🇮🇳 Independence Day Meetup for Indian Entrepreneurs

Are you an Indian entrepreneur (registered business in Germany)?

We would love to host you for a meetup celebrating 🇮🇳 Indian independence day for the Indian founders community in Berlin to celebrate and give platform to Inspiring Indian & Indian-origin entrepreneurs and startup ecosystem experts.

Agenda

🎟️ 16:00 - Gates Open, Arrival

Check-In, Pre-networking with Bingo

👏 16:30 - Opening Ceremony

Dr. Maximilian von Laer: Building a Fund of Funds in the EU for investing in India 🇮🇳

⚡️ 17:00 - Lighting Talks + Audience Q&A

Tushar Ahluwalia: Building a Unicorn Startup in Berlin 🇩🇪

Dilip Mauyra: Mapping the rising Indian founders in EU 🇪🇺

🎙️17:30 - Panel by Nia Rakheja: This 🇮🇳 Independence Day, let's talk about freedom.

Panelists: Anadika Paul Baghel, Kami Mainkar

🧑🏻‍💻 18:15 - Virtual Q&A with Roel Janssen

🎤 18:00 - Getting to know the audience

Everyone gets 30 seconds to introduce themselve to the community

🤝 18:45 - Networking

Bingo Networking Continues, Snacks, Drinks, Indian Sweets, Nostalgic Prizes

✌🏽 20:00 - Closing Ceremony & Wrap up!

🎤 Speakers & Panelists:

Tushar Ahluwalia, Co-Founder at GeneralMind, Forbes30u30 (2017), exRazor Group Co-founder (Berlin Unicorn)

Nia Rakheja, CEO @ Drift (VC-backed LegalTech), Awarded by the Vice Mayor of Berlin

Anadika Paul Baghel, Researcher & Project Manager @ infodas

Dilip Mauyra, Valuation Manger @ Rocket Internet

Kami Mainkar, Co-Founder @ SymbioFlow

Roel Janssen (virtually), Investor in 30+ Indian Startups including: Zepto, Jupiter Money, Aspora & more

Dr. Maximilian von Laer, Managing Director @ India Catalyst GmbH

Some of the founders/ C level/startup ecosystem people signed up to join:

Milan Agrawal, FinTech, Scopex

Nikhil, Agentic FinTech: Quid

Avinash, RestroOps Tech: IndianBiryaniCompany

Kami, German ER HealthTec:h SymbioFlow

Abhishek, EU-India Trade, Construction

Parthiv, EU-India Trade - Distribution: OMF GmbH

Pooja, SkillsTech: skillPlatz.de

Udey, PropTech: Alpha Minoris

Sandeep, Ecommerce - Indian Groceries: Aahaar

Abhishek (Aggy): BERLIndians

Arun, AI fleet governance & AI Tokens Optimization: Nool

Nikhil, SalesOps AI: Bryo

Krishna, Healthcare recruitment: TERN Group

Sharif, ConstructionTech: cathago.de

Sonali, Child NutritionTech: Kleinura

Nidhi, Print-on-Demand: PrintingPear

Kiran, FoodTech: Vegalaya

Vikas, AI Reliability: Dunetrace

Abhinav, Open Source AI/ML Optimization: TraceOpt

Sourabh, PropTech: Athaus AI

Sam, AI Voice Assistant: VoxHello

Mallika, Kids lifestyle brand: Nimboo Sundays

Hiba, SalesOps Tech: Formidable.work

Sushrita, Stealth AI Startup & Community Events: Hive Mind

Harlin, BioTech AI: Biocompile

Sruthi, AgriTech, greenOrb

Sivashankari, RetailTech: Nexkauf

Drishya, AI Cost optimisation: InfraPal

Nilima, Non-Profit: Leben in Deutschland e.V.

Hiba Ganta, SalesAI: Formidable.work

Harshad, EventTech: DesiPass.com

Shantanu & Shirin ML, 600k+ AI & Data Community Builders

🎖️Networking Bingo Prizes

Win Nostalgic Indian snack prizes including Pani Puri, Balaji Potato & Banana Chips of 7+ Indian flavors

🙏 Event Curation Disclaimer

This is a curated audience event and hence invite only for Indian entrepreneurs, including startup ecosystem experts & supporters for Indian community with limited spots hence we request for your understanding incase we are unable to approve your request, we will be hosting our next Chai Samosa networking meetup on the 27th august where we have more spots and an open curation with spots for aspiring founders, Indian founders including those who are non-registered in Berlin/Germany and will have more spots for us to host a larger community audience.

🙏 Supports

The Delta Campus

Berlin's launchpad for the next wave of generational companies Flexible coworking, private startup offices, and event spaces - inside Berlin's most connected founder community. Home to 800+ entrepreneurs, 20+ ventures, and 1,200+ members across our ecosystem.

OMF GmbH

Traditional Flavors, Timeless India

Meticulously selected products from the best companies

From spice routes to modern trade, Indian Sub-Continent and Europe have always shared a special connection. At OMF GmbH, we bring this legacy alive by delivering authentic Indian products to European markets — carefully curated, trusted and timeless.

Official Distributors in Germany for Dabua India, Balaji Wafers, Patanjali

Angie Mahtaney

Angie is a PropTech investor and entrepreneur at Aroundtown, working closely with early-stage startups to test, validate, and scale solutions across real-world real estate portfolios. With over 20 years of experience in leadership, investing, and entrepreneurship, she focuses on building scalable, high-impact startups across industries and geographies.

Chatorra

Chatorra is an upcoming Indian food brand in Berlin, offering a delicious variety of authentic Indian cuisine made with love. We bring together traditional recipes, fresh ingredients, and bold flavours to create a memorable street food experience. Whether at local markets, festivals, or pop-up events, our goal is to share the vibrant taste and warmth of Indian hospitality with everyone.

⭐️ Sponsor:

Scopex

Scopex is a money remittance app built by NRIs, for NRIs. Founded by Dr. Milan Agrawal, an IIT Delhi graduate, it serves 50,000+ NRIs across Europe, having moved €150M+, and recently extended into the US. Every global Indian juggles two financial lives, one at home, one abroad, and most apps only cover one side. Scopex is closing that gap by bringing more financial products into one app, so sending, savings, investment and everything else you need lives in one place. Our goal: to be the financial lifeline for global Indians, wherever they call home.

Community Partners:

BERLIndians is a carefully curated community of founders, operators and investors - building in Europe with a thread tying them to India. We are a give-first set of people, who strive to add more value than they extract - in the community, and are rooted in high-agency to will their beliefs into existence. We are growing beyond Berlin as well, now (and thus renaming soon) and meet every month across cities for a casual mixer.