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Introducing Class 5 of the Google for Startups Accelerator India



The Covid-19 pandemic has brought forth a new set of challenges amid the ‘new normal’, across healthcare, digital payments, mental health as well as core pillars of the economy like agriculture. The pandemic has also accelerated digital adoption across sectors and there is immense opportunity for tech enabled startups.

Our charter remains to bring the best of Google to India’s thriving startup ecosystem, leverage our learnings across the globe to help startups build the best products. GFS Accelerator has accelerated over 80 startups, which have collectively gone on to raise over $1.9 billion in funding and played a key role in making India one of the largest startup ecosystems in the world. 

This mission is more important than ever right now, when this ecosystem faces many challenges. Like the last cohort, GFS Accelerator India continues to operate with an expanded scope of our 3 month mentorship and support program for startups. We’ve included startups across maturity levels that are not only utilizing cutting edge tech but are meaningfully helping India, and potentially the world, adapt and move forward in this season.

After screening over 700 applicants, we have identified 16 startups, to form the fifth class of GFS Accelerator India. These startups will receive 3 months of mentorship and support from our network of Google and Industry mentors. The ongoing support ranges from access to Google teams, tech guidance on projects, machine learning related support, UX and design mentorship, leadership workshops,  networking opportunities, PR support and much more.

The latest batch comprises startups across key areas requiring innovation such healthcare, fintech, social, education, agritech and more.

Class 5 of Google for Startups Accelerator


  • EkinCare: Enterprise ready, end to end, holistic virtual care platform for payers like employers, insurance companies etc. to save on healthcare costs, and increase end user engagement
  • AgNext: Building trust, speed & transparency in food transactions across the agriculture supply chain using AI-based Rapid Food Quality Assessments.
  • Goals101: Making banking delightful, automated and contextual.
  • OkCredit: A digital bookkeeping solution for small businesses, making selling on credit easier for them.
  • Nemocare Wellness: Ending all preventable neonatal and maternal deaths in the developing world by building affordable, accurate, continuous smart monitoring wearables
  • Zypp Electric: Making last mile deliveries go Electric
  • Bolo Live (Bolo Indya): Live streaming app for next 500 mn internet users of India, enabling them to transform their social capital to financial independence by monetizing their content and fan base.
  • Yoda: Instagram for learning
  • Hypd: Content to Commerce platform, for the See It-Like It-Buy It generation!
  • EloElo: Creator-driven Vernacular Social Gaming platform that brings traditional Indian activities/ games online & enables Creators to monetize their talent effectively
  • Aquaconnect: Full-stack aquaculture technology venture to offer data-driven farm advisory and marketplace solutions to fish and shrimp farmers
  • Bullet: Combining convenience of UPI payment system with power of credit for daily spends
  • MedCords: Family's first digital touchpoint for affordable primary diagnosis and quick medicine delivery.
  • LegitQuest: B2B Legal Database Solution Provider
  • KareXpert: A fully integrated Hospital in the cloud - GSuite for hospitals of any size
  • Walrus: Digital bank for the Indian Youth

A warm welcome to the Class 5 of Google for Startups Accelerator India!