Elevate – Acceleration Program
A programme by AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum
A six-month, sector-agnostic accelerator for startups already earning revenue, focused on sales, operations and investor readiness.
At a glance
| Best for | Revenue-generating startups in any sector that need sales, channel and investor help |
|---|---|
| Stage | Early revenue – Growth |
| Duration | 6 months |
| Format | Hybrid |
About Elevate – Acceleration Program
Elevate is the accelerator for startups that already have traction. It runs six months and, unlike the other tracks, takes any sector. The intake on the site is labelled ELEVATE 3.0.
What you get
- Work on sales, operations and market expansion
- One-on-one coaching and a dedicated mentor from your industry
- Pitch deck work from an investor's point of view, including mock presentation reviews
- Repeated chances to pitch investors online and in person
- Help building channel partners to strengthen the sales pipeline
- Access to a pool of sector-specific investors, and pre-seed and seed funding assistance
- National and international exposure, training and workshops, and IPR support
Who can apply
- Startups with early traction or generating revenue
- Any sector
How selection works: Not published. Cohorts are capped at twenty.
How to apply: Use the ELEVATE 3.0 application link on the incubation page. The page shows a last-date field with no date in it, so email manager@aic-pinnacle.org to confirm the deadline before you start.
Where to apply
Other AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum programmes
- Idea Utsav – Idea Validation WorkshopA monthly online workshop where founders pitch an idea or prototype to a panel and get feedback on what to do next.
- Emerge – Pre-Incubation ProgramA three-month online pre-incubation programme, taken with no equity, that validates an idea and prepares founders for the full incubation programme.
- Evolve – Incubation ProgramA twelve-month incubation programme in four modules, ending in an investor demo day, for startups at prototype to MVP stage.
- EvolutioNari – Women Entrepreneurship ProgramA twelve-month programme for women founders at ideation to prototype stage, built on curated sessions, group mentoring and networking.
- International Incubation SupportA residency route for companies based outside India that want to use the centre's physical incubation programme and reach Indian markets.
- Student Entrepreneurship Development ProgramA structured entrepreneurship curriculum for students, covering ideation, business planning, market research and funding.
- Atal Innovation Mission seed support (AIM-AIC)Seed support for startups already incubated at the centre, given as debt or equity and requiring matching money from non-government sources.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0A MeitY scheme the centre channels, with an entrepreneur-in-residence stipend at idea stage and grant support at prototype and product-development stages.
- Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)Seed funding for DPIIT-recognised startups under two years old, given as grant and as debt or convertible debentures through the centre.
- MSME Innovative Scheme – IncubationAIC-Pinnacle is an approved Host Institute, so innovators and MSMEs can take an idea through proof-of-concept validation and commercialisation here.
- MSME IPFC – IP Rights Facilitation CentreAn IP facilitation centre under the Ministry of MSME that files patents, trademarks, copyrights and designs for Udyam-registered MSMEs with no professional fee.