Mahindra Satyam launches seed fund for its own staff
US$50mil seed fund to inspire subsequent Bill Gates to emerge from within its five,000 people Hopes to both retain and entice expertise with the initiative “WE need to undertaking our friends, as we name our staff, to begin the following Facebook or Skype,” says Ram Ramachandran (percent) , vice chairman and head of Sales (Asean) for Mahindra Satyam. And, on the equal time, boost up the quest to apply revolutionary and creative thinking to its verticals. These had been the motives why Mahindra Satyam launched a US$50-million fund that will provide its human beings with seed capital and mentoring to assist them release their subsequent large concept. Their accomplice in that is Softbank of Japan, with whom Mahindra Satyam has an existing business dating. The money will come from SBI Ventures. According to Ram, the idea got here while both CEOs of Softbank and Mahindra Satyam, Masayoshi Son and CP Gurnani, had been bouncing off thoughts approximately a way to keep and get the m...