Microsoft Accelerator, TCS Co-Innovation Network tie up

Microsoft Accelerator inIndia and TCS Co-Innovation Network (COIN) have announced ajoint initiative to create a platform that they claim willprovide a boost to the Indian startup ecosystem.
Under the collaboration, an open innovation framework will be created to mentor and engage with startups to bringtheir innovative solutions to market, the companies in a jointstatement said.
Stating that access to markets and customers remainsone of the biggest challenges for startups in India, it saidthe partnership will provide startups the access to the depthof Microsoft and TCS' networks and relationships acrosscustomers, investors, academia and industry, creating a strongvalue proposition in the enterprise marketplace.

Microsoft Accelerator's #CoInnovate program and COIN by TCS aim to connect startups with corporates - who get access to innovative solutions for their business needs while providing greater market access for the startups, it added.