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Announcing the Winter 2009 edition of the iAccelerator.
Bangalore, India December 1, 2009 – April 1 2010

iAccelerator works with brilliant entrepreneurs to establish well run, technically excellent, profitable technology companies in India. We use our experience setting up companies, our business network and our money to ensure that companies working with us are well formed and have access to the people and information they need to be successful.

We invest upto 5 Lakh in participating companies, and require the founding teams to live and work near our location in Bangalore from December 1, 2009 through April 1, 2010. We typically ask for 5 – 10% of equity in return for our investment of time and money.

Committed individuals with strong technology skills and clear ideas about how to use the internet or mobile technology to solve people’s problems, earn money and make the world a better place are encouraged to apply.

iAccelerator is an initiative by Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship [CIIE] at IIM Ahmedabad. The 2009 Winter Edition shall be run jointly by CIIE and UpStart.in, a micro-venture fund based in Silicon Valley.

Winter 2009 iAccelerator Application Form

iAccelerator Winter Edition Dates:
Last date to Apply – September 7th, 2009
Final shortlist announcement – October 1st, 2009
In Person Interview in Bangalore – October 10th/11th, 2009
Acceptance notifications sent – November 1st, 2009

For more information, please feel free to get in touch with us on info@iaccelerator.org

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