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Qdesq recently launched Qpro, a new vertical to accelerate the restrategizing of workspaces. As the world is amidst the battle with COVID-19, people who started work from home are still sticking to it post lockdown. The fear of the pandemic is restricting many professionals to step outside of their homes and sit out of office.

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Qpro provides on-demand dedicated desks and promotes work near home. You can book any number of desks and pay monthly. Qpro stresses highly on the word ‘flexibility’ and hence ensures no-security deposits and no lock-in period.

The traditional days of having a single office are to be left behind. The new world workforce seeks flexibility to work from anywhere. The head office should be reformed as the place for top executives and conduction of data-sensitive operations. While the teams can work remotely from various managed offices. Qpro acts as the business contingency plan and creates a framework to segregate your team in various offices inter/intra city and puts your business back in action.

Paras Arora, CEO & Co-Founder, Qdesq, said

Qpro will enable all firms to have a financially prudent and productive parallel to work from home, having a fruitful workspace with no strings attached that too on-demand basis in terms of location and flexibility.

All the offices booked through Qpro are affordable and aesthetically designed. The presence of premium facilities will increase the level of productivity. The managed offices have all the basic and advanced amenities like high-speed internet, transport accessibility, CCTV/security, cafeteria, centralized A.C., etc.

One of the key advantages is all the spaces available for booking, abide by the COVID-19 precautionary and check measures, including regular sanitization, social distancing, and adherence for masks.

Lavesh Bhandari, CTO & Co-Founder, Qdesq, said

Qpro not only upgrades the performance factor of the quality but also applies on your financial front where you save capital in the form of no Capex, add of multi-year leases, add or removing a desk as per your requirement, zero fit-out cost etc. which makes it a viable option.

Productivity and growth-oriented environment comprise various factors such as infrastructure, energy, and team collaboration. All of these traits are present in a good working milieu and will have a positive impact on your performance. The future of the workspaces is not working from home rather work near home.

From a single desk to an enterprise solution, Qpro believes in flexibility and productivity for you and your team. It currently caters to Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR, and key micro-markets in other cities.

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C-CAMP and Applied Materials India Private Limited announced financial and technical support to two biotech start-ups in order to fast-track near-to-market technologies in the battle against COVID-19.

The two start-ups, Coeo Labs and Biomoneta, incubated under the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms [C-CAMP], an initiative of the Department of Biotechnology [DBT], and were chosen by C-CAMP’s COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator [C-CIDA] launched on 25th March 2020 to identify and help accelerate near deployment-ready solutions that have the potential to fight the pandemic.

C-CIDA received more than 1100 innovation submissions and after a rigorous assessment, selected 31 innovations that have high potential to help battle against COVID-19 as C-CIDA Stars for Impact. With this, C-CIDA has built a diverse portfolio of innovations ranging from diagnostics and novel therapeutic approaches to air and surface sanitization and many more categories.

Of the 31 innovations identified as ‘C-CIDA Stars for Impact‘,  Applied Materials India selected two start-ups working in the following high-priority areas:

  • Assisted Respiratory Technologies – Coeo Labs, for its non-invasive Continuous Positive Airway Pressure [CPAP] product, Saans Pro
  • Air Sanitization Technologies – Biomoneta, for its air decontamination product, ZeBox

The Applied Science & Technology Research Accelerator [ASTRA] provided an avenue for multiple start-ups incubated by C-CAMP to explore potential collaborations and/or investments with Applied Materials India. In continuation of these efforts and to help battle the COVID-19 crisis, Applied Materials India will provide technical expertise and financial assistance to C-CIDA, Coeo Labs and Biomoneta.

Speaking on the funding, Srinivas Satya, Country President and Managing Director, Applied Materials India, said

It is heartening to see the passion start-ups bring to our nation’s battle against COVID-19.  Many of these entrepreneurs have brilliant solutions and need help bringing the technology to scale.  As a company with deep technical expertise and a long history of supporting our communities, we believe we must do all we can to accelerate the development of innovations that can strengthen the country’s response to COVID-19.

