eChai startup events

The official events calendar of eChai Ventures. Founder meetups, dinners, demo days, and networking events across India, the US, and beyond.

Upcoming events

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Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup
11:00 AM · DevX Noida · Delhi-NCR
Nalin Joshi T Danish Shikoh Nalin, Tithi + 32 going
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Mumbai Startup Meetup
11:00 AM · DevX Dynasty · Mumbai
D S Gilchrist D'souza Darshika, SOOMRIT + 50 going
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DeepTech Startup Meetup Pune
11:00 AM · COEP's Bhau Institute · Pune
A S Aakash, Shreya going
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Surat Startup Meetup
11:00 AM · DevX Piplod · Surat
S Smit Shekhada Chintan Papaiya Subhash, SMIT + 13 going
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Women Founders x AI : Ahmedabad edition Private
11:00 AM · Ahmedabad
Harsha Bhurani Dr. Isha Goswami Shweta Patel Harsha, Dr. Isha + 9 going
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Marketing Strategies for Startup Meetup Pune
4:00 PM · Ideas to Impact Hub, Baner · Pune
A N D Aakash, Nikita + 2 going
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Scaling Your Startup : Surat edition
5:00 PM · Webito Infotech · Surat
Vandan Patel Jaydeep Ghevariya T Vandan, Jaydeep + 46 going
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Bengaluru Startup Meetup
6:00 PM · Urban Vault 477 · Bengaluru
S Dhiya William C Siddharth, Dhiya + 35 going
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FailCode Bengaluru: Failure lessons from startups and operators
6:00 PM · Founder Startup House Koramangala · Bengaluru
Shivam Pandey M D Shivam, Mohamed + 24 going
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eChai's Startup Open House in Hyderabad
11:00 AM · DraperU India · Hyderabad
Harshith Sai B. Pavan Kumar Jay Mehta Harshith, B. + 42 going
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Highlights across eChai

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A look at what recent eChai gatherings around the network were like.

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Founders to meet

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Founders from across the eChai network worth knowing. Tap a card for the full profile, bio, what they're hoping for, links to reach out.

Bhavesh Patel
Ahmedabad
Bhavesh Patel
Co-founder · Brands.live

Co-founder and Advisor, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Series A, backing Pre-seed / seed and Growth, in SaaS + B2B / enterprise + Media / creator.

Building

Building India's Most favourite Branding and Business Growth tool Brands.live which help them to go digital first in just seconds. With 10M Downloads leading the MSME content space with power of Ai for Bharat. Raised Funds from Indian Quotient and DevX. Looking for partnership.

Hoping to meet
  • Startups to invest in
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
  • Founders & operators in my city
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Jayesh Kadivar
Ahmedabad
Jayesh Kadivar
Founder · Growthnest Advisors LLP

Founder and Educator / mentor, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Pre-seed, in Healthtech + Deeptech + Mobility / EV.

Hoping to meet
  • Angel / seed investors for my startup
  • Startups to invest in
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Founders & operators in my city
Shrijay Sheth
Ahmedabad
Shrijay Sheth
Founder · Legalwiz.in

Founder and Solo founder, Pre-revenue / pre-PMF and Seed, in SaaS and E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Capital for my next round
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
Nadeem Jafri
Ahmedabad
Nadeem Jafri
Founder · Heartymart

Entrepreneur | Startup Mentor | IIMA Guest Speaker | Speaker.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Bootstrapped, profitable founders
  • Growth & marketing leaders
Kush Prajapati
Ahmedabad
Kush Prajapati
COO · DI AI

Co-founder, Seed, in AI/ML and Healthtech.

Building

AI that reads any health document and turns it into clinical intelligence.

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Founders with US / global reach
Rahul Kumar
Ahmedabad
Rahul Kumar
Founder & CEO · Retner.ai

Co-founder, Seed, in SaaS + D2C / consumer + E-commerce / retail.

Hoping to meet
  • Intros to paying customers
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Founders past $1M ARR
  • Founders with US / global reach
  • Growth & marketing leaders
  • Founders & operators in my city
Rushabh Shah
Ahmedabad
Rushabh Shah
Managing Partner · STIR Advisors

Solo founder and Advisor, Profitable, backing Strategic / corporate, in Vertical SaaS + AI/ML + Deeptech.

Building

Working on a lot of interesting tech projects, alongside the Investment Banking firm

Hoping to meet
  • Enterprise / GCC buyer intros
  • Partners for my services or agency
  • Engineering leaders / CTOs
  • People obsessed with AI workflows
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Questions, answered

What founder events are happening on eChai?

eChai runs founder dinners, workshops, and meetups across 25+ cities. Upcoming gatherings include Delhi-NCR Startup Meetup, Mumbai Startup Meetup, and DeepTech Startup Meetup Pune are listed here, and you can RSVP to any of them.

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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.

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