Incubators
37 programmes. Of these, none says it takes no equity, and 1 has applications open.
An agritech incubator hosted by ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, running ideation, the Krishiboot incubation programme and the Agri Udaan accelerator, with access to seed funds and grants for agri and allied startups.
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An Atal Incubation Centre at CSIR-CCMB in Hyderabad for life science startups, offering pre-incubation, physical and virtual incubation, lab space and routes to grant and seed funding.
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Industry-backed incubator in Pune hosted by Pinnacle Industries and supported by Atal Innovation Mission, running virtual pre-incubation, a 12-month incubation programme with a demo day, and an acceleration track.
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Incubator at Rabindranath Tagore University in Raisen district near Bhopal, running a 10-week pre-incubation course, a 13-week hybrid incubation programme, a growth accelerator and investor pitch days.
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Incubator at Banasthali Vidyapith in Rajasthan, supported by NITI Aayog, that works only with women-led science and technology startups, offering lab access, regulatory and IP services, mentoring and funding links.
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Incubator on the BIMTECH campus in Greater Noida, supported by Atal Innovation Mission, running virtual pre-incubation, an 8-week MVP incubation cohort, acceleration and funding-readiness tracks.
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Sector- and stage-agnostic incubator at the Goa Institute of Management campus, set up under Atal Innovation Mission, with incubation, a 4-week online idea-validation course, a 12-week accelerator and a women founders track.
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Incubator on the NMAMIT campus at Nitte, Karnataka, promoted with NITI Aayog under Atal Innovation Mission, offering a free 9-week online pre-incubation course, incubation, a fab lab and SISFS seed funding.
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Hardware-focused, technology-agnostic incubator at Shiv Nadar University in Delhi NCR, set up with Atal Innovation Mission support, which selects its annual incubation cohort through the Venture Challenge pitch call.
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The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad incubates deep tech, medtech and social tech startups and runs the six-month Avishkar accelerator with access to seed funding.
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A healthcare-focused incubator in Bengaluru, rooted in Dayananda Sagar Institutions, running pre-incubation (PACE), two-year incubation (GALLOP) and acceleration (EMERGE) for health and medical device startups.
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IIT Delhi's industry-interface body runs the institute's incubator for technology-driven startups, offering subsidised workspace, prototyping facilities, mentoring and access to grant, debt and equity support.
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A Coimbatore-based innovation and venture platform for hardware-first startups in India, offering incubation-acceleration, lab and pilot-production access, corporate partnerships and grants or seed investment.
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Gujarat University's startup council in Ahmedabad, offering zero-cost incubation, co-working, mentoring and access to non-dilutive seed support and government schemes for tech and non-tech startups.
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The DST-supported, not-for-profit incubator at IIT Hyderabad, backing deeptech startups from idea to growth stage through pre-incubation, incubation and accelerator programmes such as AISEA.
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A tech startup incubator near Ahmedabad supported by the Gujarat and Indian governments, running programmes from idea stage (Idea Catalyst) through a seed-stage accelerator, with access to grants and seed investment.
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IIIT Delhi's incubation centre takes technology and deep-tech startups year-round for physical or virtual incubation, with labs, mentoring, prototype grants and access to government seed schemes.
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Not-for-profit company set up under IIM Calcutta that supports startups through pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration, and works with state governments across East and North-East India.
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IIM Lucknow's incubator at its Noida campus runs a 24-month incubation programme for technology-led startups, with mentoring, labs, investor access and assured seed funding for a quarter of each cohort.
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IIM Ahmedabad's incubator, renamed IIMA Ventures in 2024, supports early-stage founders with mentoring, workspace and programme-linked grants, debt or equity, with a focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
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The business incubator of IIM Kozhikode, with centres in Kozhikode and Kochi, running a fee-based incubation programme for startups with a proof of concept plus sector programmes and seed fund schemes.
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IISc's domain-agnostic deep science and deep tech incubator, run by FSID as successor to the Society for Innovation and Development, backs IP-based startups with seed funding of up to ₹1 crore, labs and mentoring.
