14 incubators, accelerators and startup support organisations based in Guwahati — the gateway to the North East, and the practical starting point for founders across the region. Filter by what each one actually offers, then apply directly.
AIC-SELCO Foundation
Atal Incubation Centre in Guwahati for sustainable-energy enterprises across the North East, with a free co-working space and an open application form.
NEDFi
Development finance company in Guwahati offering business loans to enterprises in India's eight north-eastern states, with startup venture funds managed through its subsidiary NEDFi Venture Capital.
Department of Innovation, Incubation and Start-ups, Government of Assam
Assam's nodal startup department — MASI recognition, a stage-wise funding ladder and a national innovation challenge, delivered through the Assam Innovation & Startup Foundation.
Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship
The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship is an autonomous government institute in Guwahati, under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, running entrepreneurship training, mentoring and rural enterprise programmes.
Assam down town University
Technology business incubator on the Assam down town University campus, run by down town Venture Labs (dtVL), with an accelerator, a student track and an interest-free startup loan.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
IIT Guwahati's technology incubation centre: in-house and virtual incubation, faculty mentoring and lab access for tech startups.
STPINext OctaNE CoE
OctaNE is a group of eight STPI-run centres in North East India that incubate early-stage technology start-ups, with a Guwahati centre for IoT in Agriculture.
Guwahati Biotech Park
Guwahati Biotech Park's incubation centre, offering lab space and business support to biotech ventures in Northeast India.
IIT Guwahati Technology Incubation Centre
NIFTEM-T Regional Centre Guwahati Food Incubation cum Training Centre
Cottage-level food processing incubation and training centre in Guwahati, a regional unit of NIFTEM-T, with three-day hands-on batches and food business consultancy.
BIRAC-BioNest Facility at IASST
A bio-incubation facility at IASST Guwahati, funded under BIRAC's BioNEST programme, for aspirant bio-entrepreneurs in North-East India.
IITG-BioNEST Bio-Incubation Centre
A BIRAC-supported bio-incubator on the IIT Guwahati campus for deeptech startups in healthcare, agritech and industrial biotech, mostly from North East India.
Bio-NEST NIPER Guwahati
BIRAC-funded bio-incubator at NIPER Guwahati in Assam, with lab space and mentoring for biotech startups, plus an open Ideathon.
NEDFi Venture Capital Limited
Guwahati-based investment manager of the North East Venture Fund and two other SEBI-registered Category I venture funds, backing startups in India's north east.
This page lists 14 startup support organisations in Guwahati. The largest groups by type are Incubator (9), Government (6) and Academic (2). 4 of them offer coworking space on site. AIC-SELCO Foundation reports the most startups supported of the group, at 24+. Before applying, open the profiles of two or three that match your stage and sector, check what each one offers beyond a desk, and look at the eligibility and application window on its page.