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Incubator · Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Forge Innovation & Ventures

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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Terms

Funding
not published Funding pathways include innovation grants, pilot grants, growth grants and seed investments; no amounts are published
Instrument
not published
Equity taken
not published
Programme fee
not published
Duration
not published
Cohort size
not published
Cohorts
not published
Delivery
In person
Stages
Pre-seed
Sectors
Hardware, Mobility, Climate, Health tech
Open to founders from
India
Perks
  • Lab access
  • Pilot production factory
  • Technical expertise
  • Strategic advisory

Incubation-acceleration engagements take hardware from trial-ready prototypes to production-ready MVPs, user trials and paid pilots.

Application dates

Status unknown

Dates not published.

Who can apply

  • Hardware startups in India
  • Hardware-first, digital-plus technology ventures
  • Stage: pre-seed

What founders should check

  1. The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
  2. It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
  3. It runs in person in Coimbatore. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
  4. Dates for the next cohort are not published.

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