About Us

About The GAIN
The GAIN since 2018 has successfully supported over 50+ startups with its unique offering of an Accelerator supported by the VC platform – StartupXseed. Major USP being connecting the startups to global markets through its well-established partner network across 13+ countries.
The GAIN’s focus:
- Accelerating Growth through Mentoring and VC connects
- Global Market Access and Business Partnerships
- Cross Border business innovation through Global connects
- Accelerating Growth through Mentoring and VC connects
- Global Market Access and Business Partnerships
- Cross Border business innovation through Global connects

Vision
To be one of the most sought after acceleration programs in the world that will be driven by alumni of successful entrepreneurs.

Mission
To reinforce early-stage, growth-driven entrepreneurs and startups through education, mentorship, market fit and financing.

About Us
Founding Team
B V Naidu
Founder & MD
Raja Mukherjee
Co-Founder and CEO
Dr. Krishna Mikkilineni
Co-Founder
Advisory Board
Prashanth Prakash
Partner, Accel
Dr. Krishna Mikkilineni
Former CTO & Board Member, Honeywell Technologies Inc
Dr. Satya Gupta
Chairman, IESAc
Sanjay Anandaram
Governing Board Member,TiE Bangalore Advisor, iSpirt
Ravi Gururaj
Founder & CEO, QikPod
Operations Team
Nidhi Vadhera
Head Of Operations
Balaji Gunavel J
Operations Executive
Tanvi Badulla
Program Coordinator
(Global Initiatives)
(Global Initiatives)
Evaluation and Investment Team
Ravi Thakur
Co-founding Partner, StartupXseed
Kishore Kumar
Principal, StartupXseed
Swarup Ravichandran
Investment Analyst, StartupXseed