T-Hub launches initiative to connect global startup ecosystems to India

​Hyderabad: T-Hub, one of India's largest startup ecosystem builder, in partnership with Uber and TiE Silicon Valley has announced the launch of T-Bridge -- a unique initiative to connect startup ecosystems from around the world to India.

The programme will connect Indian startups with global market opportunities, and help bring global startups to India.

T-Bridge will help startups access UberEXCHANGE -- Uber's flagship startup mentorship program and TiE Silicon Valley's mentor network.

Telangana's Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao, who is currently on a visit to the US, inaugurated T-Bridge at Uber's headquarters in San Francisco.

He opened T-Hub's first outpost in the US in association with Uber and TiE Silicon Valley.

T-Bridge will enable startup communities in India and around the world to cross-pollinate ideas, innovate and create channels for knowledge transfer.

It will also create a network of mentors, VCs, incubators and accelerators that is advantageous to the Indian startup ecosystem, said a statement released from the minister's office here on Saturday.

T-Bridge will provide a platform for such fast-track tech companies looking to tap into India's huge consumer market for technology.

"We have a strong vision to make Hyderabad one of the top 10 startup cities in the world. T-Bridge is one such move towards opening a channel of investment from the world to the state of Telangana," said Rao.

"The Telangana government has been one of India's most progressive states. The vitality and transformational mindset of its leadership gained quick notoriety within the startup world. TiE Silicon Valley is pleased to host the first T-Bridge outpost in Silicon Valley," said TiE Silicon Valley's incoming President Ram K. Reddy.