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Microsoft India today said it has consolidated all start-up related offerings under a single point of entry called BizSpark under Microsoft Ventures. This programme will now allow start-ups to engage with Microsoft through a holistic approach featuring a seed fund, an accelerator programme and a community building programme.
Microsoft Ventures in India will be headed by Mukund Mohan. Kattayil Rajinish Menon will drive broad community engagements as part of the BizSpark programme for start-ups with other accelerators, incubators, industry forums as well as Microsoft customers and partners in India.
Announcing this change, Mohan said: 'Through this coordinated effort, we will now engage with entrepreneurs at every stage of their ventures from ideation to maturity and support them with compelling offerings. Our community evangelism programme will provide entrepreneurs easy access to technology and resources and the accelerator will provide access to mentors and technical experts while the fund will offer seed investments to start-ups,' said Mukund Mohan.
