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Conquest [earlier coverage here], India’s biggest student-run startup challenge has been centred over the years to provide a perfect platform for startups to prosper. With DCB Bank as the title sponsor, Conquest has become a paradise for startups, providing them with a chance to voice their ideas, network with industry leaders, and obtain incubation and funding opportunities.

Raising the standards set by previous editions, Conquest 2017, in association with Zoho, Accel, WNS and PayU, witnessed a participation of more than 1000 startups from across the nation. Startups from various sectors ranging from education, manufacturing, engineering to even virtual reality competed for a spot in the top 50. These applications were scrutinised based on 36 extensive parameters to shortlist the top 50 startups for personalised mentoring sessions.

Conquest provided these startups with an insightful experience and a networking opportunity by organising mentorship sessions in the 3 major cities of the country – Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

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Mentors from various sectors provided their insights on various aspects of entrepreneurship: Fundraising, Product Management, Customer Acquisition, Tech, and Operations. Meera Iyer, CMO – Big Basket, Ashish Goel, Head of Product – Zomato and Suvonil Chatterjee, former CDO, Housing and Flipkart are some of the many esteemed mentors that provided guidance to participants on a one on one basis. The jury then selected the top 10 startups for the Grand Finale.

Here is a look at the top 10 startups that made the cut.

  • Incredible Devices Pvt. Ltd – Incredible Devices provides affordable treatment techniques for CVD, a disease with a fatality rate of 80%.
  • Recopro – Recopro’s recyclable paper pallets are cheaper, stronger and greener than the traditional wood counterparts.
  • Drone Nation – Drone Nation is an aerial data solutions company providing end to end solutions using custom-built drone hardware and software technologies.
  • Dcoder – Dcoder lets you code anywhere, anytime through its mobile coding platform.
  • JuiceWorx – JuiceWorx is working on an IoT led beverage dispensing technology that gives enhanced experience and greater health benefits to users.
  • Adloid – Adloid is a trail AR platform where you can try a product before buying- just by using your phone.
  • Trell – Trell has built a 170K strong community for millennials to discover and share local explorations.
  • Be-Hold – Be-Hold is a glove designed to function as a phone for the visually impaired.
  • Clodura – Clodura uses technology to help you find high value leads which are more likely to close!
  • Aquivio – Aquvio has revolutionised Reverse Osmosis based water purifiers by minimising the
    waste-water generated.

The top 10 will take the stage in the Grand Finale, to be held on 3rd September at Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. The finalists will pitch their ideas in front of of the panel of investors and VCs, as they try to captivate the imagination of potential investors.

The Finale is going to a ensemble of the some the the biggest names in the startup industry, along with some future greats to watch out for. The Grand Finale of Conquest has the reputation of being a star studded networking event, with attendance from numerous industry stalwarts.

Previous editions have witnessed attendance from the likes of R. Chandrashekhar, President – NASSCOM, Padmaja Ruparel, President – Indian Angel Network, Sanjay Nath, Managing Partner – Blume Ventures and Nilesh Kothari, Managing Partner – Trifecta Capital Registrations for attending the Grand Finale are now open. Register on Conquest for a chance to network with the best names in the industry.

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Heathtech startup InformDS Technologies Pvt. Ltd which runs Doxper, has raised seed round of investment of 750K USD led by Vidal Healthcare and GrowX Ventures. Other investors are Capier Investments, Globevestor and angels including a leading onco-surgeon in the country.

Girish Rao, MD of Vidal Healthcare and Siddharth Dhondiyal representing growX ventures have joined the board of directors of Doxper, a company founded by three IIT alumni – Randeep Singh, Shailesh Prithani and Pawan Jain in January 2016

Doxper aims to introduce the most natural way of integrating technology in the national healthcare ecosystem. A big missing piece in healthcare digitization today is doctors’ notes, which do not get captured and recorded digitally anywhere. Present EMR/EHRs are intrusive and clinicians are uncomfortable fiddling with computers or tablets. Moreover, these hamper the natural doctor-patient interaction.

Doxper’s solution combines unique digital pen and coded paper system along with various technology elements powered by data science algorithms to digitize health records on the fly. The solution fits seamlessly into the existing clinical workflow without altering any step of the doctor-patient interaction that leads to its instant acceptance with doctors.