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The nodal incubator at IIT Madras Research Park in Chennai, supporting deep tech ventures from the institute and outside founders for 18 months with lab access, services, mentoring and seed fund access.
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Technology business incubator at IIT Mandi's Kamand campus, running idea, prototype and investment-readiness programmes and channelling government grants and seed funds to early-stage startups.
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Nasscom's deeptech startup programme, launched in 2017, running Launchpad, a year-round virtual incubation for early-stage deeptech startups, and DTC Accelerate, a 20-week cohort programme ending in a demo day.
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IIM Bangalore's incubator runs Launchpad, a five-month, largely online programme with two in-person bootcamps for sector-agnostic founders at the idea, prototype or MVP stage.
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Technology business incubator at BITS Pilani's Pilani campus that channels government and institute funding schemes, accelerators, co-working space and mentoring to early-stage startups.
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A technology business incubator at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, offering space, prototype development, mentoring and seed and innovation fund support to IT, electronics, mechanical, nanotech and biotech startups.
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IIT Kanpur's technology business incubator, set up with SIDBI in 2000, offers incubation space in Kanpur and Noida, lab access and mentoring, and runs government-backed programmes such as NIDHI EIR, GENESIS and BIRAC BIG.
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IIT Bombay's sector-agnostic incubator for IP-based, product-focused technology startups, offering up to three years of physical or virtual incubation with labs, mentoring and seed funding; outside founders can apply.
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An Indian incubator and early-stage investor backing science and technology startups in energy, materials, food systems and health through themed challenges, catalytic grants, seed investment and incubation.
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Incubator at IIT Kharagpur, set up in 1986, offering physical and virtual incubation for technology startups and small prototype grants for innovators from anywhere in India, with land at Gopali for agri-based startups.
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A Hyderabad innovation hub set up with the Telangana government that runs incubation, co-working and cohort programmes such as Lab32, a 100-day market readiness programme for startups with an MVP.
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IIT Guwahati's incubator for technology-based startups, taking founders from an idea pitch to a working prototype with mentoring, infrastructure, residence and funding support, including soft loans.
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IIT Roorkee's DST-backed technology business incubator takes technology and engineering startups year-round, offering space, lab support, mentoring, IP and funding support, with a second campus in Greater Noida.
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Technology incubator hosted by CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune, offering resident and virtual incubation, lab and office space, seed funding schemes and equity investment for science-led startups.
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A Chennai-based social enterprise incubator that backs market-based innovations in climate-smart agriculture, climate action, healthcare and livelihoods with seed funding, mentoring and market access.
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Includes a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator), AIC-CCMB, CIE IIIT Hyderabad and 2 more.
Includes Atal Incubation Centre - NITTE (AIC NITTE), DERBI Foundation, IISc Deep Science Incubation (FSID, formerly SID) and 1 more.
Includes Forge Innovation & Ventures, IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC), PSG-STEP (PSG Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park) and 1 more.
Includes Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH), Atal Incubation Centre - Shiv Nadar University, IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (Startup 101 Incubation Program) and 1 more.
Includes GUSEC (Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council), iCreate and IIMA Ventures Incubation (formerly CIIE.CO).
Includes AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, SINE IIT Bombay and Venture Center.
We list 37 programmes: a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator), AIC-CCMB, AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, AIC-RNTU Foundation, Atal Incubation Centre - Banasthali Vidyapith (AIC Banasthali), Atal Incubation Centre - BIMTECH (AIC-BIMTECH) and 31 more. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
None of the 37 says it takes no equity. 37 do not publish their equity terms, so ask before you apply.
Applications are open for a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator) (closes 28 October 2026). The deadlines page lists every date we track.
Hyderabad (4), Ahmedabad (3), Bengaluru (3), Chennai (2), Coimbatore (2), Greater Noida (2) and 17 more. Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
Send us your dates and terms and we will publish them with a link to your own pages.