Mumbai

You've been at GFF all day and want a low-key hour before the evening.

You've exchanged messages but never met in person.

Talk about what you saw, what stuck, what you're working on next.

Anupam is Co-founder at Digia, building the in-app experience layer for mobile apps.

Before Digia, he spent 7 years at Urban Company leading Android, iOS, Growth Engineering and Platform initiatives.

As a GX18 member who has been in the community, he is hosting this as a small, informal meetup for the GX fam at GFF.

Faces to the Slack handles you've been talking to

GFF notes and takeaways compared with 9 other members

No panels, no pitches. Just coffee and conversation with GX members after GFF.

Coffee, no agenda

Capped at 10 people so everyone gets a chance to talk.

10 spots only

5 PM to 6 PM at Bandra Kurla Complex. One hour before everyone heads out for the evening.

BKC, post-GFF wind-down

The GFF Coffee Table

2026-09-08T15:40:27.762Z

Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East

You're building or scaling something in fintech and want real conversation, not panels.

You work on activation, retention or growth and want to compare notes.

You're applying AI or deep tech and want to talk to people outside your bubble.

You're navigating security or compliance at a scaling company.

He spent 7 years at Urban Company leading Android, growth engineering and platform initiatives before starting Digia.

He works daily with product and growth teams across India, which is exactly the lens he brings to the table on growth, product experimentation and retention.

Karmesh is Co-founder and CEO at Osto, building India's first one-stop cybersecurity product for startups.

He co-founded WiJungle before Osto, deploying network security across 550+ government organisations over 12 years in cybersecurity.

He works closely with founders navigating security, compliance and scaling realities, the exact territory this breakfast opens up for conversation.

20 people you actually know by name before GFF starts

Honest answers to what's working in growth, AI and scaling

Conversations that don't happen on a conference stage

Only 20 seats. The room is curated, not first-come-first-served.

20 spots, curated room

Veg breakfast and hot beverages provided.

Breakfast and coffee included

Roundtable conversation only. No slides, no audience, no stage.

No pitches, no presentations

Coffee, food and getting to know the room.

Breakfast and introductions

Open roundtable across fintech, product, growth, AI and security.

Table conversation begins

Wrap loose threads, exchange contacts before GFF takes over.

Wind down and connect

Head to GFF with 20 people you actually know.

Table clears

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Osto

One Stop Cybersecurity Product for Fast Scaling Startups.

WiJungle

WiJungle initially got started as a completely Free WiFi service in 2015 and became the first Indian private company to offer so. Later, pivoted to a social WiFi product in 2016 and then transitioned to the domain of cybersecurity in 2018 with a Unified Network Security Platform that today primarily serves 550+ government organisations.

Safe Security

Was among the initial 10 people at Lucideus (now Safe Security). Primarily worked on Web Security and Development.

What are you spending most of your time thinking about these days?

What would make this breakfast worth showing up for?

Veg breakfast and hot beverages will be provided

Will food be provided?

The GFF Breakfast Table

2026-08-29T12:29:36.618Z

Awfis Premium Coworking INS Tower

You're running paid social yourself and need more creative variations, faster.

You manage ad spend and want a repeatable AI workflow for UGC creatives.

You produce ad creatives for clients and want to cut production cost and time.

You own the growth number and need to test more hooks without waiting on a production team.

Ankit is the Founder of Huddle, a design-led growth agency that handles creative and performance marketing for modern brands.

He has run campaigns for Dove, Tresemmé, and Simple Skincare, manages ₹1 Cr+ in quarterly ad budgets, and generated $122K in revenue in 6 weeks for a luxury bag brand.

He writes the hooks, scripts, and creative angles this buildathon is built around, doing exactly this work across D2C and startup ad accounts every day.

Jigar is the Founder of Gamoksh Studio and a technical product manager specializing in AI, AR, and VR.

He has built and shipped AI tools, taught AR/VR as a visiting professor at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, and advises startup founders on turning new tech into working products.

He brings the AI tooling side of this buildathon, helping you get Higgsfield, Kling, and the other video generation tools to produce usable output during the session.

3 finished AI UGC ads built on your own product

Multiple hooks and creative angles written and tested

A repeatable workflow to produce more ad variations on your own

A testing plan ready to launch when you get home

You need a live product, landing page, customer reviews, or existing campaign to work on.

Bring a live product

Fees cover venue and food only. You purchase your own tool subscriptions and credits.

