Incubators in Mangaluru

AIM/NITI Aayog-backed Atal Incubation Centre jointly promoted by Nitte Education Trust. Provides startups with expertise, tech support, investor access, market entry and networking. A co-organizer of Coastal Startup Fest.

Healthcare-innovation-focused incubator (Section 8) at Yenepoya deemed university. Facilities include a 3D bioprinting lab, ISO 13485 medical-device manufacturing, and a NABH-accredited clinical-trial facility. Supports medtech startups ...

One of five state-backed K-tech Innovation Hubs / Common Instrumentation Facilities (Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Belagavi, Mysuru, Shivamogga), established by KITS in partnership with IKP Knowledge Park (Hyderabad). The Mangaluru hub is a prod...

The region's oldest and most established technology incubator, hosted at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) in Surathkal, north of Mangaluru city. Founded in 1994 (formerly KREC-STEP), it provides business incubation, ...

One of the more active academic incubators in Mangaluru city, spread over ~20,000 sq ft (with more space earmarked) and hosting a K-tech NAIN incubation centre since 2017. It supports startups in IT, electronics/IoT, embedded systems, me...

Incubator of Yenepoya Deemed-to-be University (started May 2019), with a distinct focus on healthcare and health-tech innovation given the university's medical strengths. Identifies, mentors and hosts innovators through the healthcare-in...

Atal Incubation Centre jointly promoted by Nitte Education Trust and NITI Aayog under the Atal Innovation Mission, GoI; ~10,000 sq ft, focused on agriculture, biotechnology and ICT. Offers mentorship, tech support, investor access and ma...

New Age Innovation Network centre at NMAM Institute of Technology, a KITS unit under the state IT/BT dept promoting student innovation and incubation since 2017 (with ELEVATE-winning teams such as AthrV-Ed and Airmydus/Infinity Drones). ...

DST/NSTEDB-funded technology business incubator of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, established March 2010, operating from a ~10,000 sq ft facility. Focus areas span IT, healthcare, medical devices, agriculture and renewable energy; ...

Entrepreneurship Development Cell of Canara Engineering College, part of the broader NAIN network, encouraging student-led innovative businesses through mentoring and events. A smaller campus-level enabler roughly 22 km outside Mangaluru...

PACE hosts a NAIN centre and runs Startup Karnataka bootcamps, acting as another campus-level entrepreneurship enabler within the Mangaluru region. Depth is at the student-project/early-idea stage rather than scaling companies.