In a time when infrastructure is a challenge and access to medical relief is limited, we are pleased to collaborate with indigenous start-ups that can help pave the way to a healthier future in India.

Speaking on the collaboration, Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, C-CAMP, said

We are delighted to get this support from Applied Materials India for our C-CIDA, where our mission is to bring near deployment-ready innovations to the field. C-CIDA has had a significant impact across India and this support further fosters our efforts. We look forward to working closely with Applied Materials India to deliver impactful innovations together.

C-CAMP is one of the flagship incubators set up under the DBT and a member of the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster [BLiSC], with a mandate to enable cutting-edge life sciences research and innovation and promote life sciences entrepreneurship. In 2019, C-CAMP forged a close collaboration with Applied Materials India to help accelerate time-to-market of promising biotech start-ups in India. Applied Materials India has also been engaging with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, a program under the DBT, across various levels since 2019.

To find out more about these companies in India who are part of new wave of health tech start-ups aiming to create innovative solutions that are also affordable, please visit the Coeo Labs for Saans Pro and the Biomoneta website for ZeBox.

About C-CAMP

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms is an initiative of Department of Biotechnology [DBT], Government of India and a member of the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster [BLiSC], with a mandate to enable cutting-edge life science research and innovation and promote life science entrepreneurship.

C-CAMP has directly funded, incubated and mentored close to 150 start-ups over the last few years and is connected to 1000+ start-ups and entrepreneurs across the country in healthcare, agriculture and environment. C-CAMP is an initiative supported by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, AIM-NITI Aayog, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology [MeitY], GoI, and Government of Karnataka.

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To say that COVID-19 has taken the world by storm would be a massive understatement. As of 04th May, more than 3.5 million people have been infected by the Coronavirus globally, and more than 2 lakh have succumbed to it. India too is at a very critical stage of this pandemic. We have now over 40,000 cases, but the number is climbing rapidly and a severe lockdown and rapid testing is the only way to stem the tide.

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As the country now finds itself in the midst of long term lockdown, there is going to be a massive ripple effect on the entire economy. And agriculture, the backbone of the Indian [even global] economy would be impacted. Even though the situation is fairly volatile and continues to shift from day-to-day, there are some calculated predictions we can make about how the virus will impact the agriculture sector.

Immediate and Short term Impact

First things first – the lockdown coincides with the harvesting season for Rabi crops across several states. To fix supply chain disruption in the agri-sector, State governments like Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have issued directives allowing farmers to go into the fields as long as they maintain social distancing guidelines. Harvesting of wheat begins earlier in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — starting in the latter half of March. In Punjab, Haryana and Bihar, harvesting already began in April.

For other crops like chana (chickpea) and mustard, harvesting has already started in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. There could be a potential upside to this as well. This season has seen a bumper production of wheat, and experts were expecting mandi prices to fall below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). However, with the lockdown, the government has decided to provide 5 kg of free rice or wheat, which should keep prices at a reasonable level.

To function effectively in the new normal, it is important to ensure smooth transportation of rabi crops amidst this lockdown. There have been supply chain disruptions when it comes to perishables like fruits and vegetables with the announcement of the lockdown, but that should hopefully resolve itself in a few days.

Medium and Long term Impact

This will depend entirely on how the COVID-19 situation pans out in India. In the best-case scenario, if we’re able to stem the tide and flatten the Covid-19 curve within time, we could escape the worst of this pandemic.

China has already gone through a massive crippling of the economy. Although the virus has been controlled with stringent measures, it will be a while before normality is restored. The United States has also been hit massively by the virus, and they are taking all the necessary measures to contain the spread. As of mid April 2020, the number of Corona cases in the USA is now the largest in the world. Many economies in the EU – including Spain, Italy, France, and the UK – have been severely hit as well.

This means that assuming India is able to escape the worst of the virus, we could see a significant rise in agri-exports next year, as domestic production in many of these countries will be hit. This would include items like cotton, jute, tobacco, soybean, fruits, maize, etc.

