CAIF Events runs the West Coast's most curated calendar of California-India business gatherings — the annual Bridge Summit, intimate founder dinners, an active speaker series, and India trade missions. Built for tech founders, venture investors, and diaspora professionals who want substantive, deal-grade conversations.
CAIF Events is a for-profit programming company. We sell tickets, sponsorship packages, and member fellowships. Every event below has a published price, a vetted invitee list, and an objective — from closing a round to landing a Bangalore engineering hire.
Three days every October at a downtown San Francisco venue: 600 attendees, 40 stage speakers, programmed 1:1 matchmaking, two evening receptions, and a closed-door LP/GP track. The single most consequential gathering in our calendar.
Intimate Friday-night dinners for 14–18 vetted founders and operators. One topic, one room, no slides, Chatham House rule. Hosted in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Bangalore on a rolling basis.
Monthly fireside chats featuring an India-California operator the audience already wants to meet. 90-minute format: 25-min talk, 25-min onstage Q&A, 40 min of structured networking with name-tag color codes by interest.
Twice-annual delegations of 18–24 California operators to Bangalore and Mumbai. We pre-book 30+ company visits, two government meetings, and a closing dinner with regional press. Travel and lodging billed separately.
Year-long partnerships for firms that need consistent visibility into the California-India deal corridor. Tiers include Bridge Summit logo placement, founder-dinner co-host slots, and access to attendee data dashboards.
Annual fellowship of 24 second-time founders building cross-border. Twelve weeks of biweekly working sessions, two travel weeks (one in SF, one in Bangalore), and a closing demo evening before a hand-picked investor audience.
No tire-kickers, no recruiters posing as founders, no agency reps. Every guest is reviewed by our member-advisor panel before a confirmation lands in their inbox.
Our agenda is built around outcomes — capital, hires, GTM partnerships — not vendor demos. Sponsors get visibility, never speaking-time-for-payment.
Priya Iyer Khanna and her team have shipped product at Stripe and Razorpay. We treat events as a product, with sprints, retros, and NPS scoring after every gathering.
Our operating team works in San Mateo and Bangalore. That means same-week introductions on both sides of the Pacific, not the typical follow-up-in-three-weeks dance.
CAIF Events started in late 2019 as a Friday-night dinner at a friend's loft in Pacific Heights. Priya Iyer Khanna had spent six years at Stripe and Razorpay — three on each side of the Pacific — and was sick of the same observation: every "India-USA" panel she attended was either a government-stage trade-show vibe or a recruiting funnel for somebody's outsourcing firm. The deals she actually saw close happened over dinner, off-record, with people who had operated.
That first dinner had fourteen seats and a single rule: no slides, no recruiters, no one selling. We talked about hiring senior engineers in Bangalore at Bay Area cap, the politics of dual-incorporation, what an India go-to-market actually looks like for a B2B SaaS company. By Sunday morning, three of the fourteen had committed paid pilots with each other. We've been running with that model ever since.
Today CAIF Events is a registered California LLC operating from offices in San Mateo and a satellite team in Bangalore's Indiranagar district. We sell tickets, we sell sponsorships, we sell fellowship seats — and we run a tight operation with NPS targets, member-renewal targets, and revenue per cohort that I'd happily put in front of any investor we host.
Our values are practical: vet the room, respect the ticket price, ship the agenda you promised. We are an operator-built private events business, full stop. Not a chamber, not a government program, not a trade association. Just a private LLC that produces high-signal gatherings — and the price you pay shows up directly in who you sit next to, the food on the table, and the substance of the conversation.
Pricing shown is per-seat unless noted otherwise. Bridge Summit is the flagship; trade missions sell out roughly six months in advance; founder dinners run on a rolling waitlist. Click any "Buy Ticket" to land in the registration form below with the right event pre-selected.
Three-day flagship. 600 attendees. 40 speakers. Two evening receptions and a closed-door LP/GP track. Held at the Westin St. Francis, Union Square. October 14–16, 2026.
