Startup incubators in West Bengal
This directory lists 61 startup support programmes in West Bengal: 48 incubators, 6 accelerators, 5 incubator-cum-accelerators, 1 pre-incubation centre and 1 venture studio. Most are in Kolkata (41), Kharagpur (5) and Howrah (4). 2 take part in the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, 1 is an Atal Incubation Centre and 3 are DST-supported technology business incubators.
Summary
61entries · Updated 7 October 2026
48 Incubator6 Accelerator5 Incubator and accelerator1 Pre-incubation centre1 Venture studio
Top cities: Kolkata (41), Kharagpur (5), Howrah (4), Durgapur (2), Kalyani (2)
Top schemes: MSME Incubation (HI) (23), Other central scheme (8), DST NIDHI-TBI (3), State recognised or supported (3), SISFS (2), MeitY SAMRIDH (2)
Type to narrow the tables below
Incubators and accelerators (60)
| Incubator or programme | Location | Type | Schemes and focus | Contact | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atal Incubation Centre, Techno India University Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Social impact and rural, IT, software and AI, Media, design and creative, Edtech | contact@aic-techno.com project@technoindiaeducation.com 03323576163 | |
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator and accelerator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Healthcare and medtech, Social impact and rural, IT, software and AI, Agriculture and food, Edtech | subhrangshu.sanyal@iimcip.org soujit.das@iimcip.org +91 33 24678313 | |
IKN Innovation Foundation (NEEV Incubation Center), IMI Kolkata International Management Institute (IMI) Kolkata Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator and accelerator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Social impact and rural | incubation@imi-k.edu.in avijitdas@imi-k.edu.in 03366529615 | |
Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation (IDEAS-TIH), ISI Kolkata Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | IT, software and AI, Deeptech | incubationlead@ideas-tih.org office@ideas-tih.org +91 98301 07911 +91 6289351800 | |
Kolkata Ventures Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | Sector-agnostic | admin@kolkataventures.com bimsme@iem.edu.in 03323572969 | |
Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ABIC), IIT Kharagpur Official list | Kharagpur West Bengal | Incubator and accelerator Academic institution | Agriculture and food, Social impact and rural | office@abif.iitkgp.ac.in | |
Atal Community Innovation Centre, Adamas University Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Social impact and rural | registrar@adamasuniversity.ac.in 00000000000 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Amity University Kolkata Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | rrbhattacharjee@kol.amity.edu 03371020304 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Asansol Engineering College Official list | Asansol West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | principal@aecwb.edu.in 03412253057 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Brainware University Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | registrar@brainwareuniversity.ac.in 03371445573 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | kalyan@gcelt.gov.in 03323356977 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | principal_gnit@jisgroup.org 03325233900 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Haldia Institute of Technology Official list | Haldia West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | principal.hit@hithaldia.in 03224255655 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Jadavpur University Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | iicju@jadavpuruniversity.in 03323352587 | |
MSME Business Incubator, JIS College of Engineering Official list | Kalyani West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | info@jiscollege.ac.in 03325822138 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Kingston Educational Institute Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | kpcprincipal@keical.edu.in 03325389508 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal Official list | Haringhata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | barunshankar.gupta@makautwb.ac.in 03323210731 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | director@msit.edu.in 03324431032 | |
MSME Business Incubator, National Institute of Technology Durgapur Official list | Durgapur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | director@admin.nitdgp.ac.in 03432754340 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Netaji Subhash Engineering College Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | principal@nsec.ac.in 03324361285 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Techno International New Town Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | principal@tint.edu.in 03323242050 | |
WaveX Incubation Centre, SRFTI Kolkata Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Media, design and creative, Gaming and AVGC | wavex-mib@gov.in | |
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Official list | Durgapur West Bengal | Incubator Research institute | Manufacturing and hardware | bdg@cmeri.res.in | |
MSME Business Incubator, Management Development Institute Murshidabad Official list | Murshidabad West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic | project@mdim.ac.in | |
Science and Technology Entrepreneurs' Park (STEP), IIT Kharagpur Official list | Kharagpur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, IT, software and AI, Deeptech, Electronics, IoT and semiconductors, Manufacturing and hardware | pic-tiets@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in mdstep@hijli.iitkgp.ac.in | |
ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Research institute | Agriculture and food, Textiles and handicrafts | 03325350415 | |
MSME Business Incubator, Visva-Bharati University Official list | Bolpur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Agriculture and food | 03463264787 | |
RISE Foundation, IISER Kolkata Official list | Kalyani West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Biotech and life sciences, Deeptech | ayan@iiserkol.ac.in | |
Agri-Business Incubation Centre, ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology ICAR-National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering and Technology (NINFET, formerly NIRJAFT) Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Research institute | Agriculture and food, Textiles and handicrafts | Not published | |
AI4ICPS I Hub Foundation, IIT Kharagpur Official list | Kharagpur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | IT, software and AI, Deeptech | Not published | |
