Qualcomm has announced the short-list for its Qualcomm Ventures QPrize business plan competition. The startups shortlisted cover a wide range of telecom products, from Traffic monitoring and prediction, mobile based retail, education, video, classifieds, and a social network. Surprisingly, none appear to focus explicitly on the rural segment in India. The India winner of the QPrize competition receive seed funding of $ 100,000, and all eight business plans will be considered for incubation at Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore (IIM–B). The companies shortlisted: -- Capillary Technologies: An IIT Kharagpur incubated company from Bangalore, Capillary technologies provides mobile based loyalty programs for retailers. Their first product, In Touch, is an SMS based loyalty program with analytics for retailers, with analytics on the web, as well as campaign management and messaging tools. They also…
