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In yet another major push into the Indian technology sector, Internet giant Google has announced that its startup mentorship programme Launchpad will be coming to India. The Times of India reports that the company has identified ten startups to be part of Google Launchpad, which will be held as a 5-day programme between November 3 and 7 in Bengaluru.
“Launchpad is an exhaustive mentorship programme to help startups build at scale. By next year we want to do this every quarter, and a year from then, we hope to do it every month,” Sunil Rao, country head of the startup programme in Google India, is quoted as saying.
In all, around 25 startups will reporte.dly be part of the programme. CoSight, which helps make sales executives more efficient, iReff Technologies, which allows you to find the best prepaid mobile recharge plan for your needs, and Smart Pocket, which manages all your loyalty cards on the phone, are part of the initial bunch of startups.
Bringing the programme to India is part of Google’s push in markets that are ripe for startups. Launchpad began in Israel and over a dozen such programes have been held around the world, including in Brazil. Amit Shevat, Google’s startup outreach programme manager, is expected to be present at the event, along with Googlers from Mountain View and Israel.
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