Building <div> A nonprofit professional with over a decade's experience at senior management level in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Specialist knowledge in areas like: entrepreneurship, education, skill enhancements, livelihood development etc. Extensive experience working with local government leadership teams, with senior officials across Gujarat and at board level with private sector partners. <br><br>His personal skills centre on the ability to motivate organisations around a set of critical outcomes and get things done. He posses extensive knowledge of social diversity and equal opportunity issues and have the ability to demonstrate this throughout all aspects of practice.</div>
National Startup Day Special Meetup in Ahmedabad
<div>National Startup Day deserves something real. Join eChai Ventures and IIMA Ventures in Ahmedabad on January 16, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, for an evening of sharp ideas, real insights, and startup energy. Founders, investors, and curious minds - this is where it happens.<br><br></div><div>We’re keeping it simple: founders who’ve built, scaled, and learned will share what works (and what doesn’t). A panel with investors will cut through the noise and get to the heart of fundraising. Just honest conversations about what it takes to grow.<br><br></div><div>And then, the startups. Fresh ideas. Bold pitches. This showcase is about founders putting their work out there. If you’re into real connections and sharp takeaways, show up. It’s free, open for everyone, and all about building something that lasts.</div>
National Startup Day deserves something real. Join eChai Ventures and IIMA Ventures in Ahmedabad on January 16, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, for an evening of sharp ideas, real insights, and startup energy. Founders, investors, and curious minds - this is where it happens.
We’re keeping it simple: founders who’ve built, scaled, and learned will share what works (and what doesn’t). A panel with investors will cut through the noise and get to the heart of fundraising. Just honest conversations about what it takes to grow.
And then, the startups. Fresh ideas. Bold pitches. This showcase is about founders putting their work out there. If you’re into real connections and sharp takeaways, show up. It’s free, open for everyone, and all about building something that lasts.
Co-founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in Media / creator.
Building eChai.Ventures
- Engineering leaders / CTOs
- Product leaders
- Growth & marketing leaders
- People obsessed with AI workflows
Building <div>Saumya is the co-founder of tarrakki is a wealth tech infrastructure platform. It provides plug and play solution for fin-techs to quickly launch wealth products on their platform. We are helping most ambitious startups and large businesses to re-imagine wealth management for their end customers by offering a suite of SDKs to APIs to choose from. tarrakki also runs a D2C wealth management application available on android and IOS. Elevo (www.elevo.money), a brand of tarrakki, is India's first digital investment platform for corporates, NRIs, Minors.<br><br>Before moving back to India to launch Tarrakki, Saumya worked with Deloitte Advisory in New York. He worked with their Financial Institutions Group and advised on multiple M&A transactions, private debt and equity valuations, and purchase price allocations. <br><br>The offer to join Deloitte came for Saumya when he was completing his MBA from Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business. Along with his MBA, he was also the treasurer of the Fordham Finance Society; he interned as an Equity Research Associate at Axiom Capital, covering internet stocks, and also worked as a part-time teaching associate at 'Training The Street' where he assisted classes on financial modelling, excel best practices, and more.<br><br>Before his MBA, he was working with IL&FS Capital Advisors, Mumbai with their investment banking division. IL&FS Capital Advisors focused on a wide range of financial advisory solutions for IPOs, FPOs, rights issues, PIPE, and buybacks. Saumya was also actively involved in various live deals, due diligence processes, preparing pitch books, new business development, and valuations of various private companies. <br><br>Prior to IL&FS, Saumya worked at Tata Capital with their Graduate-Trainee program.<br><br>Saumya has worked across two countries (US and India) and 4 sectors (Internet, Media, Infrastructure, and Financial Institutions)</div>
Building <div>Co-Founder & CTO at OIZOM Founder Jayso Foundation IOT | Web3 | VRtist Lifelong learner and tech evangelist with a passion for coding, building, and researching new technologies.<br><br>Oizom works in the IoT space of clean-tech products. Oizom Instruments sense and analyse the natural resources like air, water, soil energy etc. and provide environmental data in form of visualization, reports, notifications and predictions using cloud software and mobile app. Oizom is focused on air-quality primarily. Through dense network of Oizom Instruments, we are striving to become environmental big data company by 2020. <br><br></div>
Founder, Pre-seed and Seed, in Agritech.
- Angel / seed investors for my startup
- Connect to milk federations or large diary brands
Co-founder, Profitable, in Media / creator.
- Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
- Founders past $1M ARR
- People obsessed with AI workflows
- Founders & operators in my city
Founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in HR tech / future of work.
- Partners for my services or agency
- Engineering leaders / CTOs
- Founders & operators in my city
Founder and Building on the side, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF, in SaaS and B2B / enterprise.
Building Building SaaS
- Angel / seed investors for my startup
- Growth & marketing leaders
Founder @ Redhacks1 | Cyber Security | Red Team | Serving Banks, Fintech, Enterprises & Startups. ×, Bootstrapped, in Cybersecurity.
Building 6+ years Experience in Cyber security. Delivered security assessments for Banks, Stock Broking firms, Financial services organizations and Enterprise clients. Expertise in Web, Mobile, API, Network, Infrastructure and Cloud Security. , Ethical Hacking .
- Engineering leaders / CTOs
- Product leaders
- Founders & operators in my city
- Open to connecting with CTOs, CISOs, and Founders. Available for Cyber Security projects and collaborations.
Founder, Pre-seed, in Climate / clean energy and Deeptech.
Building India's first integrated IAQ management company solving air quality challenges for residences, commercial buildings and industries.
- Angel / seed investors for my startup
- Capital for my next round
- Founders & operators in my city
Looking to join a startup, Bootstrapped, in D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail + Media / creator.
- interesting people to talk outside of the work
Graphic Designer and UX/UI Designer.
- Founders & operators in my city
Solo founder and Engineer / builder, Pre-product (building), in AI/ML and Deeptech.
- A startup role I would love, at any kind
- Founders & operators in my city
Founder and Engineer / builder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in SaaS + Vertical SaaS + B2B / enterprise.
- B2B Sales Executive
- Management Consultant
Solo founder, Bootstrapped, in Manufacturing.
- Growth & marketing leaders
- Others in my exact role to swap notes with
- Founders & operators in my city
Content creator, in Media / creator.
- I've scaled an Instagram page to 80000 followers and 3-4 million reach in a high ticket niche of Geopolitics X Business so looking for companies/founders who can leverage it.
Co-founder and Product (PM), Pre-product (building), in SaaS and B2B / enterprise.
- Partners for my services or agency
- Bootstrapped, profitable founders
- Engineering leaders / CTOs
- Product leaders
- Growth & marketing leaders
- People obsessed with AI workflows
- Founders & operators in my city
Co-founder, Seed, in AI/ML.
Building NOKO - First character that lives with your child.
Solo founder and Advisor, Bootstrapped, in Fintech + Insurtech + SaaS.
Building I’m building The Harsmit Ventures. Our goal is simple: make it easier for business owners to access financial services, business technology, and AI tools from one trusted partner instead of juggling multiple providers.
- Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
- Bootstrapped, profitable founders
- Growth & marketing leaders
- People obsessed with AI workflows
- Founders & operators in my city
- First customers
- Mentorship
Aspiring founder (exploring an idea) and Agency.
- A co-founder
- Founders with US / global reach
- Product leaders
- Growth & marketing leaders
- People obsessed with AI workflows
- Founders & operators in my city
eChai Partner Brands
eChai Ventures partners with select brands as their growth partner. Together we explore new ideas, open doors, and build momentum across the startup ecosystem.