In a span of little over a year, Doxper has gained a lot of traction from some of the best doctors in the country. Over 400 leading physicians and specialists have become users including AIIMS Breast Cancer Clinic, Prashanti Cancer Care Mission, Biocon Foundation, Jain Fertility & Mother Care Hospital, Healthskool, Drishti Eye Center, Southend Fertility & IVF, and others. They are also piloting with many big hospitals today.

Doxper is also one of the elite Solvers at this year’s Solve cohort at MIT, USA. It won SOLVE challenge hosted by MIT. SOLVE is MIT’s initiative for ‘Solving the world’s most pressing challenges through open innovation and partnership’. Doxper’s proposal was shortlisted from an application pool of over 150 globally to pitch at UN HQ in New York in March this year. Doxper not only won the challenge, it received tremendous appreciation at the world stage for its simplistic approach and solution to a bigger problem globally [Source].

Shailesh Prithani, Co-founder and CEO of Doxper said

Capital raised will be deployed to scale up operations and to further enhance technology platform by improving or adding more layers on top of the current stack including machine learning, handwriting recognition and AI for better care outcomes. The vision is to make Doxper the de-facto choice for healthcare digitization in India and other emerging markets.

In a joint statement, Girish Rao and Siddharth Dhondiyal said

Doxper is trying to solve a problem that is inherent and specific to developing countries like India and not blatantly copying what’s applicable in the west and replicating here. Problem of not recording healthcare data in digital format is an expensive one and when solved has benefits of exponential proportions. The simplicity of the solution is the biggest USP of Doxper.

While almost all the computer or tablet based EMRs/EHRs have failed to get any significant traction with doctors, specialists & super specialists, Doxper is receiving momentous attraction from all the doctors and even KOLs as pen and paper resonates with them way more than computers or tablets. What thrilled us was the initial traction Doxper got with institutions like AIIMS and Prashanti Cancer Care. With the help of Biocon Foundation, Doxper reached to the remotest of the corners of the country, in limited resource settings, and captured data without hassles.

Doxper is actively servicing doctors in Delhi/NCR, Jaipur, Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai today. It also remotely supports a few doctors in other cities who are early adopters with keen interest in technology and Doxper’s solution.

About GrowX Ventures

GrowX Ventures is an early-stage investment firm based out of Delhi that works closely with investee firms at both strategic and operational levels to drive scale and success. It has invested in 24 companies since its inception including Mad Street Den, Quandl, Ziploan, Shephertz and Locus. For more information, please visit GrowX Ventures

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A Microsoft-Zinnov study has revealed that the Hybrid Cloud market in India is fast becoming a new standard for delivery of digital transformation. With the substantial cost as well as organizational benefits, Indian enterprises are increasingly intensifying their reliance on a hybrid cloud setup.

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The report observed that hybrid cloud deployment at a steady rate could result in cost savings of anywhere between 5% and 30% for an enterprise [depending on the growth of virtual machines in an enterprise’s data centre and a proportion of workloads moving from private data centre to public cloud infrastructure], based on the output of its proprietary cost modeller. As per the modeller, the hybrid cloud solution offered by Microsoft Azure is the most economical.

As per the survey conducted as part of this study, over 40 percent of enterprises have planned or are planning to build a hybrid cloud infrastructure or transform their existing IT infrastructure. The primary reasons cited for adopting hybrid cloud solutions include, lowering total cost of ownership [54%], facilitating innovation [42%], enhancing operational efficiencies [42%], and enabling companies to respond to and meet customer expectations more readily [40%].

Highlighting the need for hybrid cloud, Meetul Patel, General Manager, Marketing & Operations, Microsoft said

Many organizations have existing investments in IT infrastructure and business-specific needs to keep parts of it on their own premises. At the same time, the cloud presents an incredible opportunity to improve RoI, develop innovative solutions, and respond rapidly to changing business demands. The hybrid model is a ‘best of all worlds’ option that allows customers to benefit from the cloud on their own terms.

According to Pari Natarajan, CEO, Zinnov

Hybrid cloud is becoming the preferred deployment model across sectors. Industries where the impact of digital transformation is the highest are the ones that are adopting hybrid cloud at an accelerated pace. However, enterprises need to select a hybrid cloud provider that can provide them with the right migration tools to enable seamless relocation of existing services – between dedicated private cloud and public cloud infrastructures – without lengthy or unplanned disruption to live service.

According to the report, adopting a hybrid cloud model requires transformational change in the way companies interact with their IT and business. There is a need to enable employees with competence in contract management, as hybrid cloud deployment models involve interaction with third party cloud providers.

