According to the latest announcement made by Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) Accelerator for Windows Azure, they have graduated their first India batch of 11 technology start-ups. At a Demo Day held at the Microsoft Lavelle Road office here, the 200+ audience of mentors, venture capitalists and angel investors witnessed the amazing progress each start-up team has made over the last four months at the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure.
Congratulating the class, Mukund Mohan, CEO-in-residence, Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure, said, “This is the day we have been waiting for – the culmination of all the hard work collectively put together over the last four months. We had chosen the first batch of 11 from hundreds of applications received from start-ups from all over the world. While all 11 had great ideas, we realized they needed support in a few critical areas to be able to mature those ideas into long-term profitable businesses.”
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Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner, AngelPrime, who was present at the Demo Day, has also shared his views. He said, “I have been a part of the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure since its inception. When these 11 start-ups joined the first batch, each of them demonstrated tremendous passion and commitment to work very hard. I am amazed at the progress they have made over the last four months.”
Launched in early 2012, Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure announced its first India batch on July 26, 2012. Out of 200+ applications received from early stage startups, 11 companies, namely amplyfy.me, HealthifyMe, CipherGraph, CloudInfra, Gameizon, HireRabbit, Nowfloats, Plustxt, Sparsha Learning, Whitesharkk and Junior and Us, were selected to constitute the first batch. Starting September 3, 2012, all 11 start-ups were housed in the state-of-the–art Accelerator facility in Microsoft’s Lavelle Road office, where they underwent a deep four-month immersion programme under the guidance of the best-in-class mentors from Microsoft and the industry.
Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure is now open to receiving applications for the second India batch.
