{"id":18755,"date":"2020-01-16T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=18755"},"modified":"2020-01-16T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T15:10:18","slug":"microsofts-highway-to-a-hundred-unicorns-selects-54-startups-from-tier-2-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/microsofts-highway-to-a-hundred-unicorns-selects-54-startups-from-tier-2-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s \u2018Highway to a Hundred Unicorns\u2019 selects 54 startups from Tier 2 cities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Top 3 \u2018Emerge-X\u2019 winners from each of the five states will receive access to year-long mentorship program and two-day founder bootcamp<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fifth edition of Highway to a Hundred Unicorns hosted at Hyderabad in collaboration with Government of Telangana<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hyderabad, India, January 16, 2020 :<\/strong>\u00a0In its efforts to enable the startup ecosystem in Tier 2 cities across the country, Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Highway to a Hundred Unicorns\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0has selected 54 startups from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana. The top tech startups selected through \u2018Emerge-X\u2019 win Azure credits and a host of business and tech benefits. The competition has received over 530 applications and the top three startups from each state gain access to a year-long mentorship program and a two-day founder bootcamp.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, the\u00a0Microsoft for Startups\u00a0initiative, works closely with local governments to strengthen the startup ecosystem in each state. The fifth edition of the outreach program was hosted at Hyderabad in association with the Government of Telangana. More than 150 innovators and entrepreneurs engaged with Microsoft experts, industry stalwarts and ecosystem stakeholders, including members of the state government.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More than 650 startups that have participated in the five events have benefited from the mentorship and guidance through technology workshops on Azure, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Over 75 ecosystem players including the Global Entrepreneurship Network, TiE, Headstart, NASSCOM, and Startup Grind as well as prominent investors, entrepreneurs and executives in the national startup ecosystem have actively engaged with the innovators at each of the locations. Wholesalebox and Rapidor are among the participating startups in the program that have received recent fresh funding from one of the participating investors.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lathika Pai, Country Head, Microsoft for Startups \u2013 MENA and SAARC\u00a0<\/strong>said,\u00a0\u201cThe entrepreneurial energy of startups is rising well beyond the known metropolitan hubs and is remarkably high in Tier 2 cities, despite the obvious challenges. Through Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, we\u2019ve been able to reach some highly promising innovators from each of the five states. In the next phase of our journey, we look forward to engaging with more startups and accelerating their growth and providing them with Microsoft\u2019s platform to go global.\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Microsoft for Startups is committed to helping entrepreneurs build and scale their companies, by leveraging the cloud platform, enterprise sales team and partner ecosystem. Through its cutting edge technology expertise, strong focus on\u00a0Microsoft for Startups, a growing partner ecosystem, and the venture fund\u00a0M12, Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help startups evolve from being market ready to enterprise ready.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emerge X Winners :<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sl. No.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOrg Name<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nFounder Name<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maharashtra<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/span><\/td>\nSpider G<\/span><\/td>\nAshwani Rathore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/span><\/td>\nGreenovative Energy<\/span><\/td>\nVinit Kulkarni<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/span><\/td>\nBharatAgri<\/span><\/td>\nSai Gole<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/span><\/td>\nInnoctive<\/span><\/td>\nDeepesh Kuruppath<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/span><\/td>\nIOPhysics Systems<\/span><\/td>\nAshish Gawali<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/span><\/td>\nTilt<\/span><\/td>\nDeepak VS<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/span><\/td>\nSwipez<\/span><\/td>\nShuhaid Lambe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/span><\/td>\nNeuroTags<\/span><\/td>\nAbhishek Agrawal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/span><\/td>\nScifferAnalytics<\/span><\/td>\nKaran Kabra<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/span><\/td>\nWebcuits Technologies<\/span><\/td>\nRahul Dupare<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/span><\/td>\nAgile Connects<\/span><\/td>\nAnand Aurangabadkar<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kerala<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/span><\/td>\nACELR Tech Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Rapidor)<\/span><\/td>\nThomson Skariah Thayil<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/span><\/td>\nGenrobotic