Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS): Data storage and management company NetApp on Wednesday announced the names of five new-age disruptive start-ups for its flagship "NetApp Excellerator" programme.

NetApp Excellerator programme has mentored 24 start-ups through its previous four cohorts and is set to accelerate a new batch of data-driven enterprises.

The five data-driven start-ups that have made it to the fifth cohort of this programme include CloudSEK, Senseforth.ai, Lightwing, Coralogix and Curl Analytics are.

"Our start-up accelerator programme is attracting new-age disruptive companies from around the world and that is a proof of the value we have added to our alumni, enabling them to create tangible commercial success with respect to funding, customer acquisitions and successful exits," Madhurima Agarwal, Leader, NetApp Excellerator, said in a statement.

"Now, we are at an inflection point in this accelerator journey, where we will focus on paid proof-of-concepts with select start-ups, giving them avenues to evaluate themselves and demonstrate the business and technology viability of their product or solution. This will lead to stronger go-to-market opportunities for them," added Agarwal.

Since its inception, the accelerator programme has been disrupting the start-up ecosystem to drive growth of the B2B start-ups in the niche data-driven market led by AI, ML, IoT and advanced tech, according to the firm.