Startup grants in Chandigarh route through central schemes (SISFS, NIDHI-PRAYAS, Atal Innovation Mission, PMEGP) and academic incubators including Punjab Engineering College's Entrepreneurship and Incubation Cell, Chandigarh University's TBI, and the Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC). Sector strength is in IT, med-tech, ed-tech, and SaaS, supported by the Tricity's research-institute density (PEC, PGIMER, IISER Mohali, IIT Ropar, ISB Mohali).