StartupHUB presentsNov 2026 — 2027
Highway 48
One long table, rolling across India. 48 cities in two phases — North, then South — with a curated dinner for founders and investors at every stop.
The idea
The best deals start over dinner.
StartupHUB began in Gurgaon rooms where founders swapped notes after demo days. Highway 48 takes that room on the road — to the cities where India’s next companies are actually being built, far beyond the usual metros.
The route
Two phases. One highway.
Phase one loops the North before year-end. Phase two sets out from Gurgaon in 2027 and runs down the West coast into the South.
Gurgaon → Panipat → Jammu → Chandigarh → Ludhiana → back to Gurgaon for the phase finale.
6 dinners · 5 citiesDown through Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra to Goa for two nights, then across the South — ending in the coffee hills of Chikkamagaluru.
20 dinners · 18 new citiesThe evening
Not a conference. A dinner table.
A curated room of local founders, investors and operators. Warm introductions from the host.
A short, candid conversation with a founder building from that city.
Dinner, seated to mix sectors and stages. The part where real intros happen.
Every guest joins the Highway 48 network — founders from all 48 cities, one intro away.
Road stories
Every city, on camera.
We’re documenting the whole highway — founder interviews, dinner-table moments and the drive between cities. Follow along as it happens.
A film from every stop: the founders, the city and the conversations at the table.
@startuphub.liveAlso on @networking_nariReels, stories and behind-the-scenes from each city — plus who’s joining the next dinner.
Events & Baithaks
A series of events, every other week.
Partner with Highway 48
Ride with us across 48 cities.
One partnership puts your brand at the table with founders in every city on the route — in the room, not on a banner. We’re onboarding partners now for both phases.
Open for Highway 48
Highway 48 × You
Your name on the series itself — every city, every invite, every stage moment, and all coverage across both phases.
North · South
The bank founders meet at every dinner in your region — startup accounts, credit and runway conversations, face to face.
Co-branding across a full phase, with a speaking slot at each dinner.
Your product in the take-home kit for every founder at the table.
Co-branded episodes on YouTube and Instagram, plus founder interviews and city recaps.
Host the dinner in your city — hotels, restaurants and spaces.
Served at every table, from Gurgaon to Chikkamagaluru.
Incubators and founder groups who help us fill each city's room.
The directory
Who’s at the table.
Every Highway 48 guest joins the StartupHUB directory — so the intro you missed at dinner is still one message away.
Moments from the room.
More on Instagram →Get on the highway
Save a seat. Or the whole table.
Seats at each dinner are limited and curated. Founders — tell us your city. Brands — tell us how you’d like to ride along, and we’ll send the partner deck.
Before you ask
Questions
Founders, investors and operators from each city. Seats are limited and curated so every table has the right mix of stage and sector.