Event update: Pienza US GTM Summit 2025 — eChai Ventures

[Partner Event]Bengaluru

Pienza US GTM Summit 2025

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Agenda:

We are bringing the best in the world to Bangalore - With one mission - Help Indian founders win in the US market.

Day 1: 11th March 2025 - An evening with 500+ B2B founders and operators, discussing US GTM, AI shift and funding. We will fireside chat and open networking time with our marquee speakers.

Day 2 [Strictly by invite only]: A deep dive time for 30 selected founders, to go into 'workshop mode' with the speakers and mentors. Get direct access, share your core challenges, get answers.

Speakers

⭐ Manny Medina - Found and grew Outreach from 0 to 200M.
⭐ Aaron Bird - Grew and sold Bizible. Wrote 70+ angel cheques. Now scaling Inflection.io
⭐ Tejeshwi Sharma - MD at Peak XV Partners. Handling growth stage investments.
⭐ Prayank Swaroop - Partner at Accel who is in the forefront of India SaaS Investments.
⭐ Pranay Desai - MD at Z47 (previously Matrix Partners). Ex-Head of Growth at Freshworks. Operator turned VC.
⭐ Karthik Sundaram - Founder of Purplepatch Services. Helped launch 100+ companies in the US in the last 20 years.

We have more to be announced! Stay tuned!

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"From late-night brainstorming over chai to early morning founder calls, eChai has been more than just a network for me; it’s been home base for ideas, impact, and inspiration. What started as a simple meetup years ago turned into a powerful movement, connecting founders, creators, and dreamers. I’ve had the privilege of seeing startups find product-market fit, marketers (like me) find unexpected collaborations, and most importantly, people finding their tribe. संगच्छध्वं संवदध्वं – Let us move together, speak together. It’s not just a verse from the Rigveda — it’s how Jatin and the entire eChai community truly operate. We don’t just network, we grow together. Forever grateful to be a part of the eChai Effect.

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“eChai has been that turning point in my journey. It gave me a platform when I wasn’t looking for visibility but needed direction. Over the years, it became more than just a network. It became my tribe; a place where conversations sparked collaborations, and strangers became trusted sounding boards. What I value most is how effortlessly eChai brings people together - no airs, no filters, just genuine people with shared dreams. I owe a lot to this community and to Jatin, whose consistency and belief in people have shaped journeys like mine. Forever grateful to be part of something so real.”

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Managing Partner - STIR Advisors

“You don’t plan to build a company via eChai. You just keep showing up … and one day, you realize you did.” I’ve known Jatin since 2012, when I was still deciding what kind of second innings I wanted to play as an entrepreneur. Over the years, through events, chai breaks, intros, and seemingly small conversations, eChai helped shape not just Upsquare but also refined the lens through which we see collaboration. At Upsquare, we’ve hired talent, met partners, discovered co-investors, and built lifelong friendships. One of our joint ventures exists today only because a casual eChai memory sparked a deeper trust. Now, as we build House of Starts — our venture builder — eChai continues to fuel our mission: co-creating a shared future. eChai isn’t just a startup network. It’s a trust network. And for business builders like me, that makes all the difference."

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