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Nasscom
Nasscom 10,000 Start-ups
10,000 Startups is an ambitious attempt by NASSCOM to scale up the startup ecosystem in India by 10x. 10,000 Startups aims to enable incubation, funding and support for 10,000 technology startups in India over the next ten years.
The program’s vision is to:
• Foster entrepreneurship
• Build entrepreneurial capabilities at scale and
• Strengthen early stage support for tech startups
To meet these objective the program aims to bring together key stakeholders of the ecosystem including startup incubators / accelerators, angel investors, venture capitalists, startup support groups, mentors and technology corporations.
With 10,000 Start-ups NASSCOM aims to build a vibrant ecosystem for technology entrepreneurship in India.
National Bar Association of India
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a unique Public Private Partnership (PPP), where the government owns 49% and the private sector owns 51%. Launched in October 2009, it has a mandate to skill 150 million people (30% of the National Skill Development Mission’s target of 500 million people) by 2022 and catalyse the creation of sustainable, for-profit, quality skills training institutions across the country. NSDC is the executive arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
NSDC's Mission
• Enhance, support and coordinate private sector initiatives for skill development through appropriate Public Private Partnership (PPP) models; strive for significant operational and financial involvement from the private sector
• Upgrade skills to international standards through significant industry involvement and develop necessary frameworks for standards, curriculum and quality assurance
• Play the role of a ‘market-maker’ by bridging financing gaps, particularly in sectors where market mechanisms are ineffective or missing
• Prioritize initiatives that can have a multiplier or catalytic effect as opposed to one-off impact
• Create new opportunities in the unorganized sector where more than 90 per cent of India’s workforce is employed; create a level playing field for underprivileged sections of society, those from less-developed regions and persons with disabilities (PWDs).
• Operate special programs via National Skill Development Fund (NSDF)
Navkar Digital Institute
NEA
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With approximately $13 billion in committed capital, NEA invests in information technology, healthcare and energy technology companies at all stages in a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record includes more than 175 portfolio company IPOs and more than 290 acquisitions. In the U.S., NEA has offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; Menlo Park, California; and New York City. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing), Ltd. has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. For additional information, visit www.nea.com.
NEA
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies. With approximately $17 billion in committed capital across 15 funds, NEA invests in companies at all stages in a company’s lifecycle, from seed stage through IPO. The firm's long track record includes more than 200 portfolio company IPOs and more than 320 acquisitions, and is consistently ranked as a ‘top 5’ VC globally.
In India, NEA is building a platform that mirrors its record of backing entrepreneurs with big ideas in growth sectors to fully exploit the opportunity presented by a rapidly growing country and its people. As a deep pocketed investor, we look to support our companies across cycles to help take them to the next level. With a team of six on the ground, NEA has already committed more than $250mn in India over the last 5 years. Current investments have spanned various sectors such as consumer, payment services, healthcare services, technology, mobile services, engineering services, energy and water. For additional information, please visit www.nea.com.
Neev Fund
Neev fund is the outcome of a partnership between SBI and UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) and is an infrastructure private equity fund focussed on creating sustainable development. The fund’s mandate is to invest in eight low income/developing states in India (viz. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) with a focus on infrastructure sub-sectors such as renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, hydro, bio-mass energy, etc.), agricultural supply chain (e.g. warehouses, cold storages etc.), healthcare, education, urban infrastructure (e.g. water and sanitation, solid waste management etc.), and roads. The fund works on the principle of “double bottom-line” proposing to raise resources to make available capital assistance to portfolio entities, so as to achieve long-term capital appreciation while promoting developmental objectives.
NeoSOFT
NeoSOFT is a SEI-CMMI Level 5 and ISO 9001:2008 certified global IT consulting & software solutions provider with 1500+ software consultants working full time across 4 Delivery Centers. Established in 1996, NeoSOFT is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in USA, UK, Italy & Australia. Our commitment to quality and 23 years of experience has made us serve over 1500 clients across 50+ countries with 85% client retention.
Net4
Net4 is India’s leading Network and Application Services Provider. It is a NSE & BSE listed business enterprise with consolidated revenues to the tune of R 304 Crores (2010-11). Net4 focuses on providing services to businesses (small, medium and large) and its offerings include Enterprise Internet Services, Data Centre Solutions, VoIP Solutions, and Enterprise Messaging & Hosting Solutions.
Headquartered in Noida, Net4 has a PAN India presence with offices in 11 major business cities & an ever-growing clientele which includes 850 Corporate Data Center Customers, 2800 Business VoIP customers, 80,000 hosted websites, 1 million business e-mail accounts & over 250,000 registered domain names. Net4 is amongst the largest provider of hosted email, web hosting and domain name registration (www.net4.in) in the Asia-Pacific region.
The company’s client base includes the likes of CNBC TV18, Essar, Godrej, Hutch, ITC, L&T, Lufthansa, NIIT, ONGC, Proctor & Gamble, Reliance, Sahara, SBI, Siemens, and TCS.
Net4 operates seven (7) state-of-the-art Internet Data Centers (IDCs) and 15 Network Points of Presence across the country, providing the highest possible levels of availability, scalability and security. This infrastructure is connected to an STM-8+ Internet Backbone across multiple undersea cables and to NIXI via STM1 - DS3 interconnects in all cities. Net4 also manages a VoIP/ SIP infrastructure with a capacity of 100 million minutes per month hosted out of India, US & Singapore.
Net4 has the distinction of being the first Internet services company in the World to be IS0 27001 certified, for Information Security standards adopted at its Data Centers.
It is also ISO 9001:2000 certified, a Microsoft Gold Partner and an ICANN & .IN accredited Domain Name Registrar.