Sixteen-seat closed dinner for second-time founders. Topic: scaling sales from $5M to $25M with a Bangalore engineering core. Hosted at Spago Beverly Hills.
Featuring a Stripe SVP-turned-Indian-fintech founder. 90-minute format. Hosted at the Taj West End Bangalore. Limited to 80 in-room attendees plus livestream for season-pass holders.
Seven-day delegation, 18 California operators, 30+ pre-booked company visits across Mumbai and Bangalore. Closes with a press dinner alongside YourStory and ET Tech. Travel and lodging billed separately.
Cross-coast satellite event held at the Conrad Midtown. Featuring a Mumbai-born Series-C founder building in fintech-infra. 65 in-room seats.
Twelve-week cohort program for 24 second-time founders. Biweekly working sessions, two travel weeks (SF + Bangalore), demo night closes program. ~6% acceptance rate from prior application cycles.
Past sponsors & venue partners — selected from the 2024 and 2025 cycles
All quotes are from named members who agreed to be referenced publicly — verifiable by request through our member relations desk. Star ratings are CAIF-internal post-event NPS converted to a 1–5 scale.
"I went to Bridge Summit 2025 mid-Series-A expecting another networking thing and walked out with a term sheet from a fund I'd never have introduced myself to cold. The 1:1 matchmaking algorithm is the only one I've used at a conference that actually delivered second meetings — not just polite handshakes. CAIF earned its ticket price ten times over."
"We sponsored the Bridge Summit at the Gold tier in 2024 and it was the highest-ROI marketing line item my team ran that year. Priya's team is operationally tight — every commitment landed, every promised intro was delivered, and the post-event reporting was the most honest sponsor data I've seen at any event we've backed."
"My corporate development team uses CAIF events as a structured way to source India-side acquisition targets. I joined the spring trade mission in 2025 — fourteen meetings inside a week, three of them turned into active diligence by Q3. There is no other private events outfit on the West Coast who can put that calendar together."
This form puts a confirmed reservation in our calendar and routes payment instructions to your email. We accept ACH, wire transfer, and major credit cards — corporate billing is welcomed and we will gladly invoice your AP team. Sponsorship inquiries route to a different desk; please use sponsors@caindiaforum.net.
Call (650) 555-0166 Mon–Fri 9 AM – 6 PM PST.
Or email events@caindiaforum.net.
Drop by, call, or email — whichever fits. Our team in San Mateo handles all California-side operations; the Bangalore satellite handles trade-mission logistics and India-side venue coordination.
If you don't see your question below, email events@caindiaforum.net and a real human on the operations team will respond — typically inside four business hours during the PST workweek.
No. CAIF Events is a registered for-profit California limited liability company (registration #CA-LLC-38291771). We sell tickets, sponsorship packages, and fellowship seats. We are not a trade association. The price you pay funds the venue, the catering, the speaker honoraria, and the operations team — full stop.
Full refunds available up to 30 days before the event date. Between 30 and 14 days before, we offer a 50% refund or full credit toward another CAIF event in the same calendar year. Inside 14 days the ticket converts to a non-refundable credit. Trade mission deposits follow a separate schedule due to vendor pre-payments — see Terms of Service for the full breakdown.
Yes, with a one-time written notice to events@caindiaforum.net at least 48 hours before the event. The new attendee passes the same vetting as the original ticket-holder. Transfers between firms are permitted; transfers to recruiters or vendors who do not match our member profile are not.
We review every applicant against three filters: (1) operating role at a venture-backed or revenue-generating company, (2) two-sided California-India relevance to the topic, and (3) member-advisor sign-off. Roughly 60% of dinner applications are accepted. Founders previously at our events route through a fast-track lane; new applicants typically hear back within four business days.
Absolutely. Tickets and sponsorships can be invoiced to your AP team on Net-30 terms with PO. Provide a billing email and PO number in the registration notes field and our finance team will reach out within one business day to process your firm's onboarding.
