The full auditorium at ISRO's Space Applications Centre on the second day of DeepTech Industry Connect 2026.

LP Day · An annual gathering for DeepTech builders

Where capital meets conviction

LP Day is 8X Ventures' annual gathering for DeepTech builders, investors, founders, mentors and ecosystem leaders

Operators. Investors. Technologists.

One room. One ecosystem.One conversation around the future of DeepTech.

LP Day brings together the people backing, building and enabling the next generation of frontier companies from India.

Why LP Day exists

DeepTech needsmore than capital

Patient investors
Technical mentors
Industry access
Policy awareness
Commercial pathways
Long-term conviction

LP Day is designed to bring these forces closer together.

The Programme

What happensat LP Day

Portfolio showcases
Every company takes a stand. Ten of the twelve exhibited at IIT Gandhinagar in 2026, alongside other DeepTech teams and the host campus.
Sessions and panels
Investors and operators on stage — 2026 ran “Startups and the Disruption Conundrum” and “Understanding the Disruption Cycle”.
Inside the research ecosystem
Each edition is held in one: IIT Madras Research Park in 2025; in 2026, IIT Gandhinagar and ISRO's Space Applications Centre, where the delegation met at the centre and toured its Planetary Simulation & Immersive Visualization facility.
Ecosystem exchange
Mentors, operators, institutions and founders connect around real company-building needs

Gallery & Highlights

Moments fromthe 8X ecosystem

Founders, investors, mentors and partners in conversation around India's frontier technology opportunity.

LP Day 2026

DeepTech Industry Connect 2026, held with ISRO's Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad. On 13 February Chirag Gupta led the 8X delegation at SAC alongside Hon'ble Shri Acharya Devvrat Ji, Governor of Gujarat and Maharashtra; the day before, ten portfolio companies exhibited at IIT Gandhinagar.

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LP Day 2025

8X Ventures' Annual Investors Meet, at IIT Madras Research Park on 7 March 2025: company showcases, laboratory visits across the park, and the investors, founders and mentors behind them in one room.