Microsoft Ventures in India today announced the fifth batch of a dozen technology start-ups for the July-November 2014 batch of its Accelerator Program.
The applications that came in for this batch were companies in various technology fields and also included some international start-ups. CryptoPhoto, DabKick, Fairket, FlatPebble, NiftyWindow, Playblazer, RHLVision, AppKnox, DeltaX, ProHance, Tallenge and TruTech are the companies that have been selected after several rounds of shortlisting from the list of thousand-odd applications received for this batch.
Ravi Narayan, Director, Microsoft Ventures in India, said: "For the first time in the history of our Accelerator, the current batch will have a start-up from the gaming industry, namely Playblazer. Simultaneously we have TruTech, which is into gesture control and works with existing operating systems and devices to make them gesture compatible."