Delft, The Netherlands, 21st April 2016 - marQuake, which aims to set a new benchmark in access and analysis of online information sources, is delighted to announce it has been accepted into the prestigious Microsoft BizSpark Plus Program. An extension of the popular BizSpark program, BizSpark Plus is offered to a select number of start-ups or scale-ups considered to have high potential in their markets and providing them with up to $10,000 per month or $120K of FREE Azure cloud services for 1 year as well as technical support and a whole host of other services which allows startups to spend money elsewhere, such as hiring developers, investing in marketing and acquiring new customers.
Says marQuake’s CEO Hein van den Steenhoven, “Our team have had a close working relationship with Microsoft since day one, particularly the local team in The Netherlands who have been really helpful and encouraged us at every step of the way. We are honored to become part of the BizSpark Plus program, which not only helps us to make the most of the Azure cloud platform on which our service is built and hosted, but it is also a terrific endorsement of what we are doing.”
Says Caroline Phillips, Director of Developer Experience & Entrepreneurship at Microsoft Netherlands: “Our mission at Microsoft is to empower developers and startups and help them to be successful and so we are delighted to welcome marQuake to the BizSpark Plus family. We believe that marQuake has a lot of future potential, with its disruptive, innovative technology and its differentiated approach in a highly competitive marketplace. We look forward to watching marQuake grow and develop into a successful company fueling new innovation and the national economy.”
