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.


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Bhavin S Bhagat - Co-founder of Indiabizforsale and IBGrid, TiE Ahmedabad President
Bhavin S Bhagat
Co-founder of Indiabizforsale and IBGrid, TiE Ahmedabad President
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Pankaj Bhimani - Founder, 58miles
Pankaj Bhimani
Founder, 58miles
“You don’t plan to build a company via eChai. You just keep showing up … and one day, you realize you did.” I’ve known Jatin since 2012, when I was still deciding what kind of second innings I wanted to play as an entrepreneur. Over the years, through events, chai breaks, intros, and seemingly small conversations, eChai helped shape not just Upsquare but also refined the lens through which we see collaboration. At Upsquare, we’ve hired talent, met partners, discovered co-investors, and built lifelong friendships. One of our joint ventures exists today only because a casual eChai memory sparked a deeper trust. Now, as we build House of Starts — our venture builder — eChai continues to fuel our mission: co-creating a shared future. eChai isn’t just a startup network. It’s a trust network. And for business builders like me, that makes all the difference."
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Utpal Vaishnav
Founder @ Upsquare & House of Starts • Angel Investor + LP

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