AI tool credits on you

You'll use Higgsfield, Kling, HeyGen, DeepReel, and Runway. Set up accounts beforehand.

Tools: Higgsfield, Kling, more

Pick your product, pull real reviews, and land on a tension worth selling.

Find the customer tension

Write platform-native hooks and scripts for multiple creative angles.

Hooks and scripts

Lunch break

Create AI presenters, voiceovers, product visuals, and full video ads.

Build AI ads in Higgsfield

Polish all 3 UGC ads and build a testing plan ready to launch.

Iterate and finish 3 ads

Walk out with 3 finished ads, multiple hooks, and a repeatable workflow.

Wrap-up

Gamoksh Studio

Symbiosis Institute Of Technology, Pune

Don Bosco Institute of Technology (D.B.I.T)

ARway.ai - The Spatial Computing Platform

Flam

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Wayu Digital Studio

All in a Days Play Pvt. Ltd.

Developed and enhanced 3D hypercasual games using Unity, building on previous projects with advanced skills in game mechanics, optimization, and performance. Focused on delivering seamless gameplay and engaging user experiences across multiple platforms, contributing to the successful completion of several high-quality game releases.

Designed art for 2D casual, hypercasuals, and guessing games, creating visually appealing characters, environments, and UI elements. 
Additionally, worked on promotional trailers, including an upcoming Steam game video trailer, to effectively showcase the visual style and gameplay. Delivered high-quality assets that contributed to the success of multiple game projects.

Do you currently have a live product or campaign?

Yes. You’ll need access to the AI tools you plan to use during the buildathon. Any tool-specific subscriptions or credits will need to be purchased by you.

Do I need to pay for the AI tools?

Yes. Bring a live product, MVP, landing page, or existing campaign that you can build ads for.

Do I need to bring a product?

We’ll use tools like Higgsfield, Kling, HeyGen, DeepReel, and Runway to create and iterate on the ads.

What tools will we use?

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Create 3 AI Ads in 5 hours I Mumbai

2026-08-11T13:45:20.502Z

DSP Mutual Fund

You've been in the build grind all week and want to step away from the laptop.

You like reading people, bluffing and figuring out who's lying.

Conversations happen naturally when you're trying to figure out who to trust.

Tejas is a 4x entrepreneur and founder of Myntmore, an AI-led B2B lead generation agency.

He scaled and exited Flintstop at $6M ARR, has worked with 300+ clients, and speaks at TEDx and IIMs.

Outside of building outbound systems, Tejas is a gamer and competitor at heart. He's hosting this Mafia night because games, strategy and reading people are genuinely his thing.

Yash is a builder at a stealth startup and Sr. Product Analyst at BharatPe, with a background from IIT Kharagpur.

He has worked across product analytics, data science and machine learning, including projects with the University of Central Florida.

Yash brings the builder energy this room is built for. He's co-hosting to help run the games and keep the evening moving.

A room full of builders you've actually talked to, not just connected with

A few hours away from screens with good food and real conversation

Fee includes food, drinks and venue costs. Also helps reduce no-shows.

₹299 covers food and venue

Rules explained before the game starts. Just show up and pick your role.

No experience needed

You'll be playing with everyone in the room anyway.

Come solo or with a friend

Good food, drinks and conversations at The Game Palacio.

Settle in, food and drinks

Everything explained from scratch. Pick up your secret role.

Rules and role assignment

Bluff, accuse, debate and figure out who to trust.

Mafia rounds begin

Last game, results, and conversations carry on naturally.

Final round and wrap up

Stealth Startup

BharatPe

With team Devices. Responsible for heading all analytics for Speaker, Swipe and Logistics pods for BharatPe. 

Worked in Offline Payments Pod. Led the design and development efforts for launching CreditLine on UPI, and Chargeback resolution portal For BharatPe Merchant App.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

NextLeap

First Launch

Mantrapoynt Inc.

Spring Fest

Technology Adventure Society (TAdS) IIT Kharagpur

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Mafia Night 

The Game Palacio

You've been in the groups but never met the people behind the messages.

Low pressure way to plug in. One of the best first touchpoints.

Bring one thing you're building or stuck on. That's the only prep.

Yash is building a stealth startup and works as a Sr. Product Analyst at BharatPe, heading analytics for their devices pods.

