Highway to a 100 Unicorns: Microsoft’s unique initiative for small-town startups

Highway to a Hundred Unicorns, an initiative by Microsoft for Startups, has been working towards empowering the startup ecosystem of Tier-II cities in India for the last three years. Last year, even as the pandemic raged on, the programme went beyond India and extended to Asia Pacific, in a bid to strengthen the region’s startup ecosystem. In this exclusive interaction, Lathika Pai, Microsoft’s Country Head, Venture Capital and Private Equity Partnerships chats in detail with YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma about the unique initiative.