Facebook, TLabs to strengthen mobile-based start-ups

New Delhi March 14 (IANS) Social networking giant Facebook and Noida-based start-up accelerator TLabs have partnered to strengthen the mobile start-up ecosystem in India.

As part of this partnership the two companies will co-host multiple events for solving start-ups issues around user experience analytics app installs and monetisation.

Partnering with TLabs is a progressive decision towards creating an empowered start-up ecosystem in the country said Satyajeet Singh Head (Product Partnerships) Facebook India.

Facebook will also provide FbStart -- a global programme designed to help mobile start-ups build and grow their apps -- referral codes to TLabs for use by TLabs s mobile portfolio companies.

It s an incredible step by Facebook for the mobile ecosystem and start-ups would be highly benefited from being a part of the Facebook global community said Abhishek Gupta COO TLabs.

Under this partnership start-ups will receive ad credits from Facebook and benefits from more than 30 partners including AWS Dropbox SalesForce and MailChimp.

--IANS
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