About Anthill — the Chandigarh startup community built by founders, for founders.

Small efforts, extraordinary impact — a colony of ants carrying stones up a mountain toward the Anthill summit flag at sunrise.
The story behind the name

Why we call it Anthill.

Alone, a founder carries a single pebble. Together, a colony moves a mountain. — the idea behind Anthill

They build by carrying.

An anthill is never delivered. It is carried — one grain at a time. A single ant hauls a pebble many times its own weight. Another packs in a ball of mud. A thousand more do the same, over and over, with no blueprint and no shortcut — until a structure rises that no ant could ever have built alone.

We believe in the colony.

That is the whole idea behind Anthill. Great companies are not built in one heroic leap — they are built grain by grain, room by room, introduction by introduction. Alone, a founder carries a single pebble. Together, a colony moves a mountain. Chandigarh's founders have never lacked ambition or talent — they lacked the colony. So we are building it.

Be a red ant.

And not just any ant — a red ant. Army ants march straight at the thing everyone else steps around. They are relentless, they move as one, and they do not wait for permission to take ground. That is the founder we build for: someone who fights for their idea, shows up for the colony, and refuses to be outworked. Small on their own. Unstoppable together.

Core Team

Chandigarh Startup Community Team: The People Behind It

Tushar Kaushik — Co-Founder, Anthill

Co-Founder · Anthill

Tushar Kaushik

Tushar has spent much of his career at the intersection of building political, leadership, and professional communities. He is a co-founder of Chronexa alongside Ankit and Abhishek, and the driving force behind Anthill's founder network across the Tri-City.

An active investor and business manager, Tushar is deeply passionate about building entrepreneurial networks and resource infrastructure in Chandigarh and its neighboring cities. He remains actively engaged in various business ventures and community-building initiatives.

Advisory Board & Partners

The People Who Build With Us

Ankit Dhiman

Co-Founder · AI & Product

Ankit Dhiman

Ankit is the co-founder of Chronexa.io, an AI enterprise, services, and infrastructure company, and a founding member and product lead at Investmates.io. He's been in business for seven to eight years — starting his first D2C rental startup at 19, scaling multiple companies, and managing a client portfolio exceeding $650M.

Abhishek Walia

Financial Partner · CA · SEBI RIA

Abhishek Walia

Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant and SEBI-registered investment advisor with 10–15 years of industry experience. He is the founder of Zactor Tech, a financial services company offering mutual fund tracking, advisory, and wealth management. He's built sophisticated financial algorithms and has a long track record as an investor and business leader.

The Network

Founders in the Room

100+ Active Members
AJ Abhinandan Jhamb Tri-City
VS Vikram Singh Nexus Supply
NV Neha Verma Aura AI
RG Rajat Gupta FinEdge
SK Simran Khurana EdTech
AM Aditya Malhotra HealthOS
PS Priya Sharma Mohali
KA Karan Anand Logistics
DM Divya Mehta SaaS
NC Nikhil Chopra Panchkula
RK Riya Kapoor D2C
AS Arjun Sood Climate
MB Manvir Bhatia Chandigarh
SB Sneha Bansal AgriTech
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