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eChai Ventures, Founder Community & Events Across 25+ Cities

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Why we picked it

A living, India-first answer to 'where do I actually meet founders?', eChai has run founder meetups, dinners, demo days and FailCode events since 2009 across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and beyond. It's a concrete, low-cost way to build a founder network intentionally, especially for corporate switchers and tier-2 founders.

  • In-person founder meetups run regularly across 25+ Indian and global cities, pick your city and just show up.
  • Formats range from panels and open houses to FailCode sessions where founders share what went wrong.
  • Consistency is the model: the network compounds from repeatedly showing up, not one event.
  • It's a natural home base for tier-2 founders and corporate switchers who lack a founder network yet.
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Answers My network is all corporate colleagues, how do I actually meet founders and investors? Can I build a serious startup from a tier-2 city, or do I have to move to Bangalore? How do I 'give before I ask' when I feel like I have nothing to offer yet? Which online communities are actually worth joining as a founder? How do I build a founder network intentionally instead of hoping it happens?