Startup incubators in Hyderabad

a-IDEA, Technology Business Incubator of NAARM

The agribusiness incubator of ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, backing agriculture and allied-sector startups with grants, incubation and student programmes.

a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM

Agri-business incubator run inside ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, with an accelerator, a student ideation contest and several government-backed grant routes.

Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), IIIT Hyderabad

IIIT Hyderabad's technology business incubator, running three named incubators for deep tech, medtech and social-impact startups from its Gachibowli campus.

iTIC Incubator, IIT Hyderabad

IIT Hyderabad's deep-tech incubator, running pre-incubation, incubation and government-backed grant schemes for hardware and deep-tech founders.

AgHub

Agri and food-tech incubator at PJTAU, Hyderabad, running incubation, grant calls and rural spokes for founders, students and farmers.

Surge Impact Foundation

Hyderabad non-profit running its own incubation cohorts for climate founders and LGBTQIA+ founders across India.

AIC Mahindra University

Atal Incubation Centre at Mahindra University in Hyderabad, running idea bootcamps, pre-incubation and an 18-month incubation programme.

Silverneedle Ventures

Hyderabad venture firm at T-Hub investing at Seed and Series A in Deeptech, SaaS and AI; reach it by email at its own domain.

T-Hub

Telangana's not-for-profit startup hub in Hyderabad, running corporate, sector and venture-studio programmes without taking equity.

Bala Vikasa Center for Social and Responsible Business

Social enterprise incubator near Hyderabad, running the nine-month PrISE programme on a 20-acre campus.

WE Hub

The Government of Telangana's incubator for women entrepreneurs, running pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration cohorts from Hyderabad.

Impact Hub Hyderabad

Impact-entrepreneurship hub in Madhapur, Hyderabad, part of the global Impact Hub network and the official Social Impact Award licensee in India.

AIC-IIITH Foundation

Atal Incubation Centre at IIIT Hyderabad for tech-based social enterprises, running the Akash acceleration and GreenTech innovation programmes.

Agri Innovation Hub, PJTAU

AgHub is the agri and food innovation hub of PJTAU in Hyderabad. It supports food and agritech startups, student entrepreneurs and rural entrepreneurs in Telangana and across India.

BRIC-CDFD

Life-sciences incubator inside the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in Uppal, Hyderabad, with lab benches, animal-house and genomics access, and no equity taken.

Biotechnology Incubation Centre (BTIC), Genome Valley

Leased plug-and-play wet labs, office space and pay-per-use analytical equipment for life-sciences companies in Genome Valley, Hyderabad — space you rent by enquiry, not a programme you apply to.

CII Centre of Excellence

CII's startup centre at T-Hub, Hyderabad: corporate pilot and market-access programmes for growth-stage startups, plus a paid affiliation certificate for Indian startups.

IKP Knowledge Park

A science park and incubator on a 200-acre campus in Genome Valley, Hyderabad, running life sciences and deep-science startup programmes.

LV Prasad Eye Institute BioNEST Incubator

The LVPEI BioNEST Incubator, run by the L V Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad with BIRAC BioNEST support, for healthcare innovators building eye-health startups.

T-Works

Telangana's hardware prototyping centre in Hyderabad, with nine workshops and monthly passes for startups.

TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad

DST's Technology Innovation Hub for autonomous navigation at IIT Hyderabad, funding drone, robotics and self-driving startups through rolling proposal calls.

JNTUH Innovation Foundation (JNTUH TBI)

Section 8 incubator on the JNTU Hyderabad campus, taking deep-tech, drone, IoT and AR/VR startups from idea to prototype to product.

AIC Mahindra e-Hub Foundation

The Atal Incubation Centre established by Mahindra University and supported by the Atal Innovation Mission at NITI Aayog, giving startups mentoring, workspace and access to the university's labs.

Bharat Incubation Center for Futuristic and Advanced Innovations (BICFAI)

Early-stage incubation centre focused on futuristic and advanced technologies for Indian startups.

ISB I-Venture

The Indian School of Business's entrepreneurship platform in Hyderabad and Mohali, running a flagship women-founder accelerator alongside student-only and sector-specific programmes.

Government of Telangana

Telangana state government innovation programmes, including the T-Hub, WE Hub and T-Works centres, for startups and innovators.

Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus

Hyderabad engineering campus in Ibrahimpatnam with an on-campus incubation hub and an MSME intellectual property centre.

MVSR Engineering College

Hyderabad engineering college recognised by the Ministry of MSME as a Host Institute, so innovators can route an idea through it for proof-of-concept support.

