Incubator · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

SINE IIT Bombay

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.

Status unknown Run by Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages

Terms

Funding: not published Seed funding through SINE plus help applying for government grants; IIT Bombay IoE seed funding for ventures founded by IIT Bombay students or alumni and incubated at SINE runs from ₹6-9 lakh innovation grants to up to ₹30 lakh for prototyping and up to ₹50 lakh at scale-up
Instrument: not published
Equity taken: not published
Programme fee: not published Furnished office space at a nominal cost; rates not published
Duration: not published
Cohort size: not published
Cohorts: not published
Delivery: Hybrid
Stages: Idea, pre-seed, seed
Sectors: Sector-agnostic
Open to founders from: not published
Perks: Furnished office space
Access to IIT Bombay labs and prototyping facilities
Mentoring
Legal, IP, regulatory and compliance support
Investor and industry networking

Incubation support for up to three years, physical or virtual. Schemes run through SINE include BIRAC BioNEST, BIG, SEED and LEAP, DST NIDHI PRAYAS and EIR, MeitY TIDE 2.0, iDEX DISC and the SIDBI Seed Fund; SINE also anchors the Y-Point Venture Capital Fund.

Application dates

Status unknown

Dates not published.

Who can apply

Individuals or registered companies with a technology-based product or idea
Preference for intellectual-property-based companies
Startups from outside IIT Bombay may apply
IIT Bombay faculty and students need institute permissions before incubating
Stage: idea, pre-seed, seed

Companies it names as alumni

Gupshup, Atomberg Technologies, ideaForge, Sedemac, Safe Security

What founders should check

The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
Fees: Furnished office space at a nominal cost; rates not published.
It mixes remote and in-person sessions in Mumbai. Ask how much time on site it expects.
Dates for the next cohort are not published.

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