We plan to bring eChai across 100 cities in India. It starts with eChai Startup Demo Day on 26 September, all in person. 11 cities confirmed, 152 founders registered. Any city that reaches 20 interested founders is on too. See your city

D2C startups in Mangaluru

Direct to consumer brands built on owned supply chains and community.

2 companies building in D2C here.

Lowen Women Femtech

Krithika Shetty & Ayeesha Rasha

Founded 2020, a women-led femtech / women's-wellness venture. Early-stage; noted as part of a visible women-founder cohort in Mangaluru.

Mangaluru's homegrown D2C/FMCG ice-cream brand (est. 1997, Pai family) that scaled beyond the coast and raised ~$25M from Faering Capital and others — a rare consumer-brand growth story rooted in the city. N...

Other categories

Want to help launch eChai Mangaluru?

eChai does not run a chapter in Mangaluru yet. If you are a founder or community builder who wants to seed the first free, open eChai meetup here, get in touch. In the meantime, TiE Mangaluru is the most active founder network on the coast, running since April 2023 and the natural partner for a launch.

Get in touch
eChai Partner Brands