IIT-Madras Develops A Portal For Information About Accelerators And Incubators

The Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has created the country's first information hub on incubators and accelerators.

The platform was created in collaboration with YNOS, an IIT Madras-incubated start-up. The information platform will provide complete information about incubators and accelerators, with the goal of assisting start-ups in navigating an uncertain entrepreneurial ecosystem.  According to an IIT Madras statement, India has roughly 1,000 operational incubators, but information about them was fragmented and not easily accessible in a single spot until today. According to the institute, entrepreneurs have to put in a lot of time and effort to find the best incubator for their start-up.

The incubator platform has been developed using the latest technology tools to quickly analyse the incubator and accelerator landscape in India. It features intuitive filters on multiple incubator parameters to quickly identify the set of incubators that satisfy different criteria for shortlisting and a facility to bookmark shortlisted incubators for detailed assessment at a later stage.