Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College

Choosing the route

• Start-ups from the college community and independent start-ups apply to the same incubation centre.
• For pre-incubation support, ask about the workshops, seminars and hackathons open to students, faculty and staff.

How to apply

• Submit the Application Form on srecspark.org. The online form accepts document uploads in PDF, DOC, JPG, PNG and SVG formats.
• The PDF version of the Startup - Incubatee form asks for legal status, team size, promoters or directors, product details, the problem it solves, the intended customer, patent status and any funding already received.
• Write to info@srecspark.org with questions.

How applications are judged

• Grants, fellowships and seed funding follow a review by the Foundation's advisory committee.
• Faculty and staff start-ups are assessed under the incubation policy and selection criteria before they are admitted.

SREC SPARK Incubation Foundation is a not-for-profit Section 8 company that runs an incubation centre on the campus of Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College in Coimbatore. The college website calls the same centre SREC-BI.

The centre supports technology-based start-ups from ideation to starting a business. Start-ups from academic institutions and independent start-ups can apply, provided they fit the Foundation's focus areas.

What the centre offers

Support includes technical, business and financial advisory from an internal and external mentor network, co-working space and incubation units, help with intellectual property and patents, and networking with investors and industry experts. The policy also allows for seed funding, grants and fellowships after review, deferred payment of incubation charges on request, and help in getting loans.

Who can apply

Start-ups from the college community and from outside it, if they fit the focus areas. Faculty and staff who own a start-up may be asked for an equity stake, which the policy puts at 2.0% to 9.5%.

Focus areas

The centre's pages give different focus areas. The Foundation's policy names automation, energy and mobility, software and IT-based solutions, and healthcare. The campus incubation page lists nanotechnology, composite materials, embedded systems, the Internet of Things, electrical and electronics, sensors, automated test systems, and robotics and automation.

Start-ups on the site

The Our Startups page names ten companies, including Tectzo Solutions and Artispec Technologies.

Who runs it

The Foundation is registered in Coimbatore and works from the college campus at Vattamalaipalayam.