About GSF & GSF Academy Slide 2
GSF Academy Main Program - Details Slide 6
GSF Academy Web 3.0 Track - Details Slide 13
Application form [Link]/gsfacademy
Founders for Founders since 2012
GSF is India’s leading seed stage venture capital
investor, providing the first cheque to founders
from incubation to seed.
We invest in tech-focused founders and have
invested in over 110+ startups in the last decade.
Our portfolio companies have a combined
Enterprise Value of $2.0B today.
GSF: Our Portfolio
Digital adoption platform Software tool for analyzing the Cloud based sales and Online Doctor consultation app
Valued at $600M performance of apps marketing tool Valued at $400M
$90M Series D by SoftBank Acquired by Facebook $20M Series A led by GGV Major ownership by Bessemer
Academic network of doctors Smart phone Ad platform Social e-commerce platform Plug & play online gaming
Acquired by M3 Acquired by AnyMind Group Valued at $300M $4M Series A from BITKRAFT
Enterprise software for Platform of gamified quizzes AI-powered contextual video Online diabetes reversal
technical hiring Valued at $350M advertising program provider
$12M funding from BEENEXT $45M Series D led by Tiger Global $8M Series B from FreakOut $6M Series A from Accel
GSF Academy is a startup program designed for
budding founders to validate their business proposition
and take their startup to the next level by facilitating
access to high quality coaching, seasoned mentors, and
peer learning cohorts.
Our goal: boost your startup journey in 90 days.
Highlights from last year’s GSF Academy 2021
50 budding entrepreneurs participated in GSF Academy 2021
They attended workshops & interacted with 20+ seasoned
mentors over 3 months
10 startups were incubated at GSF Accelerator
8 have raised further funding
GSF Academy 2022 Program Overview
Boost your startup in 90 days
20 workshops from domain-experts covering
the fundamentals of building a startup in various
sectors
Circle 8 peer learning - grouping of eight
founders to support & mentor each other and to
validate new ideas & strategies
Program Outline (sample)
Workshops on startup building
No. Workshop Name Topic Covered Speaker
• How to start a startup?
• Importance of legal compliances Amit Singal
1 Starting up a company
• Co-founder agreements (Startup Buddy)
• Incorporating in India or abroad
• Deal terms and investment structuring
Understanding term • Negotiating founder and investor rights Roma Priya
2
sheet & SSHAs • Must-know financial and legal terms (Burgeon Law)
• Timeline and stakeholders of a transaction
• Modern Product Management Methods
• Managing new and existing products Talvinder Singh
3 Building a great product
• Exploring new product ideas (Pragmatic Leaders)
• How to talk to customers?
No. Workshop Name Topic Covered Speaker
• Making the first key hires
• Compensation and ESOPs Esha Tiwari
4 Hiring & Culture
• Building a startup culture (Entrepreneur First)
• When to hire and expand the team?
• Achieving Product/Market Fit in consumer vs
Understanding enterprise companies Pratik Poddar
5
Product/Market Fit • Validation and Value proposition hypothesis (Nexus Venture Partner)
• Understanding customer feedback
• Business and marketing strategies for SaaS
Building global B2B • Product pricing and customer trials Khadim Batti
6
startups from India • Selling to global enterprises from India (Whatfix)
• Emerging B2B business models
• What is Go to Market strategy?
• Frameworks to start GTM strategy planning Deepak Abbot
7 Go to Market Strategy
• Identifying and approaching your customer (Indiagold)
• Key reasons why GTM strategies fail
No. Workshop Name Topic Covered Speaker
• Emerging business models for marketplaces
• Scale vs monetization in marketplaces Amarjit Batra
8 Building Marketplaces
• Building consumer marketplaces (Spotify India)
• Managing supply and demand sides
• Why is the story important?
Storytelling & Pitching to • How to craft your seed pitch? Rajesh Sawhney
9
investors • The dos and dont’s of pitching (GSF India)
• Optimizing the 60-min partner-level pitch
• What is the right time to raise?
