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.
Rolling applicationsRun by TIDES Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Verified 18 October 2026 · From the programme's own pages
Terms
Funding
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Instrument
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Equity taken
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Programme fee
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Duration
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Cohort size
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Cohorts
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Delivery
In person
Stages
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Sectors
Deep tech, Hardware
Open to founders from
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Perks
Infrastructure
Technical lab support
Legal, accounting and IPR support
Mentoring
Startup toolkit
Flagship NSTEDB (DST) technology business incubation programme. TIDES also hosts a BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator, the TIDES Ignition Program for idea-stage founders, and the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.
Application dates
Rolling applications
Applications are accepted at any time.
Who can apply
Indian citizens, applying alone or as a team
Individuals must register a company within three months of selection
Applicant falls within the Startup India definition of a startup
Founders committed full-time to the startup during incubation
What founders should check
The programme does not publish how much equity it takes. Ask before you accept a place.
It does not publish a fee. Ask whether you pay for desks, services or the programme itself.
It runs in person in Roorkee. Plan to be there for the length of the programme.
Applications are accepted at any time, so there is no deadline to plan around.
Similar incubators
Other incubators that share a sector with TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee or run in India.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
University of Texas at Austin incubator for deep tech startups in energy, water, healthcare, food and agtech, mobility, microelectronics and the circular economy, offering co-working, mentors and investor access for a 2% equity stake.
Funding not published · 2% equity
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