• The fourth edition of 21BY72 returns to Surat with top entrepreneurs, investors, and creators.
• Live pitches, exhibitions, and Shark Tank-style funding rounds across 4 themed halls.
• Speakers include Think School’s Ganeshprasad, investor Vijay Kedia, Saina Nehwal, and Neha Dhupia.

Surat is set to be abuzz with entrepreneurial fervor as 21BY72, Bharat's most eagerly awaited startup summit, comes back for its fourth edition on June 14 and 15 at Avadh Utopia, adjacent to Surat Airport. Hosted by IVY Growth Associates, the summit has established itself as a standout platform for startups, innovators, and investors away from India's traditional metro centers.

In its three preceding editions that have attracted in total more than 24,000 attendees, this edition of the summit anticipates hosting over 20,000 participants, from startup founders and venture capitalists through angel investors and digital creators to educators and policymakers. With 85 startup founders on exhibition, over 500 investors, and over 20 live pitches, 21BY72 is set to be a high-impact meeting point of capital, ideas, and opportunity.

The line-up of speakers fuses entrepreneurial expertise with cultural celebrity. The list features names like Ganeshprasad Sridharan, Think School's COO, and Dr. Vijay Kedia, Director at Kedia Securities. They will join forces with faces like Saina Nehwal, Olympic medalist and Padma Bhushan awardee, and Neha Dhupia, actor and ex-Miss India. Political figures like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Harsh Sanghavi, Home Minister of Gujarat, will also grace the event with their presence.

Joining the fray are emerging voices from the startup and creator economy Azhar Iqubal, Co-founder & CEO of AI-based platform Fenado and Inshorts, and creators such as Niyati Mavinkurve of Abhi and Niyu.