About GSD Venture Studios
GSD Venture Studios is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of May 2022, GSD Venture Studios has invested in 59 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to HealthTech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Boltzmann Overall, GSD Venture Studios portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions including key companies like Xoxoday, Bitwage and Rehaboo. GoAhead Ventures co-invest with GSD Venture Studios, sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. GSD Venture Studios has team of 37 people including 25 partners.Key Metrics
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GSD Venture Studios' List of Top Investments
GSD Venture Studios has a portfolio of 59 companies. Their most notable investments include Xoxoday and Bitwage.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom, Finland and 18 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, High Tech and 24 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by GSD Venture Studios:1. Xoxoday
Cloud-based platform providing digitized rewards, incentives, loyalty, and payouts solutions for businesses worldwide. It is a platform providing SaaS solutions for digitizing rewards, incentives, loyalty, and payouts programs. It supports various businesses in managing their programs, including those in the employee engagement, sales, and consumer sectors. The platform integrates with multiple platforms for seamless experiences.
Key facts about Xoxoday
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Bengaluru (India)
- Annual Revenue: ₹500 - ₹1,000 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $101M
- Employee Count: 349 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: FG Ventures, Apis Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jan 14, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Bitwage
Payroll and invoicing solutions for cryptocurrencies. It provides an international payroll service to businesses leveraging blockchain technology. It allows employees to both receive a wage and pay for goods and services in bitcoin and local currencies without needing a bank account.
Key facts about Bitwage
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $2.26M
- Employee Count: 25 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Draper, Bitcoin Capital and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 03, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Eyedaptic
Smart glasses enhancing vision for macular degeneration and low vision. They are dedicated to enhancing vision and revitalizing life for individuals with low vision. They offer smart glasses designed to make everyday tasks easier and improve the quality of life for those with Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, and other central vision loss conditions. Their premier solution optimizes remaining vision with revolutionary, patented software. They leverage augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to develop software-driven smart glasses. They also offer a Generative AI Visual Assistant, providing visual assistance. Their products aim to improve the vision of those suffering from retinal disorders. They are a B2C company with a social impact business model.
Key facts about Eyedaptic
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Laguna Niguel (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Dec 31, 2023
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.47M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Crescite Ventures, New York Angels and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 26, 2021, $*****
4. Boltzmann
AI powered drug discovery platform for cancer and autoimmune diseases. The platform offers boltchem a small molecule design and discovery software, ReBolt a synthesis planning tool to accelerate the process of synthesis, Boltbio for multi-omic analysis, BoltPro to engineer proteins, peptide drugs, and antibodies, and Clinbolt is an AI powered platform for clinical trial design as well as biosimulation for personalized medicine.
Key facts about Boltzmann
5. Simplenight
Global technology company powering bookable experiences, driving revenue and customer loyalty. It builds innovative enterprise solutions, including customizable bookability, cloud-based distribution, dynamic packaging, and merchandising. The company delivers ancillary revenue and increased customer loyalty for its partners. It customizes its API and white-label booking solutions for brands, powering user interfaces with its universal API. It enhances brands and increases revenue utilizing dynamic packaging, merchandising, and Internet Booking Engine (IBE) technology solutions. The platform facilitates easy booking of experiences, handling booking, fulfillment, and customer support. It provides personalized recommendations based on customer interests and purchasing behavior, offering data insights to drive loyalty and customer lifetime value. The company's platform supports accommodations, transportation, tours, events, dining, and more. It is built for every customer and any device, offering API documentation for developers to easily implement its solutions.
Key facts about Simplenight
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $11.6M
- Employee Count: 33 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Nima Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 22, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
GSD Venture Studios' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
GSD Venture Studios has invested in 59 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Boltzmann.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
GSD Venture Studios' Investments by Stage
GSD Venture Studios has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $750K.GSD Venture Studios' Investments by Sector
GSD Venture Studios has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications, Blockchain - Industry Applications, Blockchain Technology and Energy Tech. Notably, it has invested in 49 Tech companies, 36 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 30 Software companies and at least 22 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Energy Tech | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
GSD Venture Studios' Investments by Geography
GSD Venture Studios has made most investments in United Kingdom (2), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 2 |
India | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
GSD Venture Studios' recent investments
GSD Venture Studios has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by GSD Venture Studios:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 02, 2022 | India | Seed | 9734 | - | |
Jun 19, 2021 | United Kingdom | Seed | 8617 | ||
2021 | South Africa | Seed | 3246 | - | |
Sep 14, 2019 | United Kingdom | Seed | 5059 | - |
Acquired companies in GSD Venture Studios' Portfolio
5 companies from GSD Venture Studios' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Bitwage in Nov 2025 by PayStand for $*****.Here are GSD Venture Studios' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 07, 2025 | - | - | 3946 | |
Sep 27, 2023 | - | - | 4594 | |
May 11, 2023 | - | - | 9136 | |
Mar 14, 2022 | - | - | 9632 | |
Jul 20, 2021 | - | - | 1486 |
Team profile of GSD Venture Studios
GSD Venture Studios has a team of 37 members including 25 Partners located in United States, India and 7 more locations. GSD Venture Studios' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in GSD Venture Studios:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Canada | - | ||
Partner | Chennai | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | London | - | - | |
Partner | Menlo Park | - | - | |
Partner | Palo Alto | - | - | |
Partner | Irvine | - | - | |
Partner | Singapore | - | - | |
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Partner | Wellington | - | - |
Co-investors of GSD Venture Studios
Over the past 7 years, 37 investors have co-invested in GSD Venture Studios's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before GSD Venture Studios: Srinivasa Rao, Suresh Kesana and 12 others have invested in rounds before GSD Venture Studios. There is 1 company where Srinivasa Rao has invested before GSD Venture Studios and 1 company where Suresh Kesana has invested before GSD Venture Studios.
- Top Co-investors of GSD Venture Studios: GoAhead Ventures entered a company along with GSD Venture Studios.
- Invested after GSD Venture Studios: A total of 22 investors have invested in GSD Venture Studios's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Madala Vineeth (1 company), ML Elevate (1 company) and Sundeep Sareen (1 company).
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