GSF Academy is a 90-day program for entrepreneurs building from India. We bring together leaders (founders, VCs, and CxOs) from across the startup ecosystem to give sessions on company-building fundamentals, past startup experiences, and sector-specific learnings. Along with this, community learning is an integral part of the Academy where we will facilitate weekly interactions and group activities among peer founders. This is not an accelerator program – there is no equity stake, no terms and conditions.
This is a twelve-week program. Every week we will have two mentoring sessions on weekdays and one community engagement ‘Circle 8’ session on Saturdays. Sessions are 1.5 hours long and take place in the evenings between 5-7pm.
Applications are open till 15 April 2022. We are carefully reviewing applications from founding teams across India. Startups invited to participate will be announced in the last week of April.
Please apply here.
There is a program fee of INR 15,000 per founder due before the start of the Academy. There is no equity stake and no terms and conditions.
The GSF Academy is open for all, no matter where you are in the entrepreneurship journey. A founder with intriguing startup ideas scribbled on paper is just as much of a fit as a company with early PMF and a handful of paying customers.
- Invite-only masterclasses from leading founders, VCs, and CxOs
- Engagement with a peer community of exceptional founders
- Access to the GSF team for 9 weeks and beyond
- Engagement with a peer community of exceptional founders
- Access to the GSF team for 9 weeks and beyond
Absolutely, community interactions and peer learning are the cornerstone of the Academy. We will have weekly sessions where you will be collaborating with other entrepreneurs on various business-building exercises. These sessions will take place in groups of eight called ‘Circle 8’, and founders will tackle various company specific challenges like GTM, market research, pricing, fundraising, hiring, etc.
We feel amazing founders sometimes don’t have access to equally exceptional talent and mentorship. GSF aims to democratize this and create a more supportive environment that enables others to succeed. The Academy also gives us a chance to work with founders early in their entrepreneurial path and potentially invest in the company later.
No, the GSF Academy is an online program.
Yes, you will get an opportunity to present your startup to GSF and a select group of other investors at the end of the program.
