VentureLab Thapar Program

This is the way in for most founders. The incubator says it does not matter whether you are a student, a staff member, already running a startup or a scale-up, or someone who has been an entrepreneur for years.

What you get

• A personal coach for the year, with intensive one-to-one time, plus expert coaching on patents, legal questions and finances.
• Hands-on training and ongoing mentoring.
• Business advice and help building a workable model.
• Introductions to networks, customers and venture capital firms.
• Shared co-working space, flexible workplaces and meeting rooms.
• Access to NVIDIA data centres for teams that need heavy computing.
• Seed funding support for selected startups.
• Quarterly progress reviews by business panels.

Who can apply

• Entrepreneurs in the Punjab region with expansion plans.
• Students, staff, existing startups, scale-ups and long-standing entrepreneurs alike.
• Individuals, teams, or groups and departments inside a larger organisation.
• No incorporation requirement is stated.

How selection works: the incubator sets out five steps — assessment of the entrepreneur and the business idea, business modelling, training and mentoring, market access, then funding access. The coach and the founder assess training needs together.

How to apply: the programme page has an apply button but no link behind it, so write to manager_step@thapar.edu, use the query box on the contact page, or call the Patiala office and ask for the current intake.