IIT Kharagpur grad with experience across product analytics, machine learning, and fintech at BharatPe.

Mumbai-based builder and GrowthX member hosting this so the community actually meets in person instead of just reading each other's updates.

Parul is an Associate Product Manager at Altimetrik, working on sender/receiver product flows across India, LATAM, and Southeast Asia.

8 years in digital product and data roles, including stints at PayPal and Western Union's Send Money flow.

Co-hosting to bring Mumbai's GrowthX members together. Her cross-functional product background means she knows how to run a room where strangers become collaborators fast.

First-name basis with 14 other members in your city

Fresh angles on the thing you're stuck on, from people who cleared the same bar

Small on purpose. If you can't make it, mark Opt-out so someone else can take your spot.

15 spots, no walk-ins

Order what you like at the café. Nothing is pre-covered.

Food is cash-and-carry

Mumbai monsoon week. Come alone if you can, it works better that way.

Leave early, it's raining

You'll be introduced around as you arrive.

Walk in, get introduced

The room gets to know each other properly.

Icebreaker

Loose conversation, a few games thrown in.

Open floor, a few games

One group photo so the rest of them feel the FOMO.

Group pic, wrap up

Altimetrik

• Spearheaded end-to-end product ownership for sender/receiver features across India, LATAM, and Southeast Asia.  
• Drove data-backed product roadmap decisions, improving receiver engagement by 18% and contact capture by 25%.  
• Designed AI-driven user journeys, enhancing platform stickiness and habit loops.

• Client : Western Union : Spearheaded the optimization of the ‘Send Money’ flow, enhancing user experience and increasing conversion rates.  
• Defined and prioritized product features using RICE and MoSCoW frameworks to align with business objectives.  
• Drove A/B testing initiatives that resulted in a 12% increase in successful transactions and a 10% reduction in drop-offs.

PayPal

Key Responsibilities:

Managed the product roadmap for SMB features like ‘Send Money,’ ‘Buy Now Pay Later,’ and ‘Sticky Navigation Bar’.
Conducted funnel analysis, customer journey mapping, and A/B testing to improve conversion rates.
Led agile ceremonies, collaborating with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and cross-functional teams.
Created interactive dashboards (Power BI, Google Analytics) to track product performance and business KPIs.
Key Achievements:

Increased merchant sign-ups by 15% by optimizing Zettle kiosk onboarding and streamlining the user journey.
Successfully launched feature tracking dashboards, providing stakeholders with real-time insights.
Improved cross-team collaboration by refining stakeholder requirement gathering and PRD documentation.

Takenmind Technologies

The internship has its base on financial Analysis and the following concepts are covered:
Python Fundamentals
Worked-up examples.
Hours of professional Tableau Video training, unique datasets designed with years of industry experience in mind, engaging exercises that are both fun and also give you a taste for Analytics of the REAL WORLD.

Tata Consultancy Services

Led requirements definition, workflow mapping, and solution design for digital payments, KYC,
and transaction processing systems for enterprise banking clients.
Defined APIs & BRDs for payment gateways, customer onboarding, and transaction monitoring
platforms.
Conducted competitive analysis and benchmarked UI flows for retail banking products to inform
redesigns.
Improved payment workflow processing time by ~20% through requirement refinement and test
coverage improvements.
Supported product owners with sprint planning, backlog grooming, and cross-functional
documentation (UAT, RTM, FRDs)—providing foundational product discipline

Reliance Retail

On-The-Job Training
Introduction to Cloud computing, Big data, and IOT.
Web Development
Automatic bobbin handling system(Salmoiraghi system)
Automatic storage/retrieval system(SMC)
Database Management
Security(antivirus)
Plant safety rules

Food and drinks are on a cash-and-carry basis, feel free to order what you like

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Catchup w/fam | Mumbai

2026-08-22T06:28:55.675Z

Aegyo Café

You see an India-shaped problem and want to ship something that solves it.

You build experiences, films, games, or tools. Your medium is your entry.

You preserve languages, tell histories, or create documentaries inspired by India.

No specific skill required. If your idea is inspired by India, it belongs here.

Jivanshu works on community and platform at GrowthX, and co-founded GenX24, a growth marketing studio for startups.

He has built communities around builders and operators, and runs a Gen-Z podcast called Smallcast alongside his marketing work.

His experience curating rooms for builders at GrowthX makes him a natural fit to organize a large-scale build day like this one.

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