Members within the organization need to be skilled to handle any exigency involving the cloud service provider. Therefore, training is needed to facilitate employees within the organization to familiarize themselves with the new business processes and governance structures, said the study.

Zinnov analysed more than 50 global cloud channel partners and found that hybrid cloud deployments constituted 45~50% of their overall cloud business. These channel partners are distributed across large-tier IT service providers, mid-tier IT service providers, Hosters and Telcos, Digital Marketing, and Platform BPO companies.

The growth of the cloud industry has been spurred by the funding and investments in cloud tech startups, which have increased exponentially. In 2016, the cloud market saw an estimated 370+ deals with the average investments growing at CAGR 15% between 2012~2016. The hybrid cloud deals accounted for 45-50% of the total cloud deals that happened from 2012 to 2016, and these primarily focused on storage, automation as well as hybrid cloud management solutions.

In addition, there has also been an increase in the cloud-specific acquisitions, growing at 35% CAGR from 2012 to 2016 with an average investment jump of 81.25%. In 2016 alone, there have been 115 cloud-specific acquisitions with the likes of CenturyLink shelling out USD 34 billion for Level 3 Communication, a provider of Data Center Connectivity and Cloud.

Rapid growth in internet adoption – fueled by government initiatives like demonetization and GST, growth of mobile data [the number of mobile developers is estimated to double from the current 300,000 by 2020], and digital transformation, led by the emergence of disruptive start-ups, especially in areas such as fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, are stated to be the key reasons for this development.

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The pitch finale of #BuildOnIndiaStack, Venture Pitch Competition, organized by iSPIRT and Dalberg was close-fitting. With over 180 entries, the selected 12 finalists from diverse sectors such as e-governance, health care, education, fintech, environment and agriculture presented their ideas to a full-house audience.

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EasyGov that bagged the first position was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakhs. EasyGov is a cloud solution to help billion people of India to discover the entitlement from thousands of welfare schemes from the Government. EasyGov solution will help in rolling out 10K+ schemes in local language to enable people check family entitlement from phone.

The runner-ups, Journee and Megdap received prize money of Rs. 2 lakhs & Rs 1.5 lakhs respectively. FreeSave and Krishiyog received consolation prize. The winners now look forward to interact with Nandan Nilekani, who has agreed to mentor them for shaping their ideas.

The founders of the winning startup, EasyGov, Amit Shukla and Vineet Sharma said

IndiaStack has created enabling environment for democratizing the government welfare scheme delivery. Acceptance of eSign document at all government offices can make it really big. We thank #BuildOnIndiaStack to provide us a platform to showcase our efforts.

Technology evangelist, Nandan Nilekani who has also been at the forefront of the digital agenda in India said

IndiaStack was being used mainly for Fintech. It however has vaster potential. It needs to be extended to education, health care and skill development amongst others. India Stack provides access to features such as the Digi-Locker, eKYC, eSign, UPI that can re-invent these sectors and make them accessible to the common man. #BuildOnIndiaStack was organized to embark upon this journey and interact with entrepreneurs that would be keen to serve the unserved and underserved. India Stack can be source of massive inclusion for India’s population.

The panel of jurors comprised of stalwarts from the impact and social entrepreneurship industry like Bindu Ananth, Chair of IFMR Trust and IFMR Holdings; Srikrishna Ramamoorthy, Partner, Unitus Seed Fund; CV Madhukar, Investment Partner, Omidyar Network; Varad Pande, Partner, Dalberg Global Development Advisors and Sanjay Jain, Chief Innovation Officer, CIIE. The jury had a deservably difficult time to shortlist 12 entries from the total 180+ entries that #BuildOnIndiaStack received.

Bindu Ananth, Chair of IFMR Trust and IFMR Holdings, said

IndiaStack has tremendous potential to encourage innovations for India’s mass market. This eve put the spotlight on a number of such applications & entrepreneurs and will help create more focus on mass market business models

Varad Pande, Partner at Dalberg who also was on the jury panel said

Today’s pitch presentations demonstrate the passion of our young innovators and the potential of technology to serve India’s 1 billion underserved. This competition is the start of a journey to support innovative tech-enabled solutions that “Build for Bharat”. We at Dalberg are excited to be part of that journey.

