Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation - Hyderabad Edition

Happened on January 17, Friday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Hyderabad
46 slots booked.
Nivin  Joseph - Head of Community and Partnership Draper Startup House Muhammad Zohebuddin - Founder & CEO AMS Overseas Aaryan Nair - Senior Analyst EY Ravinder Ravinder - Chandra cottage industry Krishna Reddy Yekkanti - Founder, SCERCLE Dinesh Reddy - SDE-2 Ayush Lall - Data Science, Healthcare tech Sridhar  Kampati - founder, CocoDew Hitesh Sharma - Founder Motor360 Syed Habeeb Ali Hussaini - Founder,Ministry Of Cheese Harendra Singh - Angel Investor Raj Marri - Director of AI Engineering , Cerebrone AI Raghavender Thokala - Sales Director, BRR Softwares Systems Pvt Ltd Dinesh Beura - Lead Product Manager RAMESWAR GOUDA - Co founder of StockTrader'sBridge LLP suhaeb roshan - Founder, CEO Ashish Kumar Pathak -   Co-founder Serveskill Himanshu Bhujbal - Product Manager, VOZIQ.ai Rohit Gulati - Senior Software Engineer Raghu Vara prasad reddy - Manager venkat D - CFO2GROWTH Sai Divya Gagula - Newbie Nischala Agnihotri - Founder, Story Scientist EDUPULAPATI SASHANK - Edupulapati Sashank-(student) Karan Jhurani - Google Ads Expert, Coach & Consultant. Ex- Google Vendor. Harsha vardhan lankalapalli - Founder Nagendra Babu - CEO of Simple Like This | Sr. UI/UX Designer & CMS Malthumkar Rahul - Inside Sales Executive Anuram Vajrapu - Founder | Lastmin Advisors sandeep kumar - Founder siddartha Kemsaram - Founder and CEO KARTHIK RAJ P K - Investor at Greeds | Product Management & Branding Professional Dharan Telagamalla - Java developer Apurva Agrawal - Software Engineer at Salesforce Manoj Reddy Ralla - Founder Deepak S - Intern Bhuvan Kumar - Working on idea Pardha Saradhi Raju - Founder and Investor Kunal Kothari - Software Developer
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Join us on January 17th, Friday, 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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