Some rooms are just rooms. This one was different — a curated afternoon of founders, operators, and some of the most active investors in the Bangalore ecosystem. Here is how it went.
Founder stories, live pitches, and networking that was designed rather than left to chance.
Some conversations began during structured networking. Others happened over coffee. Those are usually the ones people remember.
That was the afternoon. There will be another.
Passes were ₹2,000–₹5,000; a pitch slot, ₹25,000 for eleven minutes on stage.
Six companies took the stage — from manufacturing finance and healthcare to kitchen operations. Each had eleven minutes and eight investors listening.
Not keynote speakers watched from a distance. Eight investors and operators — $500M+ represented — in the room all afternoon, giving feedback out loud and staying for the networking.
The Big Blind
Carbon6 Ventures
Benzai10
Angel
Stay Still Scale High
Angel
Enlighten Capital
CapitalCORN
Eight investors, one afternoon, one room.
Between them, the people on the panel have backed and advised startups across most of the sectors founders in the room are building in.
Rounds advised by the panel include Hubilo ($23M Series A, Lightspeed), Uable ($3.5M, Jafco Asia & Chiratae), Strata ($1.5M, Saif Partners & Mayfield), and Taqtics ($1.3M) — alongside dozens of angel and family-office rounds.
Companies the panel has invested in, advised, or helped raise capital for.
Edock and The Big Blind curate an afternoon where the feedback is honest, the introductions are warm, and the investors across the table are actively looking to back the right idea. Most events put you in a room and hope something happens. This one is built.
You want the truth, not encouragement.
You want deals before they make the rounds.
Your next move comes from a conversation, not an application.
You are thinking about it. This is where it starts.
This was never about collecting contacts.
It's about being in the room where deals actually begin.
The companies who backed Founders Pitch on 22 August.
Founders Pitch runs again. If your company sells to founders, investors or operators, the afternoon you have just scrolled through is what a partner slot buys — and the next edition is open.
Prefer email? Write to connect@edock.io.
Conversations with founders and operators, published through the year.
The Big Blind podcast — opens on YouTube.
Founders Pitch is one afternoon in a longer run. Clips and photographs from the other rooms these founders show up to.
The best introductions rarely come from planned meetings.
Founders Pitch runs again. No date yet — leave your name and you will hear about the next one before it goes on sale, which is how the pitch slots went last time.
For anything else, reach out to +91 88264 78565 (Pranav).