eChai x Draper Startup House: Open Source vs Closed Source – The Battle of Ideologies

Happened on June 28, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
19 slots booked.
Vikram Bharati - Founder, Draper Startup House Nivin  Joseph - Head of Community and Partnership Draper Startup House Karan Bahadur - Founder, Draper Startup House India Tanya Mary - Community and New Initiatives, Draper StartUp House Mansi Baheti - Community & Operations, Draper Startup House Hardik Sharma - Trainee Consultant , eLitmus Evaluation Ltd. Pranjal . - AI/ML Intern at Zivy.app Rahul Jain - Partner, Hammurabi and Solomon Partners Aman Jaiswal - Vice President at Bijak Tarunkumar Bagmar - Trainer - Maahedev & CTO - Water Innovations Kheem Dhanik - Founder Vaishnavi Markunde - Software developer, Amazon Ritesh Singh - Chief Growth Officer - Icogz Technologies Ltd, Shareholder & Non Executive Director - ARM Digital Media Pvt ltd, Investor - Helpie.io Muhammed Jahsid - Developer, Codescribo Technologies Eswaradas Balakrishnan - Co founder,  Aruyir agritech private limited Veerendra Sonter - Ad-ops manager, Smartifai.ai
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eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House present a deep-dive Web3 panel discussion featuring Vikram Bharati, Founder of Draper Startup House, alongside leading voices from the Web3 ecosystem.


This session will explore the ongoing debate between open-source and closed-source models in blockchain and emerging tech — unpacking how these ideologies shape product development, user trust, ecosystem growth, and long-term value creation.


Expect sharp perspectives, practical takeaways, and stories from the frontlines of Web3.

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