• Apt Group has a long history of working with startups in their initial phases of growth and helping them see successful exits. We have worked with startups at various stages of funding and we provide a flexible working model tailored to the immediate needs of the startup.
Startup	Exit	Our engagement
RockTide Inc, USA	Acquired by NetObjects Inc http://www.sdcexec.com/web/online/The-Dailies/NetObjects-Acquires-Rocktide/1$19	Software development
Enable Semiconductor Inc, LAN Division, USA	Acquired by Lucent Technologies, USA http://www.fiberopticsonline.com/article.mvc/Lucent-to-Acquire-Ethernet-LAN-Business-Of-En-0001?VNETCOOKIE=NO	Software development, modeling and simulation of Ethernet chips
Terablaze Inc, USA	Acquired by Agere Systems, USA http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=45425	Software development, modeling and simulation of a switch fabric
Sense Intellifield, Norway	Acquired by Kongsberg Gruppen, Norway http://www.kongsberg.com/en/KOG/News/2006/December/ 1227KONGSBERGbuysSenseIntellifield.aspx	Software design and architecture, development and testing, participation in standardization efforts

• Our current engagements with startups are given below. We do hope to see them through successful exits.
Startup	Our current engagement
Ecrio Inc, USA http://www.ecrio.com/	Strategic partner and offshore software development arm of the company
Truecount Corporation, USA http://www.truecount.com/	Software architecture and design, development and testing
Mobeam Inc, USA http://www.mobeam.com/	Software architecture and design, development and testing
Dhaani Systems Inc, USA	Strategic partner and offshore software development arm of the company, assistance in technical sales and marketing
Spanshore USA http://www.spanshore.com/	Software development and testing, early proof of concepts
Albeado Inc, USA http://www.albeado.com/	Strategic partner and offshore software development arm of the company
mErgence Mobile Inc, USA http://www.mergencemobile.com	Strategic partner, software design, development and testing
mi-apps, Mi-Fone (BVI) Ltd http://www.mi-fone.mobi	Strategic partner, software design, development and testing
The Neutrino Group, USA http://www.geminiwriter.com	Design, development and test of embedded software

• The engagement with startups can occur in various modes:
a)	As a strategic partner where we jointly participate in the product conceptualization and development and share the risk
b)	As a development partner where we provide an immediate bootstrap of development resources and participate in the risk
c)	As an extended software development arm which brings immediate benefits of skilled resources at lower costs
As a strategic partner, we bring to the table our expertise in the area of mobile communications, VLSI, Embedded systems and Enterprise applications. We can contribute in product conceptualization, architecture and design as well as development and testing of the final product. We also help startups in peripheral issues such as design of their website, setup of basic development environment comprising of source control system, bug reporting system and project management system.
• You can try us immediately with a free engagement for
a)	Internet based research on your product
b)	Sample home page design
c)	Evaluation of your product design or architecture