Incubation at Sona Incubation Foundation

The incubator's main door. Applications are taken all year with no published closing date, and the form is open to any founder — the venture-type field includes an option for teams with no registered entity, and there is no requirement to be a Sona student or to be based in Salem.

What you get

• Incubation support at the Salem facility, with lab and workshop access
• Mentoring from the incubator's own mentor panel
• Market connects and introductions to investors and angel networks
• Co-working space, with a virtual incubation option for founders who cannot be on site
• Help with fundraising, legal questions, marketing and IP
• Help hiring student interns from the Sona group of institutions

Who can apply

• Founders at ideation, seed, early or growth stage
• Proprietorships, private limited companies, LLPs, registered partnerships — and teams with no registered entity yet
• DPIIT recognition is asked for but optional
• No campus, city or state restriction is stated

How selection works: not published. A pitch deck is required with the application; no stages, panel or timeline are stated.

How to apply: fill the incubation form on the incubator's site and upload a pitch deck as a PDF, DOC or PPT under 20 MB. Say which of incubation support, the Ignite grant, mentoring, market connect, co-working or investor connect you want. Queries go to support@sonaincubations.com.