We plan to bring eChai across 100 cities in India. The next eChai Startup Demo Day is on 29 August in Bengaluru and Pune. The next after that is on 26 September, all in person, with 11 cities confirmed and 468 founders registered. See your city
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21 gatherings upcoming ·across 11 cities

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

This week

111 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 15 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 2 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 51 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 7 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 8 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 →
All 21 events →
eChai's Toronto Startup Mixer Toronto · Dec 2025 Toronto Startup Social Toronto · Aug 2025 Toronto Startup Social Toronto · Jul 2025 New Brunswick Startup Meetup Toronto · Mar 2024 Toronto Startup Meetup Toronto · Jun 2023
  1. 1 Dec '25 Toronto eChai's Toronto Startup Mixer
  2. 28 Aug '25 Toronto Toronto Startup Social
  3. 24 Jul '25 Toronto Toronto Startup Social
  4. 1 Mar '24 Toronto New Brunswick Startup Meetup
  5. 22 Jun '23 Toronto Toronto Startup Meetup
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Ken Sills
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