Pitney Bowes accelerator to incubate start-ups in India

The program is a part of Nasscom's 10,000 start-ups initiative and will kick off on May 1

Pitney Bowes today announced the Pitney Bowes accelerator program to incubate software start-up companies in India. The program is a part of National Association of Software and Services Companies' (Nasscom) 10,000 start-ups initiative and will kick off on May 1, 2014 by accepting applications from software start-ups. This was on the sidelines of the annual conference hosted by Nasscom.

Pitney Bowes will focus on start-ups that leverage software for mobile, data analytics, location-based services, and e-commerce 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.

More than 1.2 billion people around the world use Pitney Bowes location intelligence solutions when they check in or use location-sharing features on major social media platforms.

Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size and large firms that help them connect with customers to build loyalty and grow revenue.