Sri Indu College of Engineering and Technology

Hyderabad engineering college with innovation programs and startup incubation in Telangana's growing tech ecosystem.

Simandhar Education

Hyderabad exam-coaching institute for US CPA, CMA, EA, ESG and CIA exams. Its courses are for accounting aspirants; it runs no startup support.

Skilstation

Online skilling and entrepreneurship platform connecting learners to startup courses, competitions, and mentorship.

Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology

Pre-incubation programme for student and early-stage founders in Hyderabad, run by SU Knowledge Hub Foundation, the incubation centre of Sultan-Ul-Uloom Education Society, which runs Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology.

Avanthi Degree and PG College

A private postgraduate college in Hyderabad, Telangana, offering professional courses in engineering and management with a focus on career-oriented learning.

T-HUB FOUNDATION

T-Hub Foundation, a not-for-profit startup hub in Hyderabad, runs corporate and sector programmes for founders and offers managed campus workspace.

ISL Engineering College

ISL Engineering College is an institution in Hyderabad, Telangana.

ASSOCIATION OF LADY ENTREPRENEURS OF INDIA

Non-profit association of women entrepreneurs in Hyderabad, founded in 1993. It runs Atal Incubation Centre ALEAP WE-HUB and training, finance-access and market-access programmes in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

MATRUSRI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Matrusri Engineering College's Business Incubation Centre, a Ministry of MSME Host Institution in Hyderabad that helps students, faculty and innovators turn ideas into prototypes.

G. Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science for Women

Women-focused deep tech incubator at GNITS Hyderabad, running pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration programmes.

Osmania University

Osmania Technology Business Incubator (OTBI) is the incubator run by Osmania University in Hyderabad, offering pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration for startups.

Sultan-ul-Uloom College of Pharmacy

Pharmacy college in Hyderabad, Telangana, offering courses in pharmaceutical sciences and promoting research and innovation.

Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology

Technology business incubator of Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad, with co-working space and mentoring for student start-ups.

Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology

Sreenidhi Ascend is the entrepreneurship and innovation centre of Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology in Hyderabad, running pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration for founders.

JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad

Constituent engineering college in Kukatpally, Hyderabad, and an approved MSME Host Institute whose Entrepreneurship Development Cell runs founder training and an MSME innovation-funding route.

University College of Technology

University College of Technology is an institution in Hyderabad, Telangana.

National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ministry of MSME training institute in Hyderabad running a public calendar of short courses for MSME owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology

An autonomous engineering college in Hyderabad, Telangana, approved by AICTE and affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad.

Neil Gogte Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

An AICTE-approved engineering college in Hyderabad, Telangana, focusing on computer science, with a K-Hub initiative for deep tech and innovation.

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

Business incubator of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in Hyderabad, giving bioinnovators lab space, mentoring and industry networks on a rental, equity-free model with rolling intake.

Vasavi College of Engineering

Vasavi College of Engineering is an institution in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture is an institution in Ranga Reddy, Telangana.

SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

An AICTE-approved and NBA-accredited engineering institute in Ranga Reddy, Telangana, affiliated with JNTU Hyderabad.

VIDYA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

VIDYA JYOTHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY is an institution in Ranga Reddy, Telangana.

St.Peters Engineering College

St.Peters Engineering College is an institution in Ranga Reddy, Telangana.

TKR College of Engineering and Technology

NAAC A+ accredited engineering college in Ranga Reddy, Telangana, offering various engineering programs and an MSME Host Incubation Centre.

CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Engineering and management institute in Gandipet, Hyderabad, running a business incubator for student and public ideas, plus an Atal Community Innovation Centre for community problems.

SPHOORTHY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Sphoorthy Engineering College runs an on-campus innovation and entrepreneurship centre for its own students, based in Hyderabad.

MLR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Business incubators and a startup accelerator run by the MLR Institute of Technology's Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, open to Telangana-registered startups with an innovative idea.

Vardhaman College of Engineering

The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, runs a pre-incubation route for ideas and a two-year incubation route for companies, with workspace, faculty mentors and a seed loan.

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.

Engineering Staff College of India

Autonomous training institute in Hyderabad, Telangana, focused on engineering and techno-management, with an incubation center.

ST. PAULS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Pharmacy college in Ranga Reddy, Telangana, offering B.Pharmacy, Pharm.D, and M.Pharmacy programs, with an Innovation & Incubation Centre.

CMR Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Engineering college in Hyderabad, Telangana.

CMR College of Pharmacy

CMR College of Pharmacy is an institution in Medchal Malkajgiri, Telangana.