Three full days of programming, breakfast and lunch on all three days, two ticketed evening receptions, access to our 1:1 matchmaking software, the printed event program, and post-event session recordings. Lodging is not included — we negotiate a discounted rate at the host venue and email the booking code with your confirmation.
Each delegation is capped at 18–24 California operators. We pre-book company visits across the host cities (typically Bangalore + Mumbai), arrange a government meeting through our Karnataka or Maharashtra IT cabinet contacts, host a closing press dinner, and provide a single point of contact on the ground for logistics. Travel to India and lodging are billed separately — we send a recommended itinerary and discounted lodging codes 90 days before departure.
Yes — that's our preferred sponsorship model. Email sponsors@caindiaforum.net with a brief note about your firm's positioning and we will send the annual partnership deck. Annual partnerships start at $15,000 (Speaker Series presenting partner) and scale to $75,000 (Bridge Summit presenting sponsor with founder-dinner co-host slots).
The flagship sells out roughly four months before October. Founder dinners run on rolling waitlists. Don't email us next September — pick the event, send the form, and lock the seat now.
This privacy policy describes how CAIF Events LLC ("CAIF Events", "we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, stores, and discloses personal information when you visit caindiaforum.net, register for an event, purchase a ticket, apply to a fellowship cohort, or interact with us through the channels listed on this site. By using caindiaforum.net or registering for any CAIF Events program, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy.
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CAIF Events is headquartered in the United States. If you are accessing caindiaforum.net or registering for an event from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States. By using our services, you consent to that transfer.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "effective date" at the top of this section will reflect the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated via an email to registered attendees and a banner notice on caindiaforum.net for at least 14 days.
For any privacy question, request, or complaint, please write to: privacy@caindiaforum.net · CAIF Events LLC · 1717 Concar Dr Suite 200, San Mateo CA 94402 · (650) 555-0166. We respond to every privacy email within 5 business days, with a substantive response within 30 days.
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All tickets, sponsorship packages, and fellowship cohort fees published on caindiaforum.net are quoted in United States Dollars (USD) and are exclusive of any applicable taxes unless explicitly noted. Prices may change at any time; the price applicable to your purchase is the price displayed at the moment your registration is confirmed by our system.
Tickets are transferable to another individual at the same firm with at least 48 hours' written notice to events@caindiaforum.net and subject to CAIF Events' standard vetting. No-show on the event date does not generate any refund. Substitutions on the day of the event require approval from CAIF Events operations staff.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall CAIF Events LLC, its officers, members, employees, contractors, or affiliates be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including but not limited to lost profits, lost business, lost data, or business interruption — arising from or related to your use of caindiaforum.net, attendance at any CAIF Events program, or your interactions with other attendees.
The total cumulative liability of CAIF Events to any single user, for all claims arising from or related to caindiaforum.net or any CAIF Events program, shall not exceed the total amount you have paid to CAIF Events in the twelve months preceding the claim.
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These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States of America, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising from or related to these Terms, caindiaforum.net, or any CAIF Events program shall first be addressed through good-faith negotiation between the parties for at least 30 days.
If the dispute is not resolved through negotiation, it shall be submitted to binding arbitration administered by JAMS in San Mateo County, California, under the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, by a single arbitrator. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding. Either party may seek injunctive relief in the state or federal courts of San Mateo County, California for matters involving intellectual property or confidentiality.
You and CAIF Events both waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in any class action proceeding regarding these Terms.
CAIF Events may modify these Terms at any time by posting a revised version on caindiaforum.net. The "effective date" at the top of this section will reflect the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated via an email to registered attendees and a banner notice on the Site for at least 14 days. Your continued use of caindiaforum.net or registration for any CAIF Events program after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any applicable signed sponsorship or fellowship agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and CAIF Events regarding caindiaforum.net and any CAIF Events program.
For questions about these Terms, please contact: CAIF Events LLC · 1717 Concar Dr, Suite 200, San Mateo, CA 94402 · legal@caindiaforum.net · (650) 555-0166. Registration number CA-LLC-38291771.