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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 founders building outside the big hubs.

eChai Ventures, Founder Community & Events Across 25+ Cities

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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 founders building outside the big hubs 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 outside the big startup hubs, 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?

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