedant Rao UX Designer - Product designer VRatwork Jash Agrawal - Full Stack Developer Ajay Arjunwadkar - Founder & Developer, StellarForge Labs Shilpi Kulshrestha - Business head (BCCL) Aakash Haldankar - AI Engineer, Proviz PARTH CHAUHAN - Data Engineer, Salespoint Incorporation Sangeeta Barde - Managing Director Akash Talke - Co-founder - CardioHealth Anil Prajapati - Performace Marketer Mitul Limbani - Founder Enterux Jayesh Shah - A professional with over 20 years of experience Sandeep A Sharrma - Founder- SportzTank Pvt. Ltd. and Indian Roll Ball League Archana Manjrekar - AI & Cybersecurity Growth Ops Manager | D2C Strategist Akshat Gupta - Marketing Riddhi Barchha - Aritra Partners Reshma George - Freelancer Raunak Pandey - Ra Studio Soumya Ranjan Biswal - Co-founder Simran Valeja - Simran Valeja Deepa Kanodiya - Finance and Compliance head at Ortus Consultancy Rushikesh Patil - ceo
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Agenda:

eChai Ventures is hosting a candid panel conversation with founders and operators building consumer and D2C brands. They’ll share what it really takes to create products that resonate, build trust, and grow consistently in today’s market.


The conversation will explore early challenges, go-to-market experiments, distribution strategies, and scaling journeys — across digital and physical channels. Expect actionable insights, honest stories, and behind-the-scenes lessons from the people in the trenches.


This meetup brings together a thoughtful community of brand builders, whether you're just starting out or scaling your next chapter.

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Founder, Bignano Ventures
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