In an effort to enable the startup ecosystem in Tier 2 cities across the country, Microsoft’s ‘Highway to a Hundred Unicorns’ project has picked up 54 startups from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala, and Telangana. The top tech startups selected through ‘Emerge-X’ win Azure credits and a bunch of business and other tech benefits. The competition has received over 530 applications and the top three startups from each state gain access to a year-long mentorship program and a two-day founder Bootcamp.
The Microsoft for Startups initiative works closely with local governments to strengthen the startup ecosystem in each state. The fifth edition of the outreach program was hosted at Hyderabad in association with the Government of Telangana. More than 150 innovators and entrepreneurs engaged with Microsoft experts, industry stalwarts and ecosystem stakeholders, including members of the state government.
More than 650 startups that have participated in the five events have benefited from the mentorship and guidance through technology workshops on Azure, Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning(ML). Over 75 ecosystem players including the Global Entrepreneurship Network, TiE, Headstart, NASSCOM, and Startup Grind as well as prominent investors, entrepreneurs and executives in the national startup ecosystem have engaged with the innovators at each of the locations.
merge X Winners:
| Sl. No. | Org Name | Founder Name |
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Maharashtra |
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| 1 | Spider G | Ashwani Rathore |
| 2 | Greenovative Energy | Vinit Kulkarni |
| 3 | BharatAgri | Sai Gole |
| 4 | Innoctive | Deepesh Kuruppath |
| 5 | IOPhysics Systems | Ashish Gawali |
| 6 | Tilt | Deepak VS |
| 7 | Swipez | Shuhaid Lambe |
| 8 | NeuroTags | Abhishek Agrawal |
| 9 | ScifferAnalytics | Karan Kabra |
| 10 | Webcuits Technologies | Rahul Dupare |
| 11 | Agile Connects | Anand Aurangabadkar |
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Kerala |
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| 12 | ACELR Tech Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Rapidor) | Thomson Skariah Thayil |
| 13 | Genrobotic Innovations Private Limited | Vimal Govind |
| 14 | CLAP Research Private Ltf | Anoop Ambika |
| 15 | XShip Design and Analytics Private Limited | Sandith Thandasherry |
| 16 | Survey Sparrow Private Limited | Shihab Muhammed |
| 17 | Concept Realization and IT Solutions P Ltd | Anand Subhash |
| 18 | Tranzmeo IT Solutions Private Limited | Safil Sunny |
| 19 | BillionLives Business Initiatives Pvt Ltd. | John Santosh |
| 20 | Clootrack Software Labs Private Limited | Shameel Abdulla |
| 21 | Instio Experiences Pvt Ltd | Girish Prabhu |
| 22 | AI Aeronautics | Vishnu V Vath |
| 23 | Cavalier Wireless Inc. | Ajit Thomas |
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Gujarat |
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| 24 | Locanix | Ruchit Surati |
| 25 | Byte Prophecy | Mrugank Parikh |
| 26 | Matrubharti | Mahendra Sharma |
| 27 | Oizom | Jainam Mehta |
| 28 | Jobsquare Network Private Limited | Ishit Jethwa |
| 29 | Plexus MD | Rohan Desai |
| 30 | Synersense PVT LTD | Gunjan Patel |
| 31 | Gridle.one | Yash Shah |
| 32 | Reelo Technologies | Prit Sanghvi |
| 33 | EroNkan Technologies | Ketan Parekh |
| 34 | AlmaShines | Kapil Dev Advani |
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Rajasthan |
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| 35 | Wholesalebox | Rohit Dangayach |
| 36 | Bix42 | Jagdish Ghuge |
| 37 | Dealshare | Aditi Sharma |
| 38 | Secure Learning | Yogesh Kaushik |
| 39 | Hyrefox | Aditya Kedia |
| 40 | Rarome | Virendra Maloo |
| 41 | mPass | Ankit Tiwari |
| 42 | mHeal | Divyansh Srivastava |
| 43 | Tinkerly | Sharad Bansal |
| 44 | medcords | Nikhil Baheti |
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Telangana |
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| 45 | Eyedentify Systems Private Limited | Dhushyanth Dachiraju |
| 46 | WeSecureApp | Venu Rao |
| 47 | EasyCommute | Mayank Chawla |
| 48 | SignalX Pvt. Ltd. | Govind Balachandran |
| 49 | NaPanta | Naveen Kumar V |
| 50 | EHNOTE | Amaranatha Reddy |
| 51 | Onward AssIst | Dinesh Koka |
| 52 | Yoryo Technologies Private Limited | Amardeep Chougale |
| 53 | Enmovil Solutions Private Limited | Ravi Bulusu |
| 54 | NanoHealth | Manish Ranjan |
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