Rajesh Sawhney’s GSF Accelerator, which had said last year that it would launch a mobile accelerator program dubbed the GSF M-Accelerator this year, did so last month. The accelerator has selected 8 startup from over 500 applications to incubate in its program. The selected startups will be mentored and coached starting with 7 weeks in India, followed by 4 weeks in SF, 1 week in Germany and 1 week in Singapore. The selected startups include: - Joolz is an app based virtual mobile jewelry store. The platform works like Tinder, where users can like and dislike various jewellery. The app claims to offers discounts on various brands, free shipping, 30 days return and cash on delivery. Jewellery featured includes earrings, necklaces, pendants, bangles and pins in gold, silver and diamond. - PocketAd is an app-based social network for casual games. The platform provides its users with a handful of new games each week which can be played without downloading. Users can share the game with their friends via a link. The app also claims to give users real money for games they play. It currently counts the Cubix, vangoo, trulymadly, Quikr, Dollar, Woodland, Blue Heaven and Anmol as its clients. - TalkMore is an Android app that suggests users the which mobile data plan is best for them. The app looks through user’s messages, calls and mobile data usage to estimate future usage and recommend a mobile plan. The platform currently supports Airtel, Idea, Reliance, BSNL and Vodafone. The app…
