AgriTech and Agriculture Incubators and Accelerators (Page 3)

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.

IRMA ISEED Foundation

IRMA's incubator at Anand for early-stage rural, social and collective enterprises, best known for the LIC HFL Social Trailblazer Program.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank runs Kotak BizLabs, a CSR accelerator for early-revenue startups, through five incubator partners across India.

Labour & Employment Department, J&K

Jammu & Kashmir government department behind seed money, soft loans and a credit guarantee for entrepreneurs, and Mission YUVA, a UT-wide enterprise programme.

MGU Innovation Foundation

Section 8 incubator of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, running a DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator with co-working, virtual incubation, an idea grant and a seed fund open to founders from outside the university.

Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS)

Government of Maharashtra's nodal agency for innovation-driven entrepreneurship, running the Maharashtra Startup Week challenge and a women-founder startup scheme.

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

India's apex ministry driving agritech innovation through RKVY-RAFTAAR startup grants & incubation.

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Central Government ministry driving entrepreneurship and the North East Venture Fund across 8 NE states.

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

The Government of India's national IT body under MeitY, running startup incubation, challenges and domain Centres of Entrepreneurship across 73 centres.

Upaya Social Ventures

Bangalore-based nonprofit that invests in and accelerates early-stage Indian businesses creating dignified jobs for people in extreme poverty.

Venture Center

A CSIR-NCL-hosted, not-for-profit technology incubator in Pune with cleanroom, biopharma-analysis and prototyping labs for science and deep-tech startups.

Villgro

India's oldest social enterprise incubator, founded in 2001, having supported 340+ enterprises across healthcare, agriculture, and climate.

WISE SNDTWU Incubation Centre

Incubator for women-led startups at SNDT Women's University's Juhu campus in Mumbai, with pre-incubation, co-working space, labs and mentoring.

Agri Food Business Incubation Centre (AFBIC), IIT Kharagpur

Agri-food business incubator at IIT Kharagpur, set up under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme, with programmes for ideas, startups and students.

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

Government of India innovation mission under NITI Aayog. It funds Atal Incubation Centres and community innovation centres, and runs the Atal New India Challenge for prototype-stage startups.

CSJM Innovation Foundation

University-backed Section 8 incubator at CSJM University, Kanpur, open to founders across Uttar Pradesh, with physical, virtual and pre-incubation tracks.

BaryTech

Seed capital and venture-building partner for innovation-driven startups in India.

Punjab Agri Business Incubator (PABI), Punjab Agricultural University

The agri-business incubator at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, set up under the central RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for idea-stage and commercialisation-ready agri ventures.

Madurai Agribusiness Incubation Forum (MABIF)

NABARD and TNAU's agribusiness incubator in Madurai, running a staged incubation programme, a food processing centre, an NABL-accredited food testing lab, and FPO support.

Startup Karnataka

Karnataka's state startup department, based in Bengaluru. Two ELEVATE grant calls, ELEVATE NxT for deep-tech startups across India and ELEVATE Minorities, are open from 13 October to 13 November 2026.

Greenovator Incubation Foundation (GIF), NIT Srinagar

NIT Srinagar's DST-backed technology incubator (i-TBI) in Kashmir. Runs Ignition Grant cohorts and is a Mission YUVA incubation node for early-stage founders.

Pernod Ricard India Foundation

Corporate CSR arm of Pernod Ricard India, backing startups in plastic circularity, circular economy and climate-smart agriculture through partner incubators.

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.

Andhra University

A not-for-profit startup incubator in Visakhapatnam, run by the Andhra University Incubation Council, with a stated aim of backing students and the local community.

Centre for Next-Gen Entrepreneurship in Science & Technology Foundation (CNEST), KLE Tech

Technology business incubator at KLE Tech's Belagavi campus, backed by Karnataka's IT & BT department under TBI 2.0, for deep-tech founders in medtech, agritech, AI, manufacturing and electronics.

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.

NITA-FIIE, NIT Agartala

DST-iTBI incubation centre at NIT Agartala supporting early-stage hardware & deeptech startups.

Incubein Foundation (RTMNU BIC), Nagpur

Nagpur University’s business incubation centre — a Section 8 non-profit taking applications from founders, students and unregistered teams across twelve sectors.

NERVE CoE, Nagpur

STPI's AI centre at Nagpur for startups working on agriculture, healthcare, forestry and environment, and mining.

SmartAgri CoE, Bhilai

STPI's Agri-Tech Centre of Entrepreneurship at Bhilai, with an open-call intake for start-ups working on agricultural problems.

IEF of CCSNIAM

Agri-business incubator at CCS NIAM, Jaipur, running RKVY-RAFTAAR programmes for students, pre-seed agripreneurs and seed-stage agri-startups.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)

Government of India ministry that runs funding schemes for food-processing businesses: subsidies for micro units and producer groups, a scheme for larger plants, and production-linked incentives. Not an incubator.

Dept of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD)

Central department backing livestock, dairy and animal-husbandry startups and infrastructure.

NABARD

India's government-owned rural development bank — mostly a wholesaler, with one equity route (AgriSURE) a startup can approach directly.

Government of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu's state government, backing startups statewide through StartupTN.

Government of Telangana

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

Government of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh's state government startup, MSME and industrial support: grants, reimbursements and free incubation under the UP Startup Policy, plus sector policies run by several departments.

Government of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh's state government, nurturing startups through its Startup Policy and 36inc.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India

Government ministry promoting tribal welfare and entrepreneurship through scholarships, grants, and incubation programs.

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

IIT Bhubaneswar's Research and Entrepreneurship Park: an incubator for early-stage technology startups, with a 3 months pre-incubation stage and incubation for 18 - 36 months.

Geeta University

Haryana-based private university with technical programs and a startup incubation center for student entrepreneurs.

Marwadi University

MUIIR is the startup incubator of Marwadi University in Rajkot, Gujarat. It offers student founders a first office, co-working space, mentoring and funding for student ideas.

Rayat Bahra University

Punjab's private multi-disciplinary university with innovation labs and incubation support for student startups.

Buddha Institute of Technology

UP engineering institute in Gorakhpur fostering entrepreneurship and tech innovation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

JIS College of Engineering

Engineering college in Kalyani, West Bengal whose JIS Business Incubation Center is an empanelled MSME Host Institute — anyone with an innovative idea can name it as their host on the government's idea portal.

SJC Institute of Technology

Chikkaballapura engineering college with innovation programs and startup support in Karnataka's rural tech corridor.

Technocrats Institute of Technology, Bhopal

Bhopal engineering institute with innovation programs and startup incubation in Madhya Pradesh's capital.

Wainganga College of Engineering and Management

Nagpur incubator run by Wainganga College of Engineering and Management, with its own 5,000 sq/ft facility, an AI lab and Fab Lab, and a portfolio of registered startups across agritech, fintech, edtech, defence-tech and health-tech.