Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation

Happened on February 08, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
27 slots booked.
Himanshu Upreti - Co-Founder, Ai Palette Faiz Ali Khan - Backend developer, astria digital Shashikanth R - International Sales Manager - Premier Energies CA Krish Pagariya - Chartered Accountant Aravinth Senthilkumaran - Founder Office Associate at Dostbin Solutions Pvt. Ltd. KALLESH D R - Software Developer At Aitch Nu Global Technologies Pvt Ltd Sourabh shetty - R&D manager ,ex co-founder Mohit Gupta - SDE 2 : Android Sakshi Gupta - Sde 1 : Android Saurav Kumar - Founder and CEO of Goformeet Asish Chakraborty - Earlyjobs Abhisek Tiwari (Ph.D.) - Co-founder, Clinical AI Assistance Rameez Ahmad - SDE-2 @Cimpress India K Ramkrishna Achary - Co-Founder Rushikesh Adhav - Cofounder - Mother Touch Toys Ambuj Singh - Co-founder & COO (Socifair) Palash Nandi - Engineer Hariyali Gajipara - Senior Analyst Finarch Consultancy Jaydeep c - Solution architect Dhaval Chaudhary - SDE 3 @Google Anushree Mishra - Co-founder & CMO, Drona Nagella Tarun Kumar Reddy - Implementation Engineer, Tennr Krishna Choudhary - Application Developer, PESU Venture Labs Nikhil Raj Singh - co founder Flique
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Join us on February 8th, 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.

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