Pitney Bowes Accelerator to Incubate Start-Ups in India
April 08 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Joins NASSCOM’s 10,000
Start-ups Initiative
Today, at the annual conference hosted by The National
Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), Pitney
Bowes (NYSE: PBI) announced the Pitney Bowes Accelerator program to
incubate software start-up companies in India. The program is part
of NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups initiative and will kick off on May
1, 2014 by accepting applications from software start-ups based in
India.
Pitney Bowes will focus on start-ups that leverage software for
mobile, data analytics, location-based services, and ecommerce
management. Selected start-ups will have unlimited access to Pitney
Bowes’ software, application programming interfaces (APIs) and data
for the duration of the program. Training, technical and business
guidance and mentoring will be provided to the start-ups from
Pitney Bowes engineering and innovation leaders, and from software
industry experts. In addition to these strategic connections,
start-ups in the Pitney Bowes Accelerator program will also be
networking with prospective investors.
“We look forward to working with the smartest and most creative
engineers and developers at Indian start-ups with the Pitney Bowes
Accelerator program,” said Manish Choudhary, Vice President,
Worldwide Engineering for Pitney Bowes Inc. “Open-platform
collaboration will inspire software development that speeds
innovation and fosters business growth.”
Pitney Bowes continues to build its presence as a strong
organization in India centered on innovation by becoming an
incubator partner to NASSCOM’s 10,000 Start-ups initiative.
More than 1.2 billion people around the world today use Pitney
Bowes location intelligence solutions when they check in or use
location-sharing features on major social media platforms.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size
and large firms that help them connect with customers to build
loyalty and grow revenue. Many of the company’s solutions are
delivered on open platforms to best organize, analyze and apply
both public and proprietary data to two-way customer
communications. Pitney Bowes includes direct mail, transactional
mail and call center communications in its solution mix along with
digital channel messaging for the Web, email and mobile
applications. Pitney Bowes: Every connection is a new opportunity™.
www.pb.com.
Pitney Bowes Inc.Carol Wallace,
203-351-6974Carol.wallace@pb.com@CarolWallacePR
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