Incubation Program

This is Hatchlab's main programme. It is described as five phases, and a startup moves through them on a milestone plan agreed at the start with an assigned mentor.

What you get

• Phase 0, Venture Registration and Onboarding: help incorporating as a private limited company or LLP, the incubation agreement and paperwork, an introduction to the centre's mentors and facilities, and a baseline assessment with a milestone plan.
• Phase 1, Product Garage: prototype design and development with technical mentoring, MVP build based on real user insight, access to lab and fabrication facilities, and a first customer feedback loop.
• Phase 2, Innovation Audit: a technology readiness level assessment, performance testing, pilot studies and user validation reports, market and customer fit analysis, and a reworked business model.
• Phase 3, Lab to Launch: go-to-market and expansion planning, branding, marketing and distribution readiness, investor connects and demo days, then graduation to independent operation.
• Phase 4, Startup Vault: long-term financial and operating strategy, partnerships, further funding and acceleration routes, and continued progress reviews.

Who can apply

• Early-stage startups with a validated idea.
• You do not need to be incorporated first — incorporation happens inside the first phase, with legal and compliance support.
• The centre's stated audience includes external stakeholders alongside the university's students, faculty, staff and alumni, but it does not publish a separate eligibility rule for the incubation programme.

How selection works: not published. The centre refers to selected startups being onboarded but does not say how the selection is made.

How to apply: the entrepreneurship section menu carries an Apply Now link on every page, and it is the only standing application route the centre publishes. It is not labelled with a programme name, so confirm what it covers by writing to hrc@srmap.edu.in or to the Directorate of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at entr.office@srmap.edu.in, and ask about the current intake.