C V Raman Global University

Before you apply

• Have your company details ready: whether it is registered, its legal form, its incorporation date and its registered address.
• Be clear about your stage. The application asks you to choose between idea or pre-seed, minimum viable product, product or service development, and scaling.
• Explain your problem, value proposition, target customer, revenue model and market size. The form asks for each of these.
• Note whether you have filed for patent or copyright protection and whether you have a pitch deck to upload.

How applications work

• Fill in the online incubation application on the incubator's website.
• If you have not registered your company, the form asks whether you will register during the incubation period.
• For questions, write to incubation_tbi@cvrgi.edu.in.

CVRCE Technology Incubator Foundation, also known as CVRCE TIF or CGU TBI, is a technology business incubator on the campus of C. V. Raman Global University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It describes itself as a technology business incubator sponsored under the NIDHI TBI scheme and affiliated under Startup India.

The incubator says its aim is to take innovators from problem validation to go-to-market, and it runs its own incubation application for startups.

How the programme works

The incubator takes early-stage technology startups and works with them from idea or pre-seed stage through to growth. Its application asks which stage a startup has reached: idea, minimum viable product, product or service development, or scaling.

Who can apply

The incubator's pages do not publish eligibility rules, and the application does not state who may apply beyond the startup's own details. Confirm eligibility with the incubator before you apply.

What the incubator offers

The incubator lists coworking space, conference halls and meeting rooms on campus, and access to labs and centres of excellence. Its services include mentoring from subject-matter experts, support with legal and financial compliance, patent and IP counselling, technology licensing and assessment, help with funding and seed support, and peer networks with other startups.

Focus areas

The incubator's pages list different focus areas. One page names agritech and food technology, while its application form lists cyber security, sustainable technology, transportation, and water and sanitation. Confirm the current focus before you apply.

Who runs it

The incubator's board includes internal members from CVRCE TIF and external members from outside the institute.

Location

The incubator is on the CGU campus in Mahura, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha.