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India’s leading technology accelerator & seed funding platform. 50 startups, 50 EiRs with 10 exits.

"No doubt ambitious, Sawhney and GSF India have a vision for the country that is quite unlike anything else being conceived among its mainstream investment community." -The Next Web

GSF is India's first major startup accelerator, built up of 200 investors and 17 entrepreneurs in residence worldwide. International partners include Seedcamp and Dave McClure’s 500 Startups. Here we are in the news:

http://thenextweb.com/in/2013/03/05/gsf-india-chief-on-the-challenges-of-bringing-innovation-to-india-and-taking-its-startups-global

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/21/the-techstars-model-comes-to-india-gsf-accelerator-partners-with-dave-mcclure-others-for-three-city-mentoringfunding-push/

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-10-05/news/34279743_1_matrix-partners-y-combinator-indian-funds

26/04/2022

Are you aspiring to be an entrepreneur? GSF Academy is the right place to start your journey.

GSF Academy is open not only to existing entrepreneurs but also to people who are looking to be furute entrepreneurs.

If you are
- Ideating a business plan
- Dreaming of starting a company
- Passionate about entrepreneurship, but don't know where to start

Then, GSF Academy is the right place to join. Over the course of 12-weeks at GSF Academy, our mentors (top VCs, successful entrepreneurs, and industry experts in India) will give various sessions in which participants can learn to build momentum for their own startups.

Apply soon for the GSF Academy 2022 batch: https://lnkd.in/eAZnBYXr, and start your entrepreneurship journey.

19/04/2022

[Applications will close soon! Apply for GSF Academy and build your startup in 90 days]

Over the course of 12-weeks at GSF Academy, selected founders will meet some stellar VCs in the Indian startup ecosystem. Our mentors will give sessions on startup fundamentals, fundraising, sector-specific insights, and past investment experiences.

Last date to apply is on 24th Apr, Sunday, and seats are limited.
Apply now for GSF Academy 2022 batch, and start your startup journey.
Apply now for GSF Academy: https://lnkd.in/eAZnBYXr

Pratik Poddar, Ganesh Rengaswamy, Shanti Mohan, Rajan Anandan, Rajesh Sawhney, Vaas Bhaskar, Anup Jain, Alok Goyal, Brij Singh, Vasudha Wadhera, Anand Datta, Amit Singal, Nexus Venture Partners, Quona Capital, LetsVenture, Sequoia Capital, GSF Accelerator, Elevation Capital, Orios Venture Partners, Stellaris Venture Partners, Rebright Partners, Fluid Ventures

16/04/2022

Accelerate your startup with Rajesh Sawhney, Founder and General Partner at GSF Accelerator

Rajesh founded GSF in 2012, establishing it as India's leading seed-stage tech investor with 100+ investments in category-defining tech startups. Prior to this, he was the Founding President of Reliance Entertainment and founded Times Internet (Indiatimes.com). Rajesh was also the Founder & CEO of Innerchef, a leading cloud kitchen platform in India. He serves on the board of Indiamart, Ixigo, Microland, and Zest Money.

Applications are now open for GSF Academy: https://lnkd.in/ewN2uPbm

13/04/2022

Applications are now open for GSF Academy: https://lnkd.in/ewN2uPbm

GSF Academy is an educational venture designed for budding entrepreneurs to validate business propositions, access seasoned mentors, and learn with a community of founders.

05/04/2022

Meet our mentors - Rajan Anandan, Managing Director at Sequoia Capital

Rajan Anandan is the Managing Director at Sequoia Capital. Prior to this, he also held leadership positions at Google, Microsoft, and Dell. As part of the leadership team at Sequoia Capital India, Rajan is focusing on developing its early-stage program Surge into the world's top scale-up program for startups by acting as an investment advisor and mentor to the program’s founders.

Applications are now open for GSF Academy: https://lnkd.in/ewN2uPbm

31/03/2022

Meet our mentors - Kumar Rangarajan, Co-founder of Slang Labs

After selling his previous startup, Little Eye Labs, to Facebook (which was the company’s first India acquisition) in 2014, Kumar co-founded Slang Labs in 2017. The startup develops augmented voice experiences for users, through which they can command their devices to perform actions, without having to touch the screen.

Applications are now open for GSF Academy: https://lnkd.in/ewN2uPbm

30/03/2022

Launching GSF Academy 2022!

We are excited to announce that is launching the 2022 cohort and accepting new applications.

Apply here: bit.ly/gsfacademy

At GSF Academy, our mission is to enable budding founders to validate their business proposition and take their startup to the next level. We are facilitating access to high-quality coaching, seasoned mentors, and peer learning cohorts.

Learn more: bit.ly/gsf_academy

08/02/2021

We are thrilled to partner with Hero Enterprise, TiE Delhi-NCR, and Indian Angel Network in their new initiative, Confluence Ideathon 2021 x Serendipity Arts Foundation, a first of its kind virtual-hackathon for the arts. We urge participants to submit their ideas addressing the problem statements about the setting up of a World-Class Cultural Centre in Delhi.

Top three ideas will get incubation support and funding up to INR 10 crores. Applications close on 28th February - https://lnkd.in/gGiVpUg

Problem statements for the hackathon:

Art x Technology: What are the technologies which can transform the way we experience art and make it accessible, energy-efficient, inclusive, immersive and breath-taking?

Art x Social Behaviour: What are the tools, methods, strategies—tangible and programmatic—which can aid the visitors' interest in art?

Art x Environment: How can a cultural centre become carbon-neutral or a near net-zero space through choices in design, construction, operations?

Art x Design: What are the design frameworks, technologies, visions and approaches for the cultural centre for the future?

Art x Business: Beyond ticketing, how can a cultural centre generate revenue and build a robust ecosystem for the arts?

19/01/2021

We are stoked to announce pi Ventures as our Deep Tech Partner for GSF Academy! pi is a leading DeepTech focussed fund in India with investments in awesome companies like SigTuple, Locus.sh, AgniKul Cosmos, Pyxis One, and many more.

Are you skilled in DeepTech and want to start a company in this space? GSF Academy will help you out. Apply now at https://gsfindia.com/

18/01/2021

We are glad to announce Chiratae Ventures (Formerly IDG Ventures India) as our Consumer Tech Partners for GSF Academy. Chiratae is a leading VC fund with $700M under advisory and with 80+ investments in ConsumerTech, FinTech, SaaS, and Health-Tech.

Do you have a business idea and want to startup? Apply now at https://gsfindia.com/

17/01/2021

We are elated to announce AdvantEdge Founders as our Mobility Partners for the GSF Academy. They are a Mobility-First Transformation Fund and are experts in the shared mobility, smart cars, digital auto, and logistics domains.

Are you looking to start a company in this space? Apply now at https://gsfindia.com/

16/01/2021

We are thrilled to join hands with LetsVenture as our Angel Platform Partners for GSF Academy. They are an online funding platform that enables startups looking to raise seed capital to create investment-ready profiles and connect with accredited investors.

Applications for the GSF Academy are closing in 10 days! Apply soon: https://gsfindia.com/

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