About
Rajesh Sawhney is founder and CEO of GSF Accelerator, India's early-stage investor and multi-city tech startup accelerator. As an angel investor, he has made over 125 investments in Indian startups, including exits such as Viki (acquired by Rakuten), Little Eye Labs (acquired by Facebook), and Pokkt (acquired by Anymind Group). His career spans founding Times FM in the 1990s, building Indiatimes.com in the early 2000s, serving as founding president of Reliance Entertainment, and holding board positions at companies including IndiaMART and Ixigo.
Experience
- GSF AcceleratorFounder & CEOcurrent2012 — presentIndia
- IndiaMART InterMESH LimitedBoard Membercurrent2012 — presentNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India
- ixigoBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentGurugram, Haryana, India
- ZestMoneyBoard Member2022 — 2023Singapore
- Plaksha UniversityFounding Director at Centre for Entrepreneurship2021 — 2023Mohali district, India
- InnerChefCo Founder2015 — 2021Gurgaon
- Global Superangels ForumHost and Curator2011 — 2021Greater Delhi Area
- H2 (h2.co)Global Chapter Chair2018 — 2021India
- Microland LimitedBoard Member2012 — 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Reliance EntertainmentFounding President2005 — 2012
- Times Internet LimitedFounder and Chief Operating Officer1999 — 2005
Skills & more
Online Advertising99Digital Marketing91Mobile Devices99Product Development52Mobile Marketing49New Media59Social Media Marketing32Usability17Negotiation30Agile Methodologies26Online Retail19Corporate Finance40
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Digital MediaVenture CapitalAngel InvestingMentoringEntrepreneurshipMediaStart-upsMobile ApplicationsMonetizationContent StrategyBusiness ModelingEnterprise SoftwareFrom Rajesh's professional profile.
Network4
Ben PouladianScout
Partner at AiSprouts VC
Daniel RecanatiScout
Founder and CEO at Rhodium
Gil CanaaniScout
Managing Director at Hearst Ventures
Teruhide SatoScout
Managing Partner at BEENOS
Investors connected to Rajesh in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Rajesh Sawhney work?
- Rajesh Sawhney is at GSF.
- What check size does Rajesh Sawhney write?
- Rajesh Sawhney typically writes checks of $10K – $500K.
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