Trapped: The Startup Zone

🚀 TRAPPED: The Founder Zone

Real Conversations. Real Connections. Real Impact.

Building a startup is a journey filled with challenges, opportunities, and constant learning. TRAPPED: The Founder Zone is a curated gathering where founders come together to connect, exchange ideas, share experiences, and build meaningful relationships within the startup ecosystem.

Whether you're validating your idea, acquiring customers, raising capital, hiring your first team, or scaling your business, you'll be surrounded by founders navigating similar journeys.

🎤 Founders Open Mic

Have a challenge you're facing? A lesson you've learned? A milestone worth celebrating? Step up and share your story, ask for feedback, or spark a conversation with fellow founders.

What you can expect:

🤝 Meaningful networking with founders

💡 Peer learning and experience sharing

🎤 Founders Open Mic

🚀 Opportunities for collaboration and partnerships

💼 Connect with angel investors, VCs, incubators, accelerators, and ecosystem enablers

No keynote speeches.

No panel discussions.

Just genuine founder-to-founder conversations.

📅 Date: Friday, 17 July 2026

🕕 Time: 6:00 PM onwards

📍 Venue: Clayworks Opus, Austin Town, Bengaluru

🎟️ Free to attend | Registration required

Seats are intentionally limited to ensure quality conversations and meaningful interactions.

Hosted by The Startup Zone