Entrepreneur Sid Mookerji whose tech firm Softvision (SPI) was acquired by Cognizant last October has set up a retail and foodtech focused startup accelerator in Mysuru. According to sources, Cognizant had acquired Softvision for about $530 million.
Mookerji’s US-based venture capital firm Silicon Road and French startup accelerator Numa have partnered to launch, ‘Silicon Road Accelerator’ which is said to be Mysuru’s first startup accelerator. It’s a 4-month startup acceleration programme providing funded support and infrastructure for startups, particularly in the food and retail tech sector.
Said to be first of its kind accelerator programme in the country, Silicon Road aims to

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