01/06/2026
100+ D2C founders in one room 🤝
That was the entire brief for Adbuffs x Meta Summit 2026. And, it actually held.
Last week, we hosted founders from across the NCR at the office in Gurgaon for a day built around one thing: walking out with something you can actually use on Monday.
A VC panel breaking down what it really takes to raise in 2026 and beyond.
Founders who’ve sat across the Sharks, sharing the parts that don’t make the final edit.
And in between, the conversations I cared about most - the ones happening in corners, between sessions, over coffee. Founders comparing notes they’d never post publicly.
Six years ago, I was the guy taking notes in rooms like this. Yesterday we built one.
That’s not lost on me.
A few thank-yous that aren’t a formality:
To every brand and founder who showed up and actually engaged - you made it a conversation, not a stage.
To our speakers and panelists ( Sarthak Rastogi, Saptarishi Sen, Manu Kumar Mittal , Aditya Poddar, Lavanya Aneja Abhishek Agrawal Adheer Awasthi) you gave the honest version. That’s rare and it’s why people stayed.
And to the Meta India team — for opening your house and backing the kind of ecosystem-building that doesn’t show up on a dashboard.
The best marketing was never the loud kind. It was showing up for the people building alongside you.
We’re already building the next one. Stay close - you’ll want to be in the room for it.
