Sharda Global Food & Beverages Accelerator

This is Sharda Launchpad's sector programme for food and beverages, run with a partner brand from the food media world. It is pitched at purpose-driven innovators in food technology and offers mentoring plus routes to funding. The application form is live, but no intake dates are published, so confirm the current cycle before you build a plan around it.

What you get

• Business setup and support, and business mentoring.
• Manufacturing and distribution support.
• Networking and business relationships, and capital access.
• A demo day, and a certificate of participation for everyone who takes part.

Who can apply

• Startups at prototype or MVP, early traction, or scale-up.
• Named segments are cloud kitchens and quick-service restaurants, B2B food supplies, trade operations and packaging, food product ventures, and logistics and infrastructure in the food business.
• Students, working professionals and full-time entrepreneurs may all apply.

How to apply: fill the application form on the programme's apply page. It asks for the startup name, a profile in a thousand characters, the founder's name, applicant category, contact details, registration type (LLP, private limited or other), whether you hold a DPIIT number, social links for company and founder, a two-thousand-character answer on what differentiates you, and a pitch deck as a PDF. Questions go to food.accelerator@sharda.ac.in.