11 startups graduate from Microsoft-RIL’s The GenNext Hub

Startup accelerator ?The GenNext Hub?, a joint venture between Microsoft Ventures and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has announced the 'graduation' of 11 technology startups from its accelerator programme.

The GenNext Hub enables entrepreneurs to build their companies through an immersive, four-month-long programme.

''At GenNext Hub we are catalyzing a unique startup ecosystem, which rests on the tripod of talent, technology and trust. We spot and encourage talent, help them harness their technology and back them up by putting total trust in them. We are supporting several of our startups from the second batch with strategic partnerships that will help them scale-up rapidly?, '' ?said ?GenNext chairman and RIL board member Raghunath A Mashelkar.

Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman, Microsoft India, said, ''Microsoft provides the platform on which innovative companies are being built. Our technologies power nearly 4,000 startups in the country today and we will continue supporting the startup ecosystem through our various programmes. We have seen some amazing innovation in the two batches that have graduated thus far from GenNext. Some of these have already made a mark in the ecosystem and have even become business partners for Reliance and Microsoft and we hope this trend will continue.''

During the four-month programme, the startups were mentored on customer development, business models, operational planning, product roadmap, market traction, fund raising and pitching. The workshops cut across B2B and B2C businesses in diverse sectors such as sports, energy, hospitality, advertising, fitness, financial services, logistics, healthcare, payments and enterprise software. Domain expertise was provided in intellectual property, product development, online promotions, advertising, PR, financial modelling, communication and pitching.

Going forward, GenNext Hub will focus on helping companies scale-up with its ''Scalearator'' model and evolve from a ''Minimum Viable Product'' to a ''Minimum Viable Company''. GenNext Hub is now accepting applications for third batch, which will start in April 2016?, it said in a statement.

The startups that graduated from GenNext Hub's second batch on Friday are:

• Algo Engines – Provides operational intelligence for wind turbines, met masts, solar plants and other Internet of Things (IoTs). - Satish Kashyap, co-founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/KwB2OeU9G_4
• Creditseva – India's first consumer credit analytics and online management tool to help build healthy credit profile for individuals. - Satya Vishnubhotla, Co-Founder and CEO
• Curefy – Mobile app that guarantees to instantly connect patients to doctors from best hospitals over the phone in under 1 minute. - Raghav Sehgal, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/zjll700pGQ0
• Efficient Bazaar – A centralized procurement solution for the hospitality industry. - Tanveer Singh, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/Lhj5ff27Yes
• eLoan – The leading Peer to Peer (P2P) lending platform from Israel entering India. - Yigal Alkaslasy, Co-Founder and Chairman
• Fieldomobify – Mobile and cloud based field force mobility solution to sales, service and delivery function for visualizing real time activities on the field. Shridhar Awate, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/ktqH63CJoUY
• FiTicket – A new kind of fitness membership that provides access to the best gyms and fitness classes in the city. - Sahil Kukreja, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/sQpUo6OPRBI
• Noroc Solutions – Enabling offline merchants to accept new age payments without the need for any additional hardware or an app and with minimal learning curve. - Gaurav Arora, Co-Founder and CTO - https://youtu.be/PKNBH_4sjRw
• Pickcel – The hyper-local advertising platform that help businesses to accelerate their sales within the locality in an easy and affordable way.  Abhijit Chaudhary, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/Y6Z9-FIdPXU
• Playfiks – An online sports eco-system that helps people to connect, network, schedule and engage in sports, fitness and a healthy lifestyle. Rajeev Krishnan, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/MwIoPTLHB-Y
• VDeliver – A technology powered, intra city, point-to-point logistics company. Srinivas Madhavam, Co-Founder and CEO - https://youtu.be/iquH_1eXINA