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21 gatherings upcoming ·across 11 cities

Nothing coming up in Dubai yet, so here's what's happening across the network.

This week

121 RSVPs

8 gatherings · 4 cities

  1. THU 27 AUG Ahmedabad Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm · Nehrunagar Ruhi SalhotraHumera ShaikhKomal PrajapatiPuja Patel 4 going Apply to join
  2. FRI 28 AUG Ahmedabad AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition 4 pm - 7 pm · House of Starts Jatin ChaudharyEkta ShahRuhi SalhotraAditya Diwan 17 going Book your slot
  3. SAT 29 AUG Pune FailCode Pune: Failure lessons from startups and operators 11 am - 1 pm · DevX ABZ Piyush Adwani 3 going Book your slot
  4. SAT 29 AUG Pune eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune 4 pm - 6 pm · Ideas To Impacts Baner Aakash DilliwarAbhijeet AdhavAry DaundAzlan Kaniyanpuram 24 going Book your slot
  5. SAT 29 AUG Bengaluru eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru 6 pm - 8 pm · Founder Startup House Koramangala Abhijeet TomarAbhishek GuptaAshraf AliAvinash Pinto 55 going Book your slot
  6. SUN 30 AUG Hyderabad eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad 11 am - 1 pm · DraperU India Lenin kVeera Shankara Ravindra Reddy Kakarla 9 going Book your slot
  7. SUN 30 AUG Bengaluru eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru 11 am - 1 pm · Founder Startup House Koramangala Abrar AslamAmar YahiyaMd RashidSumanth 9 going Book your slot
  8. SUN 30 AUG Bengaluru Partner event Startup & Investors Summit 2026: Bengaluru Edition 11 am - 5:30 pm · Scaler School of Technology · via allevents.in Register →
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Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Feb 2026 eChai's Dubai Startup Mixer Dubai · Dec 2025 Dubai Startup Mixer Dubai · Jul 2025 Startup Touchdown Dubai – Plug into Dubai’s Startup Ecosystem Dubai · May 2025 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Jan 2025 The Dubai Startup Growth Forum Dubai · Sep 2024 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Feb 2024 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Jan 2024 Abu Dhabi Startup Meetup Dubai · Oct 2023 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Sep 2023 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Sep 2023 Dubai Startup Meetup Dubai · Jul 2023
  1. 13 Feb '26 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup Siddharth PatelViraj RajaniUtpal Vaishnav
  2. 1 Dec '25 Dubai eChai's Dubai Startup Mixer
  3. 11 Jul '25 Dubai Dubai Startup Mixer Nikunj Thakkar
  4. 15 May '25 Dubai Startup Touchdown Dubai – Plug into Dubai’s Startup Ecosystem Harsha BhuraniNadeem JafriSahil ShahViraj Rajani
  5. 31 Jan '25 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup Siddharth PatelSahil ShahViraj Rajani
  6. 20 Sep '24 Dubai The Dubai Startup Growth Forum
  7. 23 Feb '24 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup
  8. 19 Jan '24 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup Marmik Bhatt
  9. 7 Oct '23 Dubai Abu Dhabi Startup Meetup
  10. 29 Sep '23 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup
  11. 15 Sep '23 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup Siddharth PatelRushi PatelViraj Rajani
  12. 29 Jul '23 Dubai Dubai Startup Meetup
  13. 22 Jun '23 Dubai eChai Startup Social in Dubai
  14. 14 Oct '22 Dubai Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Dubai
  15. 19 Aug '22 Dubai Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Dubai
  16. 12 Aug '22 Dubai Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Dubai
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