Gulshan Verma
About Gulshan Verma
Gulshan Verma is Director for Amazon Ads India. He and his team work with advertisers and large enterprises on Amazon's advertising products. He sits on the MMA India board. MMA's speaker profile describes him as a digital technology and media executive with more than 20 years of experience across the USA, UK, APAC and India.
A profile on the Ad:Tech New Delhi site, which matches his education and appears to be the same person, lists earlier roles. These include head of client and agency revenues at Hotstar, Chief Revenue Officer at Times Internet, General Manager for Southeast Asia and India at Outbrain, and Chief Revenue Officer at Komli Media. It also lists Yahoo roles in India and the US. He holds an MBA from Kellogg, and an MSc and BSc from the London School of Economics.
Crunchbase lists one personal investment for Gulshan Verma, a seed round in OptimizeGEO.ai. The date, amount and any other angel investments are not public in the sources we found. No fund, syndicate or stated check size was found.
The Lounge deals desk records OptimizeGEO.ai Seed, $80M, in 2026-10. Adweek's coverage of the same company describes a pre-Series A round led by Young Capital at an $80 million valuation. Founders should treat the $80M as a valuation figure, not the size of the round. Adweek also reports that OptimizeGEO had raised $10.2 million to date, including an earlier seed round. His name does not appear in the Adweek article.
On LinkedIn he wrote that he backed OptimizeGEO.ai and its founders, Kirthiga Reddy and Saurabh Doshi. He said he believes AI will fundamentally change how people discover and make decisions about brands.
The only public signal is OptimizeGEO.ai, which tracks how brands appear in answers from AI assistants and search tools. His stated reasoning links to AI search, brand discovery and marketing. This matches his work in digital advertising. He has not publicly stated a preferred stage, geography or check size.
- OptimizeGEO.ai: generative engine optimization startup that tracks and shapes how brands appear in AI answers. Listed on the Lounge deals desk as a Seed round in 2026-10.
Investing activity
Gulshan Verma appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $80M. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $80M. The most recent is OptimizeGEO.ai (Seed, $80M, Oct 2026).
Gulshan Verma most often invests alongside Young Capital, Michael Kassan, Kiran Mani and Mauria Finley, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Gulshan Verma
Who is Gulshan Verma?
Gulshan Verma is Director for Amazon Ads India and an MMA India board member. He is also an angel investor in AI, with OptimizeGEO.ai as his one listed investment.
What AI startups has Gulshan Verma invested in?
Crunchbase lists one personal investment, OptimizeGEO.ai. Lounge records it as a $80M Seed in 2026-10. He has not publicly named other portfolio companies.
What is Gulshan Verma's check size?
His check size is not public. Neither Crunchbase nor the press coverage we found states an amount.
What does Gulshan Verma look for in AI founders?
He has not published an investment thesis. In a LinkedIn post about OptimizeGEO.ai he cited his belief that AI will change how people discover and choose brands, and his confidence in the founders.
Is Gulshan Verma a good fit for marketing or ad-tech AI startups?
His background suggests so. He leads Amazon Ads India and previously held revenue roles at Hotstar, Times Internet and Outbrain. His only listed investment is in AI search and brand visibility.
Is Gulshan Verma an angel investor?
Yes. Gulshan Verma invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Gulshan Verma invested in?
Gulshan Verma's AI investments include OptimizeGEO.ai. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Gulshan Verma invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Gulshan Verma has invested at Seed, with a median round of $80M.
Who does Gulshan Verma co-invest with?
Gulshan Verma's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Young Capital (1 deal), Michael Kassan (1 deal), Kiran Mani (1 deal), Mauria Finley (1 deal) and FalconX (1 deal).
How can founders reach Gulshan Verma?
Founders on Lounge can see Gulshan Verma's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Gulshan Verma to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.