eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru

Happened on September 30, Saturday, 2023
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Flagship
77 slots booked.
Shubham Jhuria - CFO & Partner, Aeravti Ventures Radhika Mohta - Matchmaker and Relationship Coach Archana Bahuguna - Founder, Pahoti Nivin Joseph - Head of Community & Partnerships, Draper Startup House Karan Bahadur - Founder, Draper Startup House India Mansi Baheti - Community & Operations, Draper Startup House Raj Nayan Datta - Investment Professional, WaterBridge Ventures Reena Sumera - Director - Program Management - Zepul Private Limited Aniansh Raj - Software Developer at Oracle Shefali Sonker - Consultant at Capgemini Varsha Punwani - Legal, Secretarial and Compliance at MGB Saloni Jaiswal - Associate Consultant (EY) Ajay chakilam - Founder, IT solutions company Jatin Khaimani (He/Him) - Program Analyst, One Health Bangalore City Suryansh P - Founder, KaamPao.in Sanjit Kumar Purve - Content, Digital, and Growth Marketing Professional with 7+ years of experience. Taranand Mukhopadhyay - Managing Partner at TMS Doyle Consulting LLP Prabhakar Gautam  - Fashion entrepreneur Mohit Hirpara - Lead Engineer , Qualcomm Manish Kumar - Founder @ Shoppers Point India Puneeth Suraana - Producer, Galata Productions Nikhil Pareek - Head, AI and Backend, Ex-founder, IITR Krishnan J - Finzy - strategic partnership Anuvamshi Shetty - AccelRevenue, Founder Shrey Dabhi - Senior Software Engineer - Analytics, DoctorC Hemanta Sahu - Assistant Marketing Manager Shubham Raj - Software developer Lakshay Sachdeva - Co-founder, FirstJob Academy Ankit Tayal - Founder, TechEnhance IT Services Sameer Ahmed - Founder, ENITIATE Bhavik Modi - Senior Engineer- Newtrace Private limited Zoheb Thambi - Director Business Development @ Amaricar Engineering & Systems. Pvt. Ltd Bhaskar Sundaraseshan - Business Development, Moonraft Hardik Bhadani - Senior Data Scientist at Freshworks Mohit Surya - Brand Solutions Manager Satwik Gupta - Product Manager, Humantic AI Surya Kazipeta - Co-founder, FeedLens Aarthi(RT) Muralitharan - Founding Member Ankit Pandey - Product Manager Nirushan Prabaharan - Founder, Sword Soft Solutions Shubham Tiwari - Founder, SparrowERP Sathish CP - Partner at Plariis, Community lead at Moviemafia.io Manish Dipankar - Engineer Abhishek Kedia - Software Engineer Zunera Sahar Noureen - Account Manager, Jivox Sanchay Kumar - Developer, Morgan Stanley Sanskar Tiwari - Founder MagicSlides.app Ram Kordale - Ex-VP Samsung, Yahoo, Founder, RapidKen.AI Prasad Gade - Head of HR, Custiv Manufacturing Solutions Yash Bansal - Associate Principal Engineer Jagath Venkat - Fashion Film Director and Founder - Wrong Era SIDD MARKER - Founder Gaurav Agrawal - Software engineer, Amazon Gopinath Prasannakumar - Operations/Technical Training Manager Sankar Subrahmaniyam EVP, FIE, C Eng - Co-founder InCoBAN Satheesh Ilu - Co-Founder, A2O AI Ltd. Avinash Chakravarthi - Solutions Architect, Nvidia Wasim Memon - Software Developer Abhinav Sureka - Partner Capnetic Consulting SHABEEB K I - Business Manager - SN32 Services Pvt Ltd Himanshu Patidar - SDE Soumyadip Sarkar - FlipKart Sameer Hegde - Associate Maharaja Ramasamy - Proposal specialist Khushal Jhajharia - Founder Bilva Sai Eswar Maddi - BREW-N-FILL
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The eChai Effect - In Their Words

“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."
Utpal Vaishnav - Founder @ Upsquare & House of Starts • Angel Investor + LP
Utpal Vaishnav
Founder @ Upsquare & House of Starts • Angel Investor + LP
“eChai has been that turning point in my journey. It gave me a platform when I wasn’t looking for visibility but needed direction. Over the years, it became more than just a network. It became my tribe; a place where conversations sparked collaborations, and strangers became trusted sounding boards. What I value most is how effortlessly eChai brings people together - no airs, no filters, just genuine people with shared dreams. I owe a lot to this community and to Jatin, whose consistency and belief in people have shaped journeys like mine. Forever grateful to be part of something so real.”
Rushabh Shah - Managing Partner - STIR Advisors
Rushabh Shah
Managing Partner - STIR Advisors
"After moving back from the USA, eChai became my go-to space to learn how the Indian startup ecosystem works. It offered direct exposure to startup thinking and a community that openly shares business insights. What stood out was how easy it was to connect, learn, and grow through real conversations. As we built our IT hardware rentals business, eChai helped us find our niche and refine our path. Proud and grateful to be part of this amazing community."
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Heet Sheth
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