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Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation

Name: Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation
Start: 2025-02-01T18:00:00+05:30
End: 2025-02-01T20:00:00+05:30
Location: Draper Startup House Koramangala, Terrace, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

<div>Join us on February 1st, Saturday, for an engaging panel conversation on startup fundraising, hosted by eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House, where operators from VC firms will share their valuable insights and strategies.<br><br></div><div>Learn essential tips and hear firsthand stories about overcoming fundraising challenges, while networking with fellow founders and startup folks.</div>

Join us on February 1st, Saturday, for an engaging panel conversation on startup fundraising, hosted by eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House, where operators from VC firms will share their valuable insights and strategies.
Learn essential tips and hear firsthand stories about overcoming fundraising challenges, while networking with fellow founders and startup folks.

Saturday, 1 February 2025

6:00–8:00 PM IST

Draper Startup House Koramangala, Terrace, Startup Lane, No.384, 1st A Main Rd, 7th Block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.

Bengaluru

Mansi, Parv + 1 other went See who came

Hosts & speakers 2

Arjun Kava Speaker

Founder · Videosdk

Mansi Baheti

Community & Operations, Draper Startup House

Going 1

Parv Kumar Goyal

Founder · Planetary Vimaana Research Labs (PVRL)

Starting Up

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Paid acquisition basics How do I judge whether an influencer or creator deal is really cheaper than running ads? Treat a creator deal like any other channel: divide what you paid by the customers or...

Grants & non-dilutive funding What exactly is non-dilutive funding, and why should an early founder chase it before raising VC? Non-dilutive funding is money you get without giving up equity or control, grants,...

Branding & visual identity Our product is for founders across smaller Indian cities, but our brand looks like a generic Silicon Valley SaaS. Is that a problem? Copying the pale-blue-gradient SaaS look can make you feel legit but also invisible and...

Branding & visual identity How do I name my startup so it's not already taken, is available as a .com or .in, and doesn't get lost on Google? Pick a name you can actually own: check trademark availability, domain, and whether you...

Copywriting & messaging How do I write the copy for my landing page hero section when I have three different types of customers using my product? Pick one. A hero that talks to three people talks to no one, so lead with the segment...

Pricing & packaging How should I price my very first paying customers when I have no track record and the product is half-built? Charge a real number, not zero, even for a rough product, because a paying customer...

Incorporation & legal setup When should I actually incorporate my startup? Incorporate once you have co-founders splitting equity, you're taking money (from...

Building your MVP How do I get my first users for the MVP? Recruit them by hand, one conversation at a time, this is the whole point of an early...

Branding & visual identity How do I pick brand colors and a font that don't look dated in two years and don't fight my product UI? Choose a small, boring-on-purpose palette: one primary, one accent, plus neutrals, and...

Understanding the problem (JTBD) Who are my real competitors once I think in jobs to be done? Anything the customer currently 'hires' to get the same job done, including a...

Polls

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Product & Engineering Where does your team write things down?

Google Docs 6 votes · 60%

Notion 2 votes · 20%

Obsidian 1 vote · 10%

Others 1 vote · 10%

Confluence 0 votes · 0%

Coda 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you publish your newsletter with?

Mailchimp 3 votes · 33%

Substack 3 votes · 33%

Zoho Campaigns 2 votes · 22%

Brevo 1 vote · 11%

Beehiiv 0 votes · 0%

Kit (ConvertKit) 0 votes · 0%

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Sales & Marketing What do you use for forms and surveys?

Google Forms 8 votes · 62%

Microsoft Forms 2 votes · 15%

Typeform 1 vote · 8%

Others 1 vote · 8%

Youform 1 vote · 8%

Tally Forms 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal What do you send your invoices with?

Zoho Books 2 votes · 50%

Others 1 vote · 25%

Email 1 vote · 25%

Refrens 0 votes · 0%

Zoho Invoice 0 votes · 0%

Vyapar 0 votes · 0%

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Operations How does your team book business travel?

MakeMyTrip 2 votes · 40%

EaseMyTrip 1 vote · 20%

Ixigo 1 vote · 20%

Direct on airline and hotel sites 1 vote · 20%

Cleartrip 0 votes · 0%

Yatra 0 votes · 0%

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People & Hiring Which accelerator or incubator were you part of?

IIMA Ventures 3 votes · 43%

A state or govt incubator 3 votes · 43%

i-Hub 1 vote · 14%

Y Combinator 0 votes · 0%

Techstars 0 votes · 0%

Antler 0 votes · 0%

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Operations Where do you get your team's health insurance?

