What founder events are happening on eChai?

eChai runs open meetups, demo days and dinners for founders across 25+ cities in 10+ countries. Upcoming gatherings include AI Cafe : Ahmedabad edition, Bengaluru Startup Meetup : North Bengaluru edition, and Mumbai Startup Meetup are listed here, and each has its own page to register on.

Which cities host eChai events?

eChai gathers founders across 25+ cities in 10+ countries. Open a city to see what is coming up there.

What is on at eChai

Open meetups, demo days, dinners and the smaller circles, week by week, across 25+ cities in 10+ countries. Most are open to any founder who registers; a few are by application. Each has its own page, with who is going and the way in.

5 Bengaluru
Tue 13 to Sun 18 98 going
3 Pune
Sat 17 · Sun 18 15 going
2 Ahmedabad
Fri 16 · Sat 17 188 going
2 Hyderabad
Sat 17 · Sun 18 67 going
1 Surat
Sat 17 59 going
1 Nagpur
Fri 23 12 going
1 Mumbai
Sat 17 8 going
1 London
Mon 19
1 San Francisco
Thu 22

Upcoming events Past events

This week.

435 RSVPs · 14 gatherings · 6 cities

Tuesday 13 October Happened

Bengaluru 10 am - 6 pm

Partner event TechSparks 2026 Taj Yeshwantpur · registration on techsparks.yourstory.com

Today, Friday 16 October 2 gatherings in 2 cities

Ahmedabad 4 pm - 7 pm

starts in 4 h 4 min AI Cafe House of Starts

51 going

Bengaluru 6 pm - 8 pm

starts in 6 h 4 min Bengaluru Startup Meetup : North Bengaluru edition Enzyme BCIT

21 going

Saturday 17 October 8 gatherings in 6 cities

10 am

Mumbai 10 am - 12 pm

Mumbai Startup Meetup SIMSREE, Sydenham College

8 going

11 am 2 gatherings in 2 cities

Surat 11 am - 1 pm

Turn Sales Teams into Revenue Engine DevX Piplod

59 going
Pune 11 am - 1 pm

Startup Social Meetup in Pimpri Chinchwad PCMC PCSIC Pimpri Chinchwad

4 going

4 pm

Pune 4 pm - 6 pm

AI x Startup Open House Meetup Ideas To Impacts Baner

9 going

5:30 pm

Ahmedabad 5:30 pm - 8 pm

Ahmedabad Startup Day iHub Gujarat

137 going

6 pm 3 gatherings in 2 cities

Hyderabad 6 pm - 7:30 pm

Building a Community from Zero | eChai x DraperU India DraperU India

59 going
Bengaluru 6 pm - 8 pm

Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation with Founders & Investors Founder Startup House Koramangala

32 going
Bengaluru 6 pm - 8 pm

Bengaluru Startup Meetup Urban Vault 477 HSR Layout

16 going

Sunday 18 October 3 gatherings in 3 cities

6:30 am

Pune 6:30 am - 9:30 am

Startup Trekking Meetup at Ghoradeshwar, Ghoradeshwar Trek

2 going

11 am 2 gatherings in 2 cities

Bengaluru 11 am - 1 pm

eChai's Startup Open House Founder Startup House Koramangala

29 going
Hyderabad 11 am - 1 pm

eChai's Startup Open House DraperU India

8 going

Next week.

12 RSVPs · 3 gatherings · 3 cities

Monday 19 October

London 6 pm - 8 pm BST

eChai Arts + Tech Mixer The Queen's Head

Thursday 22 October

San Francisco 5 pm - 7 pm PDT

eChai Bay Area: AI GTM Mixer for Founders and Operators Blue Bottle Coffee Palo Alto

Friday 23 October

Nagpur 3 pm - 4:30 pm

eChai Startup Demo Day Wainganga College of Engineering & Management

12 going

Every gathering ahead, 30 in all

Last week.

419 RSVPs · 12 gatherings · 7 cities

Sunday 11 October

Saturday 10 October

Thursday 8 October

Ahmedabad Happened AI Cafe House of Starts 4 pm - 7 pm 111 RSVPs

Before that.

Sunday 4 October

Saturday 3 October

Where eChai is going next.

These are gatherings proposed but not yet booked. Each one happens once enough founders in the city say they would come, and everyone who did is registered.