- Type
- Accelerator
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Cheque size
- Up to $250K
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 2017
About
Reliance's startup programme linking startups to Reliance and Jio businesses through its Market Access Program.
Investment thesis: We help startups leverage Jio's massive digital ecosystem to scale their solutions across India, with a focus on consumer and enterprise applications.
What they invest in
Sectors
Programme details
As stated on their site: Market Access Program, no equity and no charges; page reports 247 startups, 84 pilots and 31 deployments. Funding and duration not stated.
Notable investments
Examples shown on jiogennext.com. This is not a complete portfolio.
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