- Type
- Incubator
- Stages
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Cheque size
- $25K – $500K
- Based in
- Mumbai (IIT Bombay, Powai)
- Founded
- 2004
About
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) is the technology business incubator at IIT Bombay. One of India's oldest and most successful incubators, SINE has nurtured over 200 startups, providing world-class infrastructure, mentoring, and seed funding within the IIT Bombay campus.
Investment thesis: We nurture deep-tech and science-based startups by leveraging IIT Bombay's world-class research infrastructure, faculty expertise, and alumni network.
What they invest in
Programme details
2-year incubation program with subsidized lab and office space in IIT Bombay campus, access to IIT Bombay research labs, seed funding up to INR 25 lakh, mentoring from IIT faculty and industry experts, and access to the IIT Bombay alumni network.
Notable investments
Examples shown on sineiitb.org. This is not a complete portfolio.
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