August 21- 22, 2013!

Bangalore, India!

The GSF Model

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GSF is a unique platform that provides funding, mentorship and access to networks to drive innovation across India.
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GSF: Building Innovation Platforms

India s largest and the most renowned Tech Accelerator provides promising startups with unparalleled access to venture & business networks, personalized & intensive mentoring, and initial capital.

A group of 20 Iconic Indian digital founders and investors have invested in 18 GSF companies.

GSF Forum, one of the most respected tech forums, is a showcase platform for the most exciting startups in India. Last year 40 innovative startups pitched to over 400 prominent investors and founders from around the world at GSF 2012.

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GSF #WhereDoWeGoNow

Building on the success of GSF2012 Conference, GSF will facilitate a discussion to explore where do we go now? How do we open new doors and explore the next frontiers of collaboration in a world growing more connected and intertwined every day?

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Who is the Core Audience?

Specially curated delegates from across the globe. We believe each attendee could be a speaker or a panelist. !

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200-300 Leading VCs and Angel Investors 100 Founders of Startups and Venture-Backed Companies 100 Global Corporate Leaders Top-Tier Academic Institutions and High-Level Thought Leaders Social Entrepreneurs from India and Abroad

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GSF #WhereDoWeGoNow - Agenda

At GSF, we do things differently. We believe building the health of a young company requires the same dedication as does the health of the body, mind and soul. " 10K Run: The event will begin with all 500 participants joining in a 10k run to get the energy owing and overcome a shared challenge. " Conference Sessions: Dened by the open-ended prompt of Where Do We Go Now? , these provocative discussions will liberate us from our preconceptions about how to collaborate and create shared opportunities. " Entertainment-in-the-Mix: Because levity must balance rigor in any successful venture, each session will contain some novel entertainment to be created by our companies and the broader GSF family.
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GSF #WhereDoWeGoNow - Agenda

Bangalore, India - August 21-22, 2013!
Session A. Design Innovation! Keynote by a prominent entrepreneur and designer. Workshop on new approaches to design beautiful & functional products. Session B. Future Shots! Keynotes by thought leaders on the future of Entertainment, Travel, Education, Payments, Mobile, Work/jobs, Gaming, Healthcare Session C. Women in Tech! Keynote by prominent female entrepreneurs and a discussion with founders of 5 outstanding women-lead startups.

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Session E. Social Impact! Keynote by prominent social entrepreneurs and a discussion on convergence of social impact and wealth creation.

Session D. Spirit of Entrepreneurship in India# ! Keynote by globally renowned founders and a panel discussion between founders of ve leading companies.

Session F. Future of Venture Investing! Keynote by disruptive investors and a panel discussion between the leaders of venture funds.

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GSF 2012 Conference

GSF Founder: Rajesh Sawhney

Rajesh Sawhney is the founder of GSF. He! is also the co-host and curator of Founders Forum India and is an active angel investor with 12 investments to his name. His journey has been a continuum of re-invention waves. He brought private radio (Times FM) to India in the early nineties, redening Indian youth culture. ! He was at the cusp of early Internet culture in India in the early 2000, building Indiatimes.com, the most valuable Internet business in India in 2005 !(funded by Sequoia). Subsequently, as President of Reliance Entertainment Rajesh was at the centre of a massive transformation of the Indian lm industry, where he oversaw the corporatization of mom and pop Bollywood businesses into a multi-billion dollar enterprise.! At GSF, Rajesh is architecting the vital building blocks of a nascent early stage startup ecosystem in India. He sees this as the biggest and the most exciting challenge that he has faced in his life. Rajesh is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (AMP), and has a fellowship from the London School of Economics.

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GSF Superangels
GSF Superangels is a network of 20 iconic founders and investors dedicated to providing seed funding to the most promising Indian startups. As former and current founders themselves, this team of Superangels is particularly well-equipped to identify opportunities and nurture talent in the Indian startup ecosystem. In 2011, GSF Superangels funded 3 companies: Autowale, Biosence and Chottu. They have since achieved their goal of funding at least 5 of the many companies showcased at GSF 2012. The GSF criterion is threefold: exceptional founders, substantial market opportunity, and an innovative product.

Murugavel Janakiraman Founder Bharatmatrimony

Sanjay Singh SVP - Akamai

Dinesh Agarwal Founder IndiaMart

Vijay Shekhar Sharma Founder - One97

Samir Bangara Founder Indiagames

Rajan Mehta Founder Live Media

Deep Kalra Founder MakeMyTrip

K. Ganesh Founder TuotorVista

Anupam Mittal Founder Shaadi.com

Roshan Abbas Founder Encompass

Sasha Mirchandani Founder KAE Capital

Naveen Tewari Founder InMobi

Samir Sood Ex-head of Google M&A, Asia

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Past & Present Mentors at GSF

Shekhar Kirani Partner, Accel India

Ambarish Gupta Founder Knowlarity Anisha Singh Founder MyDala.com

Prashant Mehta CEO Komli Media Lizzie Chapman, Wonga Ravi Gururaj VP at Citrix Harvard Angels

Samir Bangara, MD (Digital) DisneyUTV Founder, Indiagames

Ravi Pratap Co-Founder Mobstac

Amit Ranjan Co-Founder Slideshare

Vishal Gondal Founder Indiagames

Steven Lurie GM Zynga India Satyan Gajwani CEO Times Internet Dhiraj Kacker Co-Founder Canvera

Ashish Kashyab CEO Ibibo Group

SVP Marketing InfoEdge - Naukri Pallav Nadhani Founder Fusion Charts

Ashish Gupta MD Helion Advisors

Sanjay Nath Managing Partner Blume Ventures

Max Gabriel CTO Pearson India

Shradha Sharma Founder YourStory.in

Gulraz Alam Global COO Resultrix Sharad Sanghi Co-Founder Netmagic

Samir Kumar MD Inventus Advisors

Phanindra Sama Co-Founder redBus Ganesh Rengaswamy, Partner Lok Capital

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Nikhil Rungta Marketing Head Google India

Neeraj Roy CEO Hungama Mobile Alok Mittal, MD Cannan

GSF Entrepreneurs in Residence 2013

Brij Bhasin

Rachna Manwani

Rishab Malik

Srinath Gaddam

Bhavna Toor

Jery Althaf

Tanuj More

Sanjay Jain

Marina Zolotoverkh

Vikul Goyal

Adam Caplan

Damini Satija

Christopher Kieran

Kshitij Kumar

Sumit Raj

Joel John

Anmol Maini

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The GSF Portfolio at a Glance

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