Jury panel with the winner EasyGov, Founder – Amit Shukla and Vineet Verma

IndiaStack is the largest application programming interface [API] in the world supported by an open API policy by the Government of India. The stack is a new technology paradigm that is scalable to handle massive data inflows, and is poised to enable entrepreneurs, citizens and governments to interact with each other transparently, creating an ecosystem to develop innovative ideas to serve the 1.1 billion people on the platform, specifically the BOP population.

Sanjay Jain, Chief Innovation Officer at CIIE and who has been associated with the IndiaStack initiative said

The strong finalists, and the diversity of entries shows that entrepreneurs believe that they can make a business which meet the needs of the underserved.  This sends a strong signal, which is further strengthened by the interest from the VC community in this event.  I am confident that this will lead to more entrepreneurs and investors looking at the country well beyond the top tier of the economy.

#BuildOnIndiaStack also created a platform for entreprenuers to interact with various partners of the eco-system.  Investment Partner at Omidyar Network, C V Madhukar said

Today’s event brought to the fore the entrepreneurial energy in India that is attempting to solve important public problems. As entrepreneurs think about using the India Stack, investors have an opportunity to invest in companies that protect the privacy of individuals, especially in light of today’s judgement by the Supreme Court making privacy a fundamental right.

The competition was open to all innovations that leverage the IndiaStack to unlock new business models and/or reach previously underserved, new customer segments across diverse sectors such as financial services, education, healthcare and others.

Some core focus areas for the competition also included digital lending and supporting activities, such as alternative credit scoring; sector specific digital services such as health insurance or education loans, skilling and certification, property registration agreements, patient-centric healthcare management; and SaaS platforms ‘As A Service’ that support the development of other India Stack based innovations such as Digi-locker or e-sign providers.

Srikrishna Ramamoorthy, Partner at Unitus Seed Fund said

Our priority at Unitus is to invest in startups that can disrupt the way financial services is delivered to the masses. This competition has facilitated that in a big way and we want ventures to keep building on India Stack.

Partners of this event were Bharat Innovations Fund, Omidyar Network, Unitus Seed Fund, CIIE [IIM-A]. Start-up India and LetsVenture were the outreach partners for this inititative.The event was also supported by AwsActivate, 91Springboard and Rise Mumbai.

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At least 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies.

Digital transformation in its simplest form means the use of technology to radically improve performance & reach of enterprises. But it does not merely stop at that. As technology becomes a permanent fixture in everyday life, the best organizations combine digital technologies with strong leadership to bring about real transformation.

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Business and IT leaders are eager to fully utilize key digital technologies such as analytics, mobility, social media, IoT, Machine Learning and smart embedded devices to vitalize their customer relationships, internal processes and value propositions hence, bringing the much needed digital evolution.

Even though the digital transformation is a long journey with the gradual evolution of the organization, there are a few key elements which are to be taken care off while beginning the transformation endeavor. Implementing advanced digital technologies, improving customer experiences, transforming internal processes, re-evaluating and designing improved business models and bringing to the fore your key value propositions are some of the key elements of a digital transformation exercise.

Digital Evolution is more of a business evolution than a technology initiative. It has created a rapidly changing business environment and has compelled companies to rethink nearly everything they do. Pro-actionary approach along with quick adaptability and flexibility is required for an organization to stay on the leading edge of the digital landscape.

This is a time of Digital Darwinism – an era where technology and society are evolving faster than businesses can naturally adapt. Therefore, as companies look at moving business platforms and technologies, corporate leaders face an endless list of initiatives to consider, prioritize, evaluate, validate and implement. The challenge is to ensure that their priorities are aligned wisely. Without any strategic direction, every single attempt to evolve digitally can end up disjointed and ineffective.

Mr. Ashok K laha [Image Source]

It’s no surprise that digital evolution is an ongoing wave of new technologies and capabilities that are coming at us at an unprecedented pace. The major one being the data revolution which has emerged as a new weapon in the industry in the recent years. It is being generated, combined, recreated and consumed at significant levels which are facilitating changes within the organization.

But the question to be asked is Are companies investing in the right technology for their Big Data needs in addition to the training of marketing and IT personnel?

Given the speed of evolution and scope of impact, an organization needs to fully understand the opportunities to be gained and lost, spot important trends and identify its competitors in order to evolve along with the world and its gadgets.