VJ Hub — Vignana Jyothi Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence

VJ Hub is a section 8 startup incubator on the VNRVJIET campus in Hyderabad, offering pre-incubation, virtual and co-incubation support to technology founders.

BVRIT HYDERABAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN

Women's engineering college in Hyderabad, established in 2012, whose V-SAW incubator supports student, alumni and faculty startups.

CMR Engineering College

Engineering college in Hyderabad, Telangana.

CMR Technical Campus

Technical campus in Medchal Malkajgiri, Telangana, offering engineering and management courses, with a focus on research and incubation.

HOLY MARY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE

HOLY MARY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE is an institution in Medchal Malkajgiri, Telangana.

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology is an engineering and technology institute in Medchal Malkajgiri, Telangana.

Institute of Aeronautical Engineering

IARE runs three campus incubation centres in Hyderabad for students, faculty and innovators, including an MSME-supported technology business incubator and a start-up park.

ICAR - National Meat Research Institute

ICAR - National Meat Research Institute in Hyderabad (formerly the National Research Centre on Meat), a government research institute that runs paid training for meat-processing entrepreneurs.

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TOOL DESIGN

An MSME Tool Room and training centre in Hyderabad, Telangana, focusing on tool design, manufacturing, and advanced technologies.

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad)

Deeptech incubator at IIT Hyderabad, supported by DST. Runs pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration, with prototype grants for eligible Indian founders.

Agri-Business Incubator of ICRISAT (ABI-ICRISAT)

Agri incubator at ICRISAT Patancheru, near Hyderabad — DST-listed, reachable only by email.

ASPIRE-TBI, University of Hyderabad

DST-backed technology business incubator at the University of Hyderabad for pharma, biotech and renewable energy startups, with a year-round intake.

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Campus technology business incubator at BITS Pilani Hyderabad, running since 2012 with bio labs, prototyping space and student pre-incubation.

Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR)

DST NIDHI-TBI: Nesting Incubation and Entrepreneurship for Leveraging Agri-innovations in Nutricereals (NIELAN)

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.

50K Ventures

A pre-seed investor and venture studio in Hyderabad that co-builds B2B AI SaaS products alongside founders.

IIIT-Hyderbad

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

UnLtd Hyderabad

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IHub-Data Foundation

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Jhink

Startup accelerator focused on multiple sectors

Bitkemy Technologies

Incubators and VC firm tech based investing primarily in India

MiraiNxt

Developer of a soon-to-launch platform

White Noise Academy

Provider of an accelerator program focused on AI and technology for teens

Wevo Labs

Startup incubator for IoT startups

IBC Media

A Web3 and blockchain education company in Hyderabad, running developer programmes, student hackathons and a blockchain conference.

Osmania Technology Business Incubator

Technology business incubator at Osmania University, Hyderabad, running pre-incubation, incubation, acceleration and co-working for startups.

CrossBorders

Provider of entrepreneurial ecosystem support and business transformation services for early-stage ventures

JNTUH

Technology business incubator on the JNTU Hyderabad campus, with a pre-incubation cohort and office space for tech startups.

Leaders For India Organization

Private investor network for HNIs, NRIs and business leaders, with a pitch route for growth-stage founders

CapitalH

Startup accelerator and VC firm investing in seed and early-stage firms

Innomax Startup Advisory

A startup consulting and advisory firm offering acceleration, incubation, mentorship, funding-readiness support and a coworking space.

Starfish

Sector-agnostic data-driven startup studio

ASPIRE-BioNEST

Life-sciences bioincubator at the University of Hyderabad, run through ASPIRE, for start-ups in agriculture, biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceuticals.

Nutrihub TBI

A DST-supported technology business incubator for millet and nutri-cereal startups, hosted by ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research in Hyderabad. It runs funding calls, short entrepreneur training and incubation support.

The Funding Office

Provider of diversified management consulting services

Octo Spaces

Sector agnostic startup incubator

Montaigne Smart Business Solutions

Sector agnostic business incubator

Sizmic Labs

A Hyderabad startup studio that co-builds products, joining founders as a co-founder to define, build and launch an idea.

I-Venture @ ISB

Platform that fosters entrepreneurship and nurtures startups

Woxsen Startups

Startup incubator

Double Loop

Business accelerator

50k Network

Accelerator firm for seed-stage startups

DE Hub India

Provider of incubation and training programs for entrepreneurs with disabilities

Corvus Ventures

Startup accelerator

CIE IIITH

Deep tech, medtech, social and media incubators and accelerators run from IIIT Hyderabad's Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Moolya

Startup accelerator and incubator

AIC-CCMB

Life-science incubator in Hyderabad, set up under the Atal Innovation Mission and hosted by CSIR-CCMB.

