AgriTech and Agriculture Incubators and Accelerators
270 incubators, accelerators and programmes that name AgriTech and Agriculture among the sectors they support. Open a profile to see the programme's stage, location and how to apply.
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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
DPIIT, under India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, runs Startup India: it issues startup recognition and operates the seed, loan-guarantee, IP and tax schemes that recognition unlocks.
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Kerala Startup Mission
Kerala's government startup agency, running the state's grant ladder, incubation and acceleration tracks, and fablabs from Thiruvananthapuram.
KBITS, Government of Karnataka
Not-for-profit under Karnataka's Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, with an acceleration network, a seed fund and a platform for districts beyond Bengaluru.
NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
IIM Bangalore's startup incubator: free programmes for founders at idea, prototype and growth stage, plus sector tracks in climate, mobility, fintech and healthcare.
NITI Aayog
The Government of India's policy think tank, home to the Atal Innovation Mission and its incubator, challenge and fellowship programmes.
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
IIM Calcutta's Section 8 incubator running incubation, acceleration and rural-livelihood programmes from its Kolkata campus.
Gujarat Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence
iCreate, the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology, is a DST-recognised technology incubator in Ahmedabad, with a residential campus, a prototyping lab and one application route to government prototype funding schemes.
Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub)
Gujarat's state incubation hub for student founders, running seed grants, incubation and mentoring under the Student Startup and Innovation Policy from Ahmedabad.
IIT Mandi Catalyst
IIT Mandi's technology business incubator on its Kamand campus — Himachal Pradesh's first, running staged startup programmes alongside DST, MeitY and BIRAC-backed funding schemes.
Pusa Krishi, ICAR-IARI
Agri-business incubator run by ICAR-IARI on the Pusa campus in New Delhi, with incubation programmes for idea, prototype and MVP-stage agri startups plus short pre-incubation courses.
Deshpande Startups
Technology business incubator in Hubballi with a second campus in Nizamabad, running incubation, acceleration and government funding programmes for non-metro founders.
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)
A DBT-backed Bengaluru bio-incubator running lab space, seed funding and mentorship programmes for life sciences startups since 2009.
AIC BAMU Foundation
Atal Incubation Centre at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, running pre-incubation, resident and virtual incubation with intakes twice a year, open to founders with no university link.
COEP Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
A DST-supported technology business incubator on the COEP Technological University campus in Pune, running incubation, prototyping and seed support programmes for startups.
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
Agri-business incubator run inside ICAR-NAARM in Hyderabad, with an accelerator, a student ideation contest and several government-backed grant routes.
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.
RIIDL, Somaiya Vidyavihar University
The incubator of Somaiya Vidyavihar University in Mumbai, open to outside founders as well as its own students, with five bookable labs and a spread of government and corporate funding programmes.
Jagriti Enterprise Centre
Enterprise incubation centre in Deoria, eastern Uttar Pradesh, run by Jagriti Sewa Sansthan for small enterprises across seven Purvanchal districts.
AIC Anand Foundation
Agri and food business incubator at Anand Agricultural University, and Gujarat's state-level RKVY agribusiness incubation centre.
JioGenNext
Reliance Industries' equity-free market-access programme, connecting startups with pilots and deployments across the Jio and Reliance business units.
Bihar Entrepreneurs Association
A not-for-profit entrepreneurs' association in Patna, founded in 2011, running an incubation centre, a coworking office, training and a business helpline for founders in Bihar.
AIC-Sangam Innovation Foundation
A cleantech incubator for startups building climate-resilient products, with a route to Startup India Seed Fund support.
AIC Banasthali
Atal Incubation Centre at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan — an incubator for women-led startups in science, technology and deep tech.
AWaDH, IIT Ropar
IIT Ropar's DST technology innovation hub for agriculture and water, running deep-tech incubation, accelerators and a national CPS lab network from Rupnagar, Punjab.
JSSATEB-STEP (Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park), Bengaluru
Technology business incubator on the JSS Academy of Technical Education campus in south Bengaluru, open to founders from outside the college.
Cultiv8 (CIET-TBI)
Cultiv8 is the technology business incubator of Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, running an open incubation intake, a four-week founder sprint and seed support through DST and Startup India schemes.
SKUAST Kashmir
Innovation and incubation centre of SKUAST Kashmir in Srinagar, running a startup incubation intake, BIRAC E-YUVA fellowships and agri-business accelerator cohorts.
AgHub
Agri and food-tech incubator at PJTAU, Hyderabad, running incubation, grant calls and rural spokes for founders, students and farmers.
Kongu Engineering College
DST-backed technology business incubator on the Kongu Engineering College campus in Erode, open to outside founders and Tamil Nadu MSMEs.
VentureLab Thapar (STEP-TIET)
The incubator on the Thapar Institute campus in Patiala, set up with DST's NSTEDB in 2005 as STEP and now running as VentureLab Thapar, open to founders across the Punjab region.
IIITB Innovation Centre
IIIT Bangalore's startup incubator in Electronics City, running ATOM pre-incubation, Orbit incubation, FLASH acceleration and MeitY TIDE 2.0 grants — open to outside founders.