Tagore Centre for Green Technology Business Incubation (TCGTBI), IIEST Shibpur Official list | Howrah West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Sector-agnostic, Climate, energy and cleantech | Not published | |
Startup Bengal State Startup Resource Hub Government of West Bengal (MSME&T and IT&E Departments) Official listActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator State government body | Sector-agnostic | secmsme@wb.gov.in secit@wb.gov.in | |
Ekta Incubation Centre, MAKAUT Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly WBUT) Official listActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | info@technologyembryo.com | |
Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Training Society (TIETS), IIT Kharagpur Official listActivity unclear | Kharagpur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Livelihood Business Incubator, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda Official listActivity unclear | Malda West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Agriculture and food, Social impact and rural | Not published | |
NASSCOM 10,000 Startups Warehouse Kolkata NASSCOM with Government of West Bengal Official listActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Industry association | IT, software and AI | Not published | |
NSIC Incubation Centre, Howrah National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) Official listActivity unclear | Howrah West Bengal | Incubator PSU or public sector bank | Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Sagarmala S2I2 Maritime Incubator, CICMT IIT Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur (CICMT) Official listActivity unclear | Kharagpur West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | Logistics and supply chain, Other | Not published | |
Technology Business Incubator, Narula Institute of Technology (TBI-NIT) Official listActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Technopreneurs Surrogate Ventures Official listActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
TotalStart Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Developers TotalStart Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Developers (Section 8 company) Own or institutional website | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Non-profit or foundation | Social impact and rural, Women entrepreneurship | totalstart@totalstart.org +91 33 4061 3083 +91 7003625771 | |
WEBEL-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre The Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry with WEBEL (Government of West Bengal) Own or institutional website | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Industry association | IT, software and AI, Fintech, Deeptech, Healthcare and medtech | innovations@bengalchamber.com | |
FreeFlow Ventures Own or institutional website | Kolkata West Bengal | Venture studio Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Inditech Software Wizard Pvt. Ltd (NSIC Training-cum-Incubation Centre) Own or institutional website | Howrah West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
PC-ED Computer Education Centre (NSIC Training-cum-Incubation Centre) Own or institutional website | Chittaranjan West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Pragati Research Institute (NSIC Training-cum-Incubation Centre) Own or institutional website | Howrah West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
STPI Kolkata Incubation Facility Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) Own or institutional website | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Central government body | No scheme tag IT, software and AI, Blockchain and Web3, Electronics, IoT and semiconductors, Fintech | Not published | |
Vidyasagar Technical College (NSIC Training-cum-Incubation Centre) Own or institutional website | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
IIT Kharagpur Research Park, Kolkata Own or institutional websiteActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic, Deeptech | Not published | |
Brandshoots Ventures Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Fincubation Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | No scheme tag Fintech | Not published | |
iGarageVentures Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator and accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Innokul Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator and accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
inQxn Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Joining Ends Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Neoleap Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Neotec Hub Ambuja Neotia Group Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Corporate | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Startup Cafe Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Accelerator Private or independent | No scheme tag Edtech, Fintech | Not published | |
Startup Town Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Private or independent | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published | |
Techno International Batanagar Directory listing onlyActivity unclear | Kolkata West Bengal | Incubator Academic institution | No scheme tag Sector-agnostic | Not published |
Pre-incubation centres (1)
| Incubator or programme | Location | Type | Schemes and focus | Contact | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BIRAC E-YUVA Centre, Adamas University Official list | Kolkata West Bengal | Pre-incubation centre Academic institution | Biotech and life sciences | saptarshi.chatterjee@adamasuniversity.ac.in birac.e-yuva@adamasuniversity.ac.in |
Questions
How many startup incubators are there in West Bengal?
This directory lists 61 incubators, accelerators and startup programmes in West Bengal as of October 2026: 48 incubators, 6 accelerators, 5 incubator-cum-accelerators, 1 pre-incubation centre and 1 venture studio.
Which incubators in West Bengal offer Startup India Seed Fund support?
2 incubators in West Bengal are listed under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, including IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) and Tagore Centre for Green Technology Business Incubation (TCGTBI), IIEST Shibpur. Check the current call for applications before applying.
Which cities in West Bengal have the most startup incubators?
By count in this directory: Kolkata (41), Kharagpur (5), Howrah (4), Durgapur (2) and Kalyani (2).
How do I apply to a startup incubator in West Bengal?
Open the incubator's Apply link or website from the list and check its current call for applications. Government-backed incubators usually ask for a pitch deck, a short application form and proof of company registration. BizExpress can help you prepare: message us on WhatsApp at +91 72040 27810.
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