Baatcheet

NVIDIA and SPF hosted a startup meetup at NVIDIA's office in Bengaluru for a group of AI and DeepTech founders, to learn about NVIDIA's Inception program for India.

In this special “IPO Baatcheet” episode from NSE’s iconic Atrium arena, he reflects on three decades of Indian stock markets.

We hosted “AI Baatcheet” with Groq in Bengaluru to deepen our partnership with this exceptional global AI company. This dialogue advances our mission at Startup Policy Forum of opening global doors for Indian startups and strengthening bridges with frontier innovators like Groq who are shaping the future of AI.

It was an honour for our CEO, Shweta Rajpal Kohli and Razorpay CEO, Harshil Mathur to host S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology at the Razorpay office in Bengaluru for an “AI Baatcheet” session with the startup community.

At the second edition of “Deeptech Baatcheet” Sateesh Andra of Endiya Partners and Vishesh Rajaram of Speciale Invest chaired an insightful discussion alongside Anirudh Rastogi, Managing Partner of Ikigai Law.

At the Bengaluru Tech Summit, deeptech startups from across sectors joined us for the third edition of DeeptechBaatcheet to take forward our #100DesiDeeptechs initiative.

The formal launch of 100 Desi DeepTechs was followed by the inaugural DeepTech BaatCheet, a multi-stakeholder consultation where 20 startups across deeptech sectors shared actionable policy inputs. Tech policy firm Ikigai Law is preparing the final blueprint.

OpenAI’s leadership visiting India —Srinivas Narayanan (CTO, B2B applications), Nikunj Handa (Product), Thomas Jeng (Startups, APAC) and Sidharth Sharma (GTM) — joined a select group of Startup Policy Forum members for “AI Baatcheet” over breakfast.

On Budget Day, Startup Policy Forum members gathered on the rooftop of CRED in Indiranagar, Bengaluru, to watch and analyse the Budget together in a fun, lively setup.

An informal gathering of founders, investors, mediapersons and ecosystem enablers marked the launch of the Startup Policy Forum on National Startup Day. CNBC’s Shereen Bhan hosted a show to get a deep dive into priorities for the year.

Startup Policy Forum hosted the opening dinner at Startup Mahakumbh bringing together a power-packed and fun evening of India’s leading founders, policymakers and investors. A panel on IPOs led by Sanjiv Bhikchandani, ixigo’s Aloke Bajpai, Mobikwik’s Upasana Taku and Cardekho’s Amit Jain was the highlight of the evening.