If you are an early-stage founder in India looking to get your hands dirty, this is your arena. The Global Startup Summit (GSS) isn’t the glossy, high-production TED talk environment; it’s the ground game. Organized by Global Startups Club and Mojo Capital, this is a multi-city tour (Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune) designed effectively as a speed-dating ring for founders and domestic micro-VCs/angels.
The draw here isn’t global tech celebrity; it’s access. The “Startup Battles” (live pitching) are the centerpiece. While the speakers list leans heavily towards ecosystem enablers (legal, early-stage funds, consultants) rather than unicorn founders, the ROI comes from the hallway track. It’s a volume game for networking. If you are pre-seed and struggling to get email replies, showing up here puts you in the same room as the people ignoring your cold DMs.