Fundraising for Startups with Team Expert Dojo

Happened on April 10, Thursday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
47 slots booked.
Nivin  Joseph - Head of Community and Partnership Draper Startup House Jyoti Prakash - Marine Engineer | Small Businesses Owner | Aspiring Entrepreneur Rohith Dp - Digital employment hub Saurabh Minni - Founder, Sudama Health πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Yash Chitransh (GMBPsS) - Founder - Xzayogn Vinay Kannan - Co-Founder Saumya Agrawal - Senior Consultant - UsefulBi Corporation Shreyas Raju R G - Full Stack Engineer - Future Entrepreneur Shaswat Dash - Founder, Dashfit Nikhil Chhabra - Founder Shreyanshi Chaurasia - Product Lead - Narayana One Health Balasubramanian GR - Founder, CaptainsCall Abhisek Agarwal - CEO Kashif M - Founder - Rapawalk Pratyush Ranjan - Post-Kar Heena  Malhotra - Director at Vivati Online Private Limited Vinayak Rajanahally - Founder Ashrut Sinha - Product Manager, Flipkart Mithun K - Business Development Associates Nikhil Raj Singh - co founder Flique Janardhan Reddy N - Founder, Aueqi.in ChaiThresh Rai - Building Operakart EDUPULAPATI SASHANK - Edupulapati Sashank-(student) Dinesh Babu Sukumar - Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Mankomb Technologies Sharad Yadav - Cohort Member, Included VC Aravinth Senthilkumaran - Student Suprit D K - Founder - bartercollabs.com Jignesh Jani - Founder Krishnan Parameswaran - Co Founder Prosco Prolific Product and Ai Solitions MANNU JEE - Founder, Milkvilla Akshansh Gupta - Growth Manager, Swiggy Instamart Harsh Singhvi - Software Developer @ SentinelOne Nataraja Nanjundaiah, SMP- IIMC, Financial Modelling Expert - Nataraja Nanjundaiah & co Gayathri Nataraja - Founder, Funcovered Mansi Baheti - Community & Operations, Draper Startup House Tanya Mary - Community and New Initiatives, Draper StartUp House Karan Bahadur - Founder, Draper Startup House India Anirban Bhattacharya - Founder & CEO - Stangum Sumit Kumar - Founder Dipayan Dey - Founder of adinfinity
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Fundraising for Startups with Team Expert Dojo
Hosted by eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House


Join us for an insightful evening with the Expert Dojo team as we explore early-stage fundraising strategies, founder-investor dynamics, and lessons from the field.



Featuring:

πŸ”Ή Ashutosh Kumar-Jha – GP & Head of Portfolio, Expert Dojo
πŸ”Ή Brian Mac Mahon – Founder & Managing Partner, Expert Dojo

Moderated by Nivin Joseph, Draper Startup House


Whether you're just starting out or actively fundraising, this session will offer actionable takeaways and real-world perspectives.


πŸ—“οΈ 10th April, Thursday | 6 PM onwards
πŸ“ Draper Startup House, Koramangala

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