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industry body Nasscom has shortlisted 332 startups out of 4,000
applications that it received under a programme to support budding
technology companies.
These companies were
invited at Pitch sessions conducted at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Kolkata where about 300 firms made over 1,200 pitches to
over 50 angel investors, accelerators, angel investor groups, venture
capitalists and mentors, the IT industry body said in a release.
"We
are overwhelmed with the impact that 10,000 Startups programme has been
able to create so far and look forward to create many more
opportunities," Nasscom president Som Mittal said. The programme will
aim to create more opportunities for tech start-ups in the areas of
fund-raising, acceleration, enterprise connects, industry access and
upscaling their capabilities in different facets of starting and scaling
a business, he added.
"With an aspiration to
create a vibrant ecosystem for the tech start-ups in the country,
Nasscom had launched the 10,000 Startups programme six months back,"
Mittal said. Under the programme, it conducted over 100 events
comprising workshops, hackathons, pitches, fireside chats and reached
out to more then 15 cities and touched base with over 7500
entrepreneurs/aspirants, he said.
Nasscom had
commenced the 10,000 Startups programme with the support of Google,
Kotak, Microsoft and Verisign. Zinnov is the consulting partner of the
programme.
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