The Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has entered into a collaboration with technology major Google that will enable start-ups in the State to join a wider global network that provides mentorship and training.
Paul Ravindranath, head of Google for Startups Accelerator, India, announced the partnership at the Huddle Conclave that got under way on Saturday.
Mr. Ravindranath, who is also Google’s Programme Manager (Developer Relations), said the company’s programme focused on empowering start-ups around the world and helping them leverage each other for insights and resource sharing.
KSUM chief executive officer John M. Thomas said the partnership was bound to expose start-ups to new technology arenas and global standards. “The KSUM is looking forward to imbibing the best practices from the global arena that would bolster our ecosystem,” he said.
The initiative will connect the KSUM to an elite group of the world’s top accelerators, allowing it to share information and leverage resources.
The pact with Google for Startups, a start-up programme launched by Google in 2011, comes when markets outside Silicon Valley are expected to increasingly impact the global start-up and technology ecosystem. Access to successful methodologies, expert mentors and best practices for building companies remain unevenly distributed, even while it has become easier to establish firms, according t o the KSUM.
The pact with Google for Startups, a start-up programme launched by Google in 2011, comes when markets outside Silicon Valley are expected to increasingly impact the global start-up and technology ecosystem. Access to successful methodologies, expert mentors and best practices for building companies remain unevenly distributed, even while it has become easier to establish firms, according t o the KSUM.