At the same time, as many industries and businesses are forced to slow down their daily operations and take a breath. We are seeing a lot of thinking going into innovation, and futuristic solutions. If this spills over to the agriculture sector, we should be seeing a long-term shift towards AgTech.

Agribusinesses are moving towards flexible and remote working scenarios as they identify newer ways to connect all the stakeholders in the agri-value chain digitally and to ensure an efficient supply of product from farm to consumers. This could increase the adoption of advanced technologies such as precision agriculture, robotics, AI-led credit and insurance underwriting, and supply chain improvements.

The Bottom Line

COVID-19 continues to be a rapidly evolving situation. New developments are coming in every single day as the world struggles to adapt quickly. Given that agriculture is still the backbone of the Indian economy, hopefully the fallout for India isn’t too severe.

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Western Digital, a leading worldwide data infrastructure provider, has announced Data Innovation Bazaar  2020 [DIB 2020] to support and encourage a vibrant entrepreneurial sector in India. Data Innovation Bazaar 2020 will closely engage with the ecosystem to promote data driven solutions for industries like healthcare, education, financial inclusion, energy & environment, agriculture, smart transportation and smart cities.

Since its inception in 2016, Startup India has now over 25,000 registered startups across the country [Source]. Breakthroughs in technology and accessible funding has ensured rapid growth in the startup ecosystem; however, in order to help further scale the industry and address key issues of national importance, Data Innovation Bazaar was conceptualized by Western Digital. The powerful and unique forum will showcase data led ideas that address the key society and national needs and transform the nation.

This edition of Data Innovation Bazaar is being hosted in partnership with Startup India and Invest India, and knowledge partners – Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology [MeitY], Department of Science & Technology – Ministry of Science & Technology [DST] and The Indus Entrepreneurs [TiE, Delhi].

Deepak Bagla, Managing Director & CEO, Invest India, said

We are pleased to continue our engagement and encourage India’s startup ecosystem to scale with Data Innovation Bazaar. With Western Digital’s vision of driving innovation with data, we can touch base with data-driven startups and encourage them to scale further.

Invest India has played a vital role in strengthening the ecosystem and these collaborations help achieve the next wave of innovation. Being one of the largest entrepreneurship platforms in India, our large community of stakeholders enables young entrepreneurs to network and cultivate their growth.

Siva Sivaram, President, Technology & Strategy, Western Digital, said,

At Western Digital, we are committed to driving innovation and transforming the data industry across the globe. Data lives in every aspect of our lives and it’s our imperative to help leverage it to build a better tomorrow. Through the second edition of Data Innovation Bazaar, we aim to encourage the startup ecosystem to help build data-centric solutions, and also play a role in the continued growth of India’s economy.

Supria Dhanda, Country Manager & Vice President, Western Digital India, said

Western Digital has long been at the forefront of game changing innovation and we believe in enabling those who dare to think big about the possibilities of data. Through the Data Innovation Bazaar initiative, we will empower the next wave of innovative startups that will address real-time challenges. Partnerships with the Government and leading Industry Bodies coupled with our own technology expertise will give these innovators the boost needed to take their powerful ideas to greater levels.

Data Innovation Bazaar 2020 is open to young entrepreneurs, startups, innovators and students. This edition will focus on three themes across sectors:

  • Data for Social Transformation for the healthcare, education, financial inclusion and energy & environment industry
  • Innovative Data-Intensive Commercial & Industrial Applications for the agriculture and logistics industry
  • Connected World Solutions with Data as the Fuel for smart cities, smart videos, connected homes & offices and next generation connected transportation

As part of Phase I of Data Innovation Bazaar 2020, the online application process is open until March 15, 2020 on the Startup India portal. 40 teams will be shortlisted for Phase II where they will showcase and present their ideas. All the shortlisted teams for Data Innovation Bazaar will be given TiE membership. The final winners will be given awards totalling up to Rs. 22 Lakhs.

For women entrepreneurs, there is a special prize money of Rs. 2 Lakhs. Additionally, the top 10 teams will be invited to Western Digital’s Innovation Boot Camp at the company’s Bengaluru campus to learn, scale and engage with experts in the industry, academia, investors and Western Digital leadership.

