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Nokia kicks off Appcelerate-India project with $500K investment
Nokia kicked off its Appcelerate-India programme, aimed at boosting app development in the country for its Windows Phone-based Lumia smartphone line.
The programme was launched in Bangalore with $500,000 in funding from Finland-based (and Nokia-backed) AppCampus and members of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels (India Chapter), to support mobile start-ups and app development.
The partner organisations will also provide grants, seed funding, mentoring and incubation resources to help app developers in their efforts to build viable businesses.
Submissions will be accepted from Indian developers as well as through the Nokia-sponsored talent show, Your Wish Is My App.
At Nokia, our aim is to support Indian app developers to drive path-breaking innovation on our platform. We believe that this will open up countless opportunities to shape the app ecosystem, giving developers the chance to give new and innovative experiences to consumers, said Gerard Rego, Nokia Indias director of developer experience.
This collaboration between AppCampus and Harvard Business Angels can bring significant and sustainable new opportunities for mobile-focused entrepreneurs and their businesses, added AppCampus chief, Pekka Sivonen.
Nokia and Microsoft jointly invested 18 million to create the AppCampus mobile app accelerator programme, which is managed by Aalto University in Nokias home town of Espoo, Finland.
Nokia kicks off Appcelerate-India programme | Mobile World Live
There was a thread recently on apps development in India & its becoming of super power in same segment where some members criticized India for being a consumer based economy for apps while topic was on development & uses of apps in India. Now I have given another source to support my case. we Indian are primarily driven by entertainment + productivity in any thing. What ever we do it should have some sort of entertainment while fulfilling the basic requirement. India has one major advantage, its demographic dividend. If utilized properly it can give amazing results.
Nokia kicked off its Appcelerate-India programme, aimed at boosting app development in the country for its Windows Phone-based Lumia smartphone line.
The programme was launched in Bangalore with $500,000 in funding from Finland-based (and Nokia-backed) AppCampus and members of the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels (India Chapter), to support mobile start-ups and app development.
The partner organisations will also provide grants, seed funding, mentoring and incubation resources to help app developers in their efforts to build viable businesses.
Submissions will be accepted from Indian developers as well as through the Nokia-sponsored talent show, Your Wish Is My App.
At Nokia, our aim is to support Indian app developers to drive path-breaking innovation on our platform. We believe that this will open up countless opportunities to shape the app ecosystem, giving developers the chance to give new and innovative experiences to consumers, said Gerard Rego, Nokia Indias director of developer experience.
This collaboration between AppCampus and Harvard Business Angels can bring significant and sustainable new opportunities for mobile-focused entrepreneurs and their businesses, added AppCampus chief, Pekka Sivonen.
Nokia and Microsoft jointly invested 18 million to create the AppCampus mobile app accelerator programme, which is managed by Aalto University in Nokias home town of Espoo, Finland.
Nokia kicks off Appcelerate-India programme | Mobile World Live
There was a thread recently on apps development in India & its becoming of super power in same segment where some members criticized India for being a consumer based economy for apps while topic was on development & uses of apps in India. Now I have given another source to support my case. we Indian are primarily driven by entertainment + productivity in any thing. What ever we do it should have some sort of entertainment while fulfilling the basic requirement. India has one major advantage, its demographic dividend. If utilized properly it can give amazing results.