Cyber security is another major concern when we talk about digital evolution. The world currently deals with approximately 2.5 million cyber security threats per second. Most of the business leaders are reluctant to innovate due to cyber risks. However, these risks are worth dealing given the plethora of opportunities that digitization offers. Else, sitting on the sidelines and not responding to the market conditions and threats will become the fastest way to extinction.

With the new Modi Government at the helm, we as a country are making great strides in digital transformation. Reforms like demonetization, GST, and Digital India will act as stepping stones in helping the country’s businesses and economy to digitally enable and transform them.

Digitization is a gift to the organizations though it takes investment, agility and relentless focus to stay ahead. The road to digital evolution is far from easy but it carries great incentives for businesses and customers alike. The digital industry could be an important vehicle for change and it could provide the opportunity for India to dramatically expand its role and influence in the global economy enabling it to become a powerhouse of digital innovation.

About the Author

Mr. Asoke K. Laha is the Founder, President & CEO of Interra Information Technologies. Interra Information Technologies has been a leader in the Information Technology Industry since its founding in 1996. Headquartered in California, the company’s operations and sales network spans across multiple countries. You can learn more about them at www.interrait.com. You can also connect with Interra Information Technologies on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.

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In its continued efforts to increase collaboration between startups and corporates, Microsoft Accelerator has selected 14 late stage startups in its 11th cohort to help them boost their enterprise readiness and Go-To-Market [GTM] activities.

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While the startups are solving problems for very diverse markets and sectors, like GST-readiness, to video processing and Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning emerges as a strong driver across the cohort. The average age of startups of the cohort is 3.5 years and they have raised, between them, close to USD 64 million in funding till date. Their company size averages to 80 employees and clock an Average Revenue Rate of USD 2.6 million.

The start-ups that have been selected in this year’s cohort are Clonect, Ace Turtle, VideoKen, Kata.ai, Simplilearn, Udaan, Docswallet, MegDap, Liv.ai, KrypC, i-exceed, GIEOM, Hotelogix and MintM. More information about the startups is available here

Microsoft Accelerator 11th cohort

During the program, the startups will work closely with the Accelerator team to further improve their enterprise readiness quotient, develop and execute GTM strategies and leverage on Microsoft’s customer and partner network. To increase their network base, and refine key strategies and scalability solutions, these startups will also work closely with Microsoft’s sales & marketing teams.

The startups will also be given access to Microsoft’s tech stack and Azure technologies to make use of its advanced cloud services in areas such as – Big Data, IoT, Advanced Analytics and Cognitive Services to scale their products and serve enterprise clients.

Since shifting the focus of the program to later-stage startups, many startups have seen significant growth in their business, global expansions and an increase in enterprise clients with Microsoft’s support including Altizon, CloudCherry, CustomerXPs, Flutura, Vymo & Witty Parrot. The Accelerator has also formed strategic partnerships with various corporates, including TCS, Temasek and Wipro to help the startups with their GTM efforts globally.

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With the festive season all set to begin, Intex Technologies, in its continued efforts to provide consumers additional features and convenience, has partnered with Times Internet Limited [TIL] for Databack offers. Adding to its varied range of Digital Services, Intex with this tie-up further strengthens its portfolio to enhance user experience.

With Intex Databack services, one can save 2G, 3G and 4G mobile data that is spent using apps and is given back to users, which allows them to save up to 500 MB mobile data every month.

Other additional features that the partnership offers are Spin & Win 3G/4G where users can win up to 50 MB of data as a daily bonus from Spin the wheel. Along with this, Data Monitor provides users a way to tap which app uses the maximum data and track their usage of each app on a real-time basis. This enables users to assess their data requirements more aptly. Additionally, another feature, namely Data Saver saves up to 20% of mobile data every day for users and ensures that they never run of data.

Databack service is available offline as well and users don’t need to have internet connection to monitor data consumption. All saved data can be redeemed as data recharge by users. As a promotional offer, users can also avail 50 MB mobile data for every contact who joins on their invitation.

Commenting on the partnership, Nitin Goel, Head of Digital Services, Intex Technologies said

Intex and Times Internet have been partners for some time and this latest tie-up on Databack Services has further strengthened our combined efforts towards digital services. For the tech savvy youth, Databack services will prove to be an accelerator in enjoying data services in addition to the already available Value Added Services to consumers. We have always been committed to focusing on enhancing consumer experience for smart phones through constantly working on strengthening our digital services ecosystem.