Innovations Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nVimal Govind<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/span><\/td>\nCLAP Research Private Ltf<\/span><\/td>\nAnoop Ambika<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/span><\/td>\nXShip Design and Analytics Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nSandith Thandasherry<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/span><\/td>\nSurvey Sparrow Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nShihab Muhammed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/span><\/td>\nConcept Realization and IT Solutions P Ltd<\/span><\/td>\nAnand Subhash<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/span><\/td>\nTranzmeo IT Solutions Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nSafil Sunny<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/span><\/td>\nBillionLives Business Initiatives Pvt Ltd.<\/span><\/td>\nJohn Santosh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/span><\/td>\nClootrack Software Labs Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nShameel Abdulla<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/span><\/td>\nInstio Experiences Pvt Ltd<\/span><\/td>\nGirish Prabhu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/span><\/td>\nAI Aeronautics<\/span><\/td>\nVishnu V Vath<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/span><\/td>\nCavalier Wireless Inc.<\/span><\/td>\nAjit Thomas<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gujarat<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/span><\/td>\nLocanix<\/span><\/td>\nRuchit Surati<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/span><\/td>\nByte Prophecy<\/span><\/td>\nMrugank Parikh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/span><\/td>\nMatrubharti<\/span><\/td>\nMahendra Sharma<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/span><\/td>\nOizom<\/span><\/td>\nJainam Mehta<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/span><\/td>\nJobsquare Network Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nIshit Jethwa<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/span><\/td>\nPlexus MD<\/span><\/td>\nRohan Desai<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/span><\/td>\nSynersense PVT LTD<\/span><\/td>\nGunjan Patel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/span><\/td>\nGridle.one<\/span><\/td>\nYash Shah<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/span><\/td>\nReelo Technologies<\/span><\/td>\nPrit Sanghvi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/span><\/td>\nEroNkan Technologies<\/span><\/td>\nKetan Parekh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/span><\/td>\nAlmaShines<\/span><\/td>\nKapil Dev Advani<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rajasthan<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/span><\/td>\nWholesalebox<\/span><\/td>\nRohit Dangayach<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/span><\/td>\nBix42<\/span><\/td>\nJagdish Ghuge<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/span><\/td>\nDealshare<\/span><\/td>\nAditi Sharma<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/span><\/td>\nSecure Learning<\/span><\/td>\nYogesh Kaushik<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/span><\/td>\nHyrefox<\/span><\/td>\nAditya Kedia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/span><\/td>\nRarome<\/span><\/td>\nVirendra Maloo<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/span><\/td>\nmPass<\/span><\/td>\nAnkit Tiwari<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/span><\/td>\nmHeal<\/span><\/td>\nDivyansh Srivastava<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/span><\/td>\nTinkerly<\/span><\/td>\nSharad Bansal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/span><\/td>\nmedcords<\/span><\/td>\nNikhil Baheti<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telangana<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/span><\/td>\nEyedentify Systems Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nDhushyanth Dachiraju<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/span><\/td>\nWeSecureApp<\/span><\/td>\nVenu Rao<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/span><\/td>\nEasyCommute<\/span><\/td>\nMayank Chawla<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/span><\/td>\nSignalX Pvt. Ltd.<\/span><\/td>\nGovind Balachandran<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/span><\/td>\nNaPanta<\/span><\/td>\nNaveen Kumar V<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/span><\/td>\nEHNOTE<\/span><\/td>\nAmaranatha Reddy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/span><\/td>\nOnward AssIst<\/span><\/td>\nDinesh Koka<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/span><\/td>\nYoryo Technologies Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nAmardeep Chougale<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/span><\/td>\nEnmovil Solutions Private Limited<\/span><\/td>\nRavi Bulusu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/span><\/td>\nNanoHealth<\/span><\/td>\nManish Ranjan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Image Caption :<\/strong> <\/span>Telangana Emerge X Winners with (L-R) Lathika Pai \u2013 Country Head, Microsoft for Startups, MENA & SAARC; Jayesh Ranjan \u2013 IAS Principal Secretary to Government of Telangana, Industries & Commerce (I&C) Dept., & Information Technology, Electronics and Communications (ITE&C) Dept.; Gayle Sheppard \u2013 Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure Data; and Rajiv Kumar \u2013 MD, Microsoft IDC and Corporate Vice President, Experiences & Devices, India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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