Pre-Incubation Support

Pre-incubation is UIH's entry point. The centre describes it as the stage where a technologist or entrepreneur with a potential innovative idea is given a co-working space, develops that idea into a proof of concept, and works out whether it is technically feasible. It can be taken in person at the Naini campus or remotely. Much of what it covers is the work of getting a business off paper: incorporating, registering for government schemes, and producing the documents an investor or a scheme will ask for.

What you get

• Co-working space during the ideation stage
• Support registering a company as an LLP, OPC or private limited
• Support obtaining Startup India, StartinUP, MSME, Udyog Aadhaar, ISO and GST registrations
• A pitch deck, business plan and financial projections
• Idea validation and product testing
• Mock pitching sessions to prepare you to present your business model
• Training on various technologies with the centre's associated organisations
• Help sourcing manpower, interns or co-founders
• Networking with senior startups already incubated at UIH
• Mentoring by industrial and academic experts of your domain
• Guidance on testing whether the concept is marketable and feasible
• Participation in business events organised by UIH

Who can apply

• Entrepreneurs at the ideation stage with an innovative idea
• No incorporation requirement is stated, and the route includes help incorporating
• No restriction to students or alumni of United Group of Institutions, and no geography restriction, appears anywhere on the centre's pages

How selection works: the centre does not publish a selection process. Its contact page says that if it finds your idea interesting, it will not take long to hear back.

How to apply: submit the pre-incubation form linked from the Apply Now menu on the centre's site, or email a pitch deck to incubation@united.edu.in. No deadlines or intake dates are published, so applications appear to be taken as they arrive.