Vodafone India today announced that it is committed to the Government's 'Start-Up India’ program and aims to be the partner of choice for leading start-ups, incubators and accelerators in India. "Start-ups are playing an important role in India’s economic growth story today, and are delivering a diverse range of innovative solutions," said Vodafone.
Vodafone, at today's TechSparks event, launched the Ready Start-up Kit to empower Indian start-ups on their innovation and growth journey along with a dedicated team for assistance across sales, solution, service, and on-boarding. The kit includes access to a host of cutting-edge solutions which will give start-ups complete visibility, manageability, and control over various business assets for implementing and ensuring desired outcomes.
Launching the Ready Start-up Kit at TechSparks, Sunil Sood, MD & CEO, Vodafone India said, “We recognise the key role that Start-ups play in fostering new ideas and enabling Digital India. Dynamic innovation needs strong technology support and trusted partners for sustainable growth. The Ready Start-up Kit brings forth Vodafone’s global experience as an enabler of start-ups and reinforces our commitment to this community. We expect it to be a game changer with a suite of solutions that will empower start-ups to catalyse innovation and fast-track growth.”
The Ready Start-up Kit includes:
· Innovate with Vodafone IoT: Start-ups will get complimentary access to Vodafone’s industry-leading IoT Managed Connectivity Platform, dedicated expert support and rental free package for 6 months for as many as 50 IoT SIMs to develop and deploy their solution. Vodafone’s IoT Managed Connectivity Platform helps start-ups scale faster by providing better control and management of their connected assets.
· Collaborate with Vodafone CloudStore: Start-ups will have complimentary access to three curated best-in-class cloud-based business apps for one month - Vodafone CRM, Vodafone Mobile Workforce Essentials, G-Suite. These solutions can help them boost their productivity, efficiency and enhance their ability to engage with their employees and customers. Vodafone CloudStore is backed by seamless onboarding and support from Vodafone’s dedicated Cloud support team. Today, Vodafone is the only Indian telco with a completely online Cloud applications marketplace– Vodafone CloudStore.
· Grow with Vodafone’s Marketing Solutions & APIs: Start-ups choosing the IoT solution will also be able to increase awareness of their products and services and better engage with their customers using Vodafone’s Programmatic Marketing solutions, which includes upto 50,000 SMS free package for marketing. They can also enrich their products & applications and customize user experience with access to Vodafone’s APIs.