ICICI Lombard 1 vote · 25%

Star Health 1 vote · 25%

HDFC ERGO 1 vote · 25%

Through a broker 1 vote · 25%

Plum 0 votes · 0%

Onsurity 0 votes · 0%

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Essentials Which tool do your video meetings run on?

Google Meet 10 votes · 53%

Microsoft Teams 6 votes · 32%

Zoom 3 votes · 16%

Webex 0 votes · 0%

Whereby 0 votes · 0%

Around 0 votes · 0%

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Money & Legal Who did you incorporate your company with?

LegalWiz.in 3 votes · 60%

A local CA 2 votes · 40%

Vakilsearch 0 votes · 0%

IndiaFilings 0 votes · 0%

ClearTax 0 votes · 0%

Razorpay Rize 0 votes · 0%

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AI Which AI image or video tool do you create with?

Google Veo 5 votes · 38%

DALL-E 2 votes · 15%

Adobe Firefly 2 votes · 15%

Midjourney 1 vote · 8%

Ideogram 1 vote · 8%

Leonardo AI 1 vote · 8%

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Asks

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Product & UX Product leader\managers\owners, looking to collaborate on a market research effort for my startup. Need... Chaitanya Joshi

Looking for an open-source video generator for education/ career development program. Riya Shah

Planning Solo Founders Socials at eChai across cities. A lot of founders are building alone. Different... Jatin Chaudhary

Marketing & brand I’m currently exploring opportunities in Ahmedabad. I have 11+ years of experience in Food FMCG and... Chinmay Parekh

Partnerships & BD Looking for a professional video studio in Delhi for a long-term partnership — not a standard booking. We... Mr Mujtaba

Partnerships & BD I'm looking for resellers or agency partners. I'm open to co-marketing or a partnership with another... Pragnesh Shah

Looking forward to connecting with startup folks in Ahmedabad who play cricket. We are hosting eChai... Jatin Chaudhary

Fundraising & investors I'd value help building a tight list of the right investors to approach. Sudheer Panyam

Mentorship & advice I'm looking for a small peer group of founders to think with. Also need mentoring support from... Vivart Patel

Customers & demand I'm looking for first users or design partners to pilot what we're building. Vivart Patel

Podcasts

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Introduction: Common Startup Mistakes and Pitfalls Stanford eCorner

She Called Us to Save Her Channel The Colin and Samir Show

How to Invite Creativity into Your Life | Rose B. Simpson, Debbie Millman | TED Startup Grind

Everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips | Equity Podcast TechCrunch Equity

Tom Lee Warns Of A BIG Market CRASH Later This Year The Pomp Podcast

The Secret '$31 Billion Market' no one is paying attention to Backstage with Millionaires

The STRENGTH Of The US Dollar Will SEND STOCKS MUCH HIGHER The Pomp Podcast

I Turned This Spreadsheet Into a $30K/Month Micro-SaaS Starter Story

I Did OnePlus. Still, Nobody Wanted To Work For Us... WTF is with Nikhil Kamath

How to Build a Manufacturing Company in America | Jim Belosic, SendCutSend The Peel

Books

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How Brands Grow Byron Sharp

The Black Swan Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Drive Daniel H. Pink

What Got You Here Won't Get You There Marshall Goldsmith with Mark Reiter

Lords of Finance Liaquat Ahamed

Start with Why Simon Sinek

Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler

VC Tom Nicholas

Grit Angela Duckworth

Product Roadmaps Relaunched C. Todd Lombardo with Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan, and Michael Connors

Watchlist

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Film Air A superb study of negotiation, conviction and a category defining bet.

Film The Wolf of Wall Street A loud lesson on sales energy, culture and where ambition turns toxic.

Film The Big Bull An Indian markets story on ambition, leverage and the limits of hype.

TV Series Mad Men Deep on brand, persuasion, agency building and reinvention of self and company.

TV Series Guilty Minds Useful on building a practice, ethics and the business behind the law.

TV Series The Wire A deep look at systems, incentives and organizations that any operator can learn from.

Film Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year A beloved Indian story on values, sales and building a team you trust.

Film Soorarai Pottru One of the best Indian founder films, about taking on incumbents to build an affordable...

Docuseries The Romantics A founder and family business story about building one of India's largest film studios.

Film Flash of Genius A story of inventors, intellectual property and standing your ground.

AI tools

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Assistants Le Chat

Video & audio Veo

Research & search Perplexity

Coding OpenAI Codex 1 founder use it

Design & images Ideogram

Writing & content Rytr

Coding Windsurf

Assistants Qwen

Research & search NotebookLM 1 founder use it

Coding Lovable 1 founder use it

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