eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad with GVFL

Happened on May 29, Thursday, 2025
6:30pm — 08:30pm (GMT+05:30)
GVFL
92 slots booked.
Saurabh Nair - Sr. Vice President, GVFL Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Sunil Rajput - Co-Founder, Nakoda WorldWide Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Siddharth Thacker - Senior Director, Financial Operations, HPE Amit Savaliya - Building, Bozarro Arpit Zala - Founder & CEO at Zenithive Nehil Mehta - Co-Founder & CEO, Seanergy Excellence Pvt. Ltd. Yagnesh Ahir - Founder and mentor at Paperclip. Building ‘evolve’ for future designers. Janvi Desai - Founder, Klevr Edge Pvt. Ltd. Naman Sanghi - Co-founder, Adnoxy Vanshika Vijayvargiy - Co-Founder, PinnValor Group Manohar Singh Rana - Accounts & Marketing in ECGC Alisha Zaveri - Software Engineer, Momentum91 Happy Dhamsania - Founder, MarkAura Pratish Rathod - Co-Founder, Elevate Content Brijesh Sathwara - Ideatudesoftwares Satyam Tank - Ai Ml devloper Anand Chapla - Founder VoiceHire ATS Aayushi Shah - Partner,La Valley Cosmetic Herb Ishaan Jha - Sophomore Student at IIIT Bhagalpur Ashish Bhinde - Partner - NetPro Netting Solutions Satyen Engineer - Founder, YHonk Tech Pvt Ltd Vaibhav Patel - Founder, betterlifestore.in Viraj Chapani - Founder and CEO of kathiyawadi Design Siddharth Khare - Project planner Kalash prajapati - Digital marketer at eVitalRx Shubham Goswami - CA Article Assistant Vishal Prajapati - Founder of Vyapar Vision Simit Shah - CFO, iiiEM Global Edutech Pvt Ltd. Bhavik Parikh - Digital Marketing Specialist Kapil Thaker - Co founder Biren Prajapati - Student/full stack developer Nitin Sonal Acharya - Co-Founder, Induxion Infra LLP Rishabh Iyer - Healthcare Researcher, NMIMS Sumit Kasardekar - Business Consultant - SAP (ERP) | Insurance & Digital Payment Solutions. Dhruvisha Vaghani - Software Engineer Ravi Patel - Business development manager ISHA PAGHDAL - Software Developer Intern Gahan Gosai - CEO at Mechodal Technology Vibhanshu Baisla - Co-Founder, ayurescue Meet Patel - Brand Designer Nikund Lakum - Business development executive, 4Born Solutions Jay Bhavsar - Founder Khitab Mankad - Sr. Software Engineer at Bliss Labs HARSHIL PATEL - Founder @theimagineindia Travel Community Tunir Sahoo - DF labs Sagar Parwani - Self Employed, Propspace Realty RATHOD  ROHITKUMAR - Founder, Ghar pe tailor Ekta Shah - Co-Founder & CEO, Biziverse Ajay Kotadiya - CMO & Co-Founder of Wellonik Design Studio Anand Nanavaty - Partner - Anand Enterprise Rajan Chandi - Building Basicana, skills based hiring Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - Founder @ Keroluxe (Design beyond boundaries) Nandan Shukla - Founder and CEO, Dicot Innovations Nauman Raj - Co-Founder, WashWizard Robert James - Founder - Global Inclusion Partner Saloni Parikh - Founder, The Communication Club Amar Mehta - Creative Head VIKAS Asodariya - Co-Founder, EDUGREED Aman Bansiwal - Co-founder, ADNOXY Abhilash Maurya - Cofounder & CEO axit poojara - Front End Developer Satya Mehta - Co-founder, MealPe Taksh Patel - Founder, innoVRative Kashyap Parikh - Business Development Executive , Infigrity IT Services Pvt. Ltd. Bhavesh Patel - Co-Founder, Brands.live Shlok Chauhan - Founder, Vitanix Consumer pvt ltd Akhil Sharma - Managing Head , Zspeedo Global Solutions Amol Patel - Co-Founder, Manifest MANAV  CHINCHAVDE - Co-founder, Manifest Sanyam Shah - Co-Founder at Manifest anmol mehta - Production engineer, innova international pvt ltd
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Meet the Speaker:
Top-rated questions will be asked live by the host during the event.
  • Do you remember a pitch that completely surprised you—either in a good or bad way? What made it unforgettable?
  • What’s a subtle red flag in founders that most investors miss, but you pay close attention to?
  • What trends are you watching in deep tech or infra startups that most early-stage founders are still missing?
  • What’s been your biggest lesson from a startup that didn’t work out despite initial promise?
  • Can you walk us through a time you said ‘no’ to a startup and later regretted it?
  • GVFL has been backing Indian startups for decades. What shift have you seen in the type of founders coming out of Gujarat specifically?
  • How do you view bridge rounds and SAFE notes today? Are they being overused or misunderstood in India?
  • You’ve also angel-invested outside of GVFL - how does your thinking change when it’s your personal money on the line?
  • When you see a very early startup with just an idea and deck — what are your three non-negotiables before saying yes?
  • With GVFL’s deep portfolio, how do you balance conviction in a founder versus market signals or data that might contradict your gut?
  • What’s a founder you angel-backed who’s doing something truly unexpected with your capital?
  • What’s one piece of fundraising advice you used to give, but don’t anymore?
  • How do you see the current fundraising environment in 2025 shaping founder behaviors—especially when it comes to valuations?
  • What’s the one thing you wish more founders understood about cap tables before coming into a meeting?
  • Has there been a founder you backed who completely changed your thinking about a market or business model?
  • What’s something about the Indian startup ecosystem that global investors still underestimate?
  • At what point does a startup’s traction start to override market-size concerns in your investment thesis?
  • If you had 2 minutes to coach your younger self just before your first investment pitch meeting, what would you say?
  • Have you ever had to deal with founder fallout in a funded company? How do you navigate the emotional and business sides of that?
  • When a founder is raising their first institutional round - what do most of them get wrong in how they approach VCs?
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eChai Demo Days are held every month in Ahmedabad.


It is a platform for promising startups from the community to present their ventures, get early feedback and engage with investors, enablers & the community.

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