The previous edition of Data Innovation Bazaar focused on education, renewable energy, healthcare, transportation & mobility, and clean-tech for which over 520 applications were received. Western Digital’s partnership with Government of India’s – Startup India and Invest India, provides an opportunity for the development of an ecosystem for emerging entrepreneurs and brings together government alliances, businesses and innovators on a unique forum.

Learn more about Data Innovation Bazaar here.

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Entering its 16th edition, Conquest has successfully become one of India’s leading Startup Accelerator, enabling more than 1000 startups to succeed every year. One ideology that has remained constant throughout the years is to reform every other one in order to provide the most topical and relevant support to the startups in accordance with the ever-changing dynamics of today’s ecosystem.

Assimilating learnings from various revamped models and experiences from the ecosystem, backed by Accel, Conquest 2020 will be divided into 3 phases. It will commence with Multi-city mentoring sessions in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.

Conquest will further go on to provide the top 15 most exciting startups of India with extremely vigorous 6-week long online mentorship from some of the best entrepreneurs and field experts out there. This will be followed by a 10-day Accelerator Program in Bangalore consisting of investment workshops by firms like Accel Partners and Blume Ventures and networking sessions with successful founders and prominent CEOs from across the country.

All of this culminating with a Grand Event, being attended by all the top pioneers from the ecosystem, giving Conquest’s shortlisted startups a platform to pitch their work in front of them and an array of Investment Firms. All set with this year’s edition, Conquest is on a path to empower founders from across the country.

Last year, Venture Catalyst had pledged 20 Crore for every startup that registered for Conquest, which met their criteria of investment. With investors like Dev Khare from Lightspeed, Shanti Mohan from LetsVenture, Sanjay Nath from Blume and Barath Shankar from Accel, coupled with mentors like Suvonil Chatterjee from Ola Cabs, Abhishek Nayak from Accel and Anuj Rathi from Swiggy, Conquest serves as a networking paradise for every startup out there.

In the past, Conquest has had success stories like SocialCops, which is acclaimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has been recognized as the Most Impactful Startup of 2017 by YourStory. One of our recent finalists, Trell, raised $4 million and is now valued at $19 million. XWards, another finalist, has received Rs. 8 crores of funding recently. Do check our coverage of Conquest 2019.

Mayank Singh, CEO Conquest, co-Leading it with Kartikeya Gupta, says

While building Conquest, we wanted to give anyone with the passion to create solutions and build big businesses a platform to grow. In 16 years since its inception, we have come very close to holding all the cards which propel them to the top, and every year is a step forward to realizing that vision. At Conquest, we believe in nurturing the startup ecosystem with the best of knowledge and resources to steer their journey to the top.

Overview of Conquest 2020

Conquest strives to build a platform aimed to bring together all stakeholders from the ecosystem and create an impact with its utmost capacity.

The following are the various initiatives to help founders succeed in their quest.

  • Online Mentorship Program – Conquest connects the Top 10 Startups with industry stalwarts from all over the country, enabling them to grow remotely while they continue to learn and work.
  • Accelerator Program – With a goal to help the best founders build great businesses, Conquest provides a 10-day long accelerator program in Bangalore. Fueled by the belief that multiple founders tackling similar problems in close proximity would lead to efficient solutions, Conquest provides all its startups with Co-Working and Co-Living Facilities. Every day is a huge leap forward for the founders with investment workshops, fundraising pitches, networking with successful founders and much more.
  • Grand Finale – The Grand Finale serves as the perfect platform for the Top 10 startups to pitch before Top Investors and Media houses for a prize money of INR 5 Lakhs.
  • Conquest Academy – A one-stop-shop of localized content for Indian startups. Whether you need help in acquiring your first 100 customers or in designing the perfect UI for your app, Conquest Academy ensures that you don’t have to go through tons of foreign resources.

