Startup incubators in Gandhinagar

NIF Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council

Technology business incubator in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, set up by the National Innovation Foundation to help grassroots innovators turn a working device into a business.

Nasscom AI Centre of Excellence, Gandhinagar

Government-backed AI and Industry 4.0 centre at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, running the GrowX accelerator and the AI Innovation Challenge for deep-tech startups.

IIPHG NIDHI TBI for Public Health

DST NIDHI-supported technology business incubator for public health startups, hosted by IIPH Gandhinagar.

Next Bharat Ventures IFSC Private Limited

Impact investor at GIFT City backing revenue-generating rural and informal-economy ventures, through a three-month Bengaluru residency that ends in an equity investment decision.

Karnavati Innovation and Incubation Foundation (KIIF)

Design-and-technology incubator inside Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, open to outside founders as well as students, with a separate defence vertical.

Government of Gujarat

Gujarat's state startup support, run by the Industries Commissionerate: seed funding and a sustenance allowance through approved nodal institutions, plus accelerators.

IIEC, IIT Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar's technology business incubator at Palaj, running the NIDHI PRAYAS prototyping grant and open to founders from outside the institute.

NewGen IEDC

A DST-NSTEDB scheme, implemented by EDII, that puts innovation and entrepreneurship centres on university and college campuses; the centres fund and mentor student prototype projects.

Sankalchand Patel University

Sankalchand Patel University is an institution in Mahesana, Gujarat.

Arihant School of Pharmacy & Bio-Research Institute

Arihant School of Pharmacy & Bio-Research Institute is an institution in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar's IIEC is a DST-backed incubator with 10,000 sq ft of lab/office space supporting deep-tech startups in Gujarat.

Pandit Deendayal Energy University

Pandit Deendayal Energy University is an institution in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

National institute for entrepreneurship education, training and research in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, which also runs CrAdLE, a technology business incubator in Ahmedabad.

Karnavati University

Business incubator of Karnavati University in Gandhinagar, for students and early-stage startups, with defence and women-led startup programmes.

Swarrnim Startup & Innovation University

A private university in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, whose on-campus incubation centre backs its own students' startups.

Mentorgateway

Sector agnostic startup accelerator firm

DDTII

Defence and aerospace incubator run by Karnavati University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, for green-field and brown-field startups.

PDPU IIC

Sector agnostic startup incubator

Kirmik Scale Up Venture

Accelerator and incubator focused on multiple sectors

The1947

Accelerator focused on multiple sectors based out of India

CrAdLE

Technology business incubator at EDII in Bhat, Gandhinagar, offering office space, mentoring and networking to technology startups.

IIPHG Technology Business Incubator

Technology business incubator for public health startups, run by the Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar with DST NIDHI scheme support.

SVIF

Gujarat incubator and accelerator with a 6–12 month incubation programme, a 90-day acceleration cohort, mentoring and funding support.

Acxelerate India

Accelerator that enables startups and small and medium enterprises to scale up and grow globally through its programs, services, and networking opportunities

Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat

Gujarat state department that makes industrial and MSME policy. Its Industries Commissionerate implements the schemes and runs the Startup Cell.

Social Justice and Empowerment Department, Government of Gujarat

Gujarat government department whose corporations run loan and self-employment schemes for Scheduled Castes and backward classes.

Gujarat Thakor and Koli Vikas Nigam (GTKVN)

Gujarat government public enterprise that lends to Thakor and Koli community members for self-employment, higher education and self-help groups.

Gujarat Gopalak Vikas Nigam

Gujarat state corporation that lends to Rabari and Bharwad (SEBC) entrepreneurs across Gujarat, through eight individual loan schemes.

Gujarat Safai Kamdar Vikas Nigam (GSKVN)

Gujarat state corporation that lends to safai kamdars (sanitation workers) and their dependants for self-employment, through loans and a state subsidy.

Gujarat Police

Gujarat Police's CCTV Integration Hackathon, organised by the Home Department of the Government of Gujarat, for public-safety solutions that work with Government CCTV footage.

Dhirubhai Ambani University

Gandhinagar incubator at the former DA-IICT campus, open to DA-IICT graduates, and a nodal institute for Gujarat's startup scheme.

National Forensic Sciences University

Startup incubation at NFSU's research company in Gandhinagar, for India-registered startups building forensic and other technical solutions.

Studio Carbon

Gandhinagar design studio for industrial, brand and UI/UX design, with a venture arm and a medtech accelerator run with BITS Pilani.

GIFT International Fintech Innovation Hub (IFIH)

Fintech incubator and accelerator in GIFT City, Gujarat, run with Plug and Play: residential incubation, women-led accelerator, young builders' hackathon and a rolling growth programme.

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Gujarat

Government of Gujarat body, set up in 1979, that runs entrepreneurship training across the state and an incubation centre for start-ups at Naroda, Ahmedabad.

AIC RRU Incubation Foundation

Rashtriya Raksha University's Atal Innovation Mission supported incubator in Gandhinagar for defence and national security startups.

FinGlobe CoE at STPI Gandhinagar

Fintech Centre of Entrepreneurship run by STPI at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, with the Government of Gujarat. Plug-and-play space, sandbox bank environment and APIs for Indian fintech start-ups.

MPLIER Capital

An early-stage SaaS venture fund with an office in GIFT City, Gandhinagar, that takes pitch decks by email and invests in India, the US and Canada.