CleanTech and Climate Incubators and Accelerators (Page 2)

BIRAC

Central government funder for Indian biotech — grants from idea to proof of concept, equity through partner incubators, and the BioNEST bio-incubation network.

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

Government of India department under the Ministry of Science & Technology that supports biotech fellowships, research calls and the BioE3 challenge.

Department of Industries, Government of Bihar

Bihar's industries department, which runs the Bihar Start-up Policy 2022 and the Mukhyamantri Udyami Yojanas: seed and early-stage support for start-ups, and part-grant schemes for individual entrepreneurs.

StartupTN

Tamil Nadu's state startup mission — seed funding, mentoring, procurement access and ten regional hubs, for startups registered in the state.

ACIC VGU Foundation

Atal Community Innovation Centre at Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, backed by AIM and NITI Aayog and focused on Rajasthan's smaller cities.

Ratan Tata Innovation Hub (RTIH)

Andhra Pradesh's government innovation hub in Amaravati, with five spokes, running incubation, student and challenge programmes.

Startupbootcamp India

Startupbootcamp India runs 12-week, industry-focused accelerator cohorts in Ahmedabad, connecting early-stage founders with corporate partners, mentors and investors.

Technology Development Board (TDB)

India's statutory body for commercialising home-grown technology: it finances Indian companies mainly by soft loan, sometimes equity, rarely by grant.

Innovation Mission Punjab

Public-private partnership in Mohali that runs idea-validation, pre-seed, accelerator and student programmes for startups and young innovators in Punjab.

Bala Vikasa Center for Social and Responsible Business

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

Sharda Launchpad

Sharda University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida, with idea-stage, resident and acceleration tracks open to outside founders.

Department of Science & Technology

India's apex S&T ministry funding science-driven startups from prototype to scale via NIDHI and NSTEDB.

Marathwada Accelerator for Growth & Incubation Council (MAGIC)

Industry association-led incubator in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, promoted by CMIA, with centres in Jalna and Shendra.

iCreate

A Gujarat government-backed technology incubator in Ahmedabad, running funding schemes and challenges for hardware and deep-tech founders.

Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)

Incubation centre of the Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute in Gurugram, offering lab and prototyping access to clean energy, deep tech and biotech startups.

SIIC IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur's incubator, running national deep-tech, defence, drone, AI and MedTech programmes from campuses in Kanpur and Noida.

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.

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.

PIEDS

BITS Pilani's technology business incubator, running government schemes and CSR-funded accelerators for hardware, deep-tech and climate startups from Pilani, Rajasthan.

Capgemini

Global group whose corporate venture arm makes minority investments in B2B startups, plus a past CSR-focused innovation challenge run with Start-up India.

Department of MSME, Government of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh's state department for MSMEs, which runs the state startup policy and its seed, patent, lease, incubator and accelerator support.

ACIC-BMU Foundation

The Atal Community Innovation Centre at BML Munjal University in Haryana, backed by NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission and open to innovators from the campus and the community around it.

AIC GGSIPU

Atal Incubation Centre at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, New Delhi, running the Aspire, Spark and Ignite programmes for founders.

AIC-IIITH Foundation

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

Amity Innovation Incubator

University-campus incubator in Noida that takes technology startups on rent-plus-equity terms, in person or virtually, with an in-house patent team.

Anupam Innovation & Incubation Centre (AIIC)

Incubation centre of the LNCT Group in Bhopal, running MeitY's GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence programme for early-stage deep-tech and IT founders from Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

India's government research funding body, successor to SERB. Mostly grants for academic researchers; startups can join mission programmes, and MAHA MedTech accepts DPIIT startups as lead applicants.

BGIIES

The BITS Goa society that runs the BITS BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator, for health and environment startups in Zuarinagar, Goa.

CEAT Limited

Leading Indian tyre manufacturer under RPG Group, operating across 120+ countries with focus on innovation in sustainable mobility and smart manufacturing.

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.

Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation

Chitkara University's incubator in Rajpura, Punjab — a DST-recognised technology business incubator that hosts NIDHI, MeitY and Startup India funding schemes.

DSIR

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, under the Ministry of Science and Technology: runs PRISM and other schemes for industrial R&D, plus recognitions and tax approvals.

GINSERV

Bengaluru technology business incubator and accelerator backed by DST, running incubation and acceleration cohorts since 2010.

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.

Government of India

DPIIT's Startup India initiative: startup recognition, a seed fund, a fund of funds, a credit guarantee and incubator schemes.

Government of Maharashtra

Maharashtra's state government supporting startups through its Startup Policy, seed funding, and incubation infrastructure across the state.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

HPCL, a Maharatna public sector oil company, runs the Udgam startup scheme: grant-in-aid for innovators taking an energy or petroleum idea to proof of concept and commercialisation, plus a startup challenge with IIT Kanpur.

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.

IIT Ropar Technology Business Incubator Foundation (TBIF)

IIT Ropar's technology business incubator — a Section 8 non-profit set up under the DST NIDHI-TBI scheme, backing deep-tech startups in manufacturing, defence, IoT, AI and healthcare from the Rupnagar campus.

Kotak Mahindra Bank

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

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.

Savli Technology and Business Incubator (STBI)

A Gujarat government incubator in Vadodara's GIDC industrial estate, running biotech and deep-tech labs alongside BIRAC, NIDHI and state seed-funding schemes.

Shree Cement Limited

India's third-largest cement producer supporting innovation in climate-tech and sustainability, with CSR programmes across skill development and rural empowerment.

TBI-KIET

Technology business incubator on the KIET campus in Ghaziabad, promoted by DST's NSTEDB, backing first-generation founders in ICT, robotics and e-mobility.

The Habitats Trust

Wildlife conservation foundation co-founded by Roshni Nadar Malhotra, disbursing grants to support habitat restoration and species recovery across 21 Indian states.

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.