SaaS and Software Incubators and Accelerators
140 incubators, accelerators and programmes that name SaaS and Software 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.
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.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
The Government of India's electronics and IT ministry, which backs technology startups through MeitY Startup Hub with the TIDE 2.0, GENESIS and SAMRIDH schemes.
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.
PSG-STEP
A technology business incubator at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, running since 1998 with DST, BIRAC, MeitY and StartupTN grant and seed-fund schemes across IT, electronics, biotech and nanotech.
Bhau Institute, COEP
Startup incubator at COEP Technological University in Pune, running physical, virtual and pre-incubation tracks plus DST and Maharashtra government funding programmes.
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.
JioGenNext
Reliance Industries' equity-free market-access programme, connecting startups with pilots and deployments across the Jio and Reliance business units.
Amrita Technology Business Incubator
A non-profit startup incubator run by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham from its Kollam, Bengaluru and Coimbatore campuses, open to founders across India.
VIT TBI
The technology business incubator at VIT Vellore, running DST NIDHI, BIRAC BioNEST and MeitY TIDE 2.0 grant programmes for deep-tech, biotech and ICT founders since 2003.
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.
Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE), Goa
Technology business incubator in Verna, Goa, supported by the Department of Science and Technology, with a Navi Mumbai centre. Takes prototype and MVP-stage tech startups.
Sardar Patel Technology Business Incubator (SP-TBI)
DST-listed technology business incubator on the Sardar Patel Institute of Technology campus in Andheri West, Mumbai.
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.
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.
JECRC Incubation Centre
Incubation centre at JECRC University, Jaipur — a MeitY TIDE 2.0 G2C centre running GENESIS grant routes for founders nationwide and a student-only incubation cohort.
AIC Anna Incubator
Atal Incubation Centre hosted by Anna University in Guindy, Chennai, with a hardware prototyping lab, coworking and a recurring pitch competition run with PALS.
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 ISB
The Atal Incubation Centre on the ISB Mohali campus, running government-funded grant and fellowship calls for founders in Punjab and beyond.
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.
Incubation Centre IIT Patna
IIT Patna's hardware incubator for ESDM and Medical Electronics startups, hosting DST NIDHI, DPIIT Seed Fund and MeitY GENESIS schemes.
888VC
Bengaluru venture firm that runs the GRO8 accelerator, a 12-week programme for early startups with global plans, and syndicates investments across India, the US and the UAE.
NSUT Innovation and Incubation Foundation (NSUT-IIF)
The incubator of Netaji Subhas University of Technology in Dwarka, New Delhi — a Section 8 company running two-year incubation with seed support.
AIC Mahindra University
Atal Incubation Centre at Mahindra University in Hyderabad, running idea bootcamps, pre-incubation and an 18-month incubation programme.
NETRARIT Foundation TBI
Section 8 technology business incubator hosted by Rajarambapu Institute of Technology in Islampur, Sangli district, funded by the Maharashtra State Innovation Society and supporting 30+ startups.
Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science
Section 8 incubator at MITS Deemed to be University, Madanapalle — open in policy to any founder, but almost every recorded incubatee is an MITS student or faculty member.
Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Haryana
Haryana's nodal industries department, running Startup Haryana: state registration, seed grants, cost reimbursements and incubator support.
T-Hub
Telangana's not-for-profit startup hub in Hyderabad, running corporate, sector and venture-studio programmes without taking equity.
Department of IT and E-Governance, Government of Jharkhand
The Government of Jharkhand's IT department, which runs the Jharkhand Startup Policy 2023 through the ABVIL startup portal in Ranchi: idea-stage stipends, prototype and scale-up grants, and reimbursements of rent, power, internet and patent costs for Jharkhand startups.
NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Service Companies runs DeepTech Club, Emerge 50, AI Gamechangers and InnoTrek for India's deeptech and AI startups.
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.
Invention Engine
Founder-led six-month accelerator in Gurugram for early-stage AI and deeptech startups, with seed funding and a global customer advisory board.
MASA Forum
Networking platform empowering MSMEs and startups for growth across India
Vidhai & Vaanam Space LLP
Chennai accelerator running a 12-week hybrid cohort programme for early-stage founders across SaaS, hardware and deep-tech, with applications open for its second cohort.
1811 Labs
Bengaluru product studio that builds and runs its own consumer AI apps and Pulse marketing agents, and advises other teams — it is not an incubator or accelerator and runs no programme founders can apply to.
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.
AIC-BIMTECH
Atal Incubation Centre at BIMTECH, Greater Noida — a sector-agnostic incubator that runs its own Khoj to Gurukul pipeline and delivers MeitY, Startup India and Uttar Pradesh government schemes.
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.
C-DAC
Government R&D organisation under MeitY that licenses its technology, runs PG training courses and is technology partner for MeitY's Blockchain India Challenge.
Government of India
DPIIT's Startup India initiative: startup recognition, a seed fund, a fund of funds, a credit guarantee and incubator schemes.
IDBI Capital
IDBI Bank's investment-banking and securities subsidiary in Mumbai. For startups it manages SEBI-registered funds for Maharashtra-based companies and advises a state scheme for SC/ST founders.
IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre
IIM Udaipur's incubation centre, backed by the Department of Science and Technology, running grant, fellowship and accelerator programmes open to founders across India.
IIMK LIVE
IIM Kozhikode's incubator in Kozhikode and Kochi, running incubation, deep-tech, maritime, textile and women-entrepreneur programmes.
A sector label on a directory is a starting point, not a promise. An incubator that names SaaS and Software may run a dedicated track with mentors and customers from the industry, or it may simply accept SaaS and Software 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 SaaS and Software 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
- 140 of the 2429 incubators, accelerators and programmes we list in India (6%) are on this page.
- By organisation type, the most common are Incubator (101), Academic (61) and Government (29). One organisation can carry more than one type.
- By stage focus, the most listed are Ideation (120), Validation (115) and Early Revenue (71).
- These organisations also name AgriTech (47), Deep Tech (47) and HealthTech (45) most often, so a SaaS and Software founder will find programmes that cross sectors.
- By state, most are in Maharashtra (22), Karnataka (18) and Tamil Nadu (17).
- By city, most are in Bengaluru (13), Delhi (12) and Hyderabad (8).
- 55 of 140 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 SaaS and Software?
We list 140 organisations in India that name SaaS and Software among their sectors. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Does an incubator that lists SaaS and Software only take SaaS and Software 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 SaaS and Software 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.