- Published on June 5, 2025
- In AI Startups
IIT Kanpur is Behind India’s Next Wave of $1 Billion Startups
“The institute has incubated around 425 startups, out of which approximately 200 can be called reasonably successful.”
- By Siddharth Jindal
IIT Kanpur has emerged as a significant hub for deep tech startups, focusing on product-led innovation across sectors like AI, defence, and healthcare. Its incubation centre is now powering both domestic growth and global expansion.
Established in 2000, the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) is one of India’s oldest technology business incubators, operating under the Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science & Technology (FIRST), a Section 8 company promoted by IIT Kanpur.
Today, SIIC hosts around 100 startups working on next-generation technologies across various sectors, including AI, healthcare, agriculture, and manufacturing.
It offers funding support of up to ₹20 lakh and one year of dedicated incubation that includes mentorship, techn
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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