New Delhi: Oracle has expanded the scope of its startup accelerator programme to promote innovation in the area of cloud. The company plans to provide mentorship, cloud services and support to startups in seven new hubs across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

New centres will be opened in in Delhi–NCR, Bristol, Mumbai, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore and Tel Aviv.

“After a successful launch in Bangalore, India, we’re committed to building a supportive ecosystem for startups across the globe,” said Thomas Kurian, Oracle’s President of Product development.

“Cloud is enabling incredible innovations across every aspect of business and across every industry. We want to support this next technology revolution powered by cloud,” he added.

Run by members of the Oracle research and development team, the program provides six months of mentoring from technical and business experts, technology assistance, a co-working space, access to Oracle customers, partners and investors, and free Oracle Cloud credits.

Oracle senior vice president of product development Reggie Bradford, a serial entrepreneur himself, will lead the program expansion alongside Oracle group vice president of development Sanket Atal, who first launched the pilot program in India.

Source: The Economic Times