Accelerator Programs in India (Page 2)

Sharda University

Sharda Launchpad is the startup incubator and accelerator run by Sharda University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for student and early-stage founders.

Charotar University of Science and Technology

Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) in Changa, Anand. Its startup body CIVF runs a sector-agnostic acceleration programme, open to applications through the year.

Parul University

PIERC is the Section 8 startup incubator run by Parul University in Vadodara, with incubation, a six-month accelerator and an investor readiness programme open to founders across India.

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

ASHINE is the technology business incubator at SVNIT Surat. It runs incubation, proof-of-concept funding and co-working for startups and innovators.

Marathwada Accelerator for Growth and Incubation Council

MAGIC is a sector-agnostic startup incubator and SME accelerator in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Maharashtra, open to founders across India.

Indian School of Business

DLabs is the incubation and acceleration arm of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, running pre-incubation, accelerator and seed-support programmes for founders.

BANGALORE BIOINNOVATION CENTRE

Government of Karnataka bioinnovation centre in Bengaluru, running pre-incubation, incubation and accelerator programmes for biotech and life-sciences startups.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Amrita Technology Business Incubator (Amrita TBI): a non-profit startup incubator run with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, offering incubation, an accelerator and national grant schemes.

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)

Incubation, acceleration and early-stage investment from IIM Ahmedabad's innovation centre, now trading as IIMA Ventures.

MDI Acceleration cum Incubation Centre (MAC)

MDI Gurgaon's Section 8 incubator, open to outside founders as well as its own students.

JAIN Launchpad (JAIN University Incubation Centre)

Section 8 incubator of JAIN (Deemed-to-be-University) in Bengaluru, with DST-backed incubation, two accelerators and an intake open to outside founders.

IIT Bombay (BETiC)

Biomedical Engineering & Technology Innovation Centre at IIT Bombay: medical device prototyping and an industry-linked translation accelerator for device inventors.

International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad)

Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad: deep-tech, medtech and social incubators, plus DST NIDHI and TIDE 2.0 residencies for research-based startups.

NextUnicorn.Fund

A VC fund running a twice-yearly equity accelerator, a pre-incubation track, a standalone mentorship programme, and a global startup pitch series.

100Unicorns

Mumbai accelerator and venture capital fund, formerly 9Unicorns, backing startups from idea to seed stage, with applications open all year.

Accenture

Accenture's open-innovation route for Indian founders is the Tech Next Challenge — an annual, free competition for deep-tech startups already selling to enterprises, with one winner per track and a path into Accenture's client work.

Evolvex Accelerator

An equity-taking startup accelerator running cohort-based programmes for early-stage, DPIIT-recognised founders in India.

Silver Ridge Accelerator

A privately run accelerator for founders with a working product and early revenue who are building for global markets, led by partner Dhiraj Shah.

Startup Sherpas

We accelerate innovative and scalable Consumer Brands and D2C Startups with signs of strong early adoption. We enable capital and meaningful mentorship from accomplished consumer…

Amplifi

Asia’s leading enterprise tech, SaaS dedicated venture accelerator. We are successful and experienced entrepreneurs & (former) corporate leaders. We provide the most holistic ecos…

AspireLabs

Noida accelerator, incubator and co-working space for sustainability, waste-management and circular-economy startups.

Autonebula

Autonebula is a connected vehicle accelerator and investment fund that nurtures aspiring startups in this realm by mentoring them across business, technology and marketing.

BW Accelerate

BW Accelerate is a business accelerate initiative built on thousands of hours of knowledge & intelligence acquired through participative partnership with businesses. A multi city…

Deshpande Startups

A government-recognised technology business incubator in Hubballi, Karnataka, running validation, development, incubation and acceleration programmes for founders from non-metro India.

GSF India

Early-stage Indian technology investor since 2012, with an online consumer founder cohort, an angel investing academy and an angel fund.

HealthStart

HealthStart is an incubator and accelerator for healthcare start-ups in India. It runs a virtual accelerator and an angel network for pre-seed to Series A rounds.

IA India Accelerator

IA India Accelerator is a Gurugram-based, fund-led accelerator. It runs mentorship programmes, venture funds, an angel network, a venture studio and workspace hubs for startups.

IIIT-Hyderbad

Deep-tech incubator and accelerators run by the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad, including the Avishkar accelerator.

Indus Net Labs

Indus Net Labs is a digital acceleration lab. The first of kind in Kolkata. It provides venture acceleration in form of a well structured customized program for digital / software…

Intel India Maker Lab

Intel India, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India and Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT-Bombay have collaborated to launch an incubation…

JSS Business Incubator

A technology business incubator at JSS Academy of Technical Education in Noida, running deep-tech incubation, acceleration and rolling mentorship.

NUMA

Launched in 2015, Bengaluru Acceleration program receives 1000+ applications per year and counts 20+ startup alumni. Our program is targeted at startups looking for traction to ra…

Revvx Hardware Accelerator

Revvx is India’s first and the largest Accelerator focussed on supporting Hardware Startups through Prototyping and Manufacturing of innovative consumer electronics and connected…

ShelterTech

A past accelerator for affordable-housing startups, run jointly by Habitat for Humanity's Terwilliger Center and CIIE at IIM Ahmedabad.

SP Jain Institute of Management Research Center, Mumbai

SPJIMR's Start Your Business programme is a four-month hybrid course for aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage start-ups, run from Andheri West, Mumbai.

Startup Tunnel

Startup tunnel is an early stage accelerator for startups applying emerging technologies to create an impact. We work with startups who can engage India’s urban mass market using…

Target

Designed to help innovative startups develop concepts that could improve Target's business and the broader retail industry, the four-month intensive program focuses on transformat…

The Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyle Accelerator

LowCarbon.Earth, an equity-free climate-tech accelerator run by Massive Earth Foundation with UNEP for early-stage founders across India and the Asia-Pacific.

TLabs

TLabs Accelerator program is a 16-week long intensive program which aims at helping founders build their ideas and MVPs into sustainable businesses.

UnLtd Hyderabad

We are a launchpad for passionate individuals whose ideas can translate into long-term solutions for India’s socio-economic problems. To find, support and grow early-stage social…

Venture Nursery

VentureNursery (VN) is India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator. Established in March 2012 by two like-minded Angel Investors -Shravan Shroff, Founder and former MD, Fame C…

XLr8 Andhra Pradesh

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has taken the initiative to create a world-class technology innovation ecosystem in the state by setting up XLr8 Andhra Pradesh Technology Busines…

YES BANK

YES FINTECH is a unique Business Accelerator program helps the startup entrepreneurs to create scalable business by market testing and validation with real customer data. YES SCAL…

FranchiseXcel

Accelerator program focused on multiple sectors

Imaginitiate Ventures

Startup accelerator

StartupBay

An online startup accelerator and venture studio for technology founders, with an India office in Pune.

IHub-Data Foundation

Platform is a technology innovation hub

Bharat Inclusion Initiative

IIMA Ventures' accelerator for technology startups building inclusive fintech, skilling and livelihood solutions for lower-income Indians.