Conquest has opened registrations, embark on your journey at www.conquest.org.in. To know more about Conquest, check out their blog Conquest 2020: Make Ideas Happen

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Reinforcing its commitment to accelerate the startup ecosystem in India, Microsoft launched the 100X100X100 program for B2B SaaS startups in India. A first of its kind program in India, this initiative will bring together 100 committed companies and 100 early and growth startups that have enterprise-ready solutions to offer. Each participating company will commit to spend $100K over a course of 18 months on solutions provided by the SaaS startups. More than 50 startups are part of the program at launch.

Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India, said

India has one of the largest B2B SaaS startup ecosystems in the world, and it’s growing exponentially. This initiative will help build scale and create amazing opportunities for startups. Businesses can now fast-track their digital journeys through easy adoption of enterprise-grade solutions. We’re excited to see the outcomes of these partnerships.

The initiative is open to Microsoft co-sell enabled startups associated with Microsoft India with Startups. As part of the program, these startups will also have access to regular speed-contracting sessions with prospective customers at Microsoft industry and customer events. The program will be conducted with the support of ecosystem partners and industry associations including the Delhi and Mumbai Chapters of The Indus Entrepreneurs [TiE].

Microsoft is committed to helping entrepreneurs build and scale their companies, by leveraging the cloud platform, enterprise sales team and partner ecosystem. Microsoft India with Startups opens doors for startups from the country by helping make them enterprise ready.  Microsoft has evolved its approach from ‘partnering to partnership’, both technical and commercial, guiding startups through every stage of growth. This includes providing them

  • The power of Microsoft’s technology platform, allowing them to innovate and build on their own terms. Azure credits, comprehensive training programs and technical support aim to ensure competitiveness.
  • Mentorship, deep technical expertise and immersive industry experiences focused on business outcomes, delivered at Microsoft and industry startup events.
  • Access to partners. Working with the entire ecosystem (startups, Venture Capitals, accelerators, incubators) helps startups in connecting with the right players who can accelerate their development
  • Support for streamlined go-to-market [GTM] activities across the globe.

 

Microsoft for Startups allows early stage B2B startups to leverage Microsoft’s Azure marketplace, enterprise sales team, and rapidly growing partner ecosystem. Under this initiative, the Microsoft ScaleUp program is designed for Series A-C startups.  Through its cutting edge technology expertise, strong focus on Microsoft for Startups, a growing partner ecosystem, and the venture fund M12, Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help startups evolve from being market ready to enterprise ready.

Launched under the aegis of Microsoft for Startups, the 100X100X100 program will help enterprises fast track their digital transformation through faster adoption of SaaS solutions. It will make available a variety of curated, ready to launch, enterprise grade solutions from startups with a proven track record.  At the same time, it will aim to create a profitable domestic market for the fast growing Indian B2B SaaS startup segment by increasing their revenue and customer base.

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Day two of Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Summit and Expo on AI Application & Digi-Tech, kick started with a thought-provoking panel discussion on AI in Public Service. The session highlighted the benefits of AI interventions in Agriculture, Smart Cities, Healthcare, Skilling, Education, Public Utility Services, Judiciary, and Governance.

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Sameer Dhanrajani, CEO, AIQRATE, said

In India, we are seeing a great opportunity for AI to support various processes both in the public and private entities.  One of the areas where AI can be most effective is in the country’s judicial system. Currently we have 33 million legal cases pending in India. 84% of which has an average pendency of 13 years.

AI can be used to deal with all previous cases that we have in our repository by extrapolating it by means of text-mining, multilayer perceptron [MLP] and deep learning. Leaving the legal system to focus on their core job, which is to solve and close cases on an agile basis.

Globally, AI has seen $45 to $58 billion investment during the last year. It is growing at the fastest pace of any exponential technology. The AI segment will be worth over $100 billion by 2025. This gives ample indication of the scale and opportunities in this sector. According to Mr. Dhanrajani, the companies that have adopted AI will take away $1.2 trillion worth of business from their competitors. In 2019 alone AI startups have received $14 billion investment across 600 funding events.