Commenting on the partnership, Sahil Deswal, Head of Growth & Marketing, TOI [Digital] said

We are pleased to further strengthen our partnership with Intex. Indians today browse, share, like and love to live online. We at Times Internet are leading this digital wave and are the ones who inform [news that matters by NewsPoint], entertain [streaming music from Gaana] and enable [getting stuff done and saving with Haptik & Databack] young India to do more with their smartphones. Our products are where India signs in every day.

Kumar Apurva – Founder, Databack said

Databack is the leading app to ‘track, monitor and save mobile data.’ The Intex and Times Internet partnership will now allow Intex users to track their data usage live – a feature that no other phone has, and enable Intex users to get data refunds when they use mobile internet on their phones through Databack, to make their data packs last longer.

Intex’s association with Times Internet covers a wide variety of services that cater to various consumer needs on content, entertainment, utility and it is due to this synergy that the two giants in their respective fields have come together for collaboration on wide range of services like:

NewsPoint – It is the preferred news app for over 1 crore Indians. With 15 language options to choose from and hundreds of trusted content sources, it covers the length and breadth of the nation across national, regional and local news, entertainment, sports etc.

Haptik – It is integrating its chat commerce services into the Intex LFTY platform. Intex users will now be able to book flights, cabs, pay bills and a lot straighter from the minus-1 screen without downloading any other app.

Gaana – India’s No. 1 music streaming service with more than 35 million monthly active users and offers a repertoire of more than 30 million songs across 21 languages including Hindi, English and regional languages.

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HackerEarth have announced its strategic partnership with Monstar-Lab Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd, a consumer and enterprise mobile app development company in China. As part of the partnership, Monstar-Labs will expand its services in the space of technical recruitment by reselling HackerEarth products, Recruit and Sprint.

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China’s digital economy is likely to create 415 million jobs by 2035, according to forecasts by the Boston Consulting Group and Ali Research Institute. And as in any country, China faces challenges when it comes to technology recruitment. Most of the companies still follow the traditional way of hiring that involves sifting through resumes manually. This adds up on cost and time for most of them as they end up spending almost one month to select one candidate. Even after spending much time and resources the companies do face the risk of the candidate’s skill sets not matching the requirement.

HackerEarth will help resolve all these issues not only by accelerating the technical hiring process, but also by improving the quality of candidates for employers, and providing a way for candidates to gain competitive edge during their career search journey.

Monstar-Lab’s partnership with HackerEarth will help companies resolve many of the challenges involved with hiring tech talent. Companies can screen and qualify candidates across 35 different programming languages that includes Swift, Ruby, Java, Python, PHP, JavaScript, C/C++, etc. and also automatically evaluate logical thinking, running speed, memory usage, and quality of a candidate’s programming code. For employers with less technical acumen, HackerEarth’s pre-built library of more than 20,000 technical and non-technical questions simplifies the process of creating tests, generating efficiency for hiring managers and adding confidence in the recruiting process.

These questions are in various topics, ranging from software engineering, computer science, machine learning, AI, programming, to front-end development. Additionally, through Sprint, companies can also host their own in-person or virtual hackathon  to achieve a variety of outcomes including sparking innovation within a company, building viable products, expanding employment branding to new tech professionals and qualifying top tech talent for potential future hire.

Sachin Gupta, CEO & Co-founder, HackerEarth said

HackerEarth has grown strongly over the last 4 years. We have worked with hundreds of customers, and have been able to help them significantly improve their technical recruiting process. We believe there is a huge opportunity in China and that we can create a massive impact by helping skilled software engineers connect with some of the most innovative companies.

Monstar-Lab is the perfect partner for us to take our products to China as they have been part of the ecosystem for long and understand it well. We are quite excited about this partnership and look forward to strong business growth in China.

Roger Lakhani, Global Head of Investments and Partnerships, Monstar-Lab added

With strong government-led initiatives and rapid innovation across the IT sector, IT continues to be a strong driving force within the China economy. We are excited to be able to work with HackerEarth to bring their platform to China, and thereby helping software engineers in China build up critical skills, helping IT departments in companies with talent assessment, and helping leading IT companies to leverage HackerEarth’s unique hackathon platform to foster innovation and talent build-up across their teams.

About Monstar-Lab

Monstar-Lab is a consumer and enterprise mobile app development company. Our products include music streaming services and mobile gaming services in 9 countries and 17 cities. For more information, please visit Monstar-Lab