Incubators offering founder fellowships

IIT Mandi Catalyst

IIT Mandi's award-winning TBI — Himachal Pradesh's first startup incubator, backing deep-tech founders in the Himalayas.

IIMA Ventures

IIM Ahmedabad's startup incubator and seed investor, formerly IIMA-CIIE (CIIE.CO), with offices in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Indore and Guwahati.

a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM

India's premier agri-business incubator at ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, nurturing 300+ agritech startups since 2014.

Social Alpha

Tata Trusts-backed platform that incubates science and technology start-ups for social and environmental impact, from labs in Bengaluru, Delhi and Trivandrum.

AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

India's first assistive technology accelerator, enabling 500+ AT startups and impacting 1M+ lives of persons with disabilities.

AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum

Pune-based Atal Incubation Centre with a 12-month incubation program and EMERGE pre-incubation track across EV, climate, AI, and healthtech.

IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation

Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Madras incubating deep-tech startups in sensors, networking, AI and cyber-physical systems.

Visible Hands

We invest in Women and Founders of Color building venture scalable companies at the Pre-Seed (Idea, Pre-Product, Pre-Revenue, Early Traction) stage across any industry.

Entrepreneur First

Twice a year we select up to 100 people to join our programme, from thousands of applicants. The first part of the programme focuses on finding the right co-founder, and developin…

Imperial Enterprise Lab - Imperial College London

The Venture Catalyst Challenge enables Imperial students and alumni, within three years of graduation, to develop an innovative idea for commercialisation. The VCC is an intensive…

Iowa Startup Accelerator

The Iowa Startup Accelerator is an intensive program that matches tech-based startups, especially those in ag, health, education, manufacturing and transportation technology, with…

IHFC, IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi's deep-tech hub for cobotics, robotics, and AI — incubating startups under India's NM-ICPS national mission.

SuperCharger Ventures

We invest in EdTech companies globally, in all verticals. Our 12-week accelerator program helps Seed / Series A companies scale and expand globally.

NSRCEL

The startup hub at IIM Bangalore.

IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center

Sector agnostic startup incubator

School For Social Entrepreneurs India

We support people with practical ideas to change India for the better via a 9 month programme. Unlike many other social enterprise support organisations our focus is on the entrep…

MBC Africa

MBC Africa's Start-Up Accelerator is an ecosystem providing a set of business support services to entrepreneurs to start and grow their agribusiness.

Praxis

We accelerate ventures who are working on the major issues of our time with a redemptive aim to renew culture and bless their stakeholders, employees, and customers.

FSID, IISc

Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development at IISc — deep science/tech incubator (STEM Cell) with 25+ years of lineage and ~140 startups incubated.

Injini

To support EdTech innovations with high impact potential to ultimately move the needle on quality, access and relevance of education in Africa. We select cohorts of EdTech startup…

IIIT Delhi Innovation & Incubation Center

IIIT Delhi's incubator supporting AI, cybersecurity, and deeptech startups with funding, mentorship, and academic collaboration.

PIEDS

BITS Pilani's technology business incubator, running government schemes and CSR-funded accelerators for hardware, deep-tech and climate startups from Pilani, Rajasthan.

NextUnicorn.Fund

Tech Enabling American VC Fund running a global equity accelerator with on-site hubs in San Francisco and Bangalore.

Technopark Technology Business Incubator

Nodal agency of the Government of Kerala for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in Kerala, India.

Moonshot Platform

Global platform recognizing and supporting young changemakers (15–30) building SDG-aligned solutions.

Interledger Foundation

Non-profit advancing open payment systems and digital financial inclusion; runs the Interledger on Campus Mini-Grant Program for student-led university projects.

Reliance Foundation

CSR/philanthropic foundation of Reliance Industries, running programs in health, education, livelihoods, and digital inclusion across India.

Commence Mint

Startup accelerator focused on multiple sectors

AWE Funds

Impact-focused investment fund backing tech-driven startups solving health, agriculture, and climate challenges for underserved communities.

Capital Factory

The Accelerator gives Texas startups a competitive advantage in attracting talent, advisors, investors and customers. We focus on helping startups raise funding and increase custo…

KINGSTON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

Educational institute in 24 Paraganas North, West Bengal, offering diverse programs in engineering, law, management, and more, with an incubation cell.

EO Ventures

Equal Opportunity Ventures — venture capital that invests in early-stage businesses that increase opportunity in America

MC² Foundation

India's flagship energy entrepreneurship platform (MC²+), an MoPNG initiative uniting seven energy-major PSUs to fund and incubate energy ventures.

iExec Web3 Incubator

We accelerate web3 startups that deeply care about privacy, trust and governance verticals.