Microsoft Ventures Accelerator selects 8 startups for 2013 Winter Batch

Microsoft India has announced the final list of select technology startups which will constitute the 2013 winter batch of Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Bangalore. Eight companies were selected from more than 1000 applications received over two months and after several rounds of screening by a panel of judges comprising senior leaders from Microsoft and the industry. 

Ravi Narayan, Member of Microsoft Ventures in India Leadership Team said, I am very excited about leading this team. This is the first batch to join the Accelerator after we aligned all startup related activities under a single umbrella called Microsoft Ventures, to be able to engage with entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey from ideation to maturity.  We chose them very carefully, from a huge list of applications received across ecommerce, entertainment, digital media, education, enterprise, cloud infrastructure and mobile. Our aim is to ensure that they are at the right stage of their entrepreneurial journey to be able to benefit from the best in class and comprehensive resources the Accelerator provides, namely access to our huge network of mentors, technical experts, partners, early stage customers, investors and industry connections.

Narayan also added that the Accelerator has so much to offer that it would not be fair to restrict its benefits to only those startups which constitute two batches every year.

The winter batch, hosted in the 8,300 sq ft state-of-the-art Accelerator facility in Microsoft’s Lavelle Road office, is currently undergoing a four month deep immersion program which will end with Demo Day in late November.