GSF Accelerator, India’s largest and the most renowned Technology Accelerator, recently announced the launch of GSF Global Accelerator, a pioneering cross-border accelerator program.
Twelve high-tech startups will be selected for the program, including four from Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. These startups will join us on a 12-week journey that will begin in India and end in the Silicon Valley.
Starting in the second half of April in India, the 12 startups will spend four weeks with GSF mentors and advisors in Delhi and Bangalore; followed by one week in Singapore; then two weeks in New York; then one week in Toronto; and the final four weeks in the Silicon Valley.
The program will end with six demo days for the angel, seed and venture investors, one day each in San Francisco, New York, Toronto, Boston, Singapore, and Bangalore.
GSF Accelerator was founded by Rajesh Sawhney, and is backed by 20 iconic Indian Digital Founders in India and five leading funds from across the world. GSF aims to provide promising startups in the mobile, social, local and cloud spaces with unparalleled access to venture and business networks, personalized and intensive mentoring, as well as initial capital.
Some of the startups incubated by GSF have become world famous. Facebook’s recent acquisition of one of them, Little Eye Labs – the first ever such case in South Asia – came as yet more evidence of the excellence of GSF and its startups.
In Eastern Europe, GSF’s partner TA Venture, a $50 million, Kiev-based venture fund, will help evangelize the program and identify suitable startups from Ukraine, Russia, and other countries in the region. TA Venture will also help the participating startups build relationships with the investor community in Europe and launch their products in European markets.
To apply for GSF Global, please click here or contact [email protected] with any questions