TBI-GEU — Technology Business Incubator, Graphic Era University
The DST-recognised technology business incubator of Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun — pre-incubation, incubation, a seed fund and a 12-month founder fellowship.
AIC SMUTBI
Atal Incubation Centre at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo — the first AIC in North-East India, running incubation and North East acceleration programmes.
Sri Sairam Techno Incubator Foundation
Campus incubator at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, open to students, faculty and outside founders across seven thrust areas.
MUTBI, Manipal
DST-recognised technology business incubator at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, running DST NIDHI and MeitY GENESIS programmes and open to founders from outside the university.
AIC RAISE
An Atal Incubation Centre in Coimbatore backing startups building toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
NaaViC, ICAR-NIVEDI
The agri-business incubation centre at ICAR-NIVEDI, Bengaluru, for animal health, veterinary and agri startups.
IIM Shillong Foundation for Incubation & Enterprises
The incubation company of IIM Shillong, for early-stage startups mainly in Northeast India, with co-working and a fully sponsored SC-ST accelerator.
AIC-RNTU Foundation
An Atal Incubation Centre at Rabindranath Tagore University near Bhopal, running staged startup programmes and implementing several government seed-funding schemes.
AIC-ADT Baramati Foundation
Atal Incubation Centre for agri and allied startups at Baramati, with a makerspace, a NABL-accredited analytical lab and a food innovation lab.
KL Technology Incubators Foundation
The technology business incubator at KL (Deemed to be) University, Vaddeswaram, running pre-incubation, incubation, accelerator and MeitY-backed programmes for early-stage founders in Andhra Pradesh.
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.
Vishnu Foundation Technology Business Incubator (Vishva TBI)
DST-listed technology business incubator on the SVECW campus in Bhimavaram, running Startup India Seed Fund and NIDHI seed support for founders inside and outside the campus.
FIED, IIM Kashipur
IIM Kashipur's incubation centre for agri-tech and rural entrepreneurship in Uttarakhand, running RKVY-RAFTAAR agri-business incubation and the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.
RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator (R-ABI), IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Agri-business incubator on the IIT (BHU) Varanasi campus, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, running pre-seed, seed and student programmes for agriculture and allied-sector ventures.
CMRIT Incubation Center
Incubator at CMR Institute of Technology in east Bengaluru, open to outside founders and recognised as an MSME Host Institute.
KIT's Innovation and Research Foundation (KIT's IRF)
DST NIDHI i-TBI incubator in Kolhapur, hosted by KIT's College of Engineering, open to outside founders in agritech, manufacturing and healthtech.
A sector label on a directory is a starting point, not a promise. An incubator that names AgriTech and Agriculture may run a dedicated track with mentors and customers from the industry, or it may simply accept AgriTech and Agriculture companies alongside every other kind. The first is worth far more to you than the second, so look for evidence of the former on the programme's own page: named mentors, partner companies, lab or pilot access, and past cohorts in your area.
Stage and funding route matter as much as sector. A programme for AgriTech and Agriculture that takes companies at the idea stage is a different thing from one that expects revenue, and some are funded by a government scheme with its own eligibility rules, while others are run by a college or a company for its own reasons. Use the stage, type and location on each profile to cut the list down before you apply.
Two applications to well-matched programmes beat ten to ill-matched ones. Pick the few that name your sector and your stage, read what they offer beyond office space, and ask a founder from a recent cohort what changed for them.
The numbers on this page
- 270 of the 2429 incubators, accelerators and programmes we list in India (11%) are on this page.
- By organisation type, the most common are Incubator (215), Academic (91) and Government (72). One organisation can carry more than one type.
- By stage focus, the most listed are Ideation (221), Validation (210) and Early Revenue (155).
- These organisations also name CleanTech (91), HealthTech (90) and Deep Tech (75) most often, so a AgriTech and Agriculture founder will find programmes that cross sectors.
- By state, most are in Karnataka (29), Maharashtra (29) and Delhi (25).
- By city, most are in Delhi (25), Bengaluru (20) and Hyderabad (14).
- 122 of 270 offer coworking space on site.
What to check before applying
- Does the programme run a track for your sector, or only accept it?
- Which stage does it take, and does that match where your company is?
- What does it give besides space: mentors, customers, labs, pilots, introductions to investors?
- Does it take equity or charge a fee, and what is the term?
- Is it tied to a scheme with eligibility rules, such as the type of company or the founder?
- Can you speak to a founder from a recent cohort?
Frequently asked questions
How many incubators and accelerators support AgriTech and Agriculture?
We list 270 organisations in India that name AgriTech and Agriculture among their sectors. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Does an incubator that lists AgriTech and Agriculture only take AgriTech and Agriculture companies?
Not usually. Many list several sectors and accept any that fit their stage and location. A programme with a dedicated track has mentors and partners from the industry, which the profile or the programme's own site should show.
Which stage should a AgriTech and Agriculture founder look for?
Match your own stage. The stage mix on this page is counted from the profiles; open a profile to see whether the programme takes ideas, prototypes or companies with revenue.
Is an incubator better than an accelerator for my sector?
An incubator usually works with a company for a longer period and often provides space and facilities, which matters when you need labs or equipment. An accelerator is shorter and more intense and suits a company that already has a product and wants to grow faster. The type of each organisation is on its profile.