Top 50 Startup Incubators & Accelerators in India
Incubators and Accelerators play major roles in modern economy. To support the entrepreneurs, a lot of innovative programs are getting launched. Several initiatives have been also taken by the Indian government. With these efforts to support entrepreneurs, startup incubator has now become a growing trend. The role of the incubators is providing exceptional services to the startup companies – a platform for nurturing their future. Today, presence of various types of incubators for startup companies can be found, including private business incubators, Govt. supported Institute based technology incubators, VC funds, etc. Different incubators have different characteristics to show, and they do not really function identically. But, their primary goal is the same, and that is supporting various budding entrepreneurs or startup businesses.
Like incubators, there are some other entities to help the entrepreneurs. One of such common entities is accelerator. Accelerators also have major roles to play for the startup businesses or entrepreneurs. There are some distinctive differences between incubators and accelerators, and in the following section, we shall learn about those differences. For startup business, it is important to know the differences between them before seeking fundamental business support or help from them.
Differences between Incubators and Accelerators
Though both incubators and accelerators are formed to support the startup businesses, there are some significant differences between the two. For entrepreneurs, both the terms are quite popular, and surprisingly people use these terms interchangeably, which is definitely a ‘wrong-do’. Fundamentally, they are different from each other and that is why they are not interchangeable. To understand their differences, we need to understand their definitions.
Accelerators help accelerating the speed of a business, while incubators help a business with all types of fundamental supports. Hence, to form a business, you would initially require the help of incubators. At the later stage, to make your business more productive, you need support from the accelerators. This is the primary as well as fundamental difference between them.
A. Business incubators and accelerators in Delhi NCR
1. Indian Angel Network Incubator
2. The Hatch
3. Technology Business Incubator, IIT Delhi
4. Tlabs
5. Veddis
6. GSF
7. Startup Tunnel, Vihara Innovation Campus
8. Information Technology Business Incubator (ITBI), JSSATE-STEP
9. Amity Technology Incubator
10. SEED-MDI
11. Technology based Incubator Society (TBIS), University of Delhi, and South Campus
12. Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Shriram Scientific and Industrial Research
B. Incubators and accelerators in Bangalore
13. Khosla Lab
14. Microsoft Accelerator
15. NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
16. Angel Prime
17. Kyron
18. GSF
19. IIT Bangalore Innovation Center
20. E health-TBI, PES School of Engg. Tech Park
21. Global Incubation Services, JSS Institutions Campus
C. Business incubators and accelerators in Mumbai
22. Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay
23. Unltd India
24. Venture Nursery
25. Seedfarm, Seedfund
26. GSF
27. SP Jain Institute of Management Research Center
D. Business incubators and accelerators in Chennai
28. Startup Center
29. Villgro, IIT Madras
30. Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI), IIT Madras
31. Technology Business Incubator, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University
E. Business incubators and accelerators in Kerala
32. Startup Village
33. Technopark TBI
34. Technology Business Incubator, NIT Calicut
35. Amrita TBI, Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham
F. Business incubators and accelerators in Ahmadabad
36. Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmadabad
37. National Design Business Incubator (NDBI), NID
38. Mudra Institute of Communications
G. Business incubators and accelerators in Bangalore
39. Morpheus
40. The hatch
H. Business incubators and accelerators in Hyderabad
41. Wadhwani Center for Entrepreneurship Development – ISB, Hyderabad
42. CIEE, IIIT Hyderabad
43. Life Science Incubator at IKP Knowledge Park
I. Business incubators and accelerators across India
44. SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur
45. Venture Center at NCL, Pune
46. Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Society (TIETS), IIT Kharagpur
47. TREC STEP, NIT Trichy
48. TBI, BITS Pilani
49. Malviya Centre for Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship, IIT BHU
50. Technology Business Incubator, KIIT University