GSF Takeoff

GSF Takeoff is an eight-week cohort for pre-product-market-fit founders building consumer businesses. It runs online, with mentoring sessions on weekdays and two weeks of problem-specific tracks for marketplaces, consumer tech and consumer products.

What you get

• Two mentoring sessions a week, each about an hour, in the evenings
• Mentors who are operator-founders, VCs and CXOs
• Peer learning in small pods and weekly business-building exercises
• One-on-one sessions with GSF partners, and a coordinator for the programme
• Mock pitch sessions before demo day

Who can apply

• Founding teams building across quick commerce, consumer AI, marketplaces, finance and wealth, content, media and gaming, D2C and emerging consumer segments
• Indian and non-Indian startups both apply, and each pays a participation fee. There is no equity stake.

How selection works: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and startups invited to take part are announced on a rolling basis. Breakout startups pitch at a closed offline demo day in February 2027 to the GSF panel and selected VCs, and can receive a term sheet from GSF.

How to apply: Use the application link on the programme page.