Atal EIC / Incubation
Structured incubation, grant administration and commercialisation support — co-implementing the CHIPMAT grant.
Programme Design
Cohorts move from Ideation → Prototype → Pre-compliance → Scale-up. Seed funding up to ₹10 Lakhs per startup (excluding grant-in-aid). Ideation stage funding: ₹1.5 Cr; Prototype stage funding: ₹2.25 Cr.
Offerings
Co-working space · Lab and equipment access · Structured mentorship from industry, academia, R&D and investors · IP filing support · Market access · Grant challenges · Investor and demo-day connect.
Milestones
NIDHI PRAYAS (88 startups, 82 prototypes, 28 IPs, ₹16.34 Cr external funding); TIDE EIR/Grant (40 startups, 37 MVPs, 19 IPs, ₹13.56 Cr); TIDE Investment (17 startups, 17 products commercialised, ₹22 Cr).
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