Gaurav Patwa is currently a Manager at the GSMA Innovation Fund, where he is responsible for portfolio management for the current grantees, Scouting and evaluating startups for new investments. They are responsible for tracking and evaluating progress and building partnerships with ecosystem players in India. Previously, Gaurav worked at Verizon India as a Specialist and Analyst in Program and Project Management, where they were part of the central strategy and planning team. They conducted eight proof-of-concept projects with an estimated impact of $20M and scouted over 1000 startups. Gaurav also has experience as a Sr. Associate at NASSCOM 10,000 Startups, where they led the Virtual Incubate Program and managed a community of 900+ startups. They built partnerships with companies like AWS and Google and organized investor and enterprise connect sessions. Earlier in their career, Gaurav was an Incubation Manager at Startup Oasis, where they led the incubation program for startups in Jodhpur and organized the Jodhpur Startup Fest.