Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation

Happened on March 01, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
57 slots booked.
Naveen Prasath M - Founder & CEO - Liquorream Yukta Vishwakarma  - Software developer Mohammed Zain - Consultant, Incorp Advisory Services Private Limited PRAJWAL DU - Founder, MixtureStore Shubhankar Bhadra - Software Engineer 2, Alation Dipayan Dey - Founder of adinfinity Aravinth Senthilkumaran - Founder Office Associate at Dostbin Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Amar Yahiya K Kamarudheen - Marketing strategist Nikhil Shetty - Senior Software Developer Eshwar Kumar - Senior SaaS Applications Admin Akansha Srivastava - Founder @ Erino Rameswaran Chandrasekaran - Co-Founder Neeraj KV - Co founder, Crack The Concepts Shruthi Chinni - Co-founder, Slashed Rahul Kumar - Autodesk Raghunath Marimouthou - Co-Founder, Slashed Gaurav Kashyap - Co founder KPR Fintech Deepak Kumar - Head of Engineering, Devnex Technologies Pradiv Mahesh - Investor, Founder - Manhattan Growth Partners Praveen Balakrishnan - Founder - ScapeWorks Solutions SivaKumar R - Co-Founder, Sciqollab Devesh Garg - Glorious Granites Pvt Ltd Vignesh Muralidharan - Lead Android Engineer, Swiggy Tanya Arora - Financial Analyst, Amazon Tejas Lolage - Software Engineer Vivek Rp - Founder & CEO, The AI Company & Get Started Mehul Bardolia - Founder, Sutra Labs Mahesh A - Co-Founder DigitalXBrand Jenish Rajput - Freelancer Bhushan Hegde - Software Engineer, Google Venky M - Data Analyst, Siemens Healthineers Kevin Singh - Founder, Viral Inbound Gaurav Mahakud - Product Manager, Cricles Paras Mehta - Founder, mylynk.ai Vedant Dhote - CRM Executive, Zeta Biosystem Darshan Suthar - Founder of Produx Design Studio SUMAN SAURABH - Platform Manager at JFrog Punit Gupta - Founder, DO Sports Dibya lochan - Co-founder Mike Sami - EU, Investor Debashis Chatterjee - CEO - Debashis Productions Shashwat Gupta - Founding engineer ProPro Productions Durga Prasad Dangi - Durgaprasad dangi Payal Patel - Payal patel, aahar- rooted by plants CA Arjun K.R. - Partner - K. Raghu & Co. Chartered Accountants Vaibhav Jain - SENIOR ASSOCIATE ENGINEER @ Caterpillar Tanuj Suthar - CEO @HealCompass India Pvt. Lt.d | Founder @Psychophilics Kowshik Murali - Co-Founder, MachIT Jyoti Prasad Sahoo - Director, KPR Fintech pvt ltd Anand Anadkat - Tax Executive
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Event Update:


The Fundraising for Startups panel has been moved to March 1st, Saturday, at 6 pm at Draper Startup House.


Instead, we will be hosting the Bengaluru Startup Meetup on February 15th, Saturday, at 6 pm at Draper Startup House.


Essentially, the event will take place at the same time and venue (Saturday, February 15th, at 6 pm at Draper Startup House), but instead of the Fundraising for Startups theme, it will be a Bengaluru Startup Meetup.


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Join us on March 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.

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