Realizing the importance of AI currently, 28 nations around the world are curating or drafting AI policies and strategies. India is one among them however where the country lags behind is in research. In India we have only 2000 to 2500 research papers submitted every year and China has 10 times more. Out of 34.8 million students coming out of our higher education system in the country only 18% are employed. The job opportunities in the new age will require skills that are not taught in our educational system and this needs to change.

India is uniquely poised to be a global leader in AI, and this is due to the diversity of our population generating a diverse set of data. Attaining a premier position in AI will require convergence of all stakeholders. Towards this, India need to focus on 3 broad areas i.e. Education – infusing new age courses and adapting personalized learning powered by AI, Enable – create an open innovation platform, a pipeline of AI centric solutions and their adoption and Ethics – Draft an operating framework within which AI can be developed, Mr. Dhanrajani elaborated.

The panel discussion highlighted the sectors in India where AI can make the most difference:

  • Agriculture – AI holds the key to unlock massive value from India’s agrarian economy by leveraging data to better predict and improve farm yield, speeding up agricultural finance, crop insurance, Kisan help centres and helping predict demand for agricultural produce. I.e. AI sensors in ponds help farmers to gain maximum value from shrimp farming through predictive maintenance.
  • Smart Cities – AI driven interventions can add substantial value in analyzing local intelligence to improve traffic conditions and providing predictive intelligence on infrastructure development. It can be used to decentralized and decongest major cities and play a key role in predictive maintenance activities.
  • Skilling – Utilizing AI to predict demand for skills and equip educational institutions with insights to train the future workforce.
  • Swachh Bharat – AI and specifically computer vision can help substantially improve the success of Swachh Bharat. AI is already being used in the campaign in a big way. There is a WhatsApp number outside every sanitation facility. The user can send photographs of unhygienic conditions without providing any details. The photo will be processed at a central command centre and a call will be made to the vendor within 45 seconds to fix the facility. This is all being done at a cost of Rs 2 crores a month only.
  • Healthcare – India’s high and diverse population makes it fertile ground for population health studies. AI can be employed to provide evidence-based treatment options and analyzing clinical notes to suggest a treatment procedure.
  • Governance – AI can power several governance initiatives ranging from security threats, RTI, potential fraud and corruption to improving the legal system, curbing human trafficking and tracking of missing persons.

With an objective of identifying and showcasing the best Start-up with the most Innovative scale deployment of Artificial Intelligence & Industrial AI in a large corporate environment CII in association  with Accenture Ventures held the ‘CII AI Challenge’ which felicitated the best startups in each of the segment.

AskSid has been recognized as the Best Start up for Innovative deployment of Artificial Intelligence in large scale corporate environment. Qualitas Technologies has been recognized as the Best start-up for Innovative deployment of Industrial AI in large scale corporate environment.

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In its efforts to enable the startup ecosystem in Tier 2 cities across the country, Microsoft’s ‘Highway to a Hundred Unicorns’ has selected 54 startups from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana. The top tech startups selected through ‘Emerge-X’ win Azure credits and a host of business and 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.

Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, 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 and Machine Learning. 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 actively engaged with the innovators at each of the locations.

Telangana Emerge X Winners with [L-R] – Lathika Pai, Jayesh Ranjan, Gayle Sheppard, and Rajiv Kumar

Wholesalebox and Rapidor are among the participating startups in the program that have received recent fresh funding from one of the participating investors.

Lathika Pai, Country Head, Microsoft for Startups – MENA and SAARC, said

The entrepreneurial energy of startups is rising well beyond the known metropolitan hubs and is remarkably high in Tier 2 cities, despite the obvious challenges. Through Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, we have been able to reach some highly promising innovators from each of the five states. In the next phase of our journey, we look forward to engaging with more startups and accelerating their growth and providing them with Microsoft’s platform to go global.

Microsoft for Startups is committed to helping entrepreneurs build and scale their companies, by leveraging the cloud platform, enterprise sales team and partner ecosystem. Through its cutting edge technology expertise, strong focus on Microsoft for Startups, a growing partner ecosystem, and the venture fund M12, Microsoft is uniquely positioned to help startups evolve from being market ready to enterprise ready.

Emerge X Winners