SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agora, Inc. (NASDAQ: API), a pioneer and leading platform for real-time engagement APIs, today announced the debut of the Agora Startup Program to empower global entrepreneurs and startup founders with exclusive backend support for real-time engagement (RTE) and direct access to benefits like top accelerators, incubators and venture capital firms. Tethered by partnerships with the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), Blume Ventures, Techstars Toronto Accelerator and more, the program will help startup founders get the critical resources and connections they need to accelerate growth and bring the next-generation of RTE applications and platforms to market.
To drive success of the new program, Agora has also hired three key team members with extensive knowledge and experience in the startup space:
"I couldn't be more excited to supercharge Agora's startup ecosystem and provide critical resources to entrepreneurs around the world," said Tony Blank, Director of Startup Programs at Agora. "I look forward to finding the most innovative and exciting startups and provide the full spectrum of services founders need to break into competitive markets and create companies that will define the future of real-time engagement. Because innovation doesn't exist within borders, we implore founders worldwide to apply, get in touch and join our community."
Some of the exclusive benefits of the Agora Startup Program include:
"GAN's community of accelerators, studios and investors has supported over 13,000 startups in the last decade, and every single one of these startups has needed to conserve cash and build an amazing customer experience," said Patrick Riley, CEO of Global Accelerator Network. "We're thrilled to have partnered with Agora, because they're doing both of these things really, really well while putting founders' needs first."
"Blume Ventures is extremely excited to be a partner of the Agora Startup Program," said Jitesh Luthra, who spearheads market development for Blume Ventures. "The Agora team have been incredible partners to us and our portfolio of companies. Real-time engagement continues to evolve and we are confident that Agora will continue to support the next generation of entrepreneurs looking to solve tough problems."
The Agora Startup Program welcomes an impressive inaugural group of startups including: Mixpose, a platform that offers daily free yoga classes online with AI pose estimation; Remotion, a video workspace that helps remote teams move faster and feel connected; and AirMeet, an all-in-one, secure, simple and scalable virtual events hosting platform.
"Techstars Toronto is incredibly excited to welcome Mixpose -- an Agora Startup Program cohort and Silicon Valley-based startup -- into the 2021 class and the Techstars family," said Sunil Sharma, managing director for Techstars Toronto. "Mixpose is one of the most enjoyable and healthy ways to leverage AI that we have ever seen. The idea to have at-home or in-studio interactive yoga and dance with pose and transition analysis will change the way yoga and dance classes are experienced remotely. Having this collaboration with the Agora Startup Program right from the start is an incredible win and we cannot wait to see how this develops over the next several months."
To learn more about the Agora Startup Program and how to apply, visit www.agora.io/en/startups/. For more information about Agora's partners or its live interactive video and voice SDKs for mobile, web or desktop apps, visit www.agora.io.
About Agora
Agora's mission is to make real-time engagement ubiquitous, allowing everyone to interact with anyone, in any application, anytime and anywhere. Agora's platform provides developers simple, flexible and powerful application programming interfaces, or APIs, to embed real-time video and voice engagement experiences into their applications.
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