Today: eChai Hosts Startup Demo Days Across 10 Indian Cities

Today: eChai Hosts Startup Demo Days Across 10 Indian Cities
Today, eChai Ventures is hosting its multi-city Startup Demo Day - happening simultaneously in 10 cities across India.

The format is straightforward: early-stage founders pitch their startups to a room full of fellow builders, get real-time feedback, and connect with the community. These are local, low-key, and regularly hosted meetups - not pitch competitions.

What’s Happening Today

Bengaluru
Draper Startup House, 6–8 pm
→ Also in Bengaluru: eChai AI Day at Urban Vault, HSR Layout, with
Swathi Moorthy (ET), Garvit Juniwal (Glean), Saurav Gopal (Capria), Dharmesh Ba (Business Hero). Host: Radhika Mohta

Hyderabad
CoKarma, Durgam Cheruvu, 6–8 pm

Mumbai
DevX, Andheri East (11 am – 1 pm)

Gurugram
Nasscom CoE, 5–7 pm

Pune
Ideas to Impacts, 4–6 pm

Jaipur
J Startup House, 6–8 pm

Surat / Vadodara / Udaipur / Rajkot
All hosted at DevX Coworking spaces in each of these cities, 6–8 pm

Also Happening Today

Singapore
AI x FinTech Social — curated gathering of early-stage founders working across Southeast Asia.

What Happened Earlier This Week

Ahmedabad
→ eChai Startup Demo Day at GVFL (Thursday evening)

Bay Area (Santa Clara)
AI Founders Circle —  meetup with leading AI builders in the Valley.

What’s Coming Up

Sunday, Bangalore
Startup Open House at Draper Startup House — informal morning meetup with early-stage founders.

Sunday, Kolkata
Partner-led meetup with local startup operators.


eChai hosts these meetups regularly — across India and globally — featuring Demo Days, AI Days, and founder socials.

To register for any specific event, visit eChai.Ventures.
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