Cube Solutions

Sector agnostic startup incubator

VJ Hub

Hyderabad startup incubator, a Section 8 company, offering pre-incubation, virtual and co-incubation support.

ISB DLabs

The incubation and acceleration arm of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, running pre-incubation, incubation and accelerator programmes for startups.

Zenfold

Hyderabad-based venture builder that takes equity stakes and builds joint ventures with global companies and startups.

ASPIRE, University of Hyderabad

Business incubation center under university of hyderabad

OpenOps

Venture capital-backed accelerator focused on startups

Anthill Ventures

A venture investor with its India office in Hyderabad, backing seed to Series A startups in health, climate and urban lifestyle; pitch through its contact form.

ACIC CBIT

Pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration programmes, plus labs and a co-working space, run from the CBIT campus in Telangana.

Uttunga Ventures

Business accelerator and incubator

Integrative Studio

Accelerator and Incubator

Federation of Asian Biotech Associations

Incubator firm focusing on tech startups

Indus DC

Deeptech venture studio focusing on decarbonisation technology

Mantra Launchspace

Sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups

CfHE

Healthcare incubator at IIT Hyderabad, approved by the Department of Science and Technology as a technology business incubator, running a one-year fellowship and an incubation programme.

Firstloop

Business accelerator and incubator

Colosseum Group

Diversified conglomerate operating across multiple industries

Kairos CoLabs

Provider of startup support services connecting investors, incubators, and founders

Xseed2 Consulting

Private investment and incubation firm for startups

raksan

Sector agnostic startup incubator

MATH

Provider of diversified AI services

Geek Space Business Centre

A plug-and-play office-space and business centre in Kukatpally, Hyderabad, offering coworking seats, serviced offices and virtual offices.

FEG India Solutions

Hyderabad GCC of Fortuna Entertainment Group.

Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Telangana

Telangana's industries office in Hyderabad. It runs the MSME Policy 2024 incentive scheme, which pays new MSMEs back for duties, power, interest, certification and other costs, with claims filed on TG-iPASS.

Hyundai Motor India Engineering

Hyundai Motor Company's R&D and engineering centre in Hyderabad.

EcoHub.IN

Six-month in-person incubator in Hyderabad for early-stage climate, pollution and circularity businesses with a working MVP. Non-dilutive. Cohort 1 applications closed in July 2026.

Hyderabad Angels

Hyderabad angel network, founded in 2010, that backs seed and pre-seed startups across India and takes applications through its own portal.

Advanced Materials Technology Incubator (AMTI)

Hyderabad incubator run by the ARCI research centre, giving materials, energy and advanced manufacturing startups industrial space, lab access and scale-up support.

IMAGE Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE)

A 6-month accelerator in Hyderabad for gaming, animation, VFX, computer vision and AI start-ups, run by STPI with seed funding.

MANAGE-Fisheries Innovation and Startup Hub (MANAGE-FISHub)

A fisheries and aquaculture incubation hub at MANAGE in Hyderabad, with an incubation programme, a pre-incubation course and an innovation challenge.

Avishkaran BioNEST, NIPER Hyderabad

BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator at NIPER Hyderabad for pharma, biotech and healthcare startups, with an application call open.

TiE Hyderabad

Hyderabad chapter of TiE Global, a non-profit entrepreneur network: member-only mentoring, TiE Angels India, a women founders route and student programmes.

Telangana State Innovation Cell

Government of Telangana innovation office in Hyderabad for grassroots, rural and social innovators and startups, with mentoring, bootcamps and state incentives.

Ventureast

One of India's longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing in early-stage tech since 1997 across deeptech, software, B2B and consumer fintech and health. You approach it by emailing your business plan.

Endiya Partners

A Hyderabad early-stage venture fund that writes the first institutional cheque in enterprise, industrial tech, healthcare and life sciences. It runs no application programme; you write to it.

SucSEED Indovation

Hyderabad venture fund investing from seed to pre-series A in India-based tech startups across seven sectors, with a pitch-deck route in.

Hyderabad Angels Fund (HAF)

Hyderabad-based Category I venture capital fund that backs traction-stage startups from Pre-Series A to Series B and takes pitches through a form on its site.

IXP Lifesciences Catalyst Fund (IXP)

Hyderabad venture fund and venture studio for Lifesciences start-ups from Pre-seed to Series A, covering biopharma, medtech, nutraceuticals and speciality chemicals.

Innopark Ventures

A Hyderabad venture fund, the investment arm of Innopark Group, that backs founders from seed to Series B in AI, fintech, enterprise SaaS, healthtech and deeptech. You pitch through a form on its site.