CleanTech and Climate Incubators and Accelerators (Page 3)

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.

Remove Global

Social enterprise tackling electronic waste through circular economy solutions.

Engineers India Limited

Navratna company wholly owned by the Government of India, with a Start-up India procurement route for startups and an enlistment process for suppliers.

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.

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.

KIIT-TBI

DST-recognised technology business incubator at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, running DST, MeitY and BIRAC funding programmes for founders across eastern and north-eastern India.

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.

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.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

India's government-owned development bank for MSMEs — it lends directly to operating small businesses, refinances banks and NBFCs, and invests in venture funds rather than in startups.

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. For startups, its doors are time-limited calls run with the National Institute of Solar Energy: RE start-up incubation and Green Hydrogen pilot projects.

Government of Telangana

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

National Highways Authority of India

India's highway infrastructure authority that runs innovation challenges for smart road and mobility startups.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

SINE, IIT Bombay's incubator and deep-tech accelerator for technology startups, with a Semiconductor accelerator cohort taking applications.

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.

BITS BIRAC BioNEST, BITS Pilani Goa

Health and environment bio-incubator on the BITS Pilani Goa campus, with wet-lab benches, monthly office space and a Startup India seed fund window.

Allenhouse Startup and Incubation Foundation (ASIF)

Section 8 incubator on the Allenhouse campus in Kanpur, offering resident and off-campus incubation to incorporated startups, and pre-incubation to the college's own students and alumni.

Foundation for Technology & Business Incubation (FTBI), NIT Rourkela

The incubator of NIT Rourkela — a Section 8 company on campus, open to outside founders as well as students, hosting DST, MeitY and coal-sector funding schemes.

Shivaji College, University of Delhi

Central Delhi's historic DU college with an innovation cell and entrepreneurship programs for student founders.

STPI CoE-EA, Bengaluru

STPI's Bengaluru centre for efficiency-augmentation startups — Industry 4.0 incubation in Jayanagar, run with the Government of Karnataka.

Goa Startup Mission

Startup Goa is the Government of Goa's startup programme, run by the Startup and IT Promotion Cell. It certifies startups, pays back eligible costs under state schemes and runs a free accelerator.

Goa State Innovation Council (GSInC)

Autonomous body under the Department of Science & Technology & Waste Management, Government of Goa, implementing innovation and science awards for Goan innovators.

IIT Bhubaneswar Research and Entrepreneurship Park

IIT Bhubaneswar Research & Entrepreneurship Park supports deep-tech startups with world-class labs and mentorship in Odisha.

Central Tool Room

A Ministry of MSME tool room in Ludhiana, set up in 1980 as an Indo-German project, running on-campus and off-campus incubation for startups.

UPES

Runway Incubator, run by UPES in Dehradun, offers equity-free grants, mentoring and AI-focused angel investment to Indian startups from idea to early revenue.

DTU Innovation and Incubation Foundation (DTU-IIF)

The official incubator of Delhi Technological University in north-west Delhi — sector agnostic, open to founders from anywhere, with a women-led seed support track backed by DST.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

IIT Delhi drives deep-tech entrepreneurship through FITT, one of India's oldest and largest academic incubators.

Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology

Jaipur biotechnology institute whose Bio Enabler Centre backs biotech ideas from its own students, interns and faculty — its schemes are not open to outside founders.

LNCT BHOPAL

Kalchuri LNCT Group Incubation Centre (KLIC) is a Bhopal incubator that takes startups through staged support, from idea work to market exposure.

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

IIT Gandhinagar's IIEC is a DST-backed incubator with 10,000 sq ft of lab/office space supporting deep-tech startups in Gujarat.

Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology

A Kerala Startup Mission IEDC and a KSIDC-sanctioned incubation centre on the ASIET campus at Kalady — for the college's own students, faculty and alumni.

Startups Valley (AJCE Technology Business Incubator)

Technology business incubator at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering in Kanjirappally, Kerala, open to students, faculty, alumni and the public.

KiC-START (Kongunadu Incubation Center and Startup Association)

Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology at Thottiam near Trichy hosts KiC-START, a Section 8 incubation centre for rural and semi-urban founders, and is a recognised MSME host business incubator.

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education

Deemed university at Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, whose in-house Kalasalingam Technology Business Incubator (KTBI) backs ventures started by its own students and faculty — it publishes no way in for outside founders.

NEC Business Incubator (DST i-TBI)

DST-supported inclusive technology business incubator at National Engineering College, Kovilpatti, with an open cohort call for circular economy, agritech and IoT startups.

BITS BioCyTiH Foundation

DST NM-ICPS-funded Technology Innovation Hub for Bio-Cyber Physical Systems, hosted by BITS Pilani across its Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses.

Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research

Technology business incubator under DST's NIDHI scheme, at Vignan's Foundation (VFSTR) in Vadlamudi, Guntur

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI)

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

Campus incubator of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University in Amravati, run by its Section 8 research and incubation foundation for university members and selected outside innovators.

RGIPT Amethi

DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI)