Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (Pre-Seed Stage)

The program provides access to business & technology validation, strong mentoring & advisory, market linkages & connections with a view to create impactful solutions in the agriculture ecosystem. Phase 1: 1-Month Incubation Program focuses on technical validations, business assessments, IP and other checks to create a feasible, viable, and scalable product ready for the market. Finally, the participants get to pitch their product to our panel of experts and the selected startups have the opportunity to get incubation with a Grant-in-Aid of up to INR 5,00,000. Phase 2: 1-Year Incubation Program provides mentoring and grant-in-aid of up to INR 5,00,000 (in milestone based 3-tranches) to commercially launch their product. Startups are mentored to run & sustain their business, grow their market linkages & connections, and develop a plan for scaling up, along with field trials and pilot opportunities.