Microsoft announced that Bala Girisaballa will
be leading Microsoft Accelerator in India as CEO-in-Residence. He took charge
of the Accelerator’s India operations, with effect from August 1, 2016.
Microsoft also announced that Ravi Narayan, Director, will now assume the role
of Global Director at Microsoft Accelerator.
Bala will lead the Accelerator’s efforts to help
market-ready startups and entrepreneurs to scale up and become successful
businesses through the technology enablement, global go-to-market efforts and
deep business advisory in the form of Hi-Po and Scale-Up programs. Prior to
this, Bala was with Zinnov as Partner and Practice Head helping MNC RnD
companies.
Ravi Narayan, in his new role as Global
Director, will help Microsoft Accelerator in eight locations around the world
to become market-ready, focused and accelerate these startups that have or will
raise institutional funding from VCs. He will also focus on scaling the startup
acceleration model through global partners.
Early last year, Microsoft Accelerator in India
redesigned their programs to cater to market-ready startups. Since then, it has
graduated three cohorts which include startups like iBot, CustomerXPs, Altizon,
CloudCherry and Reverie Technologies. It has also formed partnerships with
Temasek, TCS, Citi, Reliance Industries and other Multinational Corporates
under its corporate engagement program #CoInnovate, to help the startups in
their go-to-market efforts and global expansion.
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