Climate Incubation Hub
A programme by NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore (NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning)
An incubation programme for climate-tech startups with early revenue, run with Hindustan Unilever.
At a glance
| Best for | Tech-enabled climate startups with a market-ready product and customers |
|---|---|
| Stage | Early revenue |
| Duration | About 6 months |
| Format | Online |
| Cost | Free |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
| Run with | Hindustan Unilever |
About Climate Incubation Hub
The Climate Incubation Hub covers clean energy, climate-smart agriculture, nature-based solutions and carbon markets. Beyond mentoring and cohort learning, Hindustan Unilever offers selected startups pilot opportunities and structured corporate validation.
What you get
- Tailored Mentorship from mentors, IIM faculty, and industry experts
- Cohort-Based Learning
- Financial support to scale solutions
- Investor Pitch Day
- Extensive Networking
- Product-Market Fit support
- Governance & Strategy
- HUL Demand Side Enabler: Pilot opportunities within HUL’s Agri-sourcing, packaging, etc
Who can apply
- Tech-enabled, climate-focused ventures
- Incorporated in India and operating for at least a year
- A market-ready product with an existing customer base
- Generating early revenue
How selection works: Application Submission → Application Review → 1:1 Conversation with the Program Team → Panel Review → Venture Due-Diligence → Onboarding into the Program
How to apply: Register interest through the form on the programme page to hear about the next intake.
Where to apply
Other NSRCEL programmes
- LaunchpadA five-month, sector-agnostic pre-incubation programme for founders at idea, prototype or MVP stage.
- Campus FoundersA multi-phase programme for student and recent-graduate founders who already have a working prototype.
- Healthcare Incubation ProgramA five-month incubation programme for healthcare startups, run with DailyRounds.
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 WomenA business-education programme for established women entrepreneurs, taught by IIM Bangalore faculty with Goldman Sachs.
- Women Startup ProgramA staged programme for women founders, powered by Kotak BizLabs, running from a five-week foundations course to incubation and a growth hub.
- Impact Orbit – Tech-Enabled Social InnovationsImpact Orbit's track for tech-enabled social ventures with proven pilots and early revenue.
- Impact Orbit – Skilling & Livelihood InnovationsAn Impact Orbit programme, run with Capgemini, for ventures closing gaps in India's skilling and livelihood ecosystem.
- Impact Orbit – AgeTech InnovationsAn Impact Orbit programme, a Capgemini CSR initiative, for startups serving older adults.
- Velocity – Kotak BizLabsA 12-month acceleration programme for revenue-stage startups, run as Kotak Mahindra Bank's Kotak BizLabs initiative.
- Circular Bharat AcceleratorAn accelerator for circular-economy startups ready to run pilots, backed by Hindustan Unilever, NITI Aayog and Xynteo.
- Circular Innovation Incubation ProgramAn incubation programme for startups working on circularity in agriculture, plastics and glass.
- Mobility Startups Incubation ProgramA six-month incubation programme run with Maruti Suzuki, with a route to a paid proof of concept.
- Sustainable Mobility Incubation ProgramAn incubation programme with ALSTOM for startups in mass mobility, energy infrastructure and rail technology.
- Renewable Energy Incubation CentreA 12-month incubation centre for renewable-energy startups, run with KREDL, FSID at IISc and UNSW Sydney.
- Fintech Centre of ExcellenceNSRCEL's fintech centre, running a 3–6 month cohort for revenue-stage fintech startups alongside an open founder community.
- Beyond Borders ProgramA market-access programme for international startups expanding into India — not an incubation route for Indian founders.
- Climate Centre of ExcellenceNSRCEL's climate centre, bringing together its climate and sustainability programmes.