Raising the first round of • Picking the right angels and VC firms Shanti Mohan
10
funding • What are investors looking for? (LetsVenture)
• How to prepare for due diligence?
Program Mentors
Rajan Anandan Rajesh Sawhney Dinesh Agarwal Alok Goyal Shanti Mohan Deepak Anchala
Managing Director, Founder, Founder & CEO, Partner, Co-founder, Founder,
Sequoia Capital GSF Accelerator IndiaMart Stellaris Venture Partners Lets Venture Slintel
Roshan Abbas Brij Bhasin Roma Priya Deepak Abbot Ankit Gupta Shailendra Sason
Founder, General Partner, Founder, Co-Founder, Co-Founder, Founder,
Kommune India Rebright Partners Burgeon Law Indiagold Quizizz Solvo Finance
We aim to select 100 aspiring founders at the initial stages of their
startup journey
• You want to know how to start a business
• You have a business idea, but want to validate
it before executing
• You have started a company, but need
guidance on how to scale
• You are looking to connect with other founders
Selection Process
Applications are open till 30th April 2022
• Apply here: [Link]/gsfacademy
• We will conduct 1-2 rounds of interviews
• If selected, founders are required to pay a program fee of Rs. 15,000/- per
person to confirm their seat
• Note: This program does not include any equity commitment from GSF
GSF Web 3.0 Academy
• GSF Web 3.0 Academy is a special 12 week
program as part of this year's Academy 2022
• A dedicated session will be held each week led
by Web 3.0 startups, VCs and industry experts
• Participants also get complimentary access to
the Main Academy Program
GSF Web 3.0 Academy Program Overview
Boost your Web 3.0 startup in 90 days
12 workshops on Web 3.0 from domain-experts
and VCs covering the fundamentals of building
a startup in various Web 3.0 sectors
Get complimentary access to 20 workshops
from the main GSF Academy 2022
(details on slide 7-10)
Circle 8 peer learning - grouping of eight
founders to support & mentor each other and to
validate new ideas & strategies
Topics to be covered
Dedicated Web 3.0 sessions by VCs and Experts
No. Workshop Name No Workshop Name
1 Deep Dive in Token Economics 7 Product Development in Web 3.0
2 DeFi 101 8 Choose the right blockchain for your project
Blockchain Tech Stack - Launch your Web
3 Web 3.0 Business Models 9
3.0 product faster
4 Future of DAOs 10 Web 3.0 company structure and regulation
5 How to build a Web 3.0 brand 11 Fundraising with Tokens
6 Community Building in Web 3.0 12 Crypto Gaming and GameFi
Web 3.0 Program Mentors
Rajesh Sawhney Rajan Anandan Pratik Poddar Akshay Aggarwal Arvind G A Chinmaya Saxena
Founder, Managing Director, Partner, Venture Partner, Legal Counsel, Venture Partner,
GSF Accelerator Sequoia Capital Nexus Venture Partners Draper Dragon Fund Hashed Emergent BEENEXT
And many more
Himanshu Bamoria Shailendra Sason Rajan Gupta Subhendu Panigrahi Pareen Lathia
Co-Founder, Founder, Web3.0 Advisor, Founder, Co-Founder,
Magik Invest Solvo Finance GSF OG CLUB DAO Buidlers Tribe
Selection Process (GSF Web3.0 Academy)
Applications are open till 3rd May 2022
• Apply here: [Link]/gsfacademy
• Please make sure that you apply for “Web3.0 Academy” when you submit
your application via the above form
• We may conduct 1-2 rounds of interviews
• If selected, founders are required to pay a program fee of Rs. 9,999 per
person to confirm their seat
• Note: This program does not include any equity commitment from GSF
GSF Investments in Web 3.0
On/off ramp solution for dapps Social crypto trading application
& websites
DeFi protocol with stable high yields Simplifying Defi access for
backed by real world debt assets everyone
