MUMBAI: With an aim to boost mobile app development on Nokia Lumia and Windows platform, a new initiative ‘Appcelerate-India’ is announced by Nokia India. The Finnish handset major has collaborated with AppCampus (Finland) and members of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels (India Chapter). This will involve $500,000 investment which will provide grants, seed funding, mentoring, incubation resources to discover disruptive applications and nurture talented Indian mobile start-ups.
Nokia India director- developer experience Gerard Rego said, “At Nokia, our aim is to support Indian app developers to drive path-breaking innovation on our platform. We believe that this will open up countless opportunities to shape the app ecosystem, giving developers the chance to give new and innovative experiences to consumers.”
A mobile application accelerator program, AppCampus was formed by Nokia and Microsoft. It is managed by Aalto University in Espoo, Finland and fosters mobile application development on Windows Phone.
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AppCampus head Pekka Sivonen said, “It’s exciting to build this type of start-up collaboration, tailored for the Indian market, where we truly get to reach developers and start-ups locally and help them evolve into the next Big Thing. This collaboration between AppCampus and Harvard Business Angels can bring significant and sustainable new opportunities for mobile-focused entrepreneurs and their businesses”.
This initiative combines the best of AppCampus’ global acceleration model with the hands-on mentoring expertise of Appcelerate-India.
HBS Alumni Angels India Chapter co-founder Ravi Gururaj said, “India has strong technology credentials and a renowned entrepreneurial background. The successful evolution of the technology industry in India presents a great opportunity for mobile app developers. We are now seeing a massive spurt in passion from the local ecosystem towards entrepreneurial ventures in mobile products. Through our collaboration with AppCampus and Nokia India, we want to support app entrepreneurs in their development work and create an innovation-led start up culture”
Nokia India had created the world’s first app reality TV show ‘Your Wish is my app’ (YWIMA) to involve consumers.
