CETIBA — Centre for Entrepreneurship, Technology Incubation and Business Acceleration
A programme by INDIA SME FORUM
India SME Forum's business incubator, run at three host-institute centres in Mumbai, Jammu and Vadodara, with up to three years of support per venture.
At a glance
| Best for | Budding entrepreneurs and early startups with an innovative technology, who can be based at the Mumbai, Jammu or Vadodara centre |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – MVP |
| Duration | Up to 3 years of active incubation support |
| Format | In person |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
| Run with | Office of the Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, UNIDO (FLCTD), National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu, Babaria Institute of Technology, BITS Edu Campus, Vadodara |
About CETIBA — Centre for Entrepreneurship, Technology Incubation and Business Acceleration
India SME Forum set up CETIBA with support from the Office of the Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME, and describes it as a model technology business incubator under the ministry's incubation scheme. It runs at three centres, each inside a host institute: the National Institute of Industrial Engineering in Powai, Mumbai; the Government College of Engineering and Technology in Jammu; and the Babaria Institute of Technology at BITS Edu Campus in Vadodara. No intake window or deadline is published, and no incubatee is named, so check with the centre whether it is currently taking ventures in.
What you get
- Mentoring, seed funding, infrastructure support and periodic review of the venture
- Up to three years of active incubation support, aimed at the venture becoming self-supporting
- Legal, financial, technical and IPR services for incubatees
- Introductions across academia, industry and financial institutions, and to India SME Forum's member base
- For selected commercially viable incubatees, technology validation funding through UNIDO's FLCTD programme
Who can apply
- Budding entrepreneurs and start-ups with an innovative idea or technology
- Eight named focus areas — farm mechanisation and yield, agro processing and packaging, environment and water and waste, renewable energy and electric vehicles, devices for diagnosis and treatment, energy efficiency and automation in manufacturing, energy-efficient housing, and security, drones and defence — stated as not exhaustive
- No incorporation requirement, turnover limit or state restriction is published; ask the centre if your case is unusual
How selection works: CETIBA lists selection of ventures and periodic review among its activities but does not publish stages or criteria. Under the government scheme it works within, a committee approves the idea, the host institute and the incubatee then sign an agreement, and support is released in stages against progress.
How to apply: Email the centre you want a detailed application for the proposed venture or innovation, together with your resume and an investor pitch. Mumbai applications go to cetiba@indiasmeforum.com, Jammu to cetibajammu@indiasmeforum.com and Vadodara to cetibavadodara@indiasmeforum.com. CETIBA also runs a registration and login area on its own site.