NASSCOM 10,000 Start-ups today announced the selection of 10 start-ups for the Code
for Next Billion Program. These Startups are Wallet Guru,
Light Vision, Perpignon, Kid Nurture, We-Share, I-We, Huehealth.com,
Technovent, Padmavati Agro, and Redoctype. This is an inclusive program
that aims to promote social good and will provide a platform for start-ups to
showcase innovations that can help solve some of the problems in the society
and can be recognized on a national level.
Startups will be given an
immersive six month program to inspire, encourage and fulfill internet
innovation among the developer community in India. Code for the Next Billion is
running two programs targeting developers and students to build applications in
the Health, Economic Empowerment (finance, capacity building, etc.),
Education/Skill Development, Public Utility (water, power, transport). The
program involves access to cutting edge technology, social impact and business
mentors; workshops and webinars to receive hands-on training; investors and
enterprises to help validate and scale the selected start-ups.
Vidhya Shankar, Head of
Funding Partnerships & Alliances at NASSCOM 10,000 start-ups, Bangalore, said, “This is a positive step towards our objective to
empower the developer community and motivate large scale innovation impacting
bottom of the pyramid. Through the program, we aim to accelerate the
development and adoption of mobile internet applications across India. We would
like to thank all our partners for their valuable support and trust and hope to
work with a lot more people in the future”.
Facebook has partnered
with NASSCOM 10,000 start-ups and is the first partner of the Code for Next
Billion Program. Other partners are NASSCOM Foundation, Unitus Seed Fund, CNBC
TV 18 and IIM Ahmedabad’s CIIE. NASSCOM 10,000 Startups is a platform for
technology startups to get connected to all the players in the ecosystem from
angel networks to venture capital firms, accelerators, enterprises and industry
bodies. 10,000 start-ups initiative helps startups with funding, incubation,
acceleration, mentoring, enterprise connects, and showcase opportunities.
Ime Archibong,
Director-Partnerships, Facebook, said "We are proud to partner with NASSCOM, CNBC, and others to
invest in the leadership of developers who are building innovative solutions
tailored to the historically unconnected and underserved. Building applications
to solve education, financial, health and public utility challenges requires a
different kind of imagination, risk appetite and skills. We are excited to
support the journeys of these ten sdevelopers and hope that their journeys
inspire the next generation of developers to apply their talents to solving
these problems."
The first boot-camp for
start-ups was organized with Parag Trivedi, Global Design Studio
Leader, GE Healthcare on Design Thinking, Naiyya Saggi, Co-founder,
Baby chakra on Scaling up for Social Impact,Anindita Guha, Head-Product
and Marketing, Gupshup and Teamchat on Product Management the India way.
Further to this, start-ups will be provided with technical, marketing, and
financial support as well as leadership skills, to build their applications and
businesses. They will get opportunity to be featured on a CNBCTV18 through a TV
series to showcase their achievements. Further, they will get access to
US$80,000 worth of Facebook credits and support through Facebook's FbStart
program to build their business. They will get networking opportunities with
industry leaders (CEOs, thought leaders, VCs, ecosystem evangelists, social
change leaders), funders and the media to bring public awareness to their
